Dear Parents,
This week there will be a Book Fair. Students took home flyers on Friday. Students must bring in their flyer with the books they wish to purchase circled and have the correct amount in a sealed envelope with their name. This will avoid a lot of confusion and wasted time that usually occurs.
This Thursday, we will be celebrating Halloween at O.L.Q. M. Students should come dressed in their costumes (Parents may not change students in bathrooms) and remain in them all day. I will be ordering pizza for the THIRD GRADE. Please bring in $ 3.00 to cover cost of pizza and different chips. Each student will receive two slices. Each third grader should bring in TWO bags of assorted chocolates or candies: one to hand out during the Pre K , K, and Head start parade and the other to share with the class. Each student should bring their own small juice or soda (no glass or large plastic bottles) and their trick or treat bag or plastic pumpkin to hold their treats. Students may also bring in no more than three dollars if they wish to buy at the cake sale that say. There will be Mass on Friday for All Saints' Day.
Third graders also need to remember to bring in their thesaurus by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. This request was made on the last blog entry.
Please check back on Thursday for more homework!
FOURTH GRADE
ELA 10/29 On looseleaf answer questions from ELA Workbook pp. 52 and 95.
THIRD GRADE
ELA 10/29 On looseleaf answer questions from ELA Workbook pp. 72 ( only #1to 6) and 89 (all)
Each student needs to bring in their $3 no later than Wednesday.
SECOND GRADE
ELA 10.29 On looseleaf answer questions from ELA Workbook pp. 97 and p.122.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 10/21 to 10/25
Dear Parents,
The essay portion of the ELA and Religion Tests were given on Tuesday. On Friday all students will take both the ELA and the Religion Tests (with only short answer questions)...
I am requesting if possible that all students in THIRD grade buy a small THESAURUS no later than Monday. It will be very useful in helping them with their vocabulary development, their
essay writing, as well as their spelling. We will be using them in class regularly and students can also use it for some homework assignments. Ask for one more appropriate for children use in any major book store.You can also check the libraries which often have copies you can borrow. Please be sure it is easy to carry but not with lettering so small students have difficulty seeing. Unlike a dictionary, a thesaurus gives synonyms for commonly used words. Learning the different shades of meaning among similar words and using them in the correct context is a very important and necessary SKILL required in the COMMON CORE standards! I appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Ms. Saville
****PLEASE RETURN ALL TEST FOLDERS WITH TESTS SIGNED NO LATER THAN THIS FRIDAY. PLEASE KEEP THEM TILL THEN SO YOU CAN KEEP REVIEWING. NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK TILL UNIT TESTS AE OVER!
The essay portion of the ELA and Religion Tests were given on Tuesday. On Friday all students will take both the ELA and the Religion Tests (with only short answer questions)...
I am requesting if possible that all students in THIRD grade buy a small THESAURUS no later than Monday. It will be very useful in helping them with their vocabulary development, their
essay writing, as well as their spelling. We will be using them in class regularly and students can also use it for some homework assignments. Ask for one more appropriate for children use in any major book store.You can also check the libraries which often have copies you can borrow. Please be sure it is easy to carry but not with lettering so small students have difficulty seeing. Unlike a dictionary, a thesaurus gives synonyms for commonly used words. Learning the different shades of meaning among similar words and using them in the correct context is a very important and necessary SKILL required in the COMMON CORE standards! I appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Ms. Saville
****PLEASE RETURN ALL TEST FOLDERS WITH TESTS SIGNED NO LATER THAN THIS FRIDAY. PLEASE KEEP THEM TILL THEN SO YOU CAN KEEP REVIEWING. NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK TILL UNIT TESTS AE OVER!
