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. Remember that the children are responsible for all homework and classwork when they are absent. Please check the blog to hand in any missing assignments. Also make sure they get any missing notes or vocabulary and spelling words.
3. Gym on Mondays. Wear gym shirt, gym pants, and sneakers.
4. The children have switched books. The girls are reading The Fantastic Mr. Fox and the boys are reading Charlotte’s Web. The notes were 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 Weds. March 24th. There will be no books given out until after Easter Vacation.
5. Thursday is the children’s last day of school before Easter Vacation. There is no school on Friday, March 26.
6. Lenten Folders were sent home with the children THREE weeks ago. Fr. Almonte has asked the children to donate whatever possible during the forty days of Lent. The last day to return the folders will be this Thursday, 3/25.
7. The children are only allowed to wear blue cardigan sweaters in class. They will not be allowed to leave on any hoodies or different colored sweaters. Part of the weekly conduct grade is wearing the proper uniform.
8. Each child must bring in a large shopping bag by Weds. of this week to wrap up the books they will be leaving in school during vacation. If you would like them to take any books home to study, please write them down on a paper so your child will remember to take them home and not pack them up.
9. REMEMBER TO REREGISTER YOUR CHILD THIS WEEK! ANY CHILD NOT REGISTERED WILL BE PUT ON A WAITING LIST FOR THE 4TH GRADE.
10. Fr. Antonio has asked the children to bring in cans of soda for a luncheon that he is having for the homeless. The cans are due by Thurs. 3/24.
11. The children can bring in snacks or candy on Thursday for a small Easter party. They should also bring something for themselves to drink. No large bottles please- only something individual. The children can regular clothes, but no jeans. Dismissal is at 4:00.
TESTS:
- Book Test- Weds., 3/24 on Charlotte’s Web and the Fantastic Mr. Fox
- Spelling Test on the words from Centerfield Ballhawk Thurs., 4/15
VOCABULARY: none this week
2. Reading Vocabulary Words from Centerfield Ballhawk:
outfielder, concentrate, depend, ballhawk, vanish, fault
Check the Reading NB for these words and their definitions.
SPELLING: words with the /oo/ sound as in book and pool
boots, grouped, shook, school, looked, hood, choose, brook, zoomed, balloon, loose, soot, understood, cartoon, afternoon
Challenge Words:
season, umpire, diamond, average, pitcher
LANGUAGE ARTS: Third Quarter Work
The children will be working on Personal Letters (Chapter 4 in Voyages Book starting on p. 120)
Grammar: Starting on pg. 338 in the Voyages Text
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)
Pronoun: is a word that takes the place of a noun.
Personal Pronoun- refers to a person who is speaking or to the person or thing that is spoken to or about.
eg. I, me, mine, we, us, ours, she, her, hers, they, them, theirs, he, him, his, you, it, its.
Subject Pronoun-is a pronoun that is used as the subject of the sentence.
List of Subject Pronouns: Singular- I, you, he, she, it; Plural- we, you, they
eg. I dance. He dances. We dance.
Object Pronoun- is a pronoun that is used after an action verb in a sentence.
List of Object Pronouns: Singular- me, you, him, her, it; Plural- us, you, them
eg. The stars interest me. Me is the object of the sentence. It comes after the action verb interest. Therefore, me is an object pronoun.
Using I and Me- I and me are used when you are talking about yourself. I is used as the subject of the sentence (I love school) and me is used as the object as follows the action word (Mom bought me a new video game).
HOMEWORK: Check the Purple Assignment Book every night for exact pages.
MONDAY: Phonics Book pgs. 117, 118
TUESDAY: study for the Book Test. Remember to bring your book and notes.
WEDNESDAY: Lang. Arts (Voyages) pg.367 Exercise 2 (1-6) on looseleaf. Remember your heading and write each sentence out correctly.
THURSDAY: none
FRIDAY: Read for at least 30 minutes over the vacation. You can read any book or magazine.
HAVE A GREAT EASTER VACATION!
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