Monday, January 31, 2011

Homework - Monday, 1/31/11

Dolch Words - In your homework notebook write words 3x's each and write a sentence.
Words
1. after
2. again
3. an
4. any

Math - complete p. 108 - 109


Reminder:
-  Tomorrow is Individual Picture Day for those children that paid the picture fee.  Children taking pictures may wear DRESS CLOTHES only , NO JEANS, SNEAKERS OR BOOTS are allowed.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Week of 1/31/11 - 2/4/11

I want to remind everyone to make sure your child has two new classwork and homework notebooks for Monday.

***Dolch Words will be stapled to the back of the homework notebooks, please review daily.  Also, make sure your child is reading for 15 min. everyday.  

Vocabulary Words
1.  map key - tell what the symbols on a map mean.
2.  state - a bigger community.
3.  push - moves something away from you.
4.  pull - moves something closer to you.
5.  force - a push or a pull.
6.  temple - holy place in Jerusalem where the Jewish people prayed.
7.  Pentecost - the day the Holy Spirit came to Jesus' followers.
8.  around - close by; in a circle.
9.  live - to have as one's home.
10. turns - changes to.

Tests of the Week
Wednesday - Math Quiz
Thursday - Religion Test Ch. 9
Friday - Vocabulary Test


Lessons of the Week
Religion  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_99d6mdg9fc
Reading  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_102v5mrn9f5
Math  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_100cwtmf3xn
Science  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_97cnvcwn6j
Social Studies  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_98gvpz7pdk

Friday, January 28, 2011

Reminder: Friday, 1/28/11

- Children are to leave their old classwork and homework notebooks home.  On Monday we will begin using the new notebooks.  Please make sure your child brings two new notebooks Monday morning if they have not done so.   Thank you, have a nice weekend!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Homework - Thursday, 1/26/11

Science - Mid-term tomorrow.  Chapters 6, 7, 9, 10, 11.  Study Review sheets in classwork notebook. 

Math - p. 106 - 107

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Homework - Tuesday, 1/25/11

ELA Mid-Term Review- Review from Grammar book.  Review sheets in folder and complete the blank worksheets for extra practice.
Go over the concepts I posted for the ELA review on the blog.  

Science Mid-term Review
-  Mid-Term on Thursday.  Study review sheets in classwork notebook.

Monday, January 24, 2011

Homework - Monday, 1/24/11

Reading - Review for Mid-term tomorrow. (Check blog post for Reading Review)
Review completed sheets in folders and complete the blank worksheets in folder for practice.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Week of 1/24/11 - 1/28/11

Mid-Term Schedule
Tuesday - Reading Mid-term 9am - 10am.
Wednesday - ELA Mid-term 9am - 10pm.
Thursday - Science Mid-term 9am -10pm.

Reminders:
-  Please make sure your child comes to school with needed supplies. They should have two supply cases, one case should have 5 sharpened pencils (pencils should be sharpened at home everyday), erasers, 2 glue sticks, and scissors.  The 2nd case should have crayons or colored pencils.
-  Next week we will begin using a new classwork and homework notebook.  Please send two new notebooks if you haven't done so.
- Picture envelopes will be sent home tomorrow.  If you want your child's picture taken please bring envelope to the Tuition Office.

Tests of the Week
Friday - Math Quiz, Ch. 8 Lessons 1-5

Lessons of the Week
Reading  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_92czjr3fhsMath  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_93g43gxpcx
Religion  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_94djnnmdhq
Science  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_95c2ffp4ft
Social Studies  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_96dp4mfwcn

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Homework - Thursday, 1/21/11

Social Studies - Mid-Term tomorrow.  Review and study all the review sheets that are stapled in your classwork notebook from September to now.  Use the social studies workbook to review Time Lines.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Homework - Wednesday, 1/19/11

Math - Mid-term tomorrow.
Review Ch. 1 - 2 - 3 and Ch. 8 on money and classwork notebook.
In textbook review pgs. 583, 584, and 585.

Social Studies
- Mid-Term on Friday. Review all sheets in classwork notebook.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Homework - Tuesday, 1/18/11

Religion - Study for Mid-Term Tomorrow.  Study review sheets in classwork notebook and review the chapters in book.

