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This month in Physical Education, we have used our volleying skills to play balloon noodle basketball, our team work skills
and soccer skills playing 4 goal soccer, played hand hockey, bean bag tag, eraser tag, and have started working on our
pickleball partner volleying. To finish the month, we will play a game of mousetrap and GaGa ball.
Health classes have been busy. Our youngest students have been learning about friendships and families. They will end the
month learning all about germs. Our older students have been learning about character, emotions, social health, relationships,
family responsibilities, and setting health goals. –Mrs. Day
The elementary Spanish students are graphing and sorting using their Spanish numbers and colors. The middle school
students are covering vocabulary and grammar concepts on verb phrases, eating in a restaurant, and healthy eating.
–Mrs. Patterson
Art: PreK- 4 students have been working with line, shapes and pattern made with rubbings. Kindergarten has been working
with cool colors for frogs, then oak leaves and acorns to make patterns. The first grade students painted multicolor butterflies
from primary colors. The second grade has created warm and then, cool colored landscapes and just finished a 12 point color
wheel from mixing primary colors . The third grade is illustrating a Swahili tale about Guinea Fowls and the fourth grade
just finished a fall landscape that emphasizes lines. The fifth grade has completed a realistic self-portrait and a fun portrait
with crazy hair. The sixth grade is now working on value scales and a black and white still life object. The seventh grade is
working on color value drawings and the eighth grade is beginning a vanitas still life with a “memento mori” included that
relates to the Dutch still life painters of the 17th century. –Ms. Anderson
On Saturday, September 19th, we held our first music program fundraiser of the school
year--our Annual Fall Car Wash and Hot Dog Sale. God gave us a beautiful day and the
event was a huge success. We had good food, wonderful fellowship, and raised $1500 for
our school music program. We also collected a huge tub full of canned food for ECCHO
ministry! Heartfelt thanks to all those who contributed in any way! –Ms. Finney
MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES
6th Grade Science - The 6th grade class is learning to use the International System of measurements to measure different
items. It is a tricky unit with all the conversions, and the students being more familiar with the American Standard of
measurements. We are beginning to learn how to measure items with irregular shapes by finding the items volume. They will
be using graduated cylinders with water to determine how much water the item displaces. 7th Grade Science - We are
learning everything about rocks in the current unit. We completed a fun experiment showing the steps in the rock cycle using
Starbursts, and the students loved it! So far they have studied the rock cycle, and will soon be learning about Igneous,
metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. 8th Grade Science - The 8th grade class is learning about interactions of human
systems. So far they have examined the human organism and what is required for life. They created a drawing of a cell and
labeled all its parts, and also looked at cells under a compound light microscope. The next topic we will cover is how our
bodies work. 6th Grade Social Studies - The students are done learning about the events that took place during World War I.
I am very pleased with the progress they have made in this unit, and I look forward to teaching them about World War II. The
next unit we are going to start is WWII and the Cold War. They will learn about the rise of dictators, WWII beginning, the
allies in the war, the Cold War, and the end of an empire. I know that this will be a great unit, because the students are very
excited to learn about WWII. 7th Grade Social Studies - The unit that the 7th grade has be learning is on ancient Greece.
They examined what it was like to be an early Greek, and the great city-states on Athens and Sparta. We are moving ahead to
the time when Persia attacked the Greeks, and also the age of Pericles. We are also starting a Greek mythology research
assignment that I know the students will enjoy. –Mr. Burdick
September 2015
Our Lady of Fatima Parish School News RELATED ARTS
In Middle School Language Arts, students have been working on grammar units covering subjects,
predicates, and nouns. Students are also reading various literary works by authors such as Stephen King,
Madeline L'Engle, and Pearl S. Buck. We are also wrapping up units on descriptive writing in all three
grades, and students are hard at work reading for Accelerated Reader. –Miss Lafferre
In 5th Grade ELA, We are working on
Characterization, point of view, and adding dialogue to our
writing, as well as finishing our biography unit. We will begin
our mystery unit in a week. Math - We are learning how to write
larger numbers from scientific form to standard form and
multiplying larger numbers using the standard algorithm and
partial products. Science - Force and Motion unit. Social Studies -
We have finished up our mapping and timeline activities and will
begin our Colonial America unit Monday. Writing - Writing a
research report with accurate information that is in our own words
and citing references. -Mrs. McMillian
FIFTH GRADE
MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH
The sixth graders have been busy reviewing basic concepts such as factors, prime numbers, mean, fractions,
and have been introduced to negative numbers. The seventh grade has been learning about the metric system
and conversions, scientific notation, decimals, integers, and order of operations. Both PreAlgebra classes, a
mixture of seventh and eighth graders are studying one-step and 2-step equations, decimal operations,
simplifying variable expressions, and the distributive property. Also, the eighth grade Algebra students are
focusing on one-step and two-step equations, probability and odds, distributive property, matrices, and
integers. Finally, the 3 seventh grade Geometry students are learning about truth tables, quadrilaterals,
triangle theorems, proofs, polygons, slope, and midpoint and distance formulas. –Mrs. Cole
OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH SCHOOL NEWS
MIDDLE SCHOