January 30, 2012
Homework for January 30th - February 3rd
Reminders:
1. Friday is an 11:00 dismissal.
2. Please bring in canned food items.
Spelling Words: they're, hugs, Valentine, witch, your, chocolate, treats, which, heart, there, close, you're, mine, their, clothes
Challenge Words: physical, trophy, photo, often, neglect, haughty
Monday
1. Put your spelling words in ABC order.
2. Phonics workbook p. 61.
3. Grammar: Write 5 sentences in the present tense in your homework notebook.
4. Math workbook R 5-6, P 5-6.
5. Make your 5s fasts flashcards.
6. Grammar quiz on Thursday!
7. Tomorrow is Sports Day! Please wear your P.E. uniform, and be on time. Parent volunteers can arrive at 8:30.
8. Read for 20 minutes.
Wednesday
1. Choose 8 spelling words. Use each one correctly in a sentence.
2. Phonics workbook p. 64.
3. Grammar: Write 5 sentences in the future tense and study for your quiz tomorrow.
4. Math workbook R 5-9, P 5-9.
5. Tomorrow is our trip. Wear your uniform and bring your own lunch.
6. Bring in canned goods.
7. Friday is an 11:00 dismissal.
8. Read for 20 minutes.
Thursday
1. Write your spelling words 3 times each and study!
2. Grammar: Use they're, there, their, your, and you're each in a sentence.
3. Phonics WB p. 65.
4. Social Studies: Who was your favorite African American from the play, and what did you learn about him or her?
5. Bring in canned goods.
6. Tomorrow is an 11:00 dismissal.
7. Read for 20 minutes.
Friday
1. Choose an article from the Scholastic News. Write a summary that includes the main idea, supporting details, and opinion.
2. "Making Predictions" worksheet.
3. Bring in a President book.
4. Practice your multiplication facts.
5. Bring in candy money.
6. Read for 20 minutes.
January 23, 2012
Homework for January 23rd - 27th
Important Information for Sunday, Jan. 29, 2010
The liturgy for CSW (Catholic Schools Week) on Sunday, Jan. 29th is at 12:30pm. We are hoping to have a good attendance from our grade. Parents and families are encouraged to attend. Children in Grades K-8 will be wearing uniforms and then will be permitted to wear their "own" clothes on Monday. Please wear clothes appropriate for school. Check the PARENT STUDENT HANDBOOK on the website, if you need to clarify the kind of clothes which should be worn.
The song that will be sung at the very beginning is "SIGN ME UP". All the classes know the song and everyone together sings the song well.
We hope to have many voices on Sunday! Thanks for your support.
PS: If you haven't sold all your candy bars, bring them on Sunday. The parishioners will help!!!
Reminders:
1. Pizza Day is this Thursday. Please bring in $5 as soon as possible.
2. Please bring in your signed permission slip and $5 for the trip.
3. Please check your child's folder every night. A notice about Catholic School Week went home today. We are looking for volunteers for Career Day on Wednesday, February 1st.
4. Timed quiz on 4s facts and Religion quiz on Chapter 5 on Thursday.
5. Progress Reports will be sent home on Wednesday. Check your child's folder for graded work.
6. Continue working on the candy sale!
Spelling Words: spied, moving, robbed, saving, blamed, beginning, fried, shaking, supplied, buried, escaping, hurried, stirred, splitting, divided
Challenge Words: prairie, combine, stumbled, invented, located, wilderness
Monday
1. Put your spelling words in ABC order.
2. Phonics workbook p. 57.
3. Grammar workbook p. 83-84.
4. Math worksheet (front and back).
5. What activity would you like to do for Catholic School Week? Ask family members if they can come in for Career Day. These items are due on Thursday.
