Dear Parents,
Tomorrow, May 31 we will be having our May Procession. ALL students should bring rosary beads and wear their uniform (except for this year's communion class who may wear their communion clothes.
Progress Reports will be sent home this week. There will be NO NEW vocabulary words this week since the quarterly review word wall test will be given this Friday.
All final exams will begin next week! Second, third, and fourth graders will be taking their final Religion exam (Archdiocesan Exam for both 3rd and 4th) on June 7th. Please make certain to study all review sheets given before Easter thoroughly!
It was decided at our last meeting that since fourth graders have already taken their NYS ELA Exam, they will only be given a test reviewing ELA vocabulary (in vocabulary notebook) and spelling (selected units in Speller) covered throughout the year. Since third and fourth will be taking the Archdiocesan Exam, they will only be given a test reviewing definitions for Religion words(in vocabulary notebook)given throughout the year.
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework.
Fourth Grade
5/31 Study Religion Review sheets and all vocabulary on flip cards for Units 1 to 4 on www.sadlierreligion.com.
6/2 Review vocabulary definitions from April 11 to present (last three weeks) for quarterly test on Friday and one covering yearly work in LA and Religion words next week.
Third Grade
5/31 Study Religion Review sheets and all vocabulary on flip cards for Units 1 to 4 on www.sadlierreligion.com.
6/2 Review vocabulary definitions from April 11 to present (last three weeks) for quarterly test on Friday and one covering only Religion words for the year for next week.
Second Grade
5/31 Study all vocabulary on flip cards for Units 1 to 4 on www.sadlierreligion.com and words in glossary of Religion books. Study how to respond to sample essay questions given for review in Religion notebook.
6/2 Review vocabulary definitions from April 11 to present (last three weeks) for quarterly test on Friday.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 5/23 to 5/27
Dear Parents,
There will be no school this Friday and dismissal on Wednesday is at 12:00. There will be no new vocabulary definitions for this week.
Any test folders not returned NEED to be returned this week for filing. IF YOUR CHILD DID NOT TAKE HOME TESTS LAST WEEK, IT IS IS BECAUSE THE TEST FOLDER WAS NOT RETURNED FROM THE PREVIOUS TIME. NO MORE TESTS CAN BE SENT HOME TILL TEST FORLDER WITH ALL TESTS INSIDE ARE RETURNED!
The NYSESLAT tests are scheduled for one hour each morning this week: Listening on Mon., Reading on Tues., and Writing on Thurs.
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework.
FOURTH GRADE
5/24 In the Speller study words for Units 33, 34, 35 on pp. 245-246 for test on Wed. This test will count for Penmanship (script) and Spelling.
5/26 - Rel - Answer p. 312 -two areas. Study pp. 308 to 311. STUDY ALL REVIEW SHEETS GIVEN BEFORE EASTER VACATION AND ALL VOCABULARY FROM UNITS 1, 2, 3, 4 FROM FLIPCARDS ON www.sadlierreligion.com FOR ARCHDIOCESAN EXAM!
THIRD GRADE
5/24 In Speller study words for Units 7, 8, 11, 19, 21 on pp. 247 to 258 for test on Wed. This test will count for Pemnmanship(script) and Spelling.
5/26 Rel - Answer p. 312 -two areas! Study pp. 308 to 311. STUDY ALL REVIEW SHEETS GIVEN BEFORE EASTER VACATION AND ALL VOCABULARY ON FLIP CARDS FOR UNITS 1, 2, 3, 4 ON www.sadlierreligion.com FOR ARCHDIOCESAN EXAM!
SECOND GRADE
5/24 In Speller study words for Units 14, 17, 19, 25, 33 on pp. 247 to 258 for test on Wed. This test will count for Penmanship and Spelling.
5/26 Students write their heading on looseleaf. Write three facts (based on research you understand) and three opinions about ONE animal or object.
5/26 Rel- Study all Religion definitions in glossary for oral quiz next week.
There will be no school this Friday and dismissal on Wednesday is at 12:00. There will be no new vocabulary definitions for this week.
