God mounts his throne to shouts of joy: a blare of trumpets for the Lord.

Welcome to the final week of the 2019/2020 school year. I would like to congratulate the class of 2020, and I look forward to your graduation ceremony at St. Patrick's Church.

Thanks be to God for guiding us safely through these difficult times. 

I look forward to seeing you either on Thursday, May 28th from 7am-12pm or 4:30pm-6:30pm, or on Friday, May 29th from 7am-10am to drop off books. Due to the book drop off there will be no zoom meetings on Thursday. 

The eighth grade drive-thru car parade is this Wednesday, May 27th from 6:00pm-8:00pm at the back circle.

Sixth Grade Zoom Meeting 9:00 a.m Tuesday
Your homework this week is to watch or listen to the daily weather reports. Make a list of the following:
Daily high and low temperatures
Sunrise and sunset times
Weather fronts over the Merced area
Areas of high or low pressure
Wind speeds
Due Friday

Seventh Grade Zoom Meeting 10:00 a.m. Tuesday
Please do some reading.
Write a two to three paragraph essay reflecting on the last ten weeks of on-line schooling. Do you have any suggestions for next year?
Due Friday

 Let all the earth cry out to God with joy.

Welcome to the ninth week of online school. 
Father, we cry out to you with joy for keeping us safe and allowing us to have the technology to continue worshiping you from our homes, especially during this Easter season. We ask you to fill our spiritual and political leaders with the wisdom to make decisions that are prudent and just. We ask that you protect and comfort the medical and community servants that minister to those affected by the virus. We pray for all who are suffering and dying because of the virus. We pray for the unemployed. We pray that you grant us the fortitude to focus on our education.  We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 
Our Lady of Mercy; pray for us.
​
Email:  [email protected]

​Sixth Grade Science Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
Monday Check out the Regeneron Virtual ISEF   https://isef.6connex.com/event/virtual/register
Tuesday Zoom at 9:00 a.m. Read pages 428-431
Wednesday IXL assignments due Fri.
1. Weather or climate cite text  KBT
2. Use data to describe climates P9X
Thursday Zoom at 9:00 Read pages 432-435

Math 6W  Wednesday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
IXL Recommendations 6th grade due Fri.
1. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators  AWS
2. Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators: word problems  WT5
​3. Add and subtract mixed numbers TPZ
4. Add and subtract mixed numbers: word problems  X8C

Seventh Grade Language Arts Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 10:00 a.m.
​Reading /Writing
​IXL Recommendations due Fri.
1. Analyze short stories  AVK
2. Vocabulary review: analyze short stories  MHX
Grammar
IXL Recommendation due Fri.
1. Is it a phrase or a clause?  LMH
2. Identify dependent and independent clauses  R9X
3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?    CCW
Vocabulary
Vocabulary for Comprehension Pages 80-81 1-12 due Tues.
Two-Word Completion Page 82 1-7 due Wed.
Proverbs Page 83 1-10 due Thurs.
Classical Roots page 87 1-8 due Fri.

Eighth Grade 
Congratulations Eighth Grade!

​The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Welcome to the seventh week of online school. 
Heavenly Father we pray that you will shepherd us. We trust in you to keep us safe and well. Guide us with your love and kindness. We ask you to fill our spiritual and political leaders with the wisdom to make decisions that are prudent and just. We ask that you protect and comfort the medical and community servants that minister to those affected by the virus. We pray for all who are suffering and dying because of the virus. We pray for the unemployed. We pray that you grant us the fortitude to focus on our education.  We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 
Our Lady of Mercy; pray for us.
​
Email:  [email protected]

​Sixth Grade Science Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
Monday Read pages 316-321 due Tues.
Tuesday Page 321 questions 1-3 due Wed.
Wednesday Watch the "Bio-bots" presentation at 1:00 p.m.
Thursday IXL assignments
1. 78M How does matter move in food chains?
2. Z6W Interpret food webs.
Math 6W  Wednesday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
IXL Recommendations 6th grade due Fri.
1. ULL Fractions on number lines.
2. SG9 Fractions of a whole: word problems.
​3. FC6 Fractions of a group: word problems.
4. 9P3 Equivalent fraction review.

