Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 10/22 to 10/26

Dear Parents,
        A reminder that Thursday's homework is due this Monday. Fourth grades should bring their research work on a doctor / scientist  (book or print out) on Monday to do work on bio poem.  Third graders should bring their ELA Workbook page done on looseleaf.  The Religion test will be given this Monday and the ELA test this Tuesday. ALL TEST FOLDERS WITH RELIGION AND ELA TESTS WILL BE COLLECTED THIS TUESDAY!
          This past week every student in 2nd, 3rd, & 4th  received his/her  individual research assignments for the Religion Fair for Nov. 20th. 

Monday, October 29, 2012

Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades for 10/29 to 11/2

Dear Parents,
        THIS IS YET ANOTHER  UPDATE AS OF WED. OCT.  31ST AFTERNOON!

            The latest message is that SCHOOL WILL NOT RESUME TILL MON.  NOV. 5TH.             I  now prefer to wait till I receive any information about next week's activities.  So please check the blog on Saturday or Sunday.   The latest schoool message was that Halloween festivities have been cancelled for this year.  Hopefully, you were able to enjoy the day with your family.
          Project based learning  on St. Francis of Assisi will probably continue this week.  Work will be reviewed in class before Friday.  This week is the last time students may be filmed for this present project on St. Francis of Assisi but there will be other such projects throughout the year.  A few students were already filmed this past Friday and hopefully some others may be filmed this week if they are prepared.  Students may choose two or three pictures related to their letter or prayer,  put these on construction paper, and bring them in on Monday. Students may also think of a brief personal experience related to the prayer they may wish to mention. ALL CLASSES SHOULD STUDY SAFE ENVIRONMENT NOTES THAT WILL BE COMPLETED THIS COMING WEEK .  ALSO PLEASE CONTINUE WORK LOOKING FOR PICTUES AND WRITING CAPTIONS FOR THESE FOR THE RELIGION FAIR WHICH IS ON NOV. 20TH. 
          I have copied over the instrucions for you to review:
 Each student in 2nd, 3rd, & 4th received his/her individual research assignment. Each second grader chose a different saint from the Lives of Saints archive on www.sadlierreligion.com. Each third grader was assigned a sacrament and each fourth grader was assigned a commandment.Below is a list of what type of pictures each class should be searching for on google images.
SECOND: life image of saint, statue, stained-glass image, school or church named after saint, medal or object attributed to the saint, prayer or litany associated with saint, religious order saint started.
THIRD: different ways to celebrate the sacrament by Catholics, ways sacrament is celebrated in different religions, people required to be present, garments worn (ways to dress for the ceremony), symbols associated with sacrament, copy of words used during the ceremony, copy of the certificate, traditions associated with the sacrament (or changes that have occurred)
FOURTH: After reading the Chapter in Religion text book on the commandment selected for ideas, look for pictures of: scenes of people obeying and disobeying the commandment in a wide variety of ways, pictures of saints or others who lived that particular commandment exemplified in their work.
THESE PICURES SHOULD BE AT LEAST 6x6 inches and should be brought in a plastic bag for review--not placed on a display board YET!
                                                                                   Ms. Saville

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Dear Parents,
         UPDATE! ELA  test has been changed  to this Thursday and Religion test has been changed to this Friday.  TEST FOLDERS ARE DUE BACK THIS FRIDAY.
        A reminder that Thursday's homework was due on Monday. Many fourth graders were not prepared with their book or printed out  research to do their bio poem IN CLASS. This is due tomorrow!
          This past week every student in 2nd, 3rd, & 4th  received his/her  individual  research assignment for the Religion Fair for Nov. 20th. Each second grader chose a different saint from the Lives of Saints archive on www.sadlierreligion.com.  Each third grader was assigned a sacrament and each fourth grader was assigned a commandment.Below is a list of what type of pictures  each class should be searching  for on google images.
SECOND: life image of saint, statue, stained-glass image, school or church named after saint, medal or object attributed to the saint, prayer or litany  associated with saint, religious order saint started.
THIRD: different ways to celebrate the sacrament by Catholics, ways sacrament is celebrated in different religions, people required to be present, garments worn (ways to dress for the ceremony), symbols  associated with sacrament, copy of words used during the ceremony, copy of the certificate, traditions associated with the sacrament (or changes that have occurred)
FOURTH: After reading the Chapter in Religion text book on the commandment selected for ideas, look for pictures of:  scenes of people obeying and disobeying the commandment in a wide variety of ways, pictures of saints or others who lived that particular commandment exemplified in their work.
 THESE PICURES SHOULD BE AT LEAST 6x6 inches  and should be brought in a plastic bag for review--not placed on a display board YET!
               This Friday we will once again will continue our project work on St. Francis of Assisi.  Each student will be given a written work to research . More information on this will be given during the week. Please check back this week for an UPDATE before Friday. 

