Welcome
to Miss Lachowicz's Classroom 6-8
Religion - Every quarter all
junior high student, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, are encouraged to
volunteer seven (7) hours of service in various areas: school, church, family,
or community.
An adult incharge must sign service sheet for authorization &
explanation of services done. Every Friday we attend 8:30
mass to receive the sacrament of the Eucharist. Before Christmas
and Easter we receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. Students
are urged to go more often for Reconciliation and to every Sunday
Mass with family and friends. Attending and experiencing any
Christian sacrament ritual gives extra grace we need. We pray the rosary in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary everyday for special intentions. Sixth graders focus on
learning the Old Testament of our Bible from creation to
our Lord's birth, and issues in the Christian world today. We
compare and contrast our one true Catholic Christian religion with
many others but focus on the good of all mankind throughout time.
We research this remarkable faith of Jesus' Judaism that led us to
be Christians today. We do all of our studies with "respect and
responsibility" to learn more and appreciate others around us who
impact our lives. We tour a Catholic church, a synagogue, a
mosque, a mandir, Buddhist temple, and a Hindu temple for our
curriculum project. We examine how people worship God
differently. We are researching Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism for these cool topics: Idea of supreme being / founder / beliefs-creeds/origin / holy places / hierarchy-leaders / house of worship/ days to worship / holy days / sacred writings / rituals/laws & rules/symbols.
The Catholic New World newspaper wrote a marvelous
article and took pictures of our World Religion project and trip
in 2008. Venture magazine editor followed us in 2010 on out field trip too. The Mosque included us in a write up in their yearbook again. We are truly honored and blessed with such exciting
articles about our students' learning
experiences about world religions.
Social
Studies: Our journey in World
Cultures takes us to many ancient civilizations where our
students compare and contrast different people, traditions,
beliefs, cultures and ways of life from around the world
throughout time. We explore the differences and
similarities of yesterday's and today's people; recognize and examine all the
contributions, new and old technology, that changed our world; examine how the first clans and
tribes became villages, towns, cities, then into nations and
countries; explore various people who have made
great contributions to the world; analyze how people lived, and
cooperated to become productive civilizations - conquering and warring. We study the most geography of continents,
oceans, rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, plains, lands
features, etc. . . . . . . . . . * 1st quarter: Stone Age, Mesopotamia,
Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 2nd quarter: Greece, Italy, India, China, World Religions. . . . . . . . . * 3rd quarter: Africa,
Middle Ages, Americas, Europe 1500-1900. . . . * 4th quarter: Conquests, Exploration, Innovations, WWI-II WWII. Every
Monday is "Current Events" where students must collect
newspaper or magazine articles pertining to countries we are studying: newspapers, magazines or actual
newspapers and magazine articles that we can read, discuss, and
share.
English: Our sixth graders are constantly using all their language skills
since first grade regarding punctuation: periods..., exclamation
marks!, question mark?,comma, hyphen-, apostrophe', "quotation
marks." : ) : ) : ) : ) 1st quarter: Memorize and apply the rules of capitalization and punctuation daily in all : ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) subjects, subject/predicate sentence parts, paragraphs writing, consisting of six sentences
minimum. : ) : : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) 2nd quarter: Nouns and adjectives, topic sentences, supporting details, indented paragraph writing is reviewed when writing an essay,
report, or research paper. MLA Style is used throughout all jr. high writing. : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) 3&4 quarters: Verbs, adverbs, sentence structure, identify all words as
parts of speech in sentences. Capitalization'.?:;," Subject/Predicate ...Nouns -Pronouns -Verbs -Adverbs- Adjectives -Proper
Nouns Proper Adjective -Prepositions -Conjunctions
Vocabulary: New Vocabulary books replaced the old speller! Every student is
expected to complete the units weekly on their own. We correct pages
together and review for weekly tests: spelling tests and unit content
tests. Workbook is done independently at this junior
high grade level. Sixth graders are exceptional in following a
schedule and developing a routine. Hats off to sixth graders! We
focus on meanings in context, antonyms, synonyms,
homonyms, homographs, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, and base root
words. Focus on spelling, syllables, stress marks, individual parts of
words, and their similarities is our goals. Vocabulary and spelling
are lifetime skills that follow all of us forever. Feel free to move
ahead all you want. Handwriting really counts in this subject! Make
your letters correctly in all your writing.Helpful website for hearing and learning our
weekly words. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/iwords.cfm?sp=&level=A
Reading: We read stories from our literature books and read novels
in between. We compare and contrast our many stories to examine
characters' traits, settings, main ideas, sequencing, plots,
conflicts, themes, and inferences. We read and write in many forms:
descriptive, narrative, expository, drama, fiction, non-fiction,
biographies, and fantasy. We learn about cultural differences as we
read a large variety of literature from Mexico, Africa, China, all
throughout Europe, and America. We connect many of our stories with our social studies units.
