09/24/2007
Dear Families,
With the Fair,
all-school Mass and our first week of school service behind us, the students
and I are looking forward to a week of “regular” school!
As Autumn settles in, several students are already battling
colds. Even though they are 8th
graders, this morning I reviewed the importance of hand washing. We all want to stay as healthy as we possibly
can.
¯ ACADEMICS
HISTORY
Eighth graders
took their first History quiz on Friday.
This week we begin to study the Thirteen Colonies. We discuss why Europeans came to this “
RELIGION
Students perform
service for the second time this week.
With thirty students, I am working to be sure there is a job for
everyone. Please ask your student to be
patient as I work out the kinks.
Students were
assigned an essay related to the prayer, “God of the Gathering.” This essay is both a Religion and Language
Arts assignment. The first draft is due
Thursday, September 27.
Daily
Mass this week – Thursday, September 27.
Your kids’ presentation
of last Friday’s all-school Mass was flawless.
Each student did a wonderful job.
LANGUAGE ARTS
This afternoon we
did a “Read-Around” with their Fair news articles. Mid-week we will tackle another “hard news”
story and hopefully get to news feature writing by the end of the week.
LITERATURE
The students
continue to read The Light in the Forest
by Conrad Richter. They read Chapter 9
aloud using a modified Reader’s Theatre style.
We are blessed to have many wonderful speaking voices in this class.
MATH
Due
to computer issues, (yes, AGAIN!)
I am unable to post Ms. Riley’s math update.
maryr@saintbrendan.org
SCIENCE
Updates about
Science are posted in the Science section of school web page.
ü CLASSROOM COMMUNITY
SPECIAL THANKS…
To: The parents
who chaperoned the Puyallup Fair Field Trip.
HAVE A GREAT
WEEK!!
Ann Christianson
annc@saintbrendan.org