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Notices regarding upcoming Unit tests 10/21 to 1025
Dear Parents,
This past Friday ALL students received their ELA and Religion test folders to take home to review for upcoming tests. THESE TESTS MUST BE SIGNED AND RETURNED IN THE SAME FOLDERS BY THIS FRIDAY, OCT 25TH. This Tuesday 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grades will be taking their Essay Writing Test in all subject areas except Math. In Religion this test consists of students reading two stories and writing an essay (one paragraph for second and two paragraphs for third and fourth) in response to questions based on the readings. In ELA this test is based on research and on writing assignments students have been working on referred to in their ELA notebook. Below is a list of what topics to review:
FOURTH GRADE
ELA - Review nonfiction research on the mound builders
Review fictional works on the Native American culture (book & poem)
Review research on animal characteristics, habitat, predators, adaptation
REL - Review the recent parables we studied (eg. The Good Samaritan)
THIRD GRADE
ELA - Review stories you'd like to pass on to the next generation:
from The Stories Julian Tells and the trickster tales and based on personal narratives
REL - Review the parables recorded in your Religion notes especially the parables of the Kingdom
SECOND GRADE
ELA - Review writing all five parts of a friendly letter.
Review writing statements and questions
Review writing an autobiography
Review writing a description of an object
REL - Review stories of Jesus forgiving others. View: http://www.kidsofintegrity.com/lessons/forgiveness/bible-stories
This past Friday ALL students received their ELA and Religion test folders to take home to review for upcoming tests. THESE TESTS MUST BE SIGNED AND RETURNED IN THE SAME FOLDERS BY THIS FRIDAY, OCT 25TH. This Tuesday 2nd, 3rd, & 4th grades will be taking their Essay Writing Test in all subject areas except Math. In Religion this test consists of students reading two stories and writing an essay (one paragraph for second and two paragraphs for third and fourth) in response to questions based on the readings. In ELA this test is based on research and on writing assignments students have been working on referred to in their ELA notebook. Below is a list of what topics to review:
FOURTH GRADE
ELA - Review nonfiction research on the mound builders
Review fictional works on the Native American culture (book & poem)
Review research on animal characteristics, habitat, predators, adaptation
REL - Review the recent parables we studied (eg. The Good Samaritan)
THIRD GRADE
ELA - Review stories you'd like to pass on to the next generation:
from The Stories Julian Tells and the trickster tales and based on personal narratives
REL - Review the parables recorded in your Religion notes especially the parables of the Kingdom
SECOND GRADE
ELA - Review writing all five parts of a friendly letter.
Review writing statements and questions
Review writing an autobiography
Review writing a description of an object
REL - Review stories of Jesus forgiving others. View: http://www.kidsofintegrity.com/lessons/forgiveness/bible-stories
Monday, October 14, 2013
Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades for 10/14 to 10/18
Dear Parents,
This week the Math Interim Test will be given to all classes on Wed., Oct. 16.
I will only be assigning to study the following troublesome Spelling words to be reviewed for an assessment this week. It is important that that students learn the differences between these words since misusing these words occurs consistently in all their writing, especially in 3rd and 4th.
FOURTH GRADE and THIRD GRADE
ELA 10/15 Memorize spelling of following words as they are used in context: there, their, they're, your, you're, its, it's, to, two, too. Below is a list of how they are used in context.
There are many children in class. Please put the book there.
The boys put their books away.
They're not coming today.
Is this your book?
I know that you're not coming.
The cat licked its paw.
It's not raining yet.
I went to the store. I gave the gift to her.
Do you have two pencils?
My sister wants to come too. She ate too much candy.
SECOND GRADE
ELA 10/15 Memorize spelling of following memory words:
there, want, any, very, their, your, down, work, show, could, before, .
HOMEWORK FOR THUS. OCT. 17:
FOURTH GRADE
Handwriting - Do pp. 24-25
Religion - In Workbook do p. 11.
THIRD GRADE
Handwriting - Do p.54.
Religion - Do assigned research on Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Bring in print outs of pictures
or prayers, litanies, information.
SECOND GRADE
Handwriting - Do pp. 26-27
Religion -In Workbook do p. 12
This week the Math Interim Test will be given to all classes on Wed., Oct. 16.
I will only be assigning to study the following troublesome Spelling words to be reviewed for an assessment this week. It is important that that students learn the differences between these words since misusing these words occurs consistently in all their writing, especially in 3rd and 4th.
FOURTH GRADE and THIRD GRADE
ELA 10/15 Memorize spelling of following words as they are used in context: there, their, they're, your, you're, its, it's, to, two, too. Below is a list of how they are used in context.
There are many children in class. Please put the book there.
The boys put their books away.
They're not coming today.
Is this your book?
I know that you're not coming.
The cat licked its paw.
It's not raining yet.
I went to the store. I gave the gift to her.
