Sunday, May 22, 2016

Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades for May 23 to 27

Dear Parents,
        There is no school this Friday, May 27 and next Monday, May 30th. The Religion Archdiocesan Exam is being given to third and fourth grades on June 2nd and posibly second grade as well. I will be sending home past quizzes this week so students can begin to review the  types of questions that most likely will appear on the exams. I received an e-mailed  study guide only for fourth grade on specific areas to review which I will post below. Please be sure to review well all of these quizzes as well as the Study Guide I posted for all classes.  There will be an ELA quiz for all classes this Wed.  focusing on vocabulary and writing skills.  Please see below for a more details.

FOURTH GRADE
5/24 ELA Quiz on Wed.  Study following vocabulary definitions listed in the notebook:  foreign, cranky, involuntary, indifferent, jolted, unperturbed, elaborate, calloused, menacingly, unconcerned, campaigning, unsuited, oppressive, ride the rods, hop the freights.  Be able to  summarize Chapter 1 to 6 of The Hope Chest.  Read Chapter 9 of  The Hope Chest.
***REMEMBER TO WRITE THE SIX STEPS TO MAKING A GOOD MORAL CHOICE FOUR TIMES EACH ON LOOSELEAF AND STUDY SO I CAN RETEST TOMORROW.

5/27 Study all on POSTED STUDY GUIDE and past quizzes  for the Religion Archdiocesan Exam!  Read Chapter 10 of The Hope Chest

Format of the Fourth Grade Archdiocesan Exam:  The assessment will include multiple choice questions, matching questions, and a choice of one short response question. The response question will require the student to connect the content learned in religion class to lived experience.
Students should expect questions on the following topics:
    The Life of Jesus and the Church,  Trinity,  Beatitudes,   Sermon on the Mount, Ten Commandments,   God’s Covenant with Moses,  Solemnity of All Saints
Terms:
            repentance,   Lent,  penance,  fasting, covenant,  Corporal Works of Mercy,  Stations of the Cross,  Communion of Saints,  Apostles’ Creed



THIRD GRADE
5/24 ELA Quiz on Wed. Study following vocabulary definitions listed in the notebook: species, wildlife, livestock, percipitation, evaporation, runoffs, habitat, pollute, produce, conserve, filter, distribution, population,  The writing task will cover  last two sections of the book.
***REMEMBER TO REVIEW ALL PARABLES IN THE RELIGION NOTEBOOK.  I WILL RETEST TOMORRROW.
5/27 Study Study all on POSTED STUDY GUIDE and past quizzes for the Religion Archdiocesan Exam!

SECOND GRADE
5/24 ELA Quiz on Wed. Study folllowing vocabulary definitions listed in the notebook: descendents, ancestors, support, traditional, ethnic, officially, exhausting, famine, responsibilities, wages, to turn over a new leaf, and multiple meanings of the word land. 

5/27 Study past quizzes and notes given this week for Final Exam!


Please see below if you wish to see this week's lesson plans:

Fourth: http://planbookedu.com/s/YAWMF

Third:http://planbookedu.com/s/IA3GK

Second: http://planbookedu.com/s/7JU3R