REMINDERS:
1. Please remember to cover all soft-covered books. Some children have still not covered any of their books.
2. Remember to read the purple assignment book and check the HW folder each night to know your child's homework for each day. Also, look through your child’s Reading and Language Arts NBs to see how they are doing on their classwork and homework.
3. Gym on Mondays. Wear gym shirt, gym pants, and sneakers.
4. The children are reading new books. The boys are reading The Fantastic Mr. Fox and the girls are reading Charlotte’s Web. The notes will be started in school in the back of the Reading NB. They should finish the notes on their own jotting down details about the characters, settings, and plot of the story. The Book Test will be on Thursday, March 4th.
5. Dismissal on Friday, 2/5 will be at 2:30.
6. The February calendar will be distributed on Monday. Please check your child’s folder for it. Read it carefully because of all of the important events in February, especially this week.
7. The children have a How –to Project due Wednesday, 2/3. They will have to write this on looseleaf to be handed in. They will have to explain to the class either how to make something or give instructions on completing a task. See the Voyages Book Chapter 2 for ideas. The children have the instructions for writing it up in their Lang. Arts NB.
8. Tuesday, 2/2 will be Class Picture Day. All students need to be in full uniform.
9. Weds., 2/3 Blessing of the Throats and Honors Assembly will be held in the church at 2:30.
10. Thurs., 2/4 Report Cards will be distributed by Fr. Antonio in the classrooms. Dismissal will be at 12:00. If your child doesn’t receive a Report Card in school, please come to Parent/Teacher Conferences between 3:00- 7:00 PM (the school closes promptly at 7:00 so please get there before that).
11. Friday, 2/5 Individual Picture Day. All students will have their pictures taken. Students can wear dress clothes- no jeans.
TESTS:
- Weekly Vocabulary Test- Friday, 2/5 (see Vocabulary NB for definitions).
- Spelling Test- Friday, 2/12.
- Book Test- Thursday, 3/4
VOCABULARY: definitions can be found in the Vocabulary NB
1. after- behind; later
2. blade- the cutting part of a tool, knife
3. congratulate- to wish joy on another’s good fortune
4. discomfort- the lack of comfort; uneasiness; pain
5. escalator- a moving stairway on an endless belt
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Rosie, a Visiting Dog:
firm, confident, comfortable, approach, equipment, program, appointment
Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.
SPELLING: Words with the /ou/ sound (Rosie, a Visiting Dog)
crown, proud, however, count, crowded, around, south, loud, house, shouted, howl, growl, bounce, fountain, sound
Challenge Words:
special, trust, companion, trained, behave
LANGUAGE ARTS: Second Semester Work
The children will be working on Descriptive Paragraphs in Composition (Chapter 3 in Voyages Book starting on p. 82
Grammar:
Noun: is a word that names a person (girl), place (school), or a thing (ball).
Common noun: names any person, place, or thing.
Proper noun: names a particular person, place, or thing. Each proper noun begins with a capital letter.
eg. teacher is a common noun; Ms. Larios is a proper noun.
Singular noun: names one person, place, or thing.
Plural noun: names more than one person, place, or thing.
Add –s or –es to make most nouns plural. For nouns that end in a consonant and y, change y to i and add –es. Add –es to nouns that end in s, ss, x, ch, or sh.
eg. boy-boys, girl-girls, box-boxes, glass-glasses, lunch-lunches, dish-dishes, bus-buses, party-parties, candy-candies, holiday-holidays
Irregular Plural Nouns: The plurals of some nouns look a little different from their singular forms. These are called irregular plurals because they are not formed by adding an –s or –es. They should be memorized.
ox-oxen, child-children, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, mouse-mice, woman-women, goose-geese, sheep-sheep, deer-deer, fish-fish, Chinese- Chinese
Singular Possessive Nouns- the possessive form of a noun shows possession, or ownership. To form a singular possessive, which means something is owned by one person or thing, add an apostrophe and the letter (s) to a singular noun. (friend- friend’s)
eg. I walked to my neighbor’s house.
Do you like Isabella’s coat?
Neighbor’s house means the house belongs to a neighbor. Isabella’s coat means that the coat belongs to Isabella.
Plural Possessive Nouns- A plural possessive shows that more than one person or thing owns something. To form the plural possessive of regular nouns, add an apostrophe (‘) after the –s of the plural form. Remember to form the plural of a regular noun before adding the apostrophe.
eg. boy (singular), boys (plural), boy’s (singular possessive), boys’ (plural possessive)
baby (singular), babies (plural), baby’s (singular possessive), babies’ (plural possessive).
man (singular), men (plural), man’s (singular possessive), men’s (plural possessive)
ox (singular), oxen (plural), ox’s (singular possessive), oxen’s (plural possessive)
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Reading Practice Book pgs. 45, 46
TUESDAY: How-to Article due tomorrow
WEDNESDAY: Phonics Book- pgs. 138,139
THURSDAY: Language Arts- Voyages pg. 351 Exercise 1 on looseleaf (1-6). Rewrite the chart completely. Remember your heading, pg. #, and Lang. Arts on the top of the page. Study for the Vocabulary Test.
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the weekend. You can read any book or the book that was given to you.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
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