Sunday, June 17, 2012

Fourth Grade Religion 6/18 to 6/22

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Second Grade Religion 6/18 to 6/22

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Third Grade Religion 6/18 to 6/22

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Fourth Grade ELA 6/18 to 6/22

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Third Grade ELA 6/18 to 6/22

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End of the School Year Notices for 2nd, 3rd, 4th Grades

Dear Parents,
           I want to thank all the parents who remembered my birthday last week. I appreciate your thoughtfulness very much. Please check your children's folders for thank you notes. 
          This Thursday ALL students must in school uniform to attend the eigth grade graduation ceremony in church at 11:00.  This Friday is our last day and dismissal will be about 12:00  immediately after the assembly.  Report cards, honor certificates, and awards will be distributed at 11:00 at this Friday assembly.
        Each student should bring a strong plastic bag to store books by Monday. Students should also bring their book bags with pencils, colored pencils, and looseleaf every day this week except Friday.  Students in class 2-1 may bring one toy (no electronics or anything expensive) or a coloring or activity book or book to read.  Class 2-1 may have a sweet treat party on Wed. in the afternoon. Please send in one dollar for treats and have each student bring their own juice.
       Since this is my farewell blog for this year, I want to thank ALL parents for your support and cooperation this year and I look forward to working with most of your children next year (si quiere Dios).  Best wishes and good luck to my fourth -keep in touch next year!
                                                                                                                  Love,
                                                                                                                  Ms. Saville
       

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Third Grade Religion for 6/11 to 6/14

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Fourth Grade ELA for 6/11 to 6/14

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Fourth Grade Religion for 6/11 to 6/14

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Second Grade Religion 6/11 to 6/14

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 6/11 to 6/14

Dear Parents,
         Final Exams continue this week!  ELA Final is on Monday. This exam will include Grammar and Composition as stated in the Review for Final Exam blog.  The Composition portion must be in SCRIPT for 3rd and 4th graders and print (manuscript) for 2nd since it will be graded for Penmanship as well.  Be sure to review the parts of speech, rules for capitalization, uses of commas and apostrophes (in Speller) and the homophones (especially the possessives and contractions).   Social Studies Final is scheduled for Tuesday, Math Final for Wednesday, and Reading Final for Thursday.  There is NO SCHOOL on Friday.
         Our end of the year pizza party ONLY for home room, class 2-1 will be on either Wed., June 13th or Thurs., June 14th. Each student should bring their own individual juice (no large bottles) and $1. 00 for one slice or $2.00 for two slices.  Students will also be asked to bring in one bag of snacks to share with the class.   Please send in the money no later than this Tuesday so I can make the arrangements.
           The Religion Final Exam ( Archdiocesean Exam for 3rd & 4th)  grades have been entered on the SIS for ALL 2nd , 3rd, & 4th students!!!   There are no more weekly vocabulary definitions for this year.  Students should continue to bring their book bags this week and have sharpened pencils, erasers, and looseleaf each day!  No other homework is assigned due final exams.         
                                                                                                                               Ms. Saville

                                                   

Third Grade ELA 6/11 to 6/14

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Sunday, June 3, 2012

Second Grade Religion for 6/4 to 6/8

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Fourth Grade ELA for 6/4 to 6/8

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Third Grade ELA for 6/4 to 6/8

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 6/4 to 6/8

Dear Parents,
        FINAL EXAMS will be given this week: Science on Monday, RELIGION ON TUESDAY, Math (has been changed to June 13th), Reading on Thursday.  The rest continue next week.   It is important that all students arrive on time and have three sharpened pencils with good clean erasers and looseleaf.
      Please be sure to read carefully my blogs on Review Notes for Final Exams for 3rd and 4th for ELA and  Review Notes for Final Exams for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for Religion posted last Thursday.  This Friday dismissal will once again be at 12:00. The weekly vocabulary test on last week's words is scheduled for this Wednesday. 

   Please check below your grade for this week's homework: 
UPDATE: SINCE NO EXAM IS SCHEDULED FOR WED. THIS WEEK, HOMEWORK IS DUE AS USUAL ( THAT IS ON WED. AND FRI.)

FOURTH GRADE
ELA 6/5 On looseleaf, write a heading. Write a sentence using each of the following words correctly:  to, two, too, their, there,  they're,  your , you're,  its,   it's.    Review uses of capitalization in Speller on p. 249.  Study homonyms above  for quiz on Fri.

ELA 6/7   On looseleaf, write a word showing each of the following parts of speech as they can be used in a sentence: noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction. For example,  noun- man, pronoun-he, adjective-angry, verb-yelled , adverb -loudly, conjunction- and. Review uses of commas and apostrophes in Speller pp. 250-251. Study parts of speech for quiz on Fri.

THIRD GRADE
ELA 6/5 On looseleaf, write create a comparison chart listing three similarities and three differences between any two animals that you choose.  Review uses of capitalization in Speller on p. 248.

ELA 6/7 Review uses of commas and apostrophes  in Speller on p. 249 for quiz on Fri.

SECOND GRADE
IMPORTANT:  ALL SUMMER SCHOOL LETTERS SENT HOME ON MONDAY MUST BE RETURNED SIGNED BY TOMORROW, JUNE  6TH!

Voc.6/5 Study 20 weekly definitions for test Wed.

Rel. 6/7 On looseleaf write a heading. Write  a title and five sentences describing the May Procession.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Review Notes for Final Exams for 3rd & 4th for ELA

Students in all grades will be taking the ELA Final on June 11th.  I will be preparing the test for 3rd and 4th grades only.

FOURTH GRADE
Review the following:
*ALL uses of capital letters (Speller p. 249)
*ALL uses of commas (Speller p. 251) including use with quotation marks (Speller p. 248)
*ALL uses of apostrophes (Speller p. 250) in possessives and contractions
*abbreviations (Speller pp. 247-248)
*synonyms: Review  all more  descriptive synonyms for verbs and adjectives on  Other Ways to Say sheet
*parts of speech (noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction) Practice Grammar Gorillas on www.funbrain.com
*prefixes and suffixes: Review sheet in ELA notebook . Know meaning of each and how to use to form real words
*distinguish: its/it's ,  your/you're  ,   there/their/they're,    two/to/too
*practice using transition words in a composition.  See sheet on transition words in ELA notebbok
and paractice on http://writingfix.com/PDFs/Pic_Book_Prompt_Worksheets/Meanwhile_GO.pdf

You may also wish to practice using Grammar Blast on www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
   and Power Proofreading on www.harcourtschool.com


THIRD GRADE
Review the following:
*ALL uses of capital letters (Speller p. 248)
*ALL uses of commas (Speller p. 249)
*ALL uses of apostrophes (Speller p. 249) in possessives and contractions
*parts of speech (noun, adjectice, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction) Practice Grammar Gorillas on www.funbrain.com
*homophones  (eg. meet/meat ,   through/threw   , plane/plain)
*homographs (eg.      live,       dove,        wind)
*distinguish: its/ it's,        your/you're  ,   there/their/they're
*meaning of idioms listed on sheet in ELA folder
*practice comparing and contrasting by describing similarities and differeces in a composition

You may also wish to practice on Grammar Blast on www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
and Power Proofreading on www.harcourtschool.com