Do you have two pencils?
My sister wants to come too. She ate too much candy.
SECOND GRADE
ELA 10/15 Memorize spelling of following memory words:
there, want, any, very, their, your, down, work, show, could, before, .
HOMEWORK FOR THUS. OCT. 17:
FOURTH GRADE
Handwriting - Do pp. 24-25
Religion - In Workbook do p. 11.
THIRD GRADE
Handwriting - Do p.54.
Religion - Do assigned research on Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Bring in print outs of pictures
or prayers, litanies, information.
SECOND GRADE
Handwriting - Do pp. 26-27
Religion -In Workbook do p. 12
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
NEW POST: Homework for all grades for 10/7 to 10/11 and review for ELA TEST
Dear Parents, PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THURSDAY"S HOMEWORK!
As mentioned before the ELA Interim Assessment is this Thursday. This Friday's ELA weekly quiz as well as the Religion weekly quiz for next week has been cancelled so students can focus on reviewing for this test and the Unit tests coming up very soon! ALL STUDENTS SHOULD FOCUS ON STUDYING ALL NOTES IN ELA NOTEBOOKS. BELOW IS A LIST FOR EACH GRADE ON WHAT WAS STUDIED IN CLASS AND SHOULD BE REVIEWED THOROUGHLY
BE SURE TO KNOW THE DEFINITIONS AND EXAMPLES OF ALL THE FOLLOWING:
FOURTH GRADE:
artistic license - cite examples: poems in Butterfly Eyes; African tale"The Boy Who Wanted the Moon"; art work "Starry Night."
myth - legend - lore (compare)
research - facts
theme - eg. opposition of good and evil or hero's quest
word choice
narrative writing
astronomy - astrology (compare)
constellations
landscapes ("Starry Night" and "A View of Toledo"
star charts of constellations (ones you created)
use of prefix (astro-) and suffix (-ology) to build words
deity - god - goddess
hero- heroic - heroine
Native American culture
non-fiction: research on mound builders and their artifacts
fiction: And Still the Turtle Watched and "Indian Names"
Greek culture
non-fiction: scientific information on the constellations. Click on
http://www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/uc/pdf/uc4universe.pdf and scroll to
Background. Star charts
fiction: myths on the constellations
Essential Question: How are the earth and sky portrayed in fiction and non-fiction?
THIRD GRADE:
author - illustrator
trickster tales : "A Hill of Beans " (Japanese tale) and "Lion and Unicorn" (English tale)
trickster - fool - problem - solution
character traits - character motivation (The Stories Julian Tells)
generational stories (stories we pass on our children)
narrative writing (stories you about your family)
revise - edit (part of proofreading)
internet search - shared research
parts of speech: noun - collective noun
verb - verb tenses (present, past, future)
past tense of irregular verbs
Essential Question: Why do we hand stories down to the next generation?
SECOND GRADE (refer to Super kids Word Book , ELA Workbook. or ELA notes)
*use of graphic organizer to help organize writing - Tchart used to list kinds of writing and reasons for writing
*sentence or incomplete sentence (fragment)
*use of capitals and periods (p.4)
*comparing telling, asking, exclaiming sentences (p. 11)
*use of apostrophes in possessives (p.5 at bottom)
*use of apostrophes in contractions (p. 12)
*writing complete sentences (requires using subject and predicate)
*fixing run on sentences (taking out and and forming shorter sentences using capitals)
* compare noun (Superkids WB p. 5) and verb (p. 18) and pronouns (p. 6) and adjectives (p,27 *will be covered this week)
*writing process- plan, draft, revise, edit, publish
*identifying five letter parts (LA Workbook pp. 65-66)
*writing a friendly letter (sample in notebook) with correct use of capitals and commas)
recognizing character traits (of Wilbur and Charlotte) in Charlotte"s Web.
*spelling of memory words: have, there, were, where, want, look, any, some, very, new, first, their, your, down, work, show, about, could, before, many.
Essential Question: What makes language beautiful?
HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY, OCT.
