Monday, June 4, 2012
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Homework for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for 6/4 to 6/8
Dear Parents,
FINAL EXAMS will be given this week: Science on Monday, RELIGION ON TUESDAY, Math (has been changed to June 13th), Reading on Thursday. The rest continue next week. It is important that all students arrive on time and have three sharpened pencils with good clean erasers and looseleaf.
Please be sure to read carefully my blogs on Review Notes for Final Exams for 3rd and 4th for ELA and Review Notes for Final Exams for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for Religion posted last Thursday. This Friday dismissal will once again be at 12:00. The weekly vocabulary test on last week's words is scheduled for this Wednesday.
Please check below your grade for this week's homework:
UPDATE: SINCE NO EXAM IS SCHEDULED FOR WED. THIS WEEK, HOMEWORK IS DUE AS USUAL ( THAT IS ON WED. AND FRI.)
FOURTH GRADE
ELA 6/5 On looseleaf, write a heading. Write a sentence using each of the following words correctly: to, two, too, their, there, they're, your , you're, its, it's. Review uses of capitalization in Speller on p. 249. Study homonyms above for quiz on Fri.
ELA 6/7 On looseleaf, write a word showing each of the following parts of speech as they can be used in a sentence: noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction. For example, noun- man, pronoun-he, adjective-angry, verb-yelled , adverb -loudly, conjunction- and. Review uses of commas and apostrophes in Speller pp. 250-251. Study parts of speech for quiz on Fri.
THIRD GRADE
ELA 6/5 On looseleaf, write create a comparison chart listing three similarities and three differences between any two animals that you choose. Review uses of capitalization in Speller on p. 248.
ELA 6/7 Review uses of commas and apostrophes in Speller on p. 249 for quiz on Fri.
SECOND GRADE
IMPORTANT: ALL SUMMER SCHOOL LETTERS SENT HOME ON MONDAY MUST BE RETURNED SIGNED BY TOMORROW, JUNE 6TH!
Voc.6/5 Study 20 weekly definitions for test Wed.
Rel. 6/7 On looseleaf write a heading. Write a title and five sentences describing the May Procession.
FINAL EXAMS will be given this week: Science on Monday, RELIGION ON TUESDAY, Math (has been changed to June 13th), Reading on Thursday. The rest continue next week. It is important that all students arrive on time and have three sharpened pencils with good clean erasers and looseleaf.
Please be sure to read carefully my blogs on Review Notes for Final Exams for 3rd and 4th for ELA and Review Notes for Final Exams for 2nd, 3rd, & 4th for Religion posted last Thursday. This Friday dismissal will once again be at 12:00. The weekly vocabulary test on last week's words is scheduled for this Wednesday.
Please check below your grade for this week's homework:
UPDATE: SINCE NO EXAM IS SCHEDULED FOR WED. THIS WEEK, HOMEWORK IS DUE AS USUAL ( THAT IS ON WED. AND FRI.)
FOURTH GRADE
ELA 6/5 On looseleaf, write a heading. Write a sentence using each of the following words correctly: to, two, too, their, there, they're, your , you're, its, it's. Review uses of capitalization in Speller on p. 249. Study homonyms above for quiz on Fri.
ELA 6/7 On looseleaf, write a word showing each of the following parts of speech as they can be used in a sentence: noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction. For example, noun- man, pronoun-he, adjective-angry, verb-yelled , adverb -loudly, conjunction- and. Review uses of commas and apostrophes in Speller pp. 250-251. Study parts of speech for quiz on Fri.
THIRD GRADE
ELA 6/5 On looseleaf, write create a comparison chart listing three similarities and three differences between any two animals that you choose. Review uses of capitalization in Speller on p. 248.
ELA 6/7 Review uses of commas and apostrophes in Speller on p. 249 for quiz on Fri.