Seventh Grade Language Arts Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 10:00 a.m.
​Reading /Writing
​Please continue reading your novel (choice). Book essay due May 14th.
IXL Recommendations due Fri.
1. XJK Match the quotations with their themes
2. ERK Identify thesis statements
3. 5HK Identify narrative point of view
4. PMB Identify sensory details
Grammar
We will work on prepositions in the grammar book (pages 455-459) during the zoom meetings this week.
Vocabulary
Unit 5 read pages 60-61 CTRW pages 65-66 due Tuesday
Unit 5 Syn/Ant pages 66-67 due Wednesday
Unit 5 CTS pages 67-68 due Thursday
Unit 5  Writing prompt #1 page 68 ( one paragraph; reference the story on pages 60-61) and VIC page 69 due Friday

Eighth Grade 
Art
Continue to do a little sketching. Work on your SLE Boards.
PE
Please get some exercise; sit-ups, push-ups, walking, and jogging. ​

​Lord, you will show us the path of life.

Welcome to the sixth week of online school. 
Heavenly Father we pray that you will continue to keep us on a path that is pleasing to you. Let us focus on you by helping and praying for others. We ask you to fill our spiritual and political leaders with the wisdom to make decisions that are prudent and just. We ask that you protect and comfort the medical and community servants that minister to those affected by the virus. We pray for all who are suffering and dying because of the virus. We pray for the unemployed. We pray that you grant us the fortitude to focus on our education.  We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 
Our Lady of Mercy; pray for us.
​
Email:  [email protected]

​Sixth Grade Science Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
Monday Answer questions 1-4 on page 309 due Tues.
Tuesday Read pages 310-315
Wednesday Work on IXL Science recommendations. Due Fri.
1. Describe populations, communities, and ecosystems
2. Identify ecosystems
3. Describe ecosystems
Chapter 12 vocabulary due Fri.

Math 6W  Wednesday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
IXL Recommendations 6th grade due Fri.
1. Prime factorization
2. Prime factorization with exponents
​3. Greatest common factor
4. Greatest common factors of 3 or 4 numbers

Seventh Grade Language Arts Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 10:00 a.m.
​Reading /Writing
​Please start a new novel (choice). Book essay due May 14th.
IXL Recommendations due Fri.
1. Match cause and effect in informational text
2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
3. Organize information by main idea
Read page 550-551 in the grammar book. 
Write a one paragraph essay on the prompt from page 551.
Grammar
We will work on prepositions in the grammar book (pages 450-457) during the zoom meetings this week.
Vocabulary
Unit 4 read pages 50-51 CTRW pages 55-56 due Tuesday
Unit 4 Syn/Ant pages 56-57 due Wednesday
Unit 4 CTS pages 57-58 due Thursday
Unit 4  Writing prompt #1 page 58 ( one paragraph; reference the story on pages 50-51)and VIC page 59 due Friday
Eighth Grade 
Art
Continue to do a little sketching. Draw some of the spring flowers that are so beautiful right now.
PE
Please get some exercise; sit-ups, push-ups, walking, and jogging. 

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, his love is everlasting.

Welcome back to the fifth week of online school. I hope that you all had a blessed Easter. ​
Heavenly Father we pray in thanksgiving for your everlasting love. We have faith that you will bring us through this pandemic with more faith in you. We ask you to fill our spiritual and political leaders with the wisdom to make decisions that are prudent and just. We ask that you protect and comfort the medical and community servants that minister to those affected by the virus. We pray for all who are suffering and dying because of the virus. We pray for the unemployed. We pray for your love which will bring us the faith that will give us the courage to continue to do your will.  We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 
Our Lady of Mercy; pray for us.
​
Email:  [email protected]

​Sixth Grade Science Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
Monday Page 270 questions 1-18 due Wed.
Tuesday Page 271 questions 20-28 due Fri.
Wednesday Work on IXL Science recommendations.
1. Describe and graph water on Earth
2. Weather and climate around the world
Due Thurs

Math 6W
IXL Recommendations 6th grade due Fri.
1. What decimal number is illustrated?
2. Decimal place values
​3. Put decimal numbers in order
4. Inequalities with decimals

