Math material

We have recently moved onto place value in our math. Below are some links to educational place value games which may help the children understand and get a grasp of the topic easier.

http://www.abcya.com/place_value_hockey.htm

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/place-value

https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-2/place-value-models-up-to-hundreds

Homework for week commencing 25th January

Monday January, 25th 

Superkids- Read pages 24- 29 in It’s Tricky  

Do handout Leaf Me Alone

Religion-On a calendar in your home, mark days when you will spend time preparing for First Eucharist as a family, even if it involves something as simple as practicing a prayer.

Science- Read a book or article about a plant’s or animal’s life cycle this week. Write down the name of the book/article and 3 facts that you learned from the book. This is due on Or before Monday 1st February . 

Math- 9-4

Tuesday, January 26th

Superkids- Read pages 30-35 in It’s Tricky 

Do handout What’s Inside a box?

Religion-Do something as a family that will remind you of Jesus’s actions in the scripture story. ( Jesus Feeds the Hungry) For example, donate some bread and bottled water to a shelter or food pantry this week.

Religion- Angel of God Recitation  test tomorrow

Math- 9-5

Wednesday, January 27

 Superkids- Read pages 36 to the back cover  Do handout Sky High

Religion-With your family share and discuss a specific prayer or action that you recall from mass.

Math- 9-6

Thursday, January 28

Reading-  Read aloud to a parent or guardian for at least twenty minutes. Use the Fluency handout to help you. Write down the title of the book and who you read to on a piece of paper.

Religion- Write down the Act of Contrition Prayer and draw a picture of it on a piece of paper.  Use the former test and handout to help you. Students that scored 100% on the written test with 100% correct spelling do not have to this. 

Math: topic 10 -

Homework for week commencing Monday 18th January

Tuesday, Jan. 19th

No written homework. Memorize Act of Contrition Prayer for test tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 20th

Religion- As a family, talk about a way you can show Jesus that you want to be his followers.

Start memorizing Angel of God prayer  (It’s in the Wednesday folder.)

Recitation/ Test next Wednesday, January 27th.

Superkids- Go online and read pages 16-19 in It’s Tricky

(Article Summary- Students will read two separate articles in this lesson. In “Can goldfish learn tricks?” students will discover the trick to teaching a goldfish to shoot a basketball! In “Tough Stuff,” they’ll read real children’s responses to a question about things that have been hard to learn and tricks they’ve used to help themselves.)

Do I’d Like to Learn How to… handout # 21

Math: 9-2 & 9-3

Thursday, January 21st

Religion- Talk as a family about the baptism of each family member. Topics may include identifying the godparents and telling why they were chosen, anything memorable about the event, and why it was important to be baptized.

Superkids- Go online and read pages 20-23 in It’s Tricky

(Article Summary- Students will read two articles in this lesson. In “Sunny Side Up,” students will learn the steps to make a peach and yogurt snack that looks like an egg. In “Magic Secrets,” students will trade in their chef’s aprons for magician’s wands as they uncover the secrets of some favorite magic tricks.)

Do The World’s Best Magician handout! # 22

Math: quick check pages 9-1, 9-2, 9-3

Parent Sacramental prep classes 19th January and 16th February

Dear parents,
There will be a Parent Sacramental prep meeting on Tuesday the 19th January at 7pm ahead of First Reconciliation.
We require that at least one parent from each family is present at the Sacramental Preparation class.
There will also be a second session on the 16th February at 7pm.
 We look forward to seeing you there.

Homework Monday, January 11th- Friday, January 15th

Homework Monday, January 11th- Friday, January 15th

This week students will be going online to Superkids. They will be reading the magazine It’s Tricky every night and doing a corresponding handout based upon the reading. (Please remember that you created your password.) We will be reading the magazine and going over homework in class as well.