6. Make your 4s facts flashcards.
7. Read for 20 minutes.
Tuesday
1. Use each challenge word in a sentence.
2. Phonics workbook p. 58.
3. Grammar workbook 85-86.
4. Math workbook R 5-4, P 5-4.
5. Study your flashcards!
6. Religion quiz on Thursday on Chapter 5.
7. Bring in $5 for Pizza Day!
8. Return your permission slip and trip money.
9. Read for 20 minutes.
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Wednesday
1. Choose 8 spelling words, and use each one in a sentence.
2. Phonics workbook p. 59.
3. Grammar workbook p. 87.
4. Math workbook R 6-2, P 6-2.
5. Study for your Religion quiz on Chapter 5 tomorrow.
6. Study your flashcards!
7. Bring in $5 for Pizza Day tomorrow!
8. Catholic School Week info is due tomorrow.
9. Bring in your signed permission slip and trip money.
10. Read for 20 minutes.
Thursday
1. Write your spelling words 3 times each and study!
2. Phonics workbook p. 60.
3. Grammar workbook p. 88.
4. Math worksheet.
5. Science: Textbook p. E29 - Think and Write Numbers 1-5.
6. Please return trip permission slip and money.
7. Sell Candy!
8. Return your Progress Report.
9. Read for 20 minutes.
Friday
1. Worksheet packet.
2. Please get a biography about any past U.S. President. Make sure the book is at your reading level. It is for a project we will be doing in February.
3. Remind your family members that Career Day is Wednesday, Feb. 1st.
4. Give your invitation to your family about the CSW Liturgy this Sunday 12:30.
5. Bring in your signed permission slip and money.
6. Sell Candy!
7. Read for 20 minutes.
January 17, 2012
Homework for January 17th - 20th
Reminders:
1. Sell candy!
2. First Communion Meeting this Sunday after Mass.
3. If you are wearing boots to school, please bring your school shoes to change into.
4. We are looking for parent volunteers for Career Day during Catholic School Week.
5. Multiplication timed quiz on Friday.
6. Spelling test and vocabulary/reading comprehension quiz on Friday.
Spelling Words: ice, solid, melt, northern, heat, freezes, matter, frost, snowflake, thaw, arctic, dense, degree, chill, igloo
Challenge Words: beauty, creeps, furniture, palace, pure, visitors
Tuesday
1. Put your spelling words in ABC order.
2. Grammar workbook p. 89-90.
3. Phonics workbook p. 54.
4. Math workbook R 6-1, P 6-1.
5. Make 3's facts flashcards and study!
6. Sell Candy!
7. Read for 20 minutes.
Wednesday
1. Use each challenge word in a sentence.
2. Grammar workbook p. 91-92.
3. Phonics workbook p. 55.
4. Math: Write a multiplication story for each of the following expressions in your homework notebook: 2 x 7, 3 x 8, 5 x 4, and 9 x 3.
5. Study your flashcards!
6. First Communion Meeting this Sunday.
7. Sell Candy!
8. Read for 20 minutes.
Thursday
1. Write your spelling words 3 times each and study!
2. Phonics workbook p. 56.
3. Grammar workbook p. 93-94.
4. Math workbook R 5-3, P 5-3.
5. Studey your 3 facts for a timed quiz tomorrow!
6. First Communion Meeting on Sunday.
7. Sell Candy!
8. Read for 20 minutes.
Friday
1. Read an article from Scholastic News, and write a summary on loose leaf paper. Do not copy, and include your opinion.
2. Complete the assignments on www.mathletics.com.
3. Practice your multiplication facts!
4. First Communion Meeting this Sunday in the Parish Center! Bring your box of candy to sell after church.
5. Read for 20 minutes each day.
January 13, 2012
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
January 9, 2012
Homework for January 9th - 13th
Reminders:
1. Home School Association Meeting this Wednesday at 7:00 pm.
2. Candy Sale will begin this week. Candy will be sent home on Thursday. Send a note if you would like to sell more than one box.
3. Multiplication timed quiz on Thursday.
4. Spelling test and vocabulary quiz on Friday.
5. If you did not bring in index cards, please bring them in this week.
6. The value of the month is peacemaking.
7. *Important* - If you are wearing boots to school, please bring your school shoes to change into. Boots are not part of the uniform.
