Dear Parents, UPDATED AGAIN on 3/26
Next week there will be NO weekly quizzes in order to give students an opportunity to review for the New York State ELA Exam which requires three days of testing on long passages of reading, answering questions, completing graphic organizers, proofreading passages for correct capitalization and punctuating, and most important writing essays of two or three paragraphs in response to non-fiction and sometimes fictional stories and poetry. The homework will consist of reviewing and practicing for this exam. Religion classes are also cancelled to review for this exam but will be made up after the exam.
I strongly recommend that both third and fourth graders practice doing the previous TWO years sets of tests: Books 1 , 2, and 3 over the weekend and throughout next week. The story for Book 2 can be found in the Listening selection. These tests can be printed out! All students should practice WRITING the follow up essays as well checking for complete sentences, capitalization, and punctuation as well. The most important thing to remember if that students answer EACH and ALL questions with correct information and always citing correct evidence from the text. See below for sites:
FOURTH GRADE: http://www.nysedregents.org/grade4/englishlanguagearts/home.html
THIRD GRADE: http://www.nysedregents.org/grade3/englishlanguagearts/home.html
Daily assessments will be given to third and fourth based on questions from the sites above!
SECOND GRADERS Next Thursday, March 27th, second graders who are in the program will be celebrating FIRST RECONCILIATION at 11:00 .Only the students who are at Reconciliation that day will be allowed to be picked up by their family after the ceremony to celebrate with their families . All students MUST know the Act of Contrition in their notebook (and text book) . They should also practice the introductory prayer, "Bless me Father for I have sinned, this is my first confession" in their Religion notebook and the TEN COMMANDMENTS and wha t each commandment means: how we obey it or disobey it.
On Monday, all students receiving Reconciliation will be taken to church for a practice at 9:30.
Please check back by Tuesday night for this week's homework for all classes.
A Book Fair is taking place this week. It is best if students decide which book or books they wish to buy and bring in the correct amount each day. Some titles I would suggest to help with the test practice are US Presidents ($9.00), Heroes for All Times (6.00), Mythology ($8.00)
What Was the Underground Railroad? ($6.00), Who Was King Tut? ($5.00), Disasters ($9.00)and the I Survived series (Battle of Gettysburg), (Nazi Invasion), (Japanese Tsunami) each $5.00.
FOURTH GRADE
3/25 ELA -Click on http://www.nysedregents.org/grade4/englishlanguagearts/home.html. Click on Book 3 for 2010 test. Read both stories and answer ALL questions on pp.2 through 9 including completing graphic organizer, answering short responses, and writing an essay of three paragraphs. No script! Write full heading and do all work on looseleaf.
3/27 ELA -Click on http://www.nysedregents.org/grade4/englishlanguagearts/home.html. Click on Book 3 for 2006 test. Read both stories and answer ALL questions on pp.2 through 9 including completing graphic organizer, answering short responses, and writing an essay of two paragraphs. No script! necessary! You may print the test out and answer on the sheets. If this is not possible, write a full heading and do the work on looseleaf.
THIRD GRADE
PLEASE BRING IN CANS OF FOOD FOR THE POOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK!
3/25 ELA -Click on http://www.nysedregents.org/grade3/englishlanguagearts/home.html. Click on Listening Selection for 2009 test. Print out story and read. Then click on Book 2 and answer all question 22 through 27 and edit the two paragraphs. Students may either print out these pages to answer the questions. or write their responses on looseleaf if print outs are not possible. Please include a full heading on looseleaf or write your name on the print outs.
3/27 ELA -PLEASE BRING IN CANS OF FOOD FOR THE POOR THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK! Click on http://www.nysedregents.org/grade3/englishlanguagearts/home.html. Click on Listening Selection for 2006 test. Print out story and read. Then click on Book 2 and answer all question 22 through 27 and edit the two paragraphs. Students may either print out these pages to answer the questions. or write their responses on looseleaf if print outs are not possible. Please include a full heading on looseleaf or write your name on the print outs.
SECOND GRADE
3/25 ELA -In Super kids Workbook answer pp. 63 and 73 NEATLY, COMPLETELY, AND CAREFULLY after reading all directions.
3/27 ELA- SEVERAL STUDENTS DID NOT DO TUESDAY'S HOMEWORK NEATLY, COMPLETELY, OR CAREFULLY! Since many students will be celebrating Reconciliation tomorrow, I am assigning that two of the pages assigned for classwork be done for homework.
In Super kids Workbook answer pp. 61 and 66 and study the homophones on pp. 61, 66, & 98 for test next week.
*Please check back here on Thursday for more homework!
