Dear Parents,
Students should review last week's vocabulary definitions once again since it is now scheduled for this Monday. New weekly definitions will be posted on my blog once this test has been given. Religion Class was cancelled for 3rd and 4th last Thursday afternoon due to a rescheduled gym period and set up for the Science Fair. It is very important that students read their homework assignments and prepare themselves for upcoming tests even when these unforeseen situations come up. This week there will be no ELA class on Wed. for 4th due to the NYS Science Test and homework date is adjusted due to 12:00 DISMISSAL on Thurs. and NO SCHOOL on Friday and Monday. All students were provided with IMPORTANT REVIEW SHEETS that were stapled in their Religion notebooks BEFORE EASTER VACATION, so students would have time to study. Now that fourth graders have finished their other state tests, it is necessary that they focus on reviewing these sheets which basically sumarize what we learned all year and will prepare them for their Archdiocesean Exam!
Please see homework for each grade below. Please note change in date for this week.
FOURTH GRADE
Rel. 5/21 Quiz will be given on Tues. Review two sheets titled "Archdiocese of New York Grade 4 Exam Review." Also review sheet with the ten practice essay questions. On looseleaf write heading. Answer essay questions 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Be sure to answer all parts to each question. Look up answers and spelling of terms if necessary.
ELA 5/23 Quiz on Thurs. on using prefixes and suffixes. Study both sheeets in ELA notebook. Students should know the meaning of each and know how to use a sample word in a sentence.
Students should also make a print out of the transition words list on www.jc-schools.net/write/transition.htm and staple it in their ELA notebook and review it for test next week.
THIRD GRADE
ELA 5/22 Quiz on Wed. on identifying the noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction in a sentence and on the different uses of capital letters (see Speller p. 248). To review parts of speech practice on http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/gg.cgi?A1=m&A2=0&A3=0&AFUNCT=1&ALEVEL=1
Next week there will be a test on uses of punctuation (see Speller pp. 248-249).
Rel. 5/23 Study Review sheet given before Easter vacation with words and sample essay questions. On looseleaf write a heading. Answer essay questions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Be sure to answer all parts to each questions. Look up answers and spelling of terms if necessary.
SECOND GRADE
Rel. 5/22 Study Review sheet given before Easter vacation with words and sample essay questions. On looseleaf, write a heading. Answer essay questions 1, 2. 3. Be sure to answer all parts to each question. Look up answers and spell terms correctly.
Rel. 5/23 On looseleaf write a heading. Answer essay questions 4, 5, 7, 8. Be sure to answer all parts to each question. Look up answers and spell terms correctly. STUDY! Test will be given on Thurs. on answering four of these essay questions.
