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.