Math
- complete Math Review package in folder.  Keep the package home until Thursday so you can use it as extra practice to review for Mid-term.

Monday, January 17, 2011

Week of 1/18/11 - 1/21/11

This week Mid-terms begin.  Please make sure you are reviewing and studying with your child daily.  Refer to the review information I posted on Mid-terms to reinforce and prepare.
Please make sure your children have 5 sharpened pencils and erasers everyday.
Also, I want to remind everyone to bring 2 new notebooks for classwork and homework.

Mid-Term Schedule 
Tuesday, 1/18 - Spelling and Writing 9am - 10am.
Wednesday, 1/19 - Religion 9am - 10am.
Thursday, 1/20 - Math 9am - 10am.
Friday, 1/21 - Social Studies 9am - 10am.

Next Week Mid-Term Schedule
Tuesday, 1/25 - Reading 9am - 10am.
Wednesday, 1/26 - ELA (English, Grammar) 9am - 10am.
Thursday, 1/27 - Science 9am - 10am.

Lessons of the Week 
Reading  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_87d4d7t6d9
Religion  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_88fbgp6ng7
Math  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_89cvmtfhc9
Science  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_90cvsmsdf6
Social Studies  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_91g7xccmck

Friday, January 14, 2011

Reminders

-  School Closed on Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr.

-  Review for Mid-Terms, the children took home all the needed books.

-  Look over the Mid-Term Review information I posted on Sunday to prepare for all the test.

-  I attached a sample of a Friendly Letter on Sunday as well, have your child practice writing.  Remember the Writing Mid-Term will count as a Handwriting grade as well.  Remind the children to right neatly, and write complete sentences.  Remind your child to check their sentence by going back and reading it and correct any mistakes.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Homework -- January 13, 2011

Practice Book - p. 45 - 46

Social Studies - complete "Time Line" in homework this is review for the mid-term.

Math - new book p. 14

Vocabulary -  Test tomorrow. Study all words.

Reminder:
-  Early Dismissal tomorrow 12 noon.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Homework -- January 12, 2011

Grammar - p. 78

Practice Book
- p. 40 - 41 - 42

Science - Test tomorrow Ch. 7 Light, Sound, Heat.  Review Ch. 7 and from review sheet in classwork notebook.

Vocabulary - Study for Word Wall Test on Friday.

Note:
-- After the Mid-term exams please bring 2 new notebooks for classwork and homework.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Homework - January 11, 2011

Math - p. 105

Practice Book - Review for Mid-term.  "Catch a Dream" Section - p. 31; p.38; and p. 39.


Handwriting  - p. 48 - 49

Social Studies - Quiz tomorrow. Review the "Neighborhood Review Sheet" in classwork notebook.


Note:
-  We have run out of tissue boxes, if any one can donate a box of tissue for our class I will greatly appreciate it.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Vocabulary Words

Words to Review for Friday's Word Wall Test
creation                  
trust
fewer          
join
temperature        
tradition
make            
hurry
they          
object
arrange        
float
wind          
where
chart         
very
want          
mend
shallow        
could
natural resource     
settlements
compare         
disguise
surprise
vibration
country
tadpole
leap
gone
fact family
model
time
try
feast
sound waves
opaque
transparent
translucent
use
plow
crop
sow
reap
addend
float
horizontal
vertical
season
go

Homework - January 10, 2011

Math - p. 104

Social Studies - p. 4

Vocabulary - Review vocabulary words for Word Wall Test on Friday.  Children wrote 25 words in classwork notebook to begin reviewing.  Tomorrow they will write 25 more.  I will choose 25 from all 50 words for test.
I will post all 50 words in the next blog.

Note:
-  I made an error on the Spelling review "Here and There" Theme words will not be on the mid-term.

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Mid-Term Review

Religion Mid-Term Review
- Know Religion words:  Blessed Trinity, Sign of the Cross, Prayer, Samaritan, Advent, Ordinary Time, Christmas, Holy Family, Bible, Lord's Prayer, Saints, Apostles.

-  Review from book Ch. 1 - 8.  Use review sheets that are stapled in your child's classwork notebook those sheets are based on the chapters from book.

