Halloween Party

As you know on Monday the students are having a Halloween party. Students may come in their costumes. The money they brought will be put towards pizza and drinks. Some also went towards the purchase of sweets for the little ones that will be parading around the school. The students food is cover with the $5 dollars but if your child wants to bring something for the class, its totally optional , but greatly appreciated.

Students and parents

Students and parents,

Next week students will be taking unit exams in all subjects. These exams will cover material from September all the way till now. Students will be told in class what they need to review at home as well as review in class.

The ELA exam for second grade will be on Tuesday November 1.
The reading exam for all three grades (2nd, 3rd and 4th) will be on Thursday November 3.

The ELA exam will cover; (2nd grade only, for info. on ELA for 3rd and 4th grade , see Ms.Saville's blog).
- 4 type of sentences
- naming part of sentence
- action part of sentence
- use of correct grammar( capital letters and correct end marks).
- order words
- format of how to article

The 2nd grade reading exam will cover;
- Vocabulary words from the following stories; Mixed-up chameleon, Hedgehog bakes a cake and , helping out.
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- compound words
- main idea and supporting details
- the skill of following directions

The 3rd grade reading exam will cover;
- The vocabulary words from the following stories; Turtle bay, Rocking and Rolling and , If you made a million.
- The skill of cause and effect
- prefixes

The fourth grade reading exam will cover;
- The vocabulary words from the following stories; Moon walk, The king in the kitchen and, So, you want to be a president?
- the skill of drawing conclusions
- the skill of main idea and supporting details.

Vocabulary words for week of October 24-28

aptitude: an ability for learning. Quickness in learning and understanding.

responsibility: the fact or act of taking care of someone or something; obligations.

priority: something given attention before anything else.

action part: the part of a sentence that tells you the action, the doing. 

Second grade lesson plans for week of 10/24-28

 Due to ITBS/CoGat testing and make-ups some work from last week has been moved to this week.Also to the extent of the exams, class 2-2 did not take their weekly vocabulary test and will be taking it on Monday 10/24.
ELA

Reading

Monday 10/24
- HW- Define the vocabulary words from " Helping out" on index cards. Please make that the index cards are being kept together. They should be in a index card holder, but they should still be stapled or held by a paper clip and with childs name on each card. I am constantly finding index cards with no name, which lead to some students getting 0 for homework , as they cant tell who they belong to.


Wednesday 10/26
- HW- Complete page 57 from reading workbook  in your reading notebook(questions and answers) and finish your composition. Some students are done with composition, so not all will be doing this for homework,

Friday 10/28
- Spelling test on unit 16

Third grade lesson plans for week of 10/24-28

Reading

Monday 10/24
- HW- Define the vocabulary words from" If you made a million" from page 262 in reading textbook onto index cards. 


Wednesday 10/26
- HW- Complete page 44 from reading workbook into reading notebook. 

Fourth grade lesson plan for week of October 24-28

Reading

Monday 10/24
-HW- Review vocabulary words from " So, you want to be a president?" and use 4 words in sentences.

Wednesday 10/26
- HW- Bring materials for campaign.

Vocabulary words for week of Oct. 17-21

approach: To come near or nearer, as in space or time. Ex. The car is approaching the intersection or Her birthday is approaching.

storage: a space to put item away in. Ex. The new closet will be great for storage.

harsh:  unpleasantly coarse , rough and severe.

steer: to move or guide into place.