Miss Foyle's Classroom Updates
Room 322 - December 12, 2014
Important Announcements & Opportunities
Barnes & Noble Book Fair = Sunday, December 14th from 10-6 p.m.
1441 W. Webster Ave. Chicago, IL 60614
Get your Christmas shopping done early while benefiting our school!
Additional 8th Grade Service Opportunities:
Lakeview Nursing Home (Address: 735 W Diversey Parkway)
*Special Event: Christmas Party on Sunday, December 21st from 2:30-4pm
Other opportunities: BINGO events, crafts events
Days/Times: Any day of the week/ 9am-4pm
--> If you are interested in participating in any of these events, please contact Ms. Marisol Perez (mperez@lakeviewnursing.com) to confirm an event/time.
You may go as an individual or a group. Please let her know you are one of the 8th graders from Immaculate Conception St. Joseph School.
Remember to celebrate the 3rd week of Advent with your family at Church this Sunday (Gaudete Sunday = JOY). This week's word is "PRAY."
Stay in the Loop...
6th Grade Reading & LA
Writing Workshop: Students reviewed and applied the components of narrative writing to craft paragraphs from different characters' points-of-view in their book club novels. These paragraphs can be viewed on our class blog: http://icsjheroes.blogspot.com/
Later in the week, students discussed, revised, and started posting informative paragraphs about their book club books on the blog too! (These paragraphs are due on Monday.) Next week, students will review argumentative writing and, you guessed it, post a persuasive paragraph about their novels. Enjoy!
Grammar: It's sometimes hard to tell the difference between it's and its, but students were up to the challenge [Its = possessive; it's = contraction (for it is OR it has)]. On Wednesday, students substituted words for said as well as corrected dialogue tags such as "he was like..." or "she went..."
Word Study: This week's prefixes were de-, em/en-, dis-, and ex-. Students completed a prefix evaluation sheet, crafting sentences using words with these prefixes. Next week, they will take a look at four suffixes. They voted to have their short quiz after they return from Christmas break.
Genius Hour: Students continue to shine with their Genius Hour presentations. It's fun to see them share things/hobbies/topics on which they are passionate. This week we learned about risk, Sherman war tanks, and more!
7th Grade Religion
On Tuesday, students attended a short retreat in the parish basement. Students celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation. They also spent time putting together an Advent prayer service that they will host for another class next week. Preparations will be finished next week.
Students did not have Religion class on Friday due to an in-school Math field trip.
8th Grade Religion
On Tuesday, students attended a short retreat in the parish basement. They spent time putting together an Advent prayer service that they will share with the second graders next week at the NP campus. Students also celebrated the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Contact Info & Social Media
Email: kfoyle@icsnorthpark.com
Website: icsnorthpark.com
Location: 363 West Hill Street, Chicago, IL, United States
Phone: 312.944.0304
Facebook: facebook.com/icsnorthpark
Twitter: @icsnorthpark