Looking forward to the 2010-2011 academic year !!!








Tuesday, June 11, 2013

STUDY GUIDES 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GRADES

FIRST GRADE
FINAL EXAM
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 1-2 PAGES 36-37
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 3-4 PAGES 54-55
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 5-6 PAGES 72-73
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 7-8 PAGES 90-91
5TH BIM. EXAM
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 7-8 PAGES 90-91

SECOND GRADE
FINAL EXAM
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 1-2 PAGES 36-37
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 3-4 PAGES 54-55
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 5-6 PAGES 72-73
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 7-8 PAGES 90-91
5TH BIM. EXAM
LANGUAGE REVIEW UNITS 7-8 PAGES 90-91
THIRD GRADE
FINAL EXAM
LANGUAGE PLUS A PAGES C1-C2
LANGUAGE PLUS B PAGES C3-C4
LANGUAGE PLUS C PAGES C5-C6
LANGUAGE PLUS D PAGES C7-C8
FIFTH BIM EXAM
LANGUAGE PLUS D PAGES C7-C8

Sunday, June 02, 2013

Tips for final exams


  • Time management. Make a list of what needs to be done each day. Set realistic goals and priorities, and check off tasks as they are accomplished. Study in a quiet place without distractions.
  • Practice relaxation techniques. Whenever you feel tense, take slow and deep breaths for several minutes. Treat yourself to little blocks of time every day in which you do something that you really enjoy, such as listening to music.
  • Exercise regularly and eat a balanced diet daily. Limit fried, processed foods and white bread. Choose whole grains, fruits and vegetables. Avoid too much caffeine. Maintain a regular sleep schedule so that you wake up feeling refreshed. Try to establish a realistic exercise routine.
  • Use reinforcing positive self-statements. Give yourself pep talks that help you cope, e.g., “I can handle this,” “It’s not the end of the world,” “I can do this.” Be kind to yourself!

Friday, May 24, 2013

CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN



The feast was formerly celebrated on May 31, at the end of the Marian month, where the present general calendar now commemorates the Feast of the Visitation.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

PENDING HOMEWORK (FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD GRADE)

Next week you can hand in all pending homework (bim. 5). You will receive 50% credit for your work.

Ms. Verastegui

Monday, April 29, 2013

THIRD GRADE IMPRESSIVE INVENTIONS

Choose your favorite invention and bring the information  next class to prepare your presentation.




Sunday, April 14, 2013

ALUMNOS EXENTOS

Señores Padres de Familia:

Para poder exentar el quinto bimestre es necesario que los alumnos cumplan con el 100% de las actividades, de otra manera no podrán exentar. Su comportamiento en clase durante este último bimestre también será considerado.

Atentamente

Ms. Verastegui

Monday, March 18, 2013

EASTER


The Date of Easter
Prior to A.D. 325, Easter was variously celebrated on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was convened by emperor Constantine. It issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox. The "full moon" in the rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the fourteenth day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the ecclesiastical New Moon. It does not always occur on the same date as the astronomical full moon. The ecclesiastical "vernal equinox" is always on March 21. Therefore, Easter must be celebrated on a Sunday between the dates of March 22 and April 25. The Sunday prior to Easter is called Palm Sunday in commemoration of the palm-strewn path that Jesus took into Jerusalem prior to his Crucifixion.
The Lenten Season
Lent is the forty-six day period just prior to Easter Sunday. It begins on Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras (French for "Fat Tuesday") is a celebration, sometimes called "Carnival," practiced around the world, on the Tuesday prior to Ash Wednesday. It was designed as a way to "get it all out" before the sacrifices of Lent began. New Orleans is the focal point of Mardi Gras celebrations in the U.S. Read about the religious meanings of the Lenten Season.
The Easter BunnyBunny
The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.
The Germans brought the symbol of the Easter rabbit to America. It was widely ignored by other Christians until shortly after the Civil War. In fact, Easter itself was not widely celebrated in America until after that time.
The Easter Egg
As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians.
From the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of birth in most cultures. Eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers.
Today, children hunt colored eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the modern version of real Easter eggs -- those made of plastic or chocolate candy.

