4-105 Mrs. Alejandro

Remember that this week is the Terra Nova exam. We will be testing every morning, please be on time and have a good night's sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, and bring # 2 pencils.
On Wednesday afternoon we will be going to the Maple Street library, send in those library cards!
I sent home a generic absent letter, please make a number of copies for yourself and send them in when your child is out.
Define spelling words 1-5 (might, life, rode, own, most.)
Religion: What is the Kingdom of God?
Science: Give 5 ways that you keep your home healthy.

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Reminders: This week is the Terra Nova testing. This exam takes up a large portion of the week and each day. Please make sure that you each get a good night's sleep, and that you eat breakfast. Please bring #2 pencils with you. Friday is an 11:00 dismissal for a teachers meeting.

ELA: Continue with area's that are questionable. Begin the Illusionary Tale: Opt.
Grammar: subjects, punctuation, & capitalization (pages 13-18.)
Phonics: consonant blends (pages 13-18.)
Handwriting: Dd & Ee.

Math: Continue Place Value. Greater Numbers. 10,000, 100,000, and 1,000,000. (pages 12, 13, 14, & 15.)

Religion: Chapter 2 continued. Jesus teaches us about God's love.

Science: Continue with Forces. Lab activity: Students will work in groups and have to use different forces to work different muscles in their bodies.

Soc. Stud: Begin work on Manhattan and The Bronx.

Homework will be light this week so that the students are well rested and not feeling so pressured during the Terra Nova test. Please check the web site nightly for homework. There will not be any class tests this week. Next week we will begin again with a spelling test on Friday and a religion test on Thursday. We will visit the Maple Street Library on Wednesday so bring your library cards!

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Have a GREAT weekend with your family and friends! Do something fun for the first weekend of Autumn, there are some fantastic places Upsate New York, New Jersey, Pennsilvania, and Conneticut that you can go apple picking. You can do some picture taking in the orchards and when you get home you can spend time together baking. Make baking into a math lesson for your child.
Next week is the Terra Nova exam begins Monday. Make sure that your child gets a good nights sleep, eats breakfast, has # 2 pencils, and is at school ON TIME!!!!!!!

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MEETING TONIGHT @ 6:15 pm!
 Study for spelling test.
 Parent must sign today's math test.
 Read pages 32 & 33 in Religion textbook. Answer What do we call the collection of books about God's love for us? Who wrote the Bible?

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 Back to School meeting on Thurs 9/24 @ 6:15pm.
 Study for tomorrow's math exam, there was a review in class today!
 Define spelling words 11-15.
 Practice wkbk pages 10 & 11.
 Math wkbk pages R & P 1-4.
 Science (answer these questions in your homework notebook.) 1. What do you feel when you push something? 2. When you jump up, why do you come down? 3. Would you weigh the same amount on the moon? (You can get these answers on pages E 14, 15, 16, & 17 in your textbook.)

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Grade 3- Level 1 - Test 1- Sequences - 15 minutes
Test 2 -Analogies - 20 minutes
Test 3 - Quantitative Reasoning - 30 minutes
Test 4 - Verbal Reasoning - Words - 20 minutes
Test 5 - Verbal Reasoning - Context - 20 minutes

Grade 3 - Tuesday - Reading - Part 1 - 30 minutes
Reading - Part 2- 30 minutes
Language - 35 minutes

Wednesday - Mathematics - Part 1- 15 minutes
Mathematics - Part 2 - 55 minutes

Thursday - Word Analysis - 15 minutes
Friday Vocabulary - 15 minutes
Language Mechanics - 15 minutes
Spelling - 15 minutes
Mathematics Computation - 20 minutes

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Dear Students and Parents: I am so sorry that I forgot to poast this last night. I did give the students a homework sheet that I printed in the afternoon, so everyone should have been able to complete all of their homework.

 Math test on Thursday.
 As part of our Soc. Stud lesson today please find out where Dutch people are from.
 Define spelling wds 6-10.
 Grammar wkbk pgs 9 & 10.
 Phonics wkbk pgs 9 & 10.
 Math wkbk pgs R & P 1-3.

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 Back to school night on Thursday 9/24 @ 6:15pm.
 Terra Nova next week, practice this week.
 Math test on Thursday. Place value and ordinal numbers.
 Define spelling words 1-5.
 Practice workbook pages 8 & 9.
 Math workbook page P 1-2.
 Handwriting workbook pages 4-7.
 Religion: Give two names that Jesus is known by. What event in Jesus' life marked the beginning of his Public Ministry? (page 25 in textbook.)

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Reminders: Lunch applications and $10.00 due. Terra Nova exam is next week. Back to school night is Thursday 9/24 @ 6:16pm. Math test on Thursday.