Please check below for this week's homework for each grade:

FOURTH GRADE
ELA 10/23 Remember heading! Answer ELA Workbook p. 46 on looseleaf.  On a different looseleaf write four words that begin with prefix cardio and four words that begin with pulmo. Look up and write the definitions for these words.
Rel 10/25 Review all quizzes well for Religion test tomorrow. Memorize Beatitudes, Sanctus prayer and steps for making a good moral choice in notebook.  Study Safe Environment notes for test next week. Bring test folder with ELA and Religion quizzes in tomorrow

THIRD GRADE
ELA 10/23 Remember heading! Answer ELA Workbook p. 48 on looseleaf.

Rel 10/25 Review all quizzes well for Religion test tomorrow. Be able to describe what happens in one Parable of the Kingdom and on one parable when a mirable occurs.  Be able to explain what each one teaches us.Study Safe Environment notes for test next week. Bring test folder with ELA and Religion quizzes in tomorrow.
TODAY EACH STUDENT WAS GIVEN AN ASSIGNMENT FOR PBL TOMORROW.  Those creating their own letter to St. Francis were given an outline to follow. The body of the letter must have six sentences and it must be printed by hand on looseleaf and placed on construction paper.
Those reading a prayer must copy their highlighted prayer on looseleaf, practice reading it and write under it one or two seentences explaining what it means. THIS WILL BE REVIEWED IN CLASS TOMORROW.  Keep all collected pictures of St. Francis in a plastic bag and bring them in along with the letter or prayer.


SECOND GRADE
ELA 10/23 Remember heading! Answer ELA Workbook p. 124 on looseleaf.

Rel 10/25 Review all quizzes well for Religion test tomorrow. Be able to explain what happens at Baptism, all those who are present, what the symbols are and what each one means.  Be able to describe ways in which Jesus helped people.  Be able to explain how Jesus showed he was human and how he showed was divine.     Study Safe Environment notes for test next week. Bring test folder with ELA and Religion quizzes in tomorrow.

Second Grade ELA 10/22 to 10/26

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Third Grade ELA 10/22 to 10/26

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Fourth Grade ELA 10/22 to 10/26

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Second Grade Religion 10/22 to 10/26

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Third Grade Religion 10/22 to 10/26

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Fourth Grade Religion 10/22 to 10/26

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Sunday, October 14, 2012

Fourth Grade Religion 10/15 to 10/19

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Fourth Grade ELA 10/15 to 10/19

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 10/15 to 10/19


BLOG HAS BEEN UPDATED!   SEE ADDITIONAL WORK BELOW FOR THURSDAY!
Dear Parents,
         This Friday dismissal is at 12:00 and Progress Reports will de given out in class.  You will notice that the Speaking/Listening area is blank. This is because these areas must be  included as part of their Composition grade (as noted on the SIS) in order for the grades to appear properly on the report cards.   ITBS testing will continue this week: Reading on Tuesday and Written Expression on Wednesday (2nd grade only will also have Language on Thursday).
           The Project Based Learning Presentation on St. Francis of Assisi by all  home room classes will be on November 2nd. In third grade several students have already been filmed doing their speeches.  This week third grade students will write their compositions in class based on the research they have done. The first paragraph will be on the life of St. Francis and the second must be information about a written work of his such as canticle, prayer, letter, story. etc.  They will need to rewrite their edited rough copy in script.  Their final copy on looseleaf will be put on construction paper and be  the "centerpiece" of their display board. The board should include a printed copy of the written work by St. Francis that they chose to write about in their composition.  The rest of the display board should have a variety of pictures related to St. Francis such as real life images, statues, stained - glass images, medals, St.Francis ' Church or School, etc.. A brief caption should be taped under each  to identify the picture.  Pictures  should be about 8x10 inches.  I will let you know when display boards are available in the supply room. If  ALL is taped with clear tape or double-stick tape, it will be possible to remove pictures and the display board can be reused for our folowing project.
               A look ahead!  Our Religion fair is coming up on Nov. 20th.  SECOND grade will be assigned a SAINT from the web site.  THIRD grade will be assigned a SACRAMENT to research.   FOURTH grade will be assigned one COMMANDMENT to explain.  Once again presentations will be on display boards. This will be thoroughly explained in class.
               Next week Unit Tests will be given  based on test questions from all quizzes given since September as well as a choice of essay questions that require students to do more higher order thinking. Unit tests in Religion and Science will be given on Oct. 22; ELA and Social Studies on  Oct. 23; Reading and Math on Oct. 24. Safe Environment will be covered next week as well in all Religion classes which deals with students protecting themselves from predators and bullies.  NO other homework will be given this week so students can focus on reviewing for Unit tests next week.
            As always, I will try to keep you informed of what is ahead and appreciate very much your cooperation in these matters.

