4-105 Mrs. Alejandro

Study for spelling test.
Science quiz tomorrow.
Current events on Barack Obama.
Pictures of family for science due tomorrow.
Grammar wkbk collected on Monday, up to page 92.
Math wkbk collected tomorrow--all pages listed must be completed
R & P 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12, 1-13, 1-15, 2-1, 2-2, 2-5, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3.

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Homework for 1/21/09

1. Spelling test on Fridat.

2. Define Spelling words 8-15.

3. Practice workbook pages 103, 104, 104a.

4. Religion: (due tomorrow) please bring in the log of where and when you pray.

5. Current Events: (due on Friday) on Barack Obama's inauguration.

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As most of us know February is a very important month. We celebrate Black History Month. Our Social Studies curriculum calls for learning about many different types of important African Americans.
We are asking that you have your child read a book on an African American in the sports world. We have chosen this as the topic this year because we often forget the many contributions African American athletes have made to our society.
Please pick a biography (age appropriate) and bring the biography to class by February 2nd so that Mrs. Alejandro and Ms. Cohen can approve the book. You can not use information from the internet, the students MUST read a biography.
The report must be a one to two page biography on the person, the contribution(s) they have made, and your child's opinion on the person and the book they have read.
The art portion must be a stamp commemorating the person. Have them draw a picture or pull a picture of the person off of the internet. They can create a stamp like edge by punching out half circles around the papers edge with a hole punch or a scissor. The students must write the title, author, and copyright date of the book on the stamp.
On Monday, Jan. 26 we'll have the Opening Prayer Service in the auditorium. On Monday we "Celebrate Faith". We would like a student in grade 1-102 to pray a short prayer celebrating faith. What does their faith mean to them?
As you may recall on Feb. 4, the night of the Home School Meeting, Mr. Wright from the District Attorney's office is coming to make an important presentation to the parents. A good way to get the parents to come may be to have some students in attendance. We're hoping the choir would sing and some students would be willing to share with the audience what their faith means to them. It would be good for their parents to hear their thoughts.
On Tuesday, Jan. 27 "Celebrate Students" day, we're asking the students in 4-104 to write a prayer to be read over the loudspeaker that specifically prays for students. It's also Sports Day for the students.
On Wednesday, Jan. 28 "Celebrate Learning" students in class 3-106 will compose a prayer and read it over the loudspeaker. It's also "Bee" Day. Grades 7 and 8 will be participating in a math bee. We are asking every class to have a "bee" whether it is math, spelling, etc.
On Thursday, Jan. 29 "Celebrate Alumni" day. 8-206 will write and pray the prayer for our alumni. We're hoping to have alumni and guests visit classes and talk about their careers, etc.

On Friday, Jan. 30 we "Celebrate Staff". Again a class will compose and prayer the prayer in the morning as we wind up CSW. Some of the parents are working on a luncheon for us that day.

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1. Spelling test on Friday.
2. Define spelling words 1-7.
3. Practice pages 96 + 97.
4. Phonics pages 61 + 62.
5. Math workbook page P 5-3.
6. Religion (due on Thursday) write a log of when and where you pray throughout the day and night.
7. What was your reaction to the inauguration?

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Reminders: 1/19 School is closed for the MLK celebration. 1/20 is Inauguration day, we will be watching from the classroom. If you'd like to participate be at SFA by 11:15am. 1/23 is Movie Night. Next week begins Catholic Schools Week, a week long celebration. This year we will celebrate the Importance of Serving Others. We will have a spelling test on Friday.

Do Now: ice, solid, melt, northern, heat, freezes, matter, frost, snowflake, thaw, arctic, dense, degree, chill, igloo. Challenge words: beauty, furniture, palace, pure, visitors. Copy, abc order, 3 x each, sentences, definitions, and a story.

ELA: A Very Cool Place to Visit. Develop audio and visual literacy, Summarize, Multiple Meaning Words, and Context Clues.

Phonics: Dipthongs (pages 61-64.) Compound Words (pages 65-68.)
Grammar: Sentence Combining, Correcting Sentences (pages 89-94.)
Handwriting: Nn (pages 44-45.) Oo (pages 46-47.)

Math: Writing Multiplication Stories (pages 266-267.) 2 as a factor (pages 276-277.)

Religion: Chapter 10. The church Prays. Vocab: prayer, synagogue, liturgy, pilgrimages. We will hang up different types of prayers for the school to read.

Science: How Living Things are Alike (pages A6-A11.) Vocab: organism, reproduction, environment, respond, cells.

Social Studies: Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

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Reminders: All tuition and lunch payments must be in ASAP!!! The peacemaker project is due on Tuesday 1/13/09. Please be on time, the 4th grade will be taking the NYS assessment ELA exam. Students cannot walk through the hallway.

Spelling/Do Now: found, spoil, power, enjoy, foil, clown, voyage, cloudy, noisy, count, poison, loyal, allow, choice, shout. Challenge Words: anxious, attic, costume, examined, pattern. 3 x each, abc order, sentences, define challenge words, write a story.

ELA: The Patchwork Quilt. Audio and visual review, make a class quilt, making inferences, main idea, supporting details.

Phonics: Diphthongs (pages 61-64.) Compound Words (pages 65-68.)
Grammar: Past-tense verbs and using commas (pages 77-82.)
Handwriting: practice pages 38-43.

Math: Arrays and Multiplication (pages 262-265.) Writing Multiplication Stories (pages 266-267.) We will make our own stories and different types of arrays to explain the stories.

Religion: Chapter 10. The church Prays. Vocab: prayer, synagogue, liturgy, pilgrimages. We will hang up different types of prayers for the school to read.

Science: How Living Things are Alike (pages A6-A11.) Vocab: organism, reproduction, environment, respond, cells.

Social Studies: We will review why we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. We will learn about the inauguration, Barack Obama, and hopefully watch the inauguration on television.

Homework: Define the spelling words. Practice workbook pages 89-95. Math workbook pages R&P 5-2, 5-3. Religion, Science, and S.S. will be given in class. Current events on Thursday.

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Class 3-105 will have homework over the weekend. This project was given out on 1/8/09 and is due on 1/13/09. Please no excuses!! Each child received a biography (one page) on either Martin Luther King or Barack Obama. They must also include how these people are peacemakers and a picture.Please have this handwritten and the picture attached.

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Reminders: Back to school on 1/5. Science quiz on Friday. I will not be in on Tuesday due to a death in my family!!

Spelling: small, ladder, little, happen, rubber, grass, ribbon, lesson, silly, butter, supper, middle, possible, hobby, unhappy, blossoms, dawn, imaginary, miserable, shallow. 3 x each, a,b,c, order, define, sentences.

ELA: "The Little Painter of Sabana Grande." Develop visual and audio literacy. Story elements, summarize, context clues.

Grammar: present tense verbs and abbreviations. Pages 71-76.
Phonics: Listen for long U pages 56-60.
Handwriting: L pages 34-35, M pages 36-37

Math: Chapter 5-Multiplication concepts and facts. Pages 258-259 Diagnosing Readiness. Pages 260-261 multiplication as repeated addition. Vocabulary: multiplication, equal groups, factor, and product.

Religion: Chapter 9 The Church Teaches Us. We will begin to learn the Apostles Creed.

Science: Comparing solids, liquids, and gases. Pages f 12-23.

Soc. Stud: Central America. This week we will focus on Panama and Dominican Republic.

Homework: define spelling words, practice wkbk 82-88. math wkbk 5-1 and work given in class. All other subjects will be given in class. Science quiz on Friday.

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