The sixth graders just began Unit D: Genetics. They are learning about the ways in which all organisms reproduce, both asexually and sexually. The students have just covered the basics so far, but soon we will explore why we have the traits that we do and where they come from! We may even have to do some family research – so parents get ready!
Miss Lawrence
In Middle School students learned vocabulary associated with air travel and airports. They learned the present tense of verbs with the present progressive and the verbs conocer and saber. Students used vocabulary relating to airports and travel activities. Many activities were designed to help the students use the vocabulary in reading comprehension, listening and speaking.
Ms. Gines
As overseer of Chapel, it has been my desire to see the hearts of our students be drawn closer to our Lord and Savior. The Lord has been faithful to hear my heart’s cry. There has been such a growth and hunger in our students to worship God and carry out His purpose for their lives. From Elementary to High School, there has been steady growth and our Spiritual Focus for the year has truly been our anthem:
Philippians 3:13 NIV
“I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”
Please continue to pray for our chapel services. We need to continue to ask God to open our children’s hearts and minds, we need the Lord to anoint our worship teams and we need God to empower every speaker who shares.
Mrs. Torres
We’ve been reading the novel “Old Yeller” by Fred Gipson. I challenged students to complete an Anticipation Guide which gave them a preview of themes that will be discussed throughout the novel. Students have been reading aloud in class and silently on their own, as well as answering comprehension questions along the way. We have been discussing the setting, characters, and key events.
Mrs. Foster
In English classes, we have been going through the writing process for an Autobiographical Narrative. We have done brainstorming, prewriting, drafting, and revising so far. Students have done peer editing and revising using color to locate and add adjectives, adverbs, and similes. The goal of revision has been to add imagery and descriptiveness.
Mrs. Foster
We have finished reading the Narnia book, The Last Battle. The students were amazed to find out that the Kings and Queens of Narnia died in their own land and were allowed to stay in Narnia forever. I reminded them that Narnia represented heaven in the book and if they serve Christ one day they to will spend eternity in heaven.
Mrs. Bienemann
Students are studying integers and rational numbers. They have begun adding and subtracting these numbers and will continue on with multiplying and dividing as the month continues.
Mrs. Racoma
Middle School is learning about the works of Leonardo Da Vinci. They will understand why some of his works are so famous (such as Mona Lisa and the Last Supper). Students will then make a self-portrait, using chalk just like Da Vinci did in the only picture we have of him.
Miss Arnau
March is the month that tests many things especially discipline and heart. Winter is waning and the end of school getting closer. Students must get recharged out of the winter blues, be persevering at staying on task with schoolwork as well as deal with the usual winter illnesses. March is also an exciting month because of the Academic Fair, March 19th. This is a great time for students to shine who are not always the top of the class academically. It allows creativity and performance skills to blossom. It even benefits those students the most who are willing to work as a team with parent and teachers to study, write about, and present their topic and project of interest. We can all benefit from remembering: Galatians 6:9,”Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” and Ecclesiastes 9:10,”Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.”
Mrs. Vikki Kemp
Middle School Reading has been reading using SRA Reading Laboratory kits. These kits provide individualized skills instruction, permit independent work, promote students’ sense of responsibility, and let each student move at his or her own pace, according to individual ability.The practice selections in an SRA Reading Laboratory kit are by no means just sterile skills exercises. They are short stories and articles that students actually enjoy reading, and they are sources of a great deal of incidental learning as well-about plants, animals, history, science, technology, discovery, fine arts, social institutions, sports, and our cultural heritage. Importantly, they range over past, present, and future perspectives.
Children don’t just learn to “read better” by using the program; they discover what it means to become readers. They gain pleasure, information, and-if the ultimate goal succeeds-a lifelong love of reading in all kinds of subject areas. They learn to read for a variety of purposes, and they discover what it is to read in a wide range of content areas.
Mrs. Candelier and Mrs. Foster