Any test folders not returned NEED to be returned this week for filing. IF YOUR CHILD DID NOT TAKE HOME TESTS LAST WEEK, IT IS IS BECAUSE THE TEST FOLDER WAS NOT RETURNED FROM THE PREVIOUS TIME. NO MORE TESTS CAN BE SENT HOME TILL TEST FORLDER WITH ALL TESTS INSIDE ARE RETURNED!
The NYSESLAT tests are scheduled for one hour each morning this week: Listening on Mon., Reading on Tues., and Writing on Thurs.
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework.
FOURTH GRADE
5/24 In the Speller study words for Units 33, 34, 35 on pp. 245-246 for test on Wed. This test will count for Penmanship (script) and Spelling.
5/26 - Rel - Answer p. 312 -two areas. Study pp. 308 to 311. STUDY ALL REVIEW SHEETS GIVEN BEFORE EASTER VACATION AND ALL VOCABULARY FROM UNITS 1, 2, 3, 4 FROM FLIPCARDS ON www.sadlierreligion.com FOR ARCHDIOCESAN EXAM!
THIRD GRADE
5/24 In Speller study words for Units 7, 8, 11, 19, 21 on pp. 247 to 258 for test on Wed. This test will count for Pemnmanship(script) and Spelling.
5/26 Rel - Answer p. 312 -two areas! Study pp. 308 to 311. STUDY ALL REVIEW SHEETS GIVEN BEFORE EASTER VACATION AND ALL VOCABULARY ON FLIP CARDS FOR UNITS 1, 2, 3, 4 ON www.sadlierreligion.com FOR ARCHDIOCESAN EXAM!
SECOND GRADE
5/24 In Speller study words for Units 14, 17, 19, 25, 33 on pp. 247 to 258 for test on Wed. This test will count for Penmanship and Spelling.
5/26 Students write their heading on looseleaf. Write three facts (based on research you understand) and three opinions about ONE animal or object.
5/26 Rel- Study all Religion definitions in glossary for oral quiz next week.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 5/16 to 5/20
Dear Parents,
I will be giving the NYSELAT Speaking Test individually to second graders in the mornings this week. Test folders will be sent home this week to all classes. Please review and sign only those on the right side and return folder NO LATER than this Friday with all the same tests inside. (Please do not put in any test from other teachers or leave any out!)
The vocabulary definitions for this week are in Language Arts:
*fable - story that teaches a lesson (moral). It is a fictional story in which the characters are usually animals (in their natural habitat) who speak and act like people.
*skit - story acted out in front of an audience. A skit has characters, a plot (what happens), and dialog (what characters say).
*haiku - Japanese form of poetry that describes one idea or feeling, usually an image of nature. It is three lines long and contains 17 syllables, divided as 5-7-5.
*journal - a day-to-day record of things that happen in sequence; a diary
*biography - a written history of a person's life. An autobiography is a history of a life written by the person himself.
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework:
FOURTH GRADE
5/17 On looseleaf (no school heading) write a business letter of request
following the sample sheet or sample shown on LA textbook p. 46. Choose an idea from Activity C on p. 52 or use your own idea.
The body of the letter must have two paragraphs of five sentences each and MUST HAVE all parts as shown in the sample.
If folktale sheet is not completed in class, it must be completed for homework, both the sheet and the rewritten work in script on looseleaf.
5/19 Religion test Friday on Chapter 26 and naming and describing the Joyful Mysteries.
THIRD GRADE
5/17 On looseleaf write a heading. Write a title. Write a journal of two paragraphs on a special event in your life. Use time sequence words (first,...second,..., next,...then,...last,...). It could be about a trip, visit to a relative, vacation time, hospital stay, etc. Follow the outline given in class. Both outline and journal should be handed in together.
5/17 The autobiography on looseleaf started in class based on the time line of five events in the child's life is also due tomorrow. Both the time line and the autobiography should be handed in together.
***BOTH WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE BY WED. MAY 18TH.
5/19 Religion test Friday on Chapter 25 and 27
SECOND GRADE
5/17 On looseleaf write a heading. Write a title. Write a journal of one paragraph on a special event in your life. Use time sequence words (first, next, then, last). It could be about a trip, visit to a relative,
vacation time, hospital stay, etc. Follow the outline shown in class.
