Saturday, January 29, 2011

Homework for 2nd, 3rd, 4th Grades for 1/31 to 2/4

Dear Parents,
This Monday is Open House form 8:30 to 11:30 so parents may visit our classrooms. On Tues. from 8:30 to 10:30 students who paid for photos will have their pictures taken in the library. Students may wear what they wish. On Wed. report cards will be distributed in an assembly for Grades 2,3,and 4 at 9:00. Dismissal is at 12:00. Parent-Teacher Conferences will be from 2:00 to 7:00. On Thurs. students will celebrate Mass at 9:00 for the feast of St. Blaise (note the picture) in which all students will have their throats blessed. On Thurs. also all students MUST BE IN FULL UNIFORM for Class Pictures which will be takaen at 10:00. Dismissal on Friday is at 3:00.
Due to Snow Day last Thursday, homework assigned last week on the blog will be rescheduled for this week. This week we begin again with the fifteen weekly definitions.The definitions this week are in Language Arts:

*base(or root)word - main word to which a prefix or suffix can be added

*prefix - word part added to the beginning of a base word
eg. dis-, pre-, un-

*suffix - word part added to the ending of a base word
eg. -ful, -less, -er

*article - the words a, an the used before nouns

*tense - form of verb that shows when the action happens: present, past, future

Please see below your child's grade for this week's homework:

SECOND GRADE:
2/1 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 126 and 129.
2/3 Rel - Religion test Fri. Study Chapters 11 and 12.
2/3 Voc - Study all 15 definitions assigned this week for test Fri.

THIRD GRADE:
2/1 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 47-48.
2/3 Rel - Religion test Fri. Study Chapter 15. Memorize also ALL on p. 329.

FOURTH GRADE:
2/1 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook pp. 69-70.
2/3 Rel - Religion test Fri. Memorize the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy and know a Practical Work for each one that you can practice. See p. 138 in Religion Workbook.