Monday, January 11th

Religion- Keep Memorizing Act of Contrition Prayer (Test on Jan. 20th)

Superkids -Go online to Superkids read pages 1-5 in Super Magazine It’s Tricky

Do Cloudy with a Chance of Vocabulary Words # 16 handout

When reading nonfiction with your child use these Comprehension Strategies: 

Connect text to self or experience

Draw and support conclusions

Recognize text features Make and confirm predictions

Summarize Recall details

Generate questions Visualize

Respond to text Determine important ideas

Use pictures

Extra Challenge:

Cross-Curriculum Connection /Science: Have a discussion about tornados and waterspouts and what causes them. For a fun experiment, make a tornado in a jar by filling a mayonnaise- sized jar 3⁄4 full with water. Add a teaspoon of liquid soap and a teaspoon of vinegar to the water. Add food coloring if desired. Tighten the lid and shake it so it mixes well, then swirl the jar quickly in a circular motion to form a vortex or small tornado.

Research corn-based products: Many things are made of corn. Have students use the Internet to research the large number of uses for corn in making other products.

( keywords: “corn-based products” or “uses for corn”)

Research the Titan flower Have students search the Internet (keyword: Titan flower) to learn more about this unusual flower. Students should write 3–4 facts they learned through their research and illustrate their findings.

Math - 8-2

Tuesday, January 12th

Superkids – Go online read pages 6-9 In It’s Tricky

Do Know/ Wonder/ Learn Handout # 17 based upon article. Under the “K” column, students write what they know about the article from previewing. Under the “W” column, students write what they wonder. The “L” column will be completed after reading the article.

Do Design a Mask handout # 18

Extra Challenge :

Cross-Curriculum Connection/ Social Studies: Using photographs found on the Internet or in library books, have a discussion about ancient Egypt and the time of King Tutankhamen. Include the pyramids, mummies, tombs, and hieroglyphs (pictures used to represent words) in your discussion. You may also wish to search the Internet using the keywords “hieroglyph translator” for an English-to-hieroglyph translation. Students can print out their names in hieroglyphs and practice drawing the symbols.

Math 8-3 

Wednesday, January 13th

Superkids- Read 10-15 In It’s Tricky online

Do True or False handout # 19

Extra Challenge:

Cross-Curriculum Connection

Social Studies: Discuss migration as it relates to humans as well as animals. Explain that the United States grew as people migrated further west across the country in search of both adventure and a new place to live.

Art: Make origami cranes with your child. There are many sites online with directions.

Math quick check worksheets 8-1,8-2,8-3

Thursday, January 14th

Superkids- Review pages 10-15 in It’s Tricky online

Do Crane Migration: Put The Steps in Order

Math 8-4

Homework for January 5^th –January 7th

(No back pages. We are finishing Unit 2.)

Please continue to check your child’s planner every night and initial their homework every night. Thank you!

Tuesday, January 5^th

^{Science- Read Life Science Stories on Mammals & Read Life Science Stories on Reptiles}

^{Do Reptile or Mammal handout.}

^{Religion – The Good Samaritan handout (Keep at home. Do not turn it in.)}

^{Writing- Write a paragraph about what you did over Christmas break. Your paragraph should have at least five sentences in it.  Make sure you use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Underline every noun in green. Circle every verb in red.}

^{No math homework tonight.}

Wednesday, January 6^th

Science-Read Life Cycle of Butterfly handout

Do Life Cycle of a Butterfly handout

Religion- Start memorizing the Act of Contrition prayer that is in your white folder. The test will be on Wednesday, January 20^th.  Put the prayer in a safe place so you don’t loose it!

 Please help your child find all the verbs and nouns in their writing from last night. 

Tonight's writing is optional. Please don't do it if Tuesday's homework was too hard. Students should master Tuesday's homework before going on to Wednesdays.

Writing-

^{Write a paragraph about presents you received over break and/or presents you gave to loved ones. What were they? How do you use them? Your paragraph should have at least five sentences in it.  Make sure you use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Underline every noun in green. Circle every verb in red. For an extra challenge, underline all the adjectives twice in blue.}

No math homework tonight.

Thursday, January 7^th

^{History- Writing Unit 2 #5 & Skills Unit 2  (Front and Back)}

^{Read for 15 mins. List 5 nouns in green, 5 verbs in red, and 5 adjectives in blue.}

^Example

^{Nouns (in green)}

^1.

^2.

^3.

^4.

^5.

^{Verbs (in red)}

^1.

^2.

^3.

^4.

^5.

^{Adjectives  (in blue)}

^1.

^2.

^3.

^4.

^5.

^{No math homework tonight.}