Advent Countdown to Christmas...
Week of 11/30/15 - Miss Foyle
Announcements & Important Information
*A number of 8th graders are out on Friday (12/4) for a Shadow Day. Make-up dates for the Church History Quiz will be offered after school on Monday (12/7) & Tuesday (12/8). Please have your child plan accordingly. Thanks.
*Are you looking for ways to celebrate Advent? Check out these resources:
Online Advent calendar (of creches) from Loyola University Museum of Art (Thanks for sharing, Ms. Simon!)
A list of Advent apps from Catholic APPtitude
Dynamic Catholic’s “Best Advent Ever” (short video reflections delivered to your inbox)
Loyola Press’s Arts & Faith (Advent)
Loyola Press’s Advent resources
Discerning Advent (4-week audio series)
*Consider donating to the ICSJ parish/school Giving Tree this holiday season! 6th grade parents were sent a detailed email with information about who we're donating to and how to sign up - please follow the directions. (For 8th grade families interested, please email me (kfoyle@icsjschool.org) for the link or more info.) Thank you in advance for your generosity in helping to make this Christmas a very special one for our adopted family!
--> For inspiration, click here to watch a video about "buying one level down" and using the money you would have spent to give to those in need.
*Students in 4-8th grades will be experiencing their annual Advent retreats in the upcoming weeks before Christmas break. In addition, they will have the opportunity to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. (8th grade will attend on 12/9, and 6th grade will attend on 12/15.) This will be a great start to the Jubilee Year of Mercy!
*Check out the FREE comic book making workshop this Saturday (12/5) - it's sponsored by Art on Sedgwick.
Classroom Updates
6 LA
Writing: This week the students are working on formulating solid arguments about The Hobbit. For example, are hobbit holes really a good place to live? Should there be an additional antagonist to Smaug in The Hobbit? These topics and more were brainstormed, outlined, and typed this week. Whew! Way to go!
Grammar: Be sure to ask your child about FANBOYS and WASABIE as ways to memorize coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, respectively. These types of conjunctions gave us clues for figuring out independent and dependent clauses as well as differentiating between compound and complex sentences.
Students will have a grammar quiz on Friday, December 11.
Word Study: What do the words stationary, constant, and status have in common? They all have the root word STAT/STAN, which means "to stand, stay." Students determined the meaning of words with this root and drew pictures to help them remember it all.
6 Religion
8 Religion
Contact Info & Social Media
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Email: kfoyle@icsjschool.org
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