November 1st and 2nd closing

Per the announcement from Mayor Bloomberg this afternoon, school will remain closed for the rest of this week.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Monday.

School closing - Wednesday

I hope all of you are safe.

As we have been saying, if the Mayor orders the NY Public School System to close, we will be closed as well. Therefore, St. Ephrem will remain closed on Wednesday. Since Thursday is a pre-scheduled holiday, I'll look forward to seeing you all again on Friday.

For anyone who was worrying, we will postpone the Spell Check test til next week since you may not have had the words home with you.

Stay safe.

Mrs. Curry

School Closing Day 2

Mrs. Bartone just sent out this email -

Mayor announced NYC Public Schools will be closed Tuesday and it follows that all Catholic Schools and Academies will be closed as well.

Please stay safe.

If you haven't seen this video from NASA, it's an amazing view of what this storm looks like from space.

 

School Closing

School will be closed on Monday, October 29th due to the storm.
I will update any future closings here, but be aware that if the Public Schools are closed, we are also.

If you see this message, I would appreciate an email so I know who I need to call. Please email either through through the homework now page or to mrs.curryses@gmail.com

Stay safe.

Frankenstorm Weekend

Weekend Update

No written homework this weekend.

Keep reading whatever book you choose.

Study Spell Check words for test Friday.


Regarding Frankenstorm/Hurricane Sandy - Mrs. Bartone sent home a notice today with the info for school closings but some of the students didn't get it so I'm uploading the file below.

Snow letter.pdf

If the storm should cause any school closing, I will post the info here and activate the "snow chain".
Information will also be posted on the school's website.

Week of October 22nd

Just to clarify Spell Check - all students in my class have to take the test (end of next week) because these are words 4th graders are expected to be able to spell, but the pledge is voluntary.

Thursday Homework

Reread chapters 2 and 3 in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Think about how we reread Chapter 1 this morning and used post it notes to record the language (words, sentences) that described the setting. This time you are to focus on characters. For Chapter 2 look for language in the text that helps you have a mental picture of the Headless Horseman. For Chapter 3 do the same for Ichabod Crane. The key here is finding the words the author uses to help you imagine the character.  Use a different post-it note for each page and leave the note on the page.

Math - Reflex.  There are still way too many low usage reports.

Social Studies – postcard sheet

Wordly Wise – review sheet and study for test.

Wednesday Homework -
Tomorrow is Dress in Red Day - $2
Read Chapter 4 in the Election book. Reread and take notes in your Social Studies notebook as you did last night..
Science - reread pages C34 to C39 and complete the sheet comparing what you read with what you observed with our glacier.
Wordly Wise - 3 C and D (Test Friday)
ELA - test tomorrow on sentences only (not the rest of Chapter 1).


Tuesday Homework -
Remember to bring your Rosary beads for the Rosary Rally tomorrow.
Read Chapter 3 in the Election book. Reread and take notes in your Social Studies notebook as follows.
Write the title of the book and the title of the chapter. Write each subtitle as you get to it. Then write one interesting or important fact you found under that subtitle. Do the same for each subtitle.


Social Studies - vocabulary sheet. You can use the vocabulary notes in your notebook.

ELA - review sheet - both sides

Math sheet - do only the number of problems I assigned you.

Monday Homework

Read for 20 minutes in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. If you have already finished the story, go back and reread.  Log on your Paws for Reading Log.

ELA - (Test Thursday)  Review.  Do the following in your notebook. Follow all directions in the book.
p. 24 - 1 - 8
page 28 A and B - odd only
page 29 A and B - odd only


Math - sheet

Wordly Wise - spelling and vocab test on Friday

Week of October 15th

Thursday Homework

Read for 20 minutes and record in log.

Math – workbook  page 10

Science – Reflect on what you observed with the glacier that we created and the videos we watched. What did you learn about glaciers, how they form, how they move and what happens to the land?

Write at least two paragraphs in your Science Notebook showing what you learned.

 

Wednesday Homework

Read for 20 minutes and record in log.

In your RRJ – respond to one of the following. Be sure to use examples from the text.

Compare your school experience with Roald Dahl’s school experience as he describes it in Boy.

OR

How does what we’re read in Boy remind you of  scenes in the Roald Dahl books you have read?

ELA – text pages 4 and 5    #s  2 – 20 even only. Do in notebook.

Reflex Math

Reminder – Dress Down tomorrow  Dress in orange for Tommy  $2

Reminder - Book Orders are due Tuesday.


Tuesday Homework -

Read for 20 minutes and log. Look for Text-Text, Text-Self, and Text - World connections in your reading.
Social Studies - finish vocabulary. For those who did not start, look up the words in the Glossary of your textbook and write them next to the word list you glued in.
Wordly Wise - 3 A and B
Math - sheet on the new expanded formMonday News and Homework -

Religion - reread pages 32 - 35 and complete the chart on page 35.