Friday, March 01, 2013

SPELLING BEE LIST THIRD GRADE BASIC


abroad
achievement
afternoon
alone
alternative
aluminum
amazon
angry
annual
aunt
bathtub
beautiful
believe
book
bowling
bulb
bus
busy
camping
cancer
certificate
class
coffe
cold
college
country
country
crops
December
dish
dusting
enormous
eventually
exam
famous
finish
footprint
galaxy
ghost
good
groceries
have
history
homework
housework
important
incidents
internet
kidnap
language
lawyer
magazine
make
maney
mil
mind
network
opinion
order
organize
paper
partner
party
people
personality
phone
politician
prices
project
public
relax
rules
sabbatical
Saturday
school
scientist
secrets
sent
shoplifter
shopping
silent
spanish
summer
sweets
temperature
tennis
ticket
transatlantic
trash
triangle
unusual
vandal
vegetable
vocation
watch
water
weather
whale
windy
young

SPELLING BEE LIST FIRST GRADE ADVANCED

disposable
ecology         
environment
fuel
global warming
honestly
Internet access
link
pollution
public transport
recycle
source
technology
turbine
cause
damage
demonstrate
energy-efficient
essential
interactive
organic
power
renewable
reuse
suppose
waste
behavior
cheat
chewing gum
crossroads
deposit
do research
include
motorway
nightlife
offer
order
refuse
seat belt
speed limit
stop sign
stroppy
traffic light
zebra crossing
achieve
authority
badminton
court
effective
exhausted
govern
high-tech
incredible
injure
opponent
stage
accessory
couch potato
data
delete
download
genuine
icon
keyboard
parachute
printer
receiver
save
toolbar
type
upload
adventure
animation
artificial
atmosphere
comedy
direct
donkey
escape
invention
narrator
plot
review
summary
violent
anxiety
autograph
basically
bungalow
church
climate
dry
village
humid
location
mountainous
national park
nightmare
recommend
shady

SPELLING BEE FIRST GRADE INTERMEDIATE


abstract
airport
apartment
applicant
around
attractive
autumn
bike
brand
bridge
camera
casual
charity
cloudy
competition
concert
condition
cool
course
crash
crips
dangerous
decisive
departure
directions
disgusting
donate
dots
dumps
enough
face
fish
flared
flowers
foggy
Friday
gaming
granddad
great
hostel
insecure
job
June
lake
landmark
lecture
left
little
long
market
meet
moody
mountain
move
museums
nickname
opposite
outfits
pastime
patterned
perspective
place
platform
polluted
potatoes
pretty
quite
roots
safe
sandals
shut
shy
since
sunbathe
swimming
theatre
theme
tomorrow
tracksuit
trap
travel
trousers
warm
waterfall
weather
weekend
welcome
yesterday

LAP BOOK FIRST GRADE

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=LAP+BOOK&oq=LAP+BOOK&gs_l=youtube.3..0i10l2.82907.86573.0.87720.21.14.0.0.0.3.304.1651.3j7j1j1.12.0...0.0...1ac.1.i2CPr797v4E

SQUASH CARD FIRST GRADE

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tarjeta+squash&oq=tarjeta+squash&gs_l=youtube.3..0l4.1461.9300.0.10889.23.14.4.5.5.0.160.1642.0j14.14.0...0.0...1ac.1.vgbqhkUIh30

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Spelling Bee List Second grade


