Sunday, March 20, 2011

Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Grades 3/21 to 3/25

Dear Parents,
Last week's Vocabulary (Word Wall)test has been rescheduled for this Monday, March 21st.Please have all students review last week's definitions on the blog. Test papers will be sent home this week. Each test on right side should be signed and all returned in same folder no later than this Friday, March 25th. Religion display board sent home on Friday should not be brought back yet unless revisions had to be made or unless student did not bring in his display board on Friday to be checked. STUDENTS WHO DID NOT BRING IN THEIR RELIGION DISPLAY BOARDS YET OR WHO NEEDED TO REVISE IT MUST BRING IT IN NO LATER THAN THIS TUESDAY SO IT CAN BE VIEWED AND GRADED. Second grade projects can also be left home this week unless it had to be redone.

The Vocabulary definitions for this week are in Language Arts:

*comma - punctuation mark (,) used to show separation of words or phrases in sentences

*apostrophe - mark (') used in contractions (isn't) and possessive forms (child's, Jesus')

*semicolon - mark (;) used to separate phrases that already contain commas

*preposition - word that joins a noun or pronoun to form a phrase
eg. a piece of pie, safe at home, going to school

*possessive - form of a noun that shows who owns something. It ends in 's if noun is singular or in s' if noun is plural

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

FOURTH GRADE
3/22 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook p.54. Write only the correct sentence in each pair for the top and answer the bottom. Choose one of the topics in LA text p.143 and follow sample on p. 147 to write an outline on looseleaf to be used for speech and writing assignments.

3/24 Rel- Test this Friday. Memorize the Beatitudes and what they mean on p. 35 and memorize the Stations on p. 329.

THIRD GRADE
3/22 LA - In LA notebook answer LA Workbook p.20. Write only the yes statements on top. At bottom name topic and explain in three steps. Choose one of the topics in LA text p. 67 and follow sample on p. 50 to write an outline on looseleaf to be used for speech and writing assignments.

3/24 Rel - Test this Friday. Study Rel book pp. 232 to 240 and Stations on p. 324.

SECOND GRADE
3/22 LA - Read in Rel. book top of page 193 and answer #1 to 8 and p. 196
in LA notebook.
3/24 Rel - Test this Friday. Study pp. 232 to 240 and Stations of the Cross
3/24 Voc - Study all fifteen definitions for this week's test.