Religion - Every quarter all junior high student, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders, are encouraged to volunteer seven (7) hours of service in various areas: school, church, family, or community. An adult incharge must sign service sheet for authorization & explanation of services done. Every Friday we attend 8:30 mass to receive the sacrament of the Eucharist. Before Christmas and Easter we receive the sacrament of Reconciliation. Students are urged to go more often for Reconciliation and to every Sunday Mass with family and friends. Attending and experiencing any Christian sacrament ritual gives extra grace we need. We pray the rosary in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary everyday for special intentions. Sixth graders focus on learning the Old Testament of our Bible from creation to our Lord's birth, and issues in the Christian world today. We compare and contrast our one true Catholic Christian religion with many others but focus on the good of all mankind throughout time. We research this remarkable faith of Jesus' Judaism that led us to be Christians today. We do all of our studies with "respect and responsibility" to learn more and appreciate others around us who impact our lives. We tour a Catholic church, a synagogue, a mosque, a mandir, Buddhist temple, and a Hindu temple for our curriculum project. We examine how people worship God differently. We are researching Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism for these cool topics: Idea of supreme being / founder / beliefs-creeds/origin / holy places / hierarchy-leaders / house of worship/ days to worship / holy days / sacred writings / rituals/laws & rules/symbols.
The Catholic New World newspaper wrote a marvelous article and took pictures of our World Religion project and trip in 2008. Venture magazine editor followed us in 2010 on out field trip too. The Mosque included us in a write up in their yearbook again. We are truly honored and blessed with such exciting articles about our students' learning experiences about world religions.
Social Studies: Our journey in World Cultures takes us to many ancient civilizations where our students compare and contrast different people, traditions, beliefs, cultures and ways of life from around the world throughout time. We explore the differences and similarities of yesterday's and today's people; recognize and examine all the contributions, new and old technology, that changed our world; examine how the first clans and tribes became villages, towns, cities, then into nations and countries; explore various people who have made great contributions to the world; analyze how people lived, and cooperated to become productive civilizations - conquering and warring. We study the most geography of continents, oceans, rivers, lakes, mountains, deserts, plains, lands features, etc. . . . . . . . . . * 1st quarter: Stone Age, Mesopotamia, Egypt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * 2nd quarter: Greece, Italy, India, China, World Religions. . . . . . . . . * 3rd quarter: Africa, Middle Ages, Americas, Europe 1500-1900. . . . * 4th quarter: Conquests, Exploration, Innovations, WWI-II WWII. Every Monday is "Current Events" where students must collect newspaper or magazine articles pertining to countries we are studying: newspapers, magazines or actual newspapers and magazine articles that we can read, discuss, and share.
English: Our sixth graders are constantly using all their language skills since first grade regarding punctuation: periods..., exclamation marks!, question mark?,comma, hyphen-, apostrophe', "quotation marks." : ) : ) : ) : ) 1st quarter: Memorize and apply the rules of capitalization and punctuation daily in all : ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) subjects, subject/predicate sentence parts, paragraphs writing, consisting of six sentences minimum. : ) : : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) 2nd quarter: Nouns and adjectives, topic sentences, supporting details, indented paragraph writing is reviewed when writing an essay, report, or research paper. MLA Style is used throughout all jr. high writing. : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) 3&4 quarters: Verbs, adverbs, sentence structure, identify all words as parts of speech in sentences. Capitalization'.?:;," Subject/Predicate ...Nouns -Pronouns -Verbs -Adverbs- Adjectives -Proper Nouns Proper Adjective -Prepositions -Conjunctions
Vocabulary: New Vocabulary books replaced the old speller! Every student is expected to complete the units weekly on their own. We correct pages together and review for weekly tests: spelling tests and unit content tests. Workbook is done independently at this junior high grade level. Sixth graders are exceptional in following a schedule and developing a routine. Hats off to sixth graders! We focus on meanings in context, antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, homographs, homophones, prefixes, suffixes, and base root words. Focus on spelling, syllables, stress marks, individual parts of words, and their similarities is our goals. Vocabulary and spelling are lifetime skills that follow all of us forever. Feel free to move ahead all you want. Handwriting really counts in this subject! Make your letters correctly in all your writing.Helpful website for hearing and learning our weekly words. http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/iwords.cfm?sp=&level=A
Reading: We read stories from our literature books and read novels in between. We compare and contrast our many stories to examine characters' traits, settings, main ideas, sequencing, plots, conflicts, themes, and inferences. We read and write in many forms: descriptive, narrative, expository, drama, fiction, non-fiction, biographies, and fantasy. We learn about cultural differences as we read a large variety of literature from Mexico, Africa, China, all throughout Europe, and America. We connect many of our stories with our social studies units.
Esperanza
Rising