Spelling Words: found, spoil, power, enjoy, foil, clown, voyage, cloudy, noisy, count, poison, loyal, allow, choice, shout
Challenge Words: gazed, anxious, attic, costume, examined, pattern
Monday
1. Put your spelling words in ABC order.
2. Phonics workbook p. 45-46.
3. Grammar workbook p. 77.
4. Math workbook R 5-1, P 5-1.
5. Make flashcards for your 2's multiplication facts. Copy the facts from your math notebook. Factors go on the front of the index card, and the product foes on the back. Study them for a timed quiz at the end of the week.
6. Read for 20 minutes and write in your reading log.
Tuesday
1. Use each challenge word in a sentence.
2. Phonics workbook p. 48.
3. Grammar workbook p. 78-79.
4. Math worksheet (front and back).
5. Study your flashcards! Timed quiz on Thursday!
6. Read for 20 minutes.
Wednesday
1. Choose 10 spelling words, and use each one in a sentence.
2. Phonics workbook p. 51.
3. Grammar workbook p. 80-81.
4. Math workbook R 5-2, P 5-2.
5. Social Studies: What did you learn about Martin Luther King Jr.'s life? Give one example of how he was peaceful.
6. HSA Meeting is this evening at 7:00.
7. Candy boxes will be sent home tomorrow.
8. Read for 20 minutes.
Thursday
1. Write your spelling words 3 times each and study!
2. Phonics workbook p. 52-53.
3. Grammar workbook p. 82.
4. Math workbook R 5-5, P 5-5.
5. Social Studies: Start your first draft of your Martin Luther King Jr. writing.
6. Start selling candy!
7. Read 20 minutes.
Friday
1. Read the article "Honoring a King" in the Scholastic News. Summarize the key facts in your own words into a paragraph on loose leaf paper.
2. Martin Luther King Jr. Worksheet.
3. Write your second draft of your Martin Luther King Jr. writing in your homework notebook.
4. Practice your multiplication facts!
5. Bring in a pack of index cards.
6. There is no school on Monday.
7. Read for 20 minutes.
January 3, 2012
Homework for January 3rd - 6th
Reminders:
1. Math Test on Thursday--Chapter 3: Addition and Subtraction.
2. Friday is an 11:00 dismissal.
3. Spelling test and vocabulary/reading comprehension quiz on Friday.
Spelling Words: small, ladder, little, happen, rubber, grass, ribbon, lesson, silly, butter, supper, middle, possible, hobby, unhappy
Challenge Words: blossoms, dawn, faded, imaginary, miserable, shallow
Tuesday
1. Put you spelling words in ABC order.
2. Grammar workbook p. 71-72.
3. Phonics workbook p. 43.
4. Math workbook R 3-9, P 3-9.
5. Math Test on Thursday!
6. Read for 20 minutes.
Wednesday
1. Use each challenge word in a sentence.
2. Phonics workbook p. 44.
3. Grammar workbook p. 73-74.
4. Math workbook R 3-10, P 3-10.
5. Study for your math test tomorrow! Review adding and subtracting money!
6. Friday is an 11:00 dismissal.
7. Read for 20 minutes.
Thursday
1. Write your spelling words 3 times each and study!
2. Grammar workbook 75-76.
3. Math NYS Coach Book p. 6-16. Complete numbers 1 -24 in your homework notebook.
4. Science textbook p. E19: Think and Write numbers 1-5.
5. Tomorrow is an 11:00 dismissal.
6. Read for 20 minutes.
Friday
1. Choose an article from Scholastic News, and write a summary on loose leaf paper. Include your opinion.
2. ELA Practice workbook p. 87-88.
3. Go to www.mathletics.com, and practice your math facts.
4. Read for 20 minutes each day.
December 22, 2011
Holiday Homework
Due Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012.
1. Worksheet Packet.
2. NYS ELA Coach Book p. 19-23.
3. Bring in 10 sharpened pencils for the new year.
4. Go on www.mathletics.com in your spare time.
5. Read for 20 minutes each day.