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Please bring in pink lids or circles from the following products: Yoplait, Motts, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Nature Valley, Gardettos, Green Giant, Betty Crocker, Chex Mix, Bugles, Cheerios, Pillsbury, Old El Paso, Hamburger Helper, Fruit Gushers, Total, Fiber One, Oceanspray, and Fruit Roll-Ups. We are having a competition between classes. Each circle that is brought in during the month of October means 10 cents donated to the Komen foundation. If every student K-8 brings in 4, we will have $100 donation in memory of Mrs. Blackburn's mom. You just buy products that you normally buy, and cut out the pink circles. No extra cost to you, but a donation to a great cause---breast cancer research! Let's all do our part to support this great cause.
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Camp is fast approaching....just one more week. There are still 4 students who need to bring in copies of their medical cards. If you have not turned this in, please do so this ASAP. We must have it on file on your camp form in order to go to camp.
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6th Grade Religion
Monday-songs for prayer service, practice prayer sevice
Keeping the Promise Diocesan safe environment
Tuesday-songs, practice prayer service, Keeping the Promise
Wednesday-handwriting book: 2 pages, Bible Search
Thursday-Rosary in faith families
Friday-No school
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6th Grade English
Monday-synonyms/antonyms unit 4, grammar p. 86-87
Tuesday--Book Test--an extra credit worksheet was given out last week to prepare for this test. Students who complete the worksheet, may use it on the test.
grammar: p. 107
Wednesday-saint-letter to children, grammar: p. 89-90
Thursday-spelling/vocab. tests unit 4, grammar p. 108
Friday-no school
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6th Grade Reading
Monday-silent reading, finish Wicked
Tuesday-silent reading, library, Great Brain
Wednesday-visit the elderly at Park Merced
Thursday-silent reading, Great Brain
Friday-no school
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8th Grade English
Monday-currently October rough draft, grammar p. 92, 93, homework p. 94
Tuesday-library, synonyms/antonyms unit 4
Wednesday-writing: compare/contrast pre-writing worksheet
Thursday-spelling/vocab. tests unit 4, flashcards unit 5
Friday-no school
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8th Grade Reading
Monday-silent reading, work on Miracle Worker scenes
Tuesday-silent reading, Miracle Worker Dress Rehearsal--bring costumes
Wednesday-silent reading, Currently October final draft
Thursday-silent reading, Miracle Worker Dress Rehearsal--bring costumes
Friday-no school
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Upcoming events:
Miracle Worker Performances will be October 15 and 16 at 1:15 PM in the auditorium. Some students will be performing both days, and some will be performing on one of the days--depending on which scene they are in. We are performing 5 scenes from The Miracle Worker. We will be inviting grades 3 and up to attend. Parents are also invited to attend.
To Kill a Mockingbird-Our next class novel will be To Kill a Mockingbird. In an effort to best prepare for high school we will be learning a skill called annotating. This works best if each student has his/her own copy of the book that he/she can write in. They may also choose to use 4 colors of highlighters. You may wish to purchase this book soon, as they will need it by Monday, Oct. 17. If students do not bring their own copies, they will borrow one from the school library. However, they will have to write on post-it notes instead of writing in the book, since it is not their own copy. I think they will find it beneficial to have their own copy to mark in and take notes. They are not allowed to use a copy of the book that was previously used (last year) by one of my students. They will need a CLEAN copy that has not already been marked. I will check for this on Oct. 17. Annotating is a skill that they will definitely need in high school. While it is challenging, it is worth our time and effort to work on this in 8th grade.
