Dear Parents,
Second grade students will still be taking the ITBS Test this Tuesday and after Mass on Thursday those from all classes assigned to take the NYSESLAT will continue their testing. There will be an ELA Quiz for all grades this Monday, May 11th. Please see below and be sure to review well since the quizzes will NOT be easy! There will be a set of ten Spelling words for EACH class assigned this week that ALL students will need to study and practice writing in script (including second grade).
FOURTH GRADE
*Study notes on examples of relative pronouns (eg. who, whom) vs. reflexive pronouns (eg. himself)
*Study notes on difference between words in subjective (eg. he, they, who), objective (eg. him, them, whom), and possessive (eg. his, their, whose) case.
*Review V2, V3 (relative pronouns) and QQ1, QQ2 (multiple meaning words) on ixl. Be sure to know when to use who or whom and distinguish when a word is used as a noun or adjective (eg. fair)
*Review the theme of Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening." Be able to explain the meaning of the last stanza.
*Review the corrected homework returned on research on an assigned physician. Be sure to know at least ten IMPORTANT facts about the person's life that you can use to write an essay. Return corrected homework on Monday for filing.
THIRD GRADE
*Know the definition of the following words (recorded in notebook): immigrant, ancestor, detainee, steerage, deportation, systematically.
*Review OO1, OO8 (prefixes and suffixes) on ixl. Know the meaning of prefixes pre-, mis-, re- and suffixes ment, -able, -ly.
*Be able to explain the correct sequence of steps in the immigration process.
*Be able to write a bio poem on the founding father of the US Constitution you researched. Review corrected homework. Return corrected homework on Monday for filing.
SECOND GRADE
*Know the definition of the following words. Please copy into ELA notebook (if not there already):
folktale - a fantasy story passed down to other generations
legend- partially made up story about a historical event
narrative - writing that tells a story
opinion- one's belief or point of view
irregular verb - verb which does not use -ed to form the past tense (eg. kept)
* Review M2, M3 on (past tense of irregular verbs)
*Be able to summarize (about 5 sentences) the folktale you researched OR summarize one of the Aesop's fable we studied in class (but not "The Wind and the Sun.") Be able also to explain the moral.
*Review the plot and moral of ALL the fables we studied in class on http://read.gov/aesop/001.html.