SECOND GRADE
IMPORTANT: ALL SUMMER SCHOOL LETTERS SENT HOME ON MONDAY MUST BE RETURNED SIGNED BY TOMORROW, JUNE 6TH!
Voc.6/5 Study 20 weekly definitions for test Wed.
Rel. 6/7 On looseleaf write a heading. Write a title and five sentences describing the May Procession.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Review Notes for Final Exams for 3rd & 4th for ELA
Students in all grades will be taking the ELA Final on June 11th. I will be preparing the test for 3rd and 4th grades only.
FOURTH GRADE
Review the following:
*ALL uses of capital letters (Speller p. 249)
*ALL uses of commas (Speller p. 251) including use with quotation marks (Speller p. 248)
*ALL uses of apostrophes (Speller p. 250) in possessives and contractions
*abbreviations (Speller pp. 247-248)
*synonyms: Review all more descriptive synonyms for verbs and adjectives on Other Ways to Say sheet
*parts of speech (noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction) Practice Grammar Gorillas on www.funbrain.com
*prefixes and suffixes: Review sheet in ELA notebook . Know meaning of each and how to use to form real words
*distinguish: its/it's , your/you're , there/their/they're, two/to/too
*practice using transition words in a composition. See sheet on transition words in ELA notebbok
and paractice on http://writingfix.com/PDFs/Pic_Book_Prompt_Worksheets/Meanwhile_GO.pdf
You may also wish to practice using Grammar Blast on www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
and Power Proofreading on www.harcourtschool.com
THIRD GRADE
Review the following:
*ALL uses of capital letters (Speller p. 248)
*ALL uses of commas (Speller p. 249)
*ALL uses of apostrophes (Speller p. 249) in possessives and contractions
*parts of speech (noun, adjectice, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction) Practice Grammar Gorillas on www.funbrain.com
*homophones (eg. meet/meat , through/threw , plane/plain)
*homographs (eg. live, dove, wind)
*distinguish: its/ it's, your/you're , there/their/they're
*meaning of idioms listed on sheet in ELA folder
*practice comparing and contrasting by describing similarities and differeces in a composition
You may also wish to practice on Grammar Blast on www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
and Power Proofreading on www.harcourtschool.com
FOURTH GRADE
Review the following:
*ALL uses of capital letters (Speller p. 249)
*ALL uses of commas (Speller p. 251) including use with quotation marks (Speller p. 248)
*ALL uses of apostrophes (Speller p. 250) in possessives and contractions
*abbreviations (Speller pp. 247-248)
*synonyms: Review all more descriptive synonyms for verbs and adjectives on Other Ways to Say sheet
*parts of speech (noun, adjective, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction) Practice Grammar Gorillas on www.funbrain.com
*prefixes and suffixes: Review sheet in ELA notebook . Know meaning of each and how to use to form real words
*distinguish: its/it's , your/you're , there/their/they're, two/to/too
*practice using transition words in a composition. See sheet on transition words in ELA notebbok
and paractice on http://writingfix.com/PDFs/Pic_Book_Prompt_Worksheets/Meanwhile_GO.pdf
You may also wish to practice using Grammar Blast on www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
and Power Proofreading on www.harcourtschool.com
THIRD GRADE
Review the following:
*ALL uses of capital letters (Speller p. 248)
*ALL uses of commas (Speller p. 249)
*ALL uses of apostrophes (Speller p. 249) in possessives and contractions
*parts of speech (noun, adjectice, pronoun, verb, adverb, conjunction) Practice Grammar Gorillas on www.funbrain.com
*homophones (eg. meet/meat , through/threw , plane/plain)
*homographs (eg. live, dove, wind)
*distinguish: its/ it's, your/you're , there/their/they're
*meaning of idioms listed on sheet in ELA folder
*practice comparing and contrasting by describing similarities and differeces in a composition
You may also wish to practice on Grammar Blast on www.eduplace.com/kids/hme
and Power Proofreading on www.harcourtschool.com
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