Hi STM families!  I will plan to be back to school this week and am definitely looking forward to seeing your students!  "It has been a long three weeks" is all I can say!  The gift deliveries and sweet cards were definitely highlights! 

 

6th Grade LA: The students had a variety of Thanksgiving-related writing assignments to complete on Nov. 21 and 22. In PowerSchool, the status of the assignments completed will be noted with a green checkmark if it has been turned in, or an orange exclamation point for "missing". A downside of being out for an extended time will unfortunately be attempting to gather in many of the assignments which have not been completed. It is the beginning of a new trimester, so it will be best to start off on a strong note! Please note the Extra Credit offered for posting a photo or video of setting the table. This assignment is posted in the LA Google Classroom. This week we will be getting back into Word Study and our next Grammar unit. Adjectives. Our writing units will be a bit compressed into short Descriptive (Christmas sweater activity) and a simple How-to flow chart units, to be ready to begin Verbs and Persuasive Writing when we return in January. A yearly overview of the Voyages program is here: https://www.voyagesinenglish.com/images/VIE18-lesson-plan-G6.pdf

 

6th grade Bluebirds: The students will be finishing Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie within the next 10 days!  We will be initiating a research paper and see it through to completion before the holidays. ALL assignments are posted in Google Classroom under "Bluebirds". The status of the completed assignments in PowerSchool will be noted with a green checkmark if it has been turned in, or an orange exclamation point for "missing". A downside of being out for an extended time will unfortunately be attempting to gather in many of the assignments which have not been completed. It is the beginning of a new trimester, so it will be best to start off on a strong note!

 

 

6th Grade Kestrels: The students will be reading their chapter assignments in The Bronze Bow for the remaining 1/3 of the book. Each assignment for the book is in the "Kestrels" page in your student's Google Classroom. The status of the collected assignments will be noted with a green checkmark if it has been turned in, or an orange exclamation point for "missing". A downside of being out for an extended time will unfortunately be attempting to gather in many of the assignments which have not been completed. It is the beginning of a new trimester, so it will be best to start off on a strong note! 

 

7th Grade C. S. Lewis: The 7th graders are nearing the final 1/3 of The Seventh Most Important Thing. There are a LOT of assignments for this group. ALL of the assignments are located in your student's C.S. Lewis Google Classroom, along with chapter read-alouds and the Reading Schedule. The status of the assignments will be noted with a green checkmark if it has been turned in, or an orange exclamation point for "missing". A downside of being out for an extended time will unfortunately be attempting to gather in many of the assignments which have not been completed. It is the beginning of a new trimester, so it will be best to start off on a strong note! 

 

Religion has been graciously coordinated by Mrs. Meehan for the past few weeks, so I anticipate that we will picking up with Chapter 8. https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/lpress-craft/files/col2016-files/Christourlife2016-study-gd-g6-ch8.pdf

 

Re: scheduling "Fall" conferences for my homeroom: the dates have to be adjusted from the planned dates of Dec 7-9 to January and we'll call them "Mid-Year Conferences". My radiation treatments are in the morning Dec. 5-9, and late days after school for in-person and virtual conferences are not feasible at this time. Thank you for your understanding!

 

Best wishes for a wonderful week!

 

Mrs. Morgan