Academics

JANUARY 2012 Happy New Year to our SMN families!

Seventh Grade Homeroom/Language Arts

This month the students will be working on lessons 9, 28, 14, and 3 in Spelling. The prefixes and suffixes studied and quized this month will be: ion, tain, ten, tent, grad, gress, pos, sid, sed and sess. I will be finishing Science Fair aloud with them for Reading/Literature. Assignments will be given with this read aloud. The seventh graders will begin a unit studying prounouns. By the end of the month the students need to have the book Masterpiece by Elise Broach.

Jr. High Religion

Fifth Grade Religion- The students are finishing up their unit on Baptism and Confirmation. They will be moving into a new unit that focuses on the Eucharist.

Sixth Grade Religion- This class is currently completing the last chapter of Unit 2 which teaches of the Israelites reaching the Promised Land and praying and knowing the will of God. They will take a test and begin a new unit of study on how we are to build up the Kingdom of God as the Israelites were instructed to do.

Seventh Grade Religion- This month the students will focus in the text on Unit 5 and the emphasis to be filled with the Holy Spirit to witness the message of Christ in our world today. This is their call as they become Confirmed Catholics.

Eighth Grade Religion- The students have begun the Growing in Love program. This is the Catholic education of relationships, family life, and human sexuality. If any parents would like a supplemental guide for at home use. Please contact me.

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