Dear Parents,
Interim tests for ELA will be given this Wednesday as well as weekly quizzes. See below for study guide for each grade. This week class each received FOUR corrected weekly quizzes (two in Religion and two in ELA). These need to be signed by a parent and returned by this Friday. IF A STUDENT DOES NOT RETURN ALL FOUR QUIZZES, NO MORE QUIZZES WILL BE SENT HOME! Students are NOT allowed to make any corrections or changes on the quizzes but they can do corrections on a separate sheet of looseleaf.
FOURTH GRADE
10/20 Study for the Religion quiz on Wed. all of Chapter 4 including key words and especially the parable of "The Prodigal Son" and its moral (lesson).
10/20 Study for ELA quiz on Thurs. on www.ixl.com: shades of meaning and multiple meaning words. Also study in Phonics the two vowel sounds for ow as in blow and drown and the two vowel sounds for /u/ as in true and cure.
*For Interim review on both www.ixl.com and in Grammar Workshop the following topics:
sentence types, sentences/fragments/run-ons, subject/predicate, subject verb agreement, capitalization, shades of meaning, multiple meaning words
10/22 On looseleaf write a heading. Answer in Grammar Workshop p. 72 #1 to 10 and p. 85 #1 to 10.
10/22 Study Chapter 5, 6, and 7 in Religion textbook for quiz on Wed. MEMORIZE the six steps for making a moral choice in Religion notebook.
THIRD GRADE
10/20 Study for the Religion quiz on Wed. all of Chapter 4 including key words and the event described on p. 58.
10/20 Study for ELA quiz on Thurs. on www.ixl.com: shades of meaning, multiple meaning words, and capitalization of titles. Also study in Phonics pp. 25 to 28.
*For Interim review both on www.ixl.com and in Grammar Workshop the following topics:
sentence types, sentences/fragments/run-ons, subject/predicate, subject verb agreement, capitalization, multiple meaning words
10/22 On looseleaf write a heading. Answer in Grammar Workshop p. 193 #1- 8 and on p. 200 #1- 8.
10/22 Study Chapters 5, 6, and 7 in Religion textbook for quiz on Wed. Study also the miracles of the "Multplication of Loaves" and "The Widow's Son" in the Religion notebook.
SECOND GRADE
10/20 Study for the Religion quiz on Wed. all of Chapter 4 including key words. Be able to explain why water is used in Baptism and why light from the Easter candle is used.
10/20 Study for ELA quiz on Thurs. the definitions of folllowing words: admiration, frontier, colossal, inseparable , separable. Know the difference between a fairy tale (that uses magic) and a tall tale (that uses exaggeration). Be able to give examples of each type of story read aloud in class.
Review in Superkids Workbook p. 33 (-s or -es). Review in Phonics short vowel sounds /a/,/e/, /i/.
Be able to give examples of exaggerations in the stories of "Paul Bunyan" and "Pecos Bill."
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8igQwfe5r5U and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-izs5Wi4TUQ.
*For Interim review on www.ixl.com sentence types, sentences/fragments/run-ons, subject/predicate, antonyms, capitalization, commas, and prefixes(GG1 & GG2), and anything else you wish.
10/22 On looseleaf write a full heading. Answer in Superkids Workbook p. 33 (singular/plural) and on p. 50 (multiple meaning words).
10/22 Study Chapters 5, 6, and 7 in the Religion textbook for quiz on Wednesday.