Seventh Grade Language Arts Tuesday/ Thursday Zoom at 10:00 a.m.
​Reading /Writing
​Please start a new novel (choice). Book essay due May 14th.
IXL Recommendations due Fri.
1. Determine the main idea
2. Compare and contrast
Read page 562 in the grammar book. 
Write a one to two paragraph essay that compares and contrasts the Resurrection stories of Saint Matthew ch 28 verses 1-10 and Saint Luke ch 24 verses 1-11. Due Mon., 4/27
Grammar
Read pages 446-447 in the text book
IXL recommendations due Fri.
1. Identify prepositions
2. Identify prepositions and their objects
3. Identify prepositional phrases
4. Prepositions: review
Vocabulary
Writing with Idioms page 46 1-12  due Tuesday
Denotation and Connotation page 47 1-16  due Wed.
Expressing the Connotation page 48 1-8 and Challenge: Using Connotation page 48 1-3 due Thurs.
Classical Roots page 49 due Fri.

Eighth Grade 
Art
Continue to do a little sketching. Draw some of the spring flowers that are so beautiful right now.
PE
Please get some exercise; sit-ups, push-ups, walking, and jogging. I miss swimming.

My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?

Welcome to Holy Week and the fourth week of online school. Try to participate in the catholic devotions offered on line this week with your family.
Enjoy your Easter Vacation. ​
Heavenly Father we pray in thanksgiving for the greatest of gifts given to us in the death of your only son, Jesus. We may not understand the purpose of the current events that we are facing, but we can trust that you will not abandon your faithful and loving servants. We ask you to fill our spiritual and political leaders with the wisdom to make decisions that are prudent and just. We ask that you protect and comfort the medical and community servants that minister to those affected by the virus. We pray for all who are suffering and dying because of the virus. We pray that you will  keep us open to this new way of learning. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen 
Our Lady of Mercy pray for us.
​
Email:  [email protected]

​Sixth Grade Science Tuesday Zoom at 9:00 a.m.
Monday Read pages 258 - 267
Tuesday Keep track of how often you use water for one day. Make a chart to help you keep track of this.
Washing hands:
Brushing teeth:
Bathing:
Toilet:
Washing food:
Washing dishes:
Washing something else:
Watering the lawn or garden:
Other water use:
Make a hash tag for each time you do one of these. You may wish to estimate how much water each one of these tasks requires and add the total amount of water used on this day.
​Please turn your chart into the google classroom assignment. Due Wednesday.
Wednesday Work on IXL Science recommendations.
1. Evaluate claims about natural resource use: ground water
2. Label parts of water cycle
3. Select parts of water cycle diagram
Due Thurs

Math 6W
IXL Recommendations 6th grade
1. Prime or composite
2. Identify factors
​3. Find all the factor pairs of a number

Seventh Grade Language Arts Tuesday Zoom at 10:00 a.m.
​Reading /Writing
​Book test on April 9th will be like last year's. You will write a five paragraph essay on why you would recommend this book. It will be due on Thurs. on google classroom. Please start a new novel (choice).
Grammar
Complete pages 392-393 questions 1-45
You do not have to write the sentences, but please read the directions carefully. Some answers require more than one word. Due Wed. on google classroom.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary for Comprehension pages 42-43 due Tuesday
Two - Word Completions page 44 and Idioms page 45 due Wed.

Eighth Grade 
Art
Continue to do a little sketching. Be creative.
PE
Please get some exercise! Sit-ups, push-ups, walking, and jogging.
​

With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Sixth Grade Science
1. ​Choose three rivers from the San Joaquin Valley and list three facts about each one. Facts may include: source, length, discharge, benefits to the area, type of river, drainage basin, volume, etc. Due Thurs.
2. Chapter 10 vocabulary (words and definitions) from pages 268-269 Due Friday.
3. Read Pages 246-257 in the text book.
4. No IXL this week. Please try to work on last week's recommendations if you did not get a chance. The above assignments will be posted on google classroom.