abuse
affirmative
ambassador
answer
become
better
bulletin
bus
charity
choices
choose
company
competitive
comprehension
confused
countryside
crowds
damage
degree
delete
disease
enjoyable
exciting
false
fashionable
find
football
freedom
friend
girlfriend
homeless
impossible
information
international
lifestyle
lottery
loud
magazine
manager
match
miles
mornings
nervous
newspaper
obsession
occasion
original
parents
parliament
persuade
piece
poverty
powerful
profile
program
promise
pronoun
rainbow
reconsider
remember
rescue
robbery
rubbish
sausage
scooter
scream
sentences
shopping
snake
someone
something
speaker
spelling
spiders
sponsored
squad
straight
suddenly
tomorrow
trainers
university
upset
vegetables
vendor
wages
wedding
wish
wrong
empire
definition
complexity
thousand
addition
government
behavior
shoplifting
voluntary
weather
cartoons
library
disposable
ecology
environment
fuel
global warming
honestly
Internet access
link
pollution
public transport
recycle
source
technology
turbine
cause
damage
demonstrate
energy-efficient
essential
interactive
organic
power
renewable
reuse
suppose
waste
behavior
cheat
chewing gum
crossroads
deposit
do research
include
motorway
nightlife
offer
order
refuse
seat belt
speed limit
stop sign
stroppy
traffic light
zebra crossing
achieve
authority
badminton
court
effective
exhausted
govern
high-tech
incredible
injure
opponent
stage
accessory
couch potato
data
delete
download
genuine
icon
keyboard
parachute
printer
receiver
save
toolbar
type
upload
adventure
animation
artificial
atmosphere
comedy
direct
donkey
escape
invention
narrator
plot
review
summary
violent
anxiety
autograph
basically
bungalow
church
climate
dry
village
humid
location
mountainous
national park
nightmare
recommend
shady
disposable
ecology
environment
fuel
global warming
honestly
Internet access
link
pollution
public transport
recycle
source
technology
turbine
cause
damage
demonstrate
energy-efficient
essential
interactive
organic
power
renewable
reuse
suppose
waste
behavior
cheat
chewing gum
crossroads
deposit
do research
include
motorway
nightlife
offer
order
refuse
seat belt
speed limit
stop sign
stroppy
traffic light
zebra crossing
achieve
authority
badminton
court
effective
exhausted
govern
high-tech
incredible
injure
opponent
stage
accessory
couch potato
data
delete
download
genuine
icon
keyboard
parachute
printer
receiver
save
toolbar
type
upload
adventure
animation
artificial
atmosphere
comedy
direct
donkey
escape
invention
narrator
plot
review
summary
violent
anxiety
autograph
basically
bungalow
church
climate
dry
village
humid
location
mountainous
national park
nightmare
recommend
shady
disposable
ecology
environment
fuel
global warming
honestly
Internet access
link
pollution
public transport
recycle
source
technology
turbine
cause
damage
demonstrate
energy-efficient
essential
interactive
organic
power
renewable
reuse
suppose
waste
behavior
cheat
chewing gum
crossroads
deposit
do research
include
motorway
nightlife
offer
order
refuse
seat belt
speed limit
stop sign
stroppy
traffic light
zebra crossing
achieve
authority
badminton
court
effective
exhausted
govern
high-tech
incredible
injure
opponent
stage
accessory
couch potato
data
delete
download
genuine
icon
keyboard
parachute
printer
receiver
save
toolbar
type
upload
adventure
animation
artificial
atmosphere
comedy
direct
donkey
escape
invention
narrator
plot
review
summary
violent
anxiety
autograph
basically
bungalow
church
climate
dry
village
humid
location
mountainous
national park
nightmare
recommend
shady

Saturday, February 23, 2013

How to win a Spelling Bee



Play online crosswords that mix up the answers.


Read your spelling lists and try to memorize the words. 

Practice with your family and friends.


Relax! Do something else besides studying all day. You can do other things, just make sure to practice a little every day.

Learn some pronunciation rules.

Prepare for the unexpected!

Be sure you study the words. Try apps or computer games so it can be fun to study instead of looking at a piece of paper all day. Make sure you study the whole entire list that the spelling bee person gave you to study.

And don't forget to have fun !



Monday, February 18, 2013

THE MEANING OF LENT


Lent is a special time of prayer, penance, sacrifice and good works in preparation of the celebration of Easter. In the desire to renew the liturgical practices of the Church, The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of Vatican Council II stated, "The two elements which are especially characteristic of Lent -- the recalling of baptism or the preparation for it, and penance -- should be given greater emphasis in the liturgy and in liturgical catechesis. It is by means of them that the Church prepares the faithful for the celebration of Easter, while they hear God's word more frequently and devote more time to prayer" (no. 109). The word Lent itself is derived from the Anglo-Saxon words lencten, meaning "Spring," and lenctentid, which literally means not only "Springtide" but also was the word for "March," the month in which the majority of Lent falls.