​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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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