Science Mid-Term Review
-  Know Science words:  sun, moon, star, earth, matter, pollution, recycle, reduce, reuse, constellation, ocean, river, stream, soil, light, weather, temperature, thermometer, shadow, heat, sound, sound waves, seasons.

- Review from textbook Ch. 6, 7, 9, 10, 11.  Make sure you review the Science Review Sheets from classwork notebook.  You can also look over the science questions the children have in their classwork notebooks as well.

Social Studies Mid-Term Review
-  Know Social Studies Words: family, group, country, earth, rule, law, history, time line, Native Americans, Pilgrims, settlers, neighborhood, community, map, model, address.

- Know how to use a time line. I will send a time line home tomorrow to use for review.

- Remember we do not use a social studies book, you must use the Social Studies sheets I stapled in your child's classwork notebook for review.  Before Christmas vacation I personally checked every child's notebook to make sure they were not missing any review sheets.

Math Mid-Term Review
- Practice concepts from  Ch. 1 Numbers, Number Words and Ordinals,
Ch. 2 Adding - know addition problem solving, addition related fact,
Ch. 3 Subtraction - know subtraction problem solving, addition and subtraction related facts and fact families, Ch. 8 Money - identify and count coins, penny, nickel, dime and quarter. 

-  Know Math Words and Concepts for:  more, fewer, greater than >, less than <, equal to =, arrange, ordinal number, compare, join, add, plus, addend, sum, equal, addition fact, double facts, take away, subtract, minus, fact family, cent, penny, nickel, dime, quarter.

Reading/ELA (Grammar)
Review the following:
-  short vowel words with a,e,i,o,u
- rhyming words - Ex: words that end with am, at, ap, in, ig, it etc...
- Initial word blend sounds sk, sl, sn, sp, st, tr, cr, pr, dr, gr, fr, (Ex:  crown, tree, drum, etc...)
- Digraph sounds th, sh, ck. (Ex: thumb, teeth, fish, shark, pick etc....)
-  Be able to tell what happens in a picture and write a sentence or complete a given sentence about the picture.
- Story sequence (put story pictures in order 1,2,3)
- Identify a complete sentence, know that a sentence begins with an uppercase letter and ends with punctuation mark.
- Identify, telling, asking, commanding and exclaiming sentences.
- Unscramble words in a sentence write in correct order.
-  Contractions
-  Nouns
- Proper nouns Ex:  words that name a special person, place or thing such as: Carlos Cruz, New York, Bouncing Boats
- Common nouns Ex: words that name any person, place or thing such as:  doctor, town, coat.
- Compound Words Ex:  rain + coat = raincoat
- Identify nouns and verbs ending with an "s" Ex:  train = trains, jump = jumps

- Be able to read High-Frequency Words: down, got, up, oh, in, and, yes, walk, they, make, help, now, play, too, want, don't, of, so, where, that, very, buy, was, her, said, with, every, day, put, she new, friends, use, could, says, out, your, when, night, from, eat, or, grows, two, gone.

Spelling Mid-Term Review
-  The spelling mid - term will have 25 - 30 questions. I will choose the words from the following spelling lessons:
    Guess Who Theme 1 - Lessons 1 to 3.
    Guess Who Theme 2 - Lessons 1 to 3.
    Catch A Dream Theme - Lessons 1 - 6.
   

Writing Mid-Term Review
-  The children should be prepared to use given words in 1 to 2 sentences or more if they can.
-  They should be prepared to observe a picture and write sentences regarding the picture.
-  They should know that sentences begin with an uppercase letter and end with a punctuation mark.
- They should know how to complete a friendly letter.
   Find Friendly Letter format attached below for review.

Friendly Letter -    http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_81f2pv86d2

Week of 1/10/11 - 1/14/11

Reminders:
-  This week we will be reviewing for all mid-terms.  On Friday I posted how to begin preparing for the Spelling and Writing Mid-Term.  In the blog to follow I will post what to review for the remaining subjects.
 
-  This week we will not have new Vocabulary words. Children are to review all the learned vocabulary words for the 2nd Quarter from Nov. 15 to present.  2nd Quarter Word Wall test will be on Friday. 

-  Friday 1/14, Early Dismissal

- Please make sure you are checking the blog everyday for homework assignments, class news and mid-term review.

