WEEK OF APRIL 20- 24, 2009 3RD GRADE

REMINDERS: 1.Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework. 2. Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes. 3. We are in great need of tissue for the classroom. Please send in a box. 4. A new book was given out on Weds. 3/25. Please make sure that your child finished the book. There will be a book test this Friday, April 24th. Notes have been started in the back of the Reading NB. 5. There will be a 12:00 dismissal Tuesday, 4/21 due to Parent Conferences and Weds., 4/22 due to a Faculty Meeting. 6. Report Cards will be distributed on Tues., 4/21. If your child does not receive his/her Report Card in school, then you need to see Mr. Badia, Ms. Saville, or myself concerning any problems. 7. Please read the April calendar carefully. 8. The Sacrament of Reconciliation for 3rd grade will take place at 10:00 in the church. on Thurs. 4/23. All parents are invited to attend. The children who are receiving the Sacrament may wear wear dress up clothes to school 9. Friday, 4/24- 2:30 dismissal TESTS: Open Book Test on James and the Giant Peach (boys) and A Taste of Blackberries (girls) on Friday, 4/24. SPELLING TEST on Friday 4/24 on the words from p. 44 in the spelling book. VOCABULARY: THE STORY JULIAN TELLS cartwheel, seriously, mustache, fastened, beyond, collection SPELLING WORDS: brother’s, brothers, uncle’s, uncles, sister’s, sisters, sisters’, man’s, men’s, child’s, girls, girl’s, girls’, mine, yours CHALLENGE WORDS: tease, friendship, polite, wiggle, nuisance READING MONDAY: April 20 AIM: To work on Portfolio Assignments LESSON: The children will work on their Portfolios today. HW: see assignment book TUESDAY: APRIL 21 AIM: To work on the comprehension skill of sequencing. LESSON: 1. The class will do a listening comprehension activity 2. The class will answer the question of the day 3. The children will work on the comprehension skill of sequencing. 4. The children will review vocabulary and spelling words. HW: See assignment book. WEDNESDAY: APRIL 22 AIM: To read the story of Julian together LESSON: 1. The children will answer the question of the day 2. We will read the story together and discuss the Think and Respond Questions at the end of the selection. 3. We will practice the comprehension skill of following directions. 4. We will review the vocabulary and spelling words HW: See purple assignment book THURSDAY: APRIL 23 AIM: To decode and understand words prefixes LESSON: 1. We will review the vocabulary words and spelling words. 2. The children will review the spelling words for the selection 3. We will review root words and prefixes. HW: Study for Book Test and Spelling Test FRIDAY: APRIL 24 AIM: To take an Open Book Test LESSON: The children will take an Open Book Test on James and the Giant Peach and A Taste of Blackberries. LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, APRIL 20 AIM: To continue to work on Portfolios. HW: see Assignment Book TUESDAY, APRIL 21 NO CLASS DUE TO PARENT CONFERENCES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 NO CLASS DUE TO FACULTY MEETING THURSDAY, APRIL 23 NO CLASS DUE TO COMPUTER CLASS HW: see Assignment Book FRIDAY, APRIL 24 AIM: To take a Spelling Test HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!!!

WEEK OF APRIL 20-24, 2009 4TH GRADE

REMINDERS: 1.Remember to bring all school supplies everyday, including the homework 2.Please check your child’s purple assignment book every night for HW and notes. 3. A new book, Stuart Little was given to the children to read on Weds. 3/25. Please make sure that they read for 30 mins. every day and make notes. The notes were started in the back of the Reading NB. There will be a test on this book on this Friday, 4/24. TESTS: 1. OPEN BOOK TEST ON STUART LITTLE FRI. 4/24. 2. SPELLING TEST FRIDAY, 4/24. WORDS ARE ON P.37 IN THE SPELLING BOOK. VOCABULARY: MARVEN OF THE GREAT NORTH WOODS business, resourceful, team, trustworthy, cord, dismay, grizzly (bear), immense, payroll, lumberjack, silhouettes VOCABULARY: SO YOU WANT TO BE PRESIDENT? capital, capitol, clerks, Constitution, howling, humble, politics, responsibility, solemnly, vain, execute, oath, priority SPELLING: (ear, ir, our, ur) return, courage, surface, purpose, first, turkey, heard, early, turtle, birthday, journal, courtesy, nourish, purse, furniture, search, curtain, burrow, hamburger, survey CHALLENGE WORDS: turquoise, absurd, furthermore, flourish, nourishment READING MONDAY: April 20 Aim: To fix assignments in portfolios HW: work on advertisement that is due 4/23. Tomorrow the topic for the commercial is due on a piece of looseleaf. Please put your full heading on the looseleaf. TUESDAY: April 21 NO CLASS DUE TO EARLY DISMISSAL WEDNESDAY: APRIL 22- NO CLASS DUE TO EARLY DISMISSAL THURSDAY: APRIL 23 AIM: To display and explain advertisements to the class LESSON: 1. The children will demonstrate their advertisements to the class. HW: bring notes and book for Book Test on Stuart Little tomorrow. FRIDAY: APRIL 24 AIM: To take an Open Book Test LESSON: The students will take an Open Book Test on Stuart Little HW: Work on Commercial which will be due Thursday, April 30. LANGUAGE ARTS MONDAY, April 20 Finish working on Portfolios. TUESDAY, March 21 NO CLASS DUE TO PARENT CONFERENCES WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22 NO CLASS DUE TO A FACULTY MEETING THURSDAY, APRIL 23 AIM: To continue with the advertisement projects LESSON: 1. Review how to advertise or announce certain events or products. 2. Discuss persuasion and how it is used to sell products or ideas. 3. The students will explain their individual advertisements. HW: study for Spelling Test FRIDAY, April 3- NO CLASS DUE TO 2:30 DISMISSAL HW: 1. WORK ON YOUR COMMERCIAL . The commercial itself will be due to be presented on Thurs. 4/30. 2. Review pages 1-40 in the Grammar and Practice Handbook. HAVE A GOOD WEEK!