Welcome to our classroom

Today is a new week and I had the privilege of just meeting our new Diocese Superintendent,Ms. Peggy SchaneFuss We are so fortunate to have capable and positive leaders (including Mr. Eaton) charting the course for our schools. Feel free to stop by sometime. Check with Ms Sarah in our office to gain access to our building.

We began the day with pledge and prayer. We returned to our Church History curriculum books today to consider look at the period of 313 AD -
476 AD. We use history as a reference to talk about contemporary issues and our identity today as Catholics. Also Becky will report to us tomorrow about the Life Monument dedication this evening; we will go out and view the monument as Becky tells us about it.

For English, we laid out the schedule for this week. Students were given new vocabulary words, and more instruction regarding their authorship of a 1st grade reading book. These books are due Friday. Also 8th graders handed in their final essay on The Old Man and the Sea. I am looking forward to reading them. We started Sharon Draper's book: Tears of a Tiger. This book is a fast read written in the vernacular of inner-city school talk. Already the discussion has revealed student connections to this story.
Looking ahead: 1st grade children's books are due Friday. Next Monday, 8th graders will go to the Latte Da for a round-table book talk.

For 6th Grade Math, students are completing problems on page 31:22-31. Students will be doing the Unit 1 test on Thursday.

Geography 7 students were given direct instruction regarding the layers of the Amazon rainforest. They were then given an assignment to create a "legendary" bug from the rainforest. They will draw this bug, describe it, and write an entertaining story about this bug using rainforest vocabulary: layers, ecosystem, habitat, camouflage...etc. We will read these stories in class.

FYI: Staff will be in Rice Lake for a Diocesan Conference on Wednesday. Yes, no school for students. So parents, line up the chores list, ha! I have a suspicion that some students want to catch up on some sleep. As this age of rapid growth, this is a worthy goal!