Racquet Skills in the Gym, at The Heights and on the Grounds of SMSOC 4-20-12
4/13/2012 Message from Beth
4/13/2012
Message from Beth
Updates ~
The St. Michael School of Clayton ‘s new media center is near completion. Don Brown, Liam’s father, has created a beautiful space for all to use. Don has worked diligently to create a aesthetically pleasing venue for our children and teachers to use throughout the school year. Thanks to Don for volunteering his expertise in designing and building our beautiful media center. Thank you Don!
The strategic planning process is nearing completion. Tanya Fagaly, Daphne’s mom, has led constituents through the strategic planning process. Tanya has volunteered her skills to create a vision and plan for The St. Michael School of Clayton to propel us into the future. Thank you Tanya!
I ask for your patience as we slowly turn our accounting program from Great Plains to Quick Books. Debby Hecker our new business manager has taken on this huge task. We thank Debby for her patience in converting the program.
4/5/2012 Message from Beth
Greetings! After many years of directing Before School, After School and Adventure Club for The St. Michael School of Clayton Sean Maiscott has accepted a full time position with another employer. We wish Sean much luck and we will all miss him very much. Thank you Sean for your many years with The St. Michael School of Clayton and your warm ways with our children.
Beginning Tuesday, April 10 Amy Kwentus will direct Before School, After School and Adventure Club for The St. Michael School of Clayton until the end of the year. Amy presently works part time at The St. Michael School of Clayton. She is a registered Occupational Therapist and a mother of three. We welcome Amy!
Emily Harris will work our before school program. Emily currently is a teacher in our Junior Kindergarten class and teaches a fifth grade math class. We welcome Emily!
4.19.12, 6th Grade Homework
Due Tomorrow:
- Math (Sanders)- test tomorrow
- Math (Bailey)- text book page 414 #6-22
- C Group- Studio Homework- Some of you finished your paragraph in class, but please take some time to check over your writing and make sure your work is perfect. This is due at the beginning of class.
- Read the three websites especially the Princeton gargoyle stories.
- Do a small drawing developing your own gargoyle, grotesque, or boss.
- Write a paragraph describing your drawing.
- The next step in this project will be to make a 3D model in clay from your drawing.
- These sites should be bookmarked on student ipads.
- http://www.princeton.edu/Mapfiles/gargoyles/
- http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/gargoyle/
- http://wustl.edu/about/facts/bosses/
- D Group: Literature Circle- Read and complete discussion questions
- The Devil’s Arithmetic: Chapters9-11
- Tuck Everlasting: Chapters 9-12
- The Silent Boy: Chapters 7-9
Due Monday:
- C Group: Literature Circle- Read and complete discussion questions
4/19/12-7th/8th grade
Math
7th
p.349/1,2,4-16 even; p.350/22-36 even
Humanities
Make up 7 questions. Email them to me by 9:30.
Finish reading The Outsiders.
4-19-12 First Grade Homework
Read and Log
Math Sheet 9-6
Print Orange Leaf Coupon from Jeff via email, enjoy some frozen yogurt; all while supporting the 7th grade’s Chicago trip!!!!
4.19.12 5th Grade Homework
Due tomorrow:
- Math: homework workbook pg. 99
-Group B: literature circle assignment
Due Monday:
- Group A: Literature circle assignment
4-19-12 Third/Fourth Suite: Homework
Math:
Wozniak: Parents, please watch the following video to see how we are learning larger multiplication problems. Students, please complete problems 6-17 on page 286. Have someone check your work after each problem. Be sure to write your problems EXACTLY as Ms. Wozniak does in the video.
Ms. Wozniak\’s Multiplication Lesson
Third Grade Language Arts:
Wozniak: Reader’s Theater performance and spelling test will be tomorrow.
Richardson: Please complete day 3 and day 4 or 5 for spelling tomorrow.
Ruzicka: Spelling test will be tomorrow. Choose one day to complete.
Fourth Grade Language Arts:
Wozniak: Please read to chapter 27 and write a short summary for literature circle tomorrow.
Richardson: Please complete day 3 and day 4 or 5 for spelling tomorrow.
Richardson’s Homeroom:
Please finish your draft and have someone edit tonight.
4.19.12, Learning About Rates and Unit Rates
Mrs. Bailey’s 6th grade math class is learning about ratios and rates. Specifically, they were learning the difference between rates and unit rates (unit rates have a denominator of 1. For example, miles per hour is a unit rate measuring how many miles you go in 1 hour).
To practice this skill, we began class outside on the playground. The students were asked to travel around the track for five minutes. Each time they passed the starting point, they were to put a counter in their assigned cup. This was to help them keep track of how many laps they had completed. Once five minutes was up, the students collected their cups and traveled back to the classroom.
Each student counted and recorded how many laps they had completed. This was their rate: how many laps in five minutes. They were then asked to calculate their unit rate: how many laps they completed per minute. These unit rate ranged from 1.8 laps to 2.8 laps.
This activity allowed us to calculate a rate using an experience the students participated in, as well as incorporate exercise into our math class.
4.18.12 Practicing for “The Wind Pearl”
The sixth grade has been working hard in their performing arts class practicing for their upcoming performance of “The Wind Pearl”. They have been learning their lines, deciding on sound effects, and walking through blocking exercises.