Sixth Grade Math (Wennberg Only)
Please work on these recommendations on IXL. Try to spend at least 2.5 hours per week on these.
1. Divisibility rules
2, Division patterns with zeroes
3. Division numbers ending in zeroes word problems
4. Divide whole numbers
5. Divide whole numbers two digit division

Seventh Grade
Reading/Writing
Book test on April 9th will be like last year's. You will write a five paragraph essay on why you would recommend this book. It will be due on April 10th on google classroom.
Grammar
Please work on these recommendations on IXL. Try to spend at least 2.5 hours per week on these.
1. Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive
2. Use relative pronouns who and whom
3. Use relative pronouns who, whom, whose, which, that
4. Correct errors with indefinite pronouns
Vocabulary
Mon. Read pages 32-33   CTRW pages 37-38 Due Tues.
Tues. Syn/Ant pages 38-39 Due Wed.
Wed. CTS pages 39-40 Due Thurs.
Thurs. Writing Prompt 1 page 40 Due Fri.
Fri. VIC page 41 Due Mon.

Eighth Grade
Art 
Try to do some sketching this week.
PE
Keep exercising

​With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption.

Welcome to on-line school week three.

Let us begin with a prayer:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you, Lord, for giving us the guidance and technology to serve you well last week. We continue to ask for your blessings to keep us working and placing all of our fears and doubts into your hands. We trust that you will continue to shepherd us with the light of truth. We continue to ask for your guidance in keeping our minds open to this new way of learning at Our Lady of Mercy School. We ask you to bless our national and community leaders as they try to keep us safe. We pray too for the community servants who care for the sick and respond to our needs. May we find peace and comfort through the life and death of your son, Jesus Christ.
Our Lady of Mercy; pray for us.
Amen

The following is the plan for my students for this week. Please feel free to e-mail me with any questions. [email protected]
Assignments should be turned into Google Classroom. Math, Science, and Grammar will be done on IXL.

Sixth Science
Thanks for your great work last week. We now have science on IXL, and I would like for you to spend this week on the following recommendations:
1. Identify changes in gravitational potential energy.
2. Use tables and graphs to identify patterns about kinetic energy.
3. Explore energy transformations, roller coaster ride.
4.How does particle motion affect temperature?
​I am looking for three hours of time spent this week on these recommendations.
Sixth Math
I will be looking for at least 3.5 hrs of time on IXL this week for my math students. I will expect 80% on the following recommendations: 
1. Add and subtract whole numbers.
2. Add and subtract whole number word problems.
3. Multiply whole numbers.
4. Multiply whole numbers with four or more digits.
5. Multiply numbers ending in zeroes.

Seventh Language Arts
Thanks for all of your hard work. I miss your laughter and smiling faces. Keep praying. There was a question on assignment due times, and I think we will stick with school policy. Assignments will be due at 8:00 a.m. on the due date assigned.
Writing / Reading
For this week's reading I would like for you to keep working on whatever novel you chose for the book test on April 9th, and finish reading the extra stories and poems in The Glory Field book. Remember Poetry? There are poems in this section of The Glory Field on pages 343, 350-351, and 355. For each poem on one paper list the following: (Due Friday 8:00 a.m.))
Form, how the poem appears on the page (lines/stanzas)
Theme, the message the author is trying to convey
Figurative Language, Metaphor, simile, personification (one example only)

Grammar
I will be looking for at least 3.5 hrs of time on IXL this week for my English grammar students. I will expect 90% on the following recommendations: 
1.Choose between subject and object pronouns.
2. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me".
3. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns.
4. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns.
5.Use reflexive pronouns.
Please continue working on IXL recommendations if time.
Vocabulary
Monday read pages 22-23. CTRW 1-25 due Tues. p. 27-28
Tuesday Syn/Ant due Wed. p. 28-29
Wednesday CTS due Thurs. p.29-30
Thursday Writing prompt 1 page 30 due Friday
Friday Vocabulary in context 1-5 due Mon. p. 31

Eighth Grade Art and PE
Art/ PE
Try to get a sketch pad and start working on some pencil drawings.
​Please work on personal best (sit-ups, push-ups, and jogging). Try to get at least 30 minutes of exercise daily. Keep track of your progress in a journal. It may help to do some writing while facing this predicament.