5/19 Religion test Friday on Chapter 25 and 27
5/19 Vocabulary Test Friday on 15 weekly definitions.
I will be giving the NYSELAT Speaking Test individually to second graders in the mornings this week. Test folders will be sent home this week to all classes. Please review and sign only those on the right side and return folder NO LATER than this Friday with all the same tests inside. (Please do not put in any test from other teachers or leave any out!)
The vocabulary definitions for this week are in Language Arts:
*fable - story that teaches a lesson (moral). It is a fictional story in which the characters are usually animals (in their natural habitat) who speak and act like people.
*skit - story acted out in front of an audience. A skit has characters, a plot (what happens), and dialog (what characters say).
*haiku - Japanese form of poetry that describes one idea or feeling, usually an image of nature. It is three lines long and contains 17 syllables, divided as 5-7-5.
*journal - a day-to-day record of things that happen in sequence; a diary
*biography - a written history of a person's life. An autobiography is a history of a life written by the person himself.
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework:
FOURTH GRADE
5/17 On looseleaf (no school heading) write a business letter of request
following the sample sheet or sample shown on LA textbook p. 46. Choose an idea from Activity C on p. 52 or use your own idea.
The body of the letter must have two paragraphs of five sentences each and MUST HAVE all parts as shown in the sample.
If folktale sheet is not completed in class, it must be completed for homework, both the sheet and the rewritten work in script on looseleaf.
5/19 Religion test Friday on Chapter 26 and naming and describing the Joyful Mysteries.
THIRD GRADE
5/17 On looseleaf write a heading. Write a title. Write a journal of two paragraphs on a special event in your life. Use time sequence words (first,...second,..., next,...then,...last,...). It could be about a trip, visit to a relative, vacation time, hospital stay, etc. Follow the outline given in class. Both outline and journal should be handed in together.
5/17 The autobiography on looseleaf started in class based on the time line of five events in the child's life is also due tomorrow. Both the time line and the autobiography should be handed in together.
***BOTH WRITING ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE BY WED. MAY 18TH.
5/19 Religion test Friday on Chapter 25 and 27
SECOND GRADE
5/17 On looseleaf write a heading. Write a title. Write a journal of one paragraph on a special event in your life. Use time sequence words (first, next, then, last). It could be about a trip, visit to a relative,
vacation time, hospital stay, etc. Follow the outline shown in class.
5/19 Religion test Friday on Chapter 25 and 27
5/19 Vocabulary Test Friday on 15 weekly definitions.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 5/9 to 5/13
Dear Parents,
Fourth grade Religion Project pictures in a platic bag are due this week.There should be a caption under each picture based on research done of their geographical area and a small map with their area highlighted. Five or six different pictures are fine along with the title of Our Lady of...
Third grade Religion Project pictures in a plastic bag are also due this week. There should be a caption under each picture based on research done on the art period of history and a copy of the time line shown in class with their period highlighted. Five or six different pictures are enough along with the title of their art period.
Second grade Religion Project pictures (five or six) should also be brought in this week if you haven't already done so.
FIRST RECONCILIATION WILL BE CELEBRATED THIS WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 FOR ALL THOSE IN THE PROGRAM. STUDENTS NOT RECEIVING RECONCILIATION NEED TO WEAR THEIR UNIFORM! THERE WILL BE NO GYM ON WED.,MAY 11th, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPAL.
The vocabulary definitions for this week are listed below:
*religious brother or sister- person who takes public vows and dedicates his/her life to God in a religious community
*lay person - a baptized person who has not been ordained (received Holy Orders)
*Sabbath - day set aside for prayer and worship
*deacon - someone who serves. A deacon is ordained but is not a priest.
*Sanctus - prayer recited at Mass that begins "Holy, holy, holy..."
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework:
FOURTH GRADE:
5/10 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 88 and 100. Just write the answers for the top. Then on three different sheets of looseleaf, you will need to complete the following:(Be sure to write a full heading on each sheet.) Using suggestions from Activity D on LA text p. 205, create a story map following the story map model on text p. 219. Then on another looseleaf write your fable including dialog using your story map. Follow the sample on LA text p. 224, but be sure to state your moral as your conclusion.