HOMEWORK FOR 10/18/12

MESSAGE FOR ALL GRADES:
TEST FOLDERS WILL BE SENT HOME THIS THURSDAY OR FRIDAY. REVIEW ALL TESTS FOR ELA (except Spelling)  AND RELGION FOR TESTS NEXT WEEK. ALL TESTS MUST BE SIGNED AND RETURNED IN SAME FOLDER NO LATER THAN TUES., OCT.23.
QUIZZES WILL NEED TO BE STUDIED FOR EXAMS IN JANUARY AND JUNE SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY ARE NOT LOST!  ALSO NO ANSWERS SHOULD BE CORRECTED OR CHANGED ON THE TEST ITSELF . CORRECTIONS MAY ONLY BE DONE ON LOOSELEAF.

FOURTH GRADE
Rel. 10/18 Religion Test Mon. Study all notes in notebook thoroughly. Review all four quizzes in test folder.
ELA 10/18 ELA Test Tues. Study all notes in Journal. Research a famous doctor or scientist  (book or print  out) and prepare to do a bio poem about him/her following  formula in the Journal notebook.

THIRD GRADE
Rel. 10/18 Religion Test Mon. Study all notes in notebook thoroughly. Review all four quizzes in test folder.
ELA 10/18 ELA Test Tues. Study notes in Journal . Study ELA text book pp. 45 and 50 for examples of how-to articles. On looseleaf writing heading. Answer p. 23 in ELA Workbook.

SECOND GRADE
Rel. 10/18 Religion Test Mon. Study all notes in notebook thoroughly. Review all four quizzes in test folder.
ELA 10/18 ELA Test Tues. Study notes in Journal Notebook.  Be able to describe what happens to people, animals, and plants in ONE of the seasons.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Fourth Grade Religion 10/8 to 10/12

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Fourth Grade ELA for 10/8 to 10/12

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Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 10/8 to 10/12

Dear Parents,
         This Tuesday all classes will be taking the weekly Religion quiz. All classes should study pp. 56 to 66 in their text books as well as ANY NOTES give in their Religion notebooks.
Please see below for vocabulary that should be reviewed for each class:

Fourth Grade
moral (having good character), consequence (result of what we do), advice (help to decide), recall (remember), conscience, conscience formation, examination of conscience.  STUDENTS SHOULD MEMORIZE THE SIX STEPS FOR MAKING A GOOD MORAL CHOICE (listed in notebook)

Third Grade
mission, Ascension, Pentecost, Church, Christians, disciples, nations, mustard seed, Kingdom of God.  STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE PARABLE OF THE MUSTARD SEED MEANS (see notebook)

Second Grade
grace, original sin, symbol (sign),  white garment, godparents,Baptism, water, candle, Baptism, Baptismal pool (font), Easter candle.STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW WHY WATER AND THE CANDLE ARE USED AS SYMBOLS AT BAPTISM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

           ***UPDATE!!!!  There has been a revision in the scheduling of the ITBS test! Two parts of the Math test (mostly problem solving)  will still be given this Wednesday. No ITBS is sceduled for Thursday, but for this Friday many sections of the ITBS are scheduled: Vocabulary, Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation, and Math Computation. The rest of the testing will continue next week. No other homework will be assigned this week due to ITBS testing.  Also there will be NO Weekly Quiz  this Fiday, next Monday, or next Friday. Daily assessments however will cotinue!