FOURTH GRADE
Rel - Click on www.sadlierreligion.com. Scroll to We Believe. Next click on your grade, student, activities, go to. Next under
Games and click on Unit 1 to get a drop down menu. Click on flash cards and then on Print box that appears. Cut out the words and the definitions. Glue EACH word on a three by five index card with its definition on the flip side. Put all cards in a sealed plastic sandwich bag labeled UNIT 1 and your name. Be sure to study all these definitions for daily assessments. Bring in on Fri.
Handwriting - Do pp. 22 and 23.
THIRD GRADE
Rel - Click on www.sadlierreligion.com. Scroll to We Believe. Next click on your grade, student, activities, go to. Next under
Games and click on Unit 1 to get a drop down menu. Click on flash cards and then on Print box that appears. Cut out the words and the definitions. Glue EACH word on a three by five index card with its definition on the flip side. Put all cards in a sealed plastic sandwich bag labeled UNIT 1 and your name. Be sure to study all these definitions for daily assessments. Bring in on Fri.
Handwriting - Do pp. 52-53.
SECOND GRADE
Rel - Click on www.sadlierreligion.com. Scroll to We Believe. Next click on your grade, student, activities, go to. Next under
Games and click on Unit 1 to get a drop down menu. Click on flash cards and then on Print box that appears. Cut out the words and the definitions. Glue EACH word on a three by five index card with its definition on the flip side. Put all cards in a sealed plastic sandwich bag labeled UNIT 1 and your name. Be sure to study all these definitions for daily assessments. Bring in on Fri.
Handwriting - Do pp. 24-25. Write three sentences instead of one.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Homework for 2nd,3rd, & 4th 10/7 to 10/11
Dear Parents, **** GO TO NEW POST: HOMEWORK FOR 10/7 TO 10/11 AND REVIEW FOR ELA TESTS
The Interim on line test for ELA has been changed to this Thursday, instead of Monday. There will be a fire prevention assembly at 9:00 this Tuesday. There will be 12:00 dismissal on Friday and no school on Monday, Oct. 14 in honor of Columbus Day.
The Religion quiz will be given this Monday, Oct. 7 to all classes. Please see below for a guide on what to study:
FOURTH GRADE
Study Religion text Chapter 3 pp. 44 to 47 and the Joyful Mysteries on p. 328 and Religion notes.
Study definition of sin, mortal sin, venial sin, free will, temptation. Students should memorize the Sanctus prayer and be able to describe what happens in each Joyful Mystery (See http://www.rosary-center.org/joyful.htm
THIRD GRADE
Study Religion text Chapter 3 pp. 44 to 49. Study definitions of second coming, last judgment, heaven, parable, miracle. Study notes on The Wedding of Cana and The Widow's Son.. Practice writing a summary.
SECOND GRADE
Study Religion text Chapter 3 pp. 44 to 54. Study definitions of Catholics, parish, faith, sacrament.
Study how to identify each of the seven sacraments. Be able to describe what happens in the sacrament of Baptism: who is present, why water is used as a symbol, what we become as a result.
PARENTS PLEASE GO TO NEW POST : READ MESSAGE ON TOP OF THIS POST!
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The Interim on line test for ELA has been changed to this Thursday, instead of Monday. There will be a fire prevention assembly at 9:00 this Tuesday. There will be 12:00 dismissal on Friday and no school on Monday, Oct. 14 in honor of Columbus Day.
The Religion quiz will be given this Monday, Oct. 7 to all classes. Please see below for a guide on what to study:
FOURTH GRADE
Study Religion text Chapter 3 pp. 44 to 47 and the Joyful Mysteries on p. 328 and Religion notes.
Study definition of sin, mortal sin, venial sin, free will, temptation. Students should memorize the Sanctus prayer and be able to describe what happens in each Joyful Mystery (See http://www.rosary-center.org/joyful.htm
THIRD GRADE
Study Religion text Chapter 3 pp. 44 to 49. Study definitions of second coming, last judgment, heaven, parable, miracle. Study notes on The Wedding of Cana and The Widow's Son.. Practice writing a summary.
SECOND GRADE
Study Religion text Chapter 3 pp. 44 to 54. Study definitions of Catholics, parish, faith, sacrament.
Study how to identify each of the seven sacraments. Be able to describe what happens in the sacrament of Baptism: who is present, why water is used as a symbol, what we become as a result.
PARENTS PLEASE GO TO NEW POST : READ MESSAGE ON TOP OF THIS POST!
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