Math - 2 review sheets and study for retest. We are doing a retest not because the grades are particularly bad but because the children need to demonstrate a deep understanding for Common Core.

REFLEX Math - I've gotten low usage warnings for 15 students!

Science - this counts as tonight's reading homework. Read pages C 34 - C 39 and do sheet.

Week of October 9th

Thursday Homework -

Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it.
Wordly Wise - Sheet. Study for Friday's test.
Math - workbook page 4

Friday letters due in RRJ

Wednesday Homework -
Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it.
Wordly Wise - Exercise 2 E.  Remember to answer in complete sentences.
 Study for Friday's test.
 Religion - During Mass today, Msgr. Kain was talking about our prayer lives. I want you to reflect on (think about) your prayer life and then write a paragraph about it in your Religion notebook.
Some things you might want to consider - How often do I pray? Do I say thank you to God or just pray when I need help? Do I say standard prayers or make up my own prayers? Is there anything I want to change about my prayer life?



Tuesday Homework -
Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it.
Wordly Wise - Exercise 2 D.  Study for Friday's test.
Math - Study for test.
Remember, you need to know:
Place Value up to one million. You should understand the difference between place and value.
How to spell the numbers and places
How to order numbers based on place value.

Weekend Homework

Happy Weekend!

The weekend homework this week is:
Do the Take Home Religion test. Due Tuesday.
Read for at least an hour over the weekend.
Study for upcoming Math and Wordly Wise tests.

I'm sending home a math review sheet to complete and be a guide in studying. Everything you need to know is in your notebook or math folder.

I asked the children to bring in 3 items in the upcoming week - a pumpkin, a rock or rocks, and some leaves.  Variety is the key here so any size, color, shape is fine for the pumpkins and the same for the rocks and leaves.
Relax and celebrate.


As if you need the reminder ;)  school is closed on Monday for Columbus Day.

Week of October 1st

NOTE:  To clarify the Thursday homework - I told the children that for this first letter, everyone's is due tomorrow. For future letters, they will have a specific day of the week it is due.

Upcoming Tests - There will be 2 tests next week. Math (Place Value) on Wednesday and Wordly Wise Lesson 2 (spelling and vocabulary) on Friday.



Thursday Homework
Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it. Write your letter to me using the form we discussed. This one should be on loose leaf. Due tomorrow!
Religion - complete pages 28 - 30

Math - sheets (2)

Wordly Wise - 1.  Exercise 2 C.
2. In your notebook write a sentence for each of the first 5 words (affect, calculate, climate, column, decay).
Handwriting - pages 10 and 11.
Wednesday Homework
Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it.
Math - in your notebook, write out the words for the numbers 1 - 30.  example 1 - one. Make a list.
Social Studies - Read Lesson 1 (pages 10 - 15) and use the strategies we learned in class from the Reading Handbook. Select one Before Reading, one During Reading, and one After Reading strategy to use. In your SS notebook explain which strategy you used and how you used it.
Upcoming Tests - There will be 2 tests next week. Math (Place Value) on Wednesday and Wordly Wise Lesson 2 (spelling and vocabulary) on Friday.

Tuesday Homework -

Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it. I checked the reading logs and left notes.

Math 2 sheets. The first sheet is pretty clear. It's what we worked on in class yesterday - rearranging the digits to create the biggest and smallest numbers.

The second page requires you to think and write about math. You need to do the problems and then follow the directions on the bottom of the page.  You are to write about your answer the way we discussed in class. For example. I know that 349 is greater than 329 because both numbers have a 3 in the hundreds place, but the 4 in the tens place has a greater value (40) than the 2 in the tens place (20).  349 >229 because 40>20.

Wordly Wise - Review the new vocabulary words for Lesson 2. In your notebook divide them into the two lists like you did for Lesson 1: Words I Know and Words I Need to Learn. Then do exercise 2A.

Religion - Do in your notebook.  Remember what Msgr. Theo said at Mass today about naming your guardian angel and praying to the angel. Choose a name for your guardian angel and write a prayer asking your angel to watch over you.

Monday Homework -
Read for 20 minutes in your Roald Dahl book and log it. Remindser - I will check reading logs tomorrow.
Math sheet (2 sides)
ELA sheet

Science - Observation of an Ice Cube

• Put an ice cube on a plate. Observe it with your senses and record your observations.
• Leave the ice cube for 10 minutes.
• After 10 minutes observe again and record the changes you observe.
• Leave the ice cube for 45 minutes.
• After 45 minutes observe again and record the changes you observe.