Do Now/Spelling: plane, team, raise, breeze, paper, marry, weigh, thief, cream, awake, grade, creek, carry, sail, and neighbor. Challenge Words: continue, correct, embarrass, legend, unusual.
Copy words, 3x each, abc order, definitions, sentences.

ELA: Phoebe and the Spelling Bee. Audio and visual skills, making predictions, problem and solutions, writing prompt on page 74.

Grammar: Commands and Exclamations; Pages 7-12.
Phonics: Listen for Short Vowel Sounds; Pages 7-12.

Math: Place Value Patterns (pages 8 & 9.) Numbers in the Thousands (pages 10 & 11.)

Religion: Chapter 2: Jesus teaches us about God's love.

Science: Make up from last week. Forces: Pages e12-e21. VOCABULARY: forces, gravity, weight.

Social Studies: Begin work on Brooklyn and Manhattan.

Homework: Practice pages 8-14. Define spelling words. Math pages R&P 1-3 and R&P 1-4. Religion, Science, and Social Studies will be given in class.

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Make sure that your interview is completed. Add a cover and a picture of yourself with the person you interviewed. This is due Monday, Tuesday the latest. Please send a note if it will be late. Any day after that 5 points will be deducted each day.

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 Interview due on Monday.
 Social Studies worksheet due tomorrow.
 Science worksheet due tomorrow.
 Math workbook page R 1-2.
 Phonics workbook pages 4 & 5.
 Grammar pages 4 & 5.
 ** Make up any homework that you did not do.**

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• Paperwork due.
• Book order due tomorrow.
• Interview due on Monday.
• Define spelling words 11-15 (Rub, Ever, Buzz, Body, & Thing.)
• Practice wkbk pgs 2a, 3, & 5.
• Religion: (In your homework notebook) write a paragraph about what you think Jesus was like at your age. Remember the story that we read in class.
• Math wkbk pg P 1-1.

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Homework for 9/15/09
• All Paperwork due.
• Hot lunch will be served tomorrow.
• September 24th is parent meeting @ 6:15.
• Book order due on Thursday.
• Define 6-10 (Kept, Hid, Window, Van, & Mix.)
• Phonics Workbook page 3.
• Grammar Workbook page 3.
• Math Workbook pages R 1-1.
• Spelling Test on Friday!

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Homework for 9/14/09
• All paperwork must be signed and returned.
• September 24th @ 6:15pm is the parent meeting.
• Book order due on Thursday.
• Define Spelling words 1-5 (In your homework notebook.). Leg, Black, Much, Bag, & Rocks.
• Practice workbook pages 1 & 2.
• Religion: (Answer in your homework notebook.) 1. Who are the three persons in the Blessed Trinity? What do we call the truth that the Son of God became one of us?
• Math: (In your Homework notebook.) 1. Annie has 4 apples and 3 oranges. Wasim has 3 apples and 6 oranges. Who has the most fruit? 2. Tell which number is greater. 46 or 64? 3. Write the numbers in order from greatest to least. 13, 1,000, 642, 7.

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Reminders: After school program begins on 9/14. All forms and paperwork are due 9/15. $10.00 lunch program fee is due 9/15. Opening school liturgy 9/18 @ 8:30am.

Spelling Words: leg, black, much, bag, rocks, kept, hid, window, van, mix, rub, ever, buzz, body, & thing.
Challenge Words: astonished, enormous, journey, scattered, & surrounded.

ELA: Grandfather's Journey. Focus on Audio and visual skills, story elements, making predictions, compound words. CLASS ACTIVITY: Choose a special moment from your life and think of a way to help you remember it. Create a "remembering" device.

Grammar: What is a sentence? Writing statements and questions, & using capital letters and end marks (pages 1-6.)
Phonics: Listen for initial consonants (pages 1-6.)

MATH: Diagnosing readiness, ways to use numbers, & Numbers in the hundreds (pages 2-7.) VOCABULARY: Ordinal Numbers, Digits, Place-value, Expanded Form, Standard Form, & Word Form.

RELIGION: Chapter 1, God sends us his own son. CLASS ACTIVITY: design a web page to show others ways to follow Jesus. VOCABULARY: Blessed Trinity, Incarnation, Prophet, Public Ministry, Repent, Apostle, & Disciples.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Who am I? Class discussion on where families are from and when each family came to New York. Where on earth is your community? Page 36 in textbook.

SCIENCE: Motion and Speed. Pages (E6-E11) How do you know if something has moved? VOCABULARY: Position, Distance, Motion, & Speed. Quick Lab on page E7 for Thursday.

HOMEWORK: Defining spelling and challenge words. Practice workbook pages 1-7. Math workbook pages R & P 1-1, and R & P 1-2. Religion and Science questions will be given in class and will be found on the website. Social Studies: Interview sheet will be given out on Monday and is due on Wednesday.

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