Divine Providence Church & School
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Middle School Teachernweltearchchicago.org3Welcome back to what is bound to be an AWESOME school year!
I have a deep committment to Catholic education, after being Catholic educated my entire educational career. I believe that Catholic education has greatly shaped my life and the person that I am today.
I attended St. Cyprian grade school in River Grove, IL and Fenwick High School in Oak Park, IL. After high school, I attended Providence College in Providence, RI where I earned a Bachelor of the Arts Degree in History and Secondary Education. A few years later, I attended Dominican University in River Forest, IL where I received a Master of the Arts Degree in Educational Administration.
Since I graduated from college, I also solely worked in Catholic schools. Immediately after college, I worked at Guerin College Preparatory High School in River Grove, IL. I worked as a teacher and the Dean of Students. I also served on a number of committees, including working on the Student Life Committee, planning multiple events for students, as well as planning the Kairos retreats and coaching Girls' Softball. After 10 years working at Guerin Prep, I accepted a position at Fenwick High School, as the Assitant Dean of Students. After 3 years, I really wanted to be back in the classroom full time, which brought me here to Divine Providence. I am very excited to embark upon the adventures of 8th grade with all of my students this year!
PLEASE CHECK YOUR SCHOOL EMAILS AND JOIN OUR CLASS ON GOOGLE CLASSROOM FOR NEXT WEEK
PLANS FOR WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2020
GREAT NEWS: If you forgot your vocab book, you can access it online here for free!- https://SadlierConnect.com/@learnfromhomeschool
- Username: SadlierStudent
- Password: ReadyToLearn!
For our second week out of school, I am going to have you all work on a project.
All grades 6-8 will create a comic strip using the words from the next uncompleted vocab unit in your book. (THIS IS THE UNIT THAT YOU JUST COMPLETED ON FRIDAY) First, you will need to complete the unit. Then, you will need to use all 20 words in your comic strip. You can have a storyline using any characters and plot that you want. The strip must include talk bubbles and pictures (not graded on art skills, but it should be colorful. You should have at least 6 frames (you will probably need more). You must show that you understand the meaning of the words in the dialogue of the comic strip. Also, you can do this on regular white computer paper. If you need more than one sheet, you can use a second and staple them together. No need to tape it into one long sheet. BE CREATIVE!!! This will be due upon your return to school and will serve as the assessment for this vocab unit. Work on this for about 45 minutes a day.
ALSO DO YOUR 45 MINUTES OF i-READY READING FOR THE WEEK!!!
Week of March 30, 2020
Hi everyone! I hope this finds you all well! Here is a list of the work that you need to get done for the week. This week, all of our work is going to be done through Google Classroom! Yes, I figured it out, sort of. (Maybe next week I will try videoing my lessons, who knows hahahaha!) Please don’t forget you can contact me with whatever questions you have!
6th Grade ARCGuess what?! I found a digital copy of The Outsiders that you can use for free!!! I couldn’t leave you guys hanging in the middle of the book! So this week you will access the free copy from the link on Google Classroom and follow the schedule here.
Monday 3/30- Read Chapter 7-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Tuesday 3/31- Read Chapter 8-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Wednesday 4/1-Read Chapter 9- Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Thursday 4/2-Complete and Submit the Worksheets on Google Classroom
Friday 4/3-Complete 45 minutes of i-Ready Reading6th Grade AT UPDATED 3/31
Unfortunately, the link to the book went inactive, so we will not be able to finish Esperanza Rising at this time. Look at the updates schedule for this week.
Wednesday 4/1- Work on Figurative Language Activity for about 30 minutes
Thursday 4/2-Finish Figurative Language Activity from Wednesday
Friday 4/3-Complete 45 minutes of i-Ready Reading
7th Grade ARCGuess what?! I found a digital copy of The Hobbit that you can use for free!!! I couldn’t leave you guys hanging in the middle of the book! So this week you will access the free copy from the link on Google Classroom and follow the schedule here.
Monday 3/30- Re-read Chapter 7-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Tuesday 3/31- Read Chapter 8-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Wednesday 4/1-Read Chapter 9-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Thursday 4/2-Complete and Submit t Worksheets on Google Classroom
Friday 4/3-Complete 45 minutes of i-Ready Reading7th Grade AT
Ok, don’t be too mad at me, but I could not find a digital copy for free of the book you were reading. :( I’m so sorry!! We will work on it again as soon as we get back! Follow this schedule of activities which can be accessed, completed, and turned in on Google Classroom.
Monday 3/30- Work on Figurative Language Activity for about 30minutes
Tuesday 3/31- Finish Figurative Language Activity from Monday
Wednesday 4/1-MLK Reading and Assignment and Activity
Thursday 4/2-Informational Text Close Reading Assignment
Friday 4/3-Complete 45 minutes of i-Ready Reading
8th Grade ARC
Guess what?! I found a digital copy of To Kill a Mockingbird that you can use for free!!! I couldn’t leave you guys hanging in the middle of the book! So this week you will access the free copy from the link on Google Classroom and follow the schedule here.
Monday 3/30- Read Chapter 15-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Tuesday 3/31- Read Chapter 16-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Wednesday 4/1-Read Chapter 17-Check in on Google Classroom for a Discussion Question to Answer
Thursday 4/2-Complete and Submit the Worksheets on Google Classroom
Friday 4/3-Complete 45 minutes of i-Ready Reading8th Grade AT
I know that we have completed reading our novel and have a few projects to do to conclude that, however, I cannot have you complete those projects just yet because I can’t find a digital copy of your novel. So we will just hold onto those until we get back and we will work on those then. In the meantime, follow this schedule of activities which can be accessed, completed, and turned in on Google Classroom.
Monday 3/30- Work on Figurative Language Activity for about 30minutes
Tuesday 3/31- Finish Figurative Language Activity from Monday
Wednesday 4/1-MLK Reading and Assignment and Activity
Thursday 4/2-Informational Text Close Reading Assignment
Friday 4/3-Complete 45 minutes of i-Ready Reading