Dear Parents,
All homework assigned last Thursday is due by tomorrow due to the weather. As stated on the school calendar, the Interim Test in ELA will be given tomorrow morning. for all grades. Students should review all ELA notes especially in grammar. Anyone who has not returned their two test folders or returned them empty need to return them with all the tests inside by tomorrow. When students leave these at home, tests are often lost or thrown away. If this is the case, students will not be able to use these for review when the time comes. Many second graders have not returned their tests folders as they were asked to do! On Wednesday dismissal is at 12:00. Report cards will be distributed to some. Others must come between 1:00 to 7:00 for Parent- Teacher Conferences.
THIRD GRADE
2/3 Third graders have been working on PBL this week and each has been assigned a saint from France. The saints were chosen from www.holyspiritinteractive.net/kids/saints/ Copy and paste this website on the address bar. Each student needs to look up their saint on this web site based on their feast day, make a print out of their story (as shown in class), and then make a print out of an 8x11 picture of their saint to be the cover of a book each is compiling from their various class activities. The picture, printed out story, and the definition of the five vocabulary words chosen in class on loose leaf are due by Thurs. at the latest. Most definitions can be looked on the internet and definition should be based on the meaning of the word as used in the reading passage. Be prepared to speak about your saint! THE PICTURE , PRINT OUT OF STORY, AND DEFINITIONS ON LOOSELEAF ARE DUE BY THURSDAY SO WE CAN PRACTICE FOR PBL PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY
2/5 THE PICTURE OF THE SAINT, PRINT OUT OF STORY, AND DEFINITIONS ON LOOSELEAF ARE DUE BY THURSDAY SO WE CAN PRACTICE FOR PBL PRESENTATION ON FRIDAY.
Third graders should also continue their research on the creative or inventive person they were assigned. By Monday,all students need to answer the following questions on looseleaf about the person they researched:
1. When and where did the person born?
2. What were some of their most important inventions or creation? Name, describe or explain.
3. What challenges or obstacles did they face in doing their work?
4. How has this person's work contribute to making life easier or bettter for people today?
5. When and how did this person die?
FOURTH GRADE
2/3 Fourth graders will be working on animals in real life compared to animals portrayed in literature. Each fourth grader will be assigned to do research on either HORSE, DOG, or MOUSE.
On loose leaf students write a heading. Write the name of the animal as a title. Research the following information: characteristics (fur, hooves), habitat (natural home), diet (what it eats), forms of protection, natural enemies, length of life. and some interesting facts.
2/5 THE WORK ON ANIMAL RESEARCH IS DUE BY THIS FRIDAY. THERE WILL BE AN QUIZ ON THIS NEXT FRIDAY. FOR RELIGION BE SURE TO MEMORIZE THE BEATITUDES AND STUDY THE NOTES ON THE BEATITUDES IN THE RELIGION NOTEBOOK.
Next week students will be assigned to read ONE BOOK from the list below based on that SAME animal this time as a fictional character:
horse: Black Beauty, The Black Stallion, Mr. Revere and I
dog: Lassie Come Home, A Dog's Life:Autobiography of a Stray
mouse: Ben and Me, Ralph S. Mouse, The Mouse and the Motorcycle
SECOND GRADE
2/3 Second graders will be working on the history of African Americans in their struggle for freedom. Each student is assigned to watch the video on "Henry's Freedom Box" on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA0iNLquLZo. Each student will be asked to write a narrative in class explaining the action in the story using a flow map. Be prepared to discuss and write!
2/5 WE WILL WRITE THE NARRATIVE BASED ON VIDEO ON FRIDAY AND THERE WILL BE A QUIZ NEXT FRIDAY on RUBY BRIDGES (autobiography vs. biography: notes will be given) AND HENRY'S FREEDOM BOX.
