As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at suzanne.lorenzi@olmlancers.com.

6th grade homework passes:  You may wish to look over the blog for this week, and see if you would like to use any of your homework passes.  Then, please take a photo of the homework passes you have left.  Send me the photo.  I will put those plus your virtual ones in for a special drawing where I will give away three $5 Starbucks cards. I will mail these to the winners.  I must receive your photo of homework passes before our zoom meeting on Tuesday.  We will draw on Zoom.  Must be present to win.
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Religion:
We will continue with our Family Life book. I have scanned a few pages of your book for this week's lessons.  Homework passes are accepted on these.
Monday-"Rules of Thumb" on google classroom
 
Tuesday-"Matter of Respect" on google classroom

Wednesday-No classes today for junior high due to the Virtual Decathlon.  Junior high teachers will be busy online all day with this event.

Thursday-"Worldwide Family-see with God's eyes" on google classroom

Friday-no class!  This would've been carnival day...so I don't want you to have to work!  Do something you enjoy!
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6th grade language arts

Wonder link:  
archive.org/details/Wonder_201810/page/n77/mode/1up

Monday-
Finish reading Wonder
Update your IXL language arts diagnostic.  You will receive points for getting them updated.  If you show at least 1 school year worth of growth, you will receive extra credit. This must be done by Tuesday 8:00am.  No homework passes may be used on this.

Tuesday-
Zoom invites will go out at 8:00am. Zoom meeting at 10am to explain the Digital Memory Book Project due Thursday 2:30pm.  No homework passes may be used on the project.
Make sure all extra homework passes have been turned in to me (with a photo).  We will have a drawing for three $5 Starbucks cards.  Must be present to win.  I will mail the cards to the winners. 

Wonder quizizz 

Wednesday-No work due to virtual decathlon...You can work on your digital memory book if you wish.

Thursday-
Finish Digital Memory Book
Wonder-Watch movie clips and answer questions in google classroom.  If you choose to use a homework pass on the questions, please still watch the movie clips; I think you will like them.  I wish we were at school; I would love to have shown you the movie.  It is great!  You may wish to rent it or buy it (with your parents' permission of course).

Friday-
No work....This would've been carnival day. Do something you enjoy...maybe your parents would enjoy watching Wonder too!
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8th grade language arts
8th grade homework passes:  You may wish to look over the blog for this week, and see if you would like to use any of your homework passes.  Then, please take a photo of the homework passes you have left.  Send me the photo.  I will put those plus your virtual ones in for a special drawing where I will give away three $5 Starbucks cards. I will mail these to the winners.  I must receive your photo of homework passes before  Tuesday 2:30pm.  
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Monday-
You will take your Romeo and Juliet final on quizizz.  IT MUST BE TAKEN DURING OUR USUAL CLASS PERIOD (BEFORE LUNCH)...11:30AM -12:30PM.  THE LINK WILL EXPIRE AT 12:30pm, and you will not be able to take the final and earn points.  It is worth 100 points. 

English-update diagnostics.  You will receive points for updating.  If you show at least a school year of growth, you will receive extra credit.  This must be done by Tuesday, 8am.  No homework passes will be accepted on this.
 
Tuesday-
Romeo and Juliet money assignment on google classroom.  Due Tuesday 2:30pm.  Homework passes accepted. 

Tuesday is the last day of language arts for 8th grade...Please be sure to have all work turned in by Tuesday 2:30pm for it to count in your 4th quarter grades.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at suzanne.lorenzi@olmlancers.com.

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Religion:
We will continue with our Family Life book.  This week's lesson is:  The Miracle of Life​

Monday-Assignment on Google Classroom
 
Tuesday-God's blessing--story of Samuel---assignment on Google classroom

Wednesday-interview a parent and learn what you were like as a baby.  Due Friday 8am.  No homework passes on this one.  Assignment on google classroom

Thursday-finish parent interview

Friday-Watch short pro-life video and write three things that you learned (in google classroom)
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6th grade language arts

Wonder link:  
archive.org/details/Wonder_201810/page/n77/mode/1up

Monday-
watch video on google classroom about adverbs...do IXL recommendation:  Identify Adverbs

Wonder- p. 172-200  Try to read through page 200 this week.  We will need to finish reading next Tuesday.  Then we will have some quizzes on quizizz. There are 220 pages in the book.