Tests of the Week
Wednesday
Social Studies Quiz - Neighborhood/Community

Thursday
Science Test Ch. 7 Light, Sound & Energy

Friday
Vocabulary Test for 2nd Quarter



Lessons of the Week
Reading  -    http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_82hr2vhmgg
Math  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_83c4bsbpgbReligion  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_84gpx94kdx
Science  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_85gbrbpcfj
Social Studies  -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_86g33xdqgb

Friday, January 7, 2011

Homework and Mid-Term Review 1/7/11

Spelling - complete p. 30 and Review words of the week for test.

Spelling Mid-Term Review
-  The spelling mid - term will have 25 - 30 questions. I will choose the words from the following spelling lessons:
    Guess Who Theme 1 - Lessons 1 to 3.
    Guess Who Theme 2 - Lessons 1 to 3.
    Catch A Dream Theme - Lessons 1 - 6.


Writing Mid-Term Review
-  The children should be prepared to use given words in 1 to 2 sentences or more if they can.
-  They should be prepared to observe a picture and write sentences regarding the picture.
-  They should know that sentences begin with an uppercase letter and end with a punctuation mark.
- They should know how to complete a friendly letter.
   Find Friendly Letter format attached below for review.

Friendly Letter -    http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_81f2pv86d2

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Homework - January 6, 2011

Science - Reread pgs. 142 - 144.  Complete questions #1 - 2 on p. 144 in homework notebook.  Make sure to write your heading and write out the question.

Math - Ch. 3 Subtraction Test Tomorrow.  Review p. 129 and p. 145.

Vocabulary - Test Tomorrow.


Note:  
- Regular clothes tomorrow due to expected snow.  Mr. Woods will be allowing the children to have a snow ball fight in yard.
-  The children can also bring extra money to purchase hot chocolate after playing with the snow.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Homework - January 5, 2011

Math - complete p. 43
- Review for test on Friday only the completed Lessons from 3 - 1 to 3 - 13.


Social Studies - complete p. 1 - 2
 - In your homework notebook on a new page write your complete heading and write you complete home address.  We will be needing the address for a class project.

Religion - Test tomorrow -- Review Chapter 8

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Homework - January 4, 20100

Math - workbook p. 42

Reading - Complete Reading comprehension worksheet in folder.  Reading test tomorrow will be similar to homework sheet.

Religion - workbook p. 102
               - Test on Thursday Chapter 8.

Vocabulary -  If your child did not finish copying vocabulary words in classwork notebook, they must finish it tonight from the blog.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Vocabulary Words of the Week 1/3/11 - 1/7/11

1. Fact family - have the same numbers.
2. model - is a representation of something.
3. map - a drawing of a place.
4. heat - the degree of warmth or hotness.
5. thermometer - instrument for measuring temperature.
6. try - to make an attempt.
7. time - an instant, hour, day or year.
8. Mr. - title used for a man.  Ex. Mr. Garcia.
9. Mrs. - title used for a woman.  Ex. Mrs. Garcia.
10. Lord's Prayer - the prayer Jesus taught his followers.

Week of 1/3/11 - 1/7/11

Dear Parents,

      Just want to welcome everyone back to school and wish you all a Happy New Year!  I also want to thank everyone for your kind holiday wishes and beautiful gifts, they were all very much appreciated.
Just want to give you a few reminders.

Reminders:
-  Please make sure your child brings back all their books and classwork notebooks to school.
-  Mid-Terms will be in two weeks.
-  We will continue with our weekly quizzes and tests, which will help prepare for the mid-term exams.
-  Make sure your child's pencil and crayon cases have needed supplies. Pencil case should have 5 sharpened pencils, erasers, scissor and 2 glue sticks.  Crayon cases should have a complete set of crayons or colored pencils.
-  Check the blog everyday for homework assignments and additional class news.

Tests of the Week
Wednesday 
Reading Comprehension Test

Thursday
Religion Test - Ch. 8

Friday
Math Test - Subtraction
Vocabulary Test


Lessons of the Week
Reading -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_77c4jwt4gs
Math -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_78cp5jbhcw
Religion -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_67g8nsz3f4
Science -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_79gkpctvgf
Social Studies -  http://docs.google.com/View?id=d4z3sc5_80k42kthfm