Dear Parents,
This Monday there will be Lenten confessions for THIRD grade at 9:30 and for FOURTH grade at 10:00. There will be no school on Friday. On March 19th, our class will be leading the school Mass so parts will be assigned this week to practice readings.
RELIGION QUIZZES will be given this Monday also to all three grades. ALL CLASSES need to review the Unit 4 definitions on flash cards either in notebook or on www.sadlierreligion.com as well as Relgion text pp. 232 to 243 on Lent and Triduum. Corrected Religion homework on p. 243 was returned for review.
Please see below for this week's homework:
FOURTH GRADE
ELA -Tues 3/12 Listen to Sojourner Truth's speech "Ain't I a Woman?" on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XilHJc9IZvE
and read Frances Gage's memories of her speech 30 years later http://womenshistory.about.com/od/sojournertruth/a/aint_i_a_woman.htm On looseleaf write a heading. Then write two similarities and two differences you notice between the speeches. Be sure to cite evidence.
REL - Thurs. 3/14 Study two Review sheets stapled in Religion notebook for next quiz.
THIRD GRADE
ELA - Tues. 3/12 Look up synonyms in a dictionary or thesaurus for each of the key words from the Preamble to the Constitition listed in Journal notebook. On looseleaf write a heading. Rewrite the entire Preamble substituting words that make it easier to understand.
REL- Thurs. 3/14 Memorize the Apostles Creed on p. 111 and study Ch. 23 (pp. 260-268) for next quiz.
SECOND GRADE
ELA - Tues. 3/12 Research one of the following figures who will be assigned: Ruby Bridges, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln. On looseleaf write a heading. Write the name as the title. Write a biography of six to eight sentences about the role this person played on the slavery issue. This means what did they believe, what happened to them, and what did they do about it.
REL - Thurs. 3/14 Study Chapters 17 (pp. 196 -204) and memorize the Act of Contrition on p. 139.
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