- Wednesday, Nov. 16: School liturgy 8:45
- Friday, Nov. 18: End of Trimester 1 and Mission Awareness Day
Religion:
This week the students finished studying the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah and the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. Students summarized the stories and as a class we discussed how we could apply the lessons of these stories to our lives. Students then took a quiz over this information. That quiz came home on Thursday.
With the end of Chapter 4 comes the end of the unit. Students are now working hard to demonstrate their knowledge of the first unit by completing on an online newspaper project. This project requires students to write newspaper stories, blurbs, and an advertisement about topics discussed. They will have five days of class time to complete this project. The project is due the evening of Friday, November 18.
Social Studies:
This week in social studies students continued studying the impact the Catholic Church had on medieval Europe. There will be a test over Chapter 3 on Wednesday, November 16. There will be a review session on Tuesday, November 15 from 3:25-3:45. The test format is as follows-
Fill in the blank vocab - 8 questions/16 points
Multiple choice - 11 questions/11 points
Fill in the Blank - 1 diagram/15 points
Short answer - 4 questions/8 points (choice of questions)
Essay - 1 question/9 points (choice)
Reading:
We continue to read Where the Red Fern Grows as a class. We are finished with vocabulary for November, so those lists and quizzes will resume in December.
2000 minutes and 2 Accelerated Reader quizzes are due at 3:20 on November 18 (end of trimester 1).
2000 minutes and 2 Accelerated Reader quizzes are due at 3:20 on November 18 (end of trimester 1).
Language Arts:
What a week! The students were absolutely wonderful in their interview settings this week. Mrs. Umstead's homeroom visited Bishop Drumm, Mrs. Westholm's homeroom visited McAuley Terrace, and Ms. Ryan's homeroom were visited by 10 local peace officers. The 6th graders were professional, kind and allowed Christ to work through them to talk to these special people. A big thank you to the parents who attended and helped photograph and keep the conversations flowing. Channel 13 did a story on us, and it was on the 5 and 6 o'clock news broadcasts. The kids and officers were stars!
Now the work starts - students will take all the information gathered and compile it into a biography with their partners. We will return in mid-December to our residents and officers to present the biographies and celebrate their lives and the hard work of our students. Amazing job, SFA!
Now the work starts - students will take all the information gathered and compile it into a biography with their partners. We will return in mid-December to our residents and officers to present the biographies and celebrate their lives and the hard work of our students. Amazing job, SFA!
Math Period 1:
The students took a quiz over computing integers on Friday. Look for these to come home on Monday. The results were outstanding. The students were introduced to rational numbers and will practice ordering these numbers on number lines. The last skill of the chapter is graphing inequalities. There will be a Chapter 2 Test tentatively scheduled for Thursday, November 17th.
Math Period 4:
The students have spent several days on dividing decimals. They need to remember that when there is a decimal divisor they need to re-write the problem. I have been very pleased with the overall growth of this class. The students' assignment over the weekend was a review worksheet. The test format is posted in google classroom as well as a review game. We have been discussing time management when taking the test. Most problems will take less than a minute if completed correctly. Therefore, if they are spending more than a minute or two they need to skip the problem and move on. We have practiced this in class, The test is Tuesday, November 15th.
Math Period 5:
The students took a quiz over computing integers on Friday. Look for these to come home on Monday. The results were outstanding. The students were introduced to rational numbers and will practice ordering these numbers on number lines. The last skill of the chapter is graphing inequalities. There will be a Chapter 2 Test tentatively scheduled for Thursday, November 17th.
Science:
The students spent the week working on the volume of objects. They viewed videos explaining the meaning of volume and how to calculate. The students then practiced finding the volume of liquids, regular shaped, and irregular shaped objects in the classroom. The students should understand that length is one dimensional, area is two dimensional, and volume three-dimensional. The students do have notes to study for length, mass, and volume. On Monday, we will further organize these notes using a method called a content frame. There will be a quiz on Wednesday, November 16 that will include a written page and stations. The content frame would be a great study sheet.