Tuesday-
zoom meeting at 10am to explain the Google Earth:  Your Trip project. The assignment will post after the Zoom meeting. This project is due Friday at 8am.  No homework passes because it is a project.  Zoom invites will be emailed at 8am.  Don't tell your classmates which city you choose for this project.  I'd like to play a guessing game with this on Friday on zoom.  The game will be more fun if you don't tell who you chose.

Speech people--zoom at 11am.  You will get a separate zoom invite at 8am today.

Continue reading Wonder

Wednesday-
Work on Google Earth project
Continue reading Wonder

Thursday-
Work on Google Earth project
Continue reading Wonder

Friday-
Zoom meeting at 10am.  Invites will be emailed at 8am.  We will briefly discuss the family life from this week, play a guessing game with your cities from your language arts projects, and have our raffle.

Write postcard from the city you chose.  This is on google classroom.  Due at 2:30pm
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8th grade language arts

Link for Romeo and Juliet:
 https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/romeojuliet/page_2/
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Monday-
You will make your 8th grade book cover this week.  All details are on google classroom.  It is due Friday at 2:30pm.
Romeo and Juliet-Read Act 5
 
Tuesday-
work on book cover
Romeo and Juliet-quizizz for Act 5 on google classroom

Wednesday-
work on book cover
Watch Romeo and Juliet movie--finish by Friday and take quizizz by 2:30pm, link is on google classroom

Thursday-
work on book cover
watch movie

Friday-
finish book cover by 2:30pm
finish movie and take quizizz by 2:30pm
Zoom meetings at 11:30am and noon.  These meetings are optional but highly encouraged.  We will review for the Romeo and Juliet final which will be on Monday, May 18.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact me at suzanne.lorenzi@olmlancers.com.

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Religion:
We will continue with our Family Life book.  This week's lesson is  talents/skills.
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Monday- In your Bible, read Matthew 25:14-30.  In google classroom, write 3 sentences telling what the message is of this reading.  

Tuesday-Watch the video about talents and answer the questions in google classroom.

Wednesday-Choosing a career:  skills, talents, values, interests.  Do this assignment on google classroom.  No homework passes on this.  It is due Friday 8am.

Thursday-continue assignment from Wednesday

Friday-On google classroom:  What talents and skills do you have that you can use to serve God and others?  Write at least 3 sentences.  Due 2:30pm so that you don't have weekend homework
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6th grade language arts

Wonder link:  
archive.org/details/Wonder_201810/page/n77/mode/1up

Monday-
In google classroom, create a table with 2 columns.  The left column should have 5 vocab words from unit 14.  The right column should have picture to represent the words.  Due Wednesday.

Wonder-read part 7 p. 164-172

Tuesday-
zoom meeting at 10am to explain the "postage stamp" project.  You will research a famous person (You can choose the same person that you used for your report), and you will design a postage stamp.  I will go over requirements on zoom.  No homework passes on this.  Due Friday.  Zoom invites will go out at 8am.

Quizizz Wonder part 7

Speech people--zoom at 11am.  You will get a separate zoom invite at 8am today.

Wednesday-
postage stamp project

Thursday-
postage stamp project

IXL recommendation-G.1 Read and understand informational passages.  You may use homework passes.  This recommendation might take some time.  It is not due until Friday 2:30pm.  Work to a smart score of 85.

Friday-
-Zoom meeting 10am to play vocab. bingo.  Be sure to have your bingo card ready.  Use beans or other markers for your cards.

finish IXL recommendation
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8th grade language arts

Link for Romeo and Juliet:
 https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/romeojuliet/page_2/
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Monday-
Currently May rough draft on google classroom
About Me writing-make corrections

Romeo and Juliet-Read Act 4 (Monday-Wednesday)
 
Tuesday-
Currently May final draft.  Upload a photo, so I can it's finished.  Save it to turn in.
No homework passes

Romeo and Juliet- Read Act 4

Wednesday-
Currently Cover-no homework passes...instructions on google classroom.  Due Friday 2:30pm.  Upload a picture and save to turn in.

Romeo and Juliet-Read Act 4

Thursday-
Currently Cover -Due Friday

Romeo and Juliet Act 4 quizizz on google classroom--homework passes allowed

Friday-
Zoom meetings at 11:30 or noon, depending on your group.  Zoom invites go out at 8am today.  Groups are the same. We will go over Acts 3 and 4.