Dear Parents, October 13, 2013 This week, our reading strategy is “summarize”. After we have finished reading a story we should be able to retell the story in just a few sentences. The comprehension skill that will help us with the reading strategy is […]
The 8th grade class completed a chapter in religion that focused on prayer. They learned the different forms of prayer, how to pray, and the meaning of the Liturgy of the Hours. To complete the lesson the class prepared a liturgy. The theme they chose was healing to tie in with October cancer awareness. Ironically […]
The 7th grade has been discussing Guardian Angels and the role they have in our faith and lives. We discussed the meaning of angel in Greek -“messenger” and how guardian angels can protect and support us in many ways. The students drew a picture of what their guardian angels might look like and wrote a […]
The 6th grade is finishing a chapter in religion on Creation. They are learning the Old Testament and began with Genesis. We are in the middle of Powerpoint presentations on books in the Old Testament. The class is taking notes on each book and then we will move along in our textbook and study many […]
Dear Kindergarten Families, I am impressed with the quality of homework coming in! Our Everyday Mathematics series has online games adding to our learning and math practice. This week and beyond we will be using this site. Your child has a login/password card taped in their folder. By clicking on this link everydaymathonline you will […]
Dear Second Grade Families, We are looking forward to sending our Flat Students off next week. If you haven’t’ done so already please send in your host information. Here is a look at our week: Homework: Reading Log, Fluency and Unit 7 for spelling. We do NOT have any IXL homework this week. I keep […]
Dear Families, I hope everyone enjoyed their extra day off yesterday. We have much to do in 5th grade this week. This Friday is a full day of school. Below please find an overview of our week. Math: We will develop estimation strategies when finding an exact answer is impractical. Science: We are beginning Chapter […]
Dear Third Grade Families, I hope everyone enjoyed the extra day this weekend. This morning, we hit the ground running! As a reminder, please make every effort to arrive at school on time or early. Our day starts promptly at 7:50 and late arrivals often have difficulty catching up while the class has already moved […]
The 6th grade is now studying the Agricultural Revolution. This is important to history because farming allowed people to settle down and live together. This begins the idea of labor and government. Since we are so lucky to live in an agricultural area 2 parents of SHS came in the classroom and presented a lecture […]
Dear Kindergarten Parents, I am sure everyone enjoyed having an extra day off. Here we go with a shorten week and a full day of school on Friday. I am happy to see your kinders working on the ixl math website. Already a few Saint’s names are in for the annual Saint’s Parade…please send in […]