On the third looseleaf you are to create your own three line haiku on any spring theme. See LA text see pp. 214 and 215 for models of haiku poetry. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE BEGUN IN CLASS BUT MUST BE COMPLETED AT HOME BY FRIDAY SINCE TESTING DOES NOT PERMIT ADDITIONAL TIME IN CLASS.
5/12 Rel - Complete Religion project
THIRD GRADE:
5/10 LA - In LA Workbook answer p. 108 ON LOOSELEAF (with heading). It must be a chart for a fictional story or fable with only two characters (people or animals)who will be speaking to each other. On another looseleaf again write a heading. Write a title, skip a line, indent and write two paragraphs based on your story map but this time write dialog used between the rwo characters using commas and quotation marks correctly. Follow sample in your LA notebook.
5/12 Rel - Complete Religion project
SECOND GRADE:
5/10 - LA - On looseleaf write a heading. Create a time line about special times in your life and be able to tell about these events. On another looseleaf write a heading. Write Autobiography as the title, skip a line, indent and write one sentence about each event in paragraph form. In LA notebook answer p. 214 in LA Workbook.
5/12 Voc - Study 15 definitions for test Friday.
Fourth grade Religion Project pictures in a platic bag are due this week.There should be a caption under each picture based on research done of their geographical area and a small map with their area highlighted. Five or six different pictures are fine along with the title of Our Lady of...
Third grade Religion Project pictures in a plastic bag are also due this week. There should be a caption under each picture based on research done on the art period of history and a copy of the time line shown in class with their period highlighted. Five or six different pictures are enough along with the title of their art period.
Second grade Religion Project pictures (five or six) should also be brought in this week if you haven't already done so.
FIRST RECONCILIATION WILL BE CELEBRATED THIS WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 FOR ALL THOSE IN THE PROGRAM. STUDENTS NOT RECEIVING RECONCILIATION NEED TO WEAR THEIR UNIFORM! THERE WILL BE NO GYM ON WED.,MAY 11th, ACCORDING TO THE PRINCIPAL.
The vocabulary definitions for this week are listed below:
*religious brother or sister- person who takes public vows and dedicates his/her life to God in a religious community
*lay person - a baptized person who has not been ordained (received Holy Orders)
*Sabbath - day set aside for prayer and worship
*deacon - someone who serves. A deacon is ordained but is not a priest.
*Sanctus - prayer recited at Mass that begins "Holy, holy, holy..."
Please check below your child's grade for this week's homework:
FOURTH GRADE:
5/10 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 88 and 100. Just write the answers for the top. Then on three different sheets of looseleaf, you will need to complete the following:(Be sure to write a full heading on each sheet.) Using suggestions from Activity D on LA text p. 205, create a story map following the story map model on text p. 219. Then on another looseleaf write your fable including dialog using your story map. Follow the sample on LA text p. 224, but be sure to state your moral as your conclusion.
On the third looseleaf you are to create your own three line haiku on any spring theme. See LA text see pp. 214 and 215 for models of haiku poetry. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE BEGUN IN CLASS BUT MUST BE COMPLETED AT HOME BY FRIDAY SINCE TESTING DOES NOT PERMIT ADDITIONAL TIME IN CLASS.
5/12 Rel - Complete Religion project
THIRD GRADE:
5/10 LA - In LA Workbook answer p. 108 ON LOOSELEAF (with heading). It must be a chart for a fictional story or fable with only two characters (people or animals)who will be speaking to each other. On another looseleaf again write a heading. Write a title, skip a line, indent and write two paragraphs based on your story map but this time write dialog used between the rwo characters using commas and quotation marks correctly. Follow sample in your LA notebook.
5/12 Rel - Complete Religion project
SECOND GRADE:
5/10 - LA - On looseleaf write a heading. Create a time line about special times in your life and be able to tell about these events. On another looseleaf write a heading. Write Autobiography as the title, skip a line, indent and write one sentence about each event in paragraph form. In LA notebook answer p. 214 in LA Workbook.
5/12 Voc - Study 15 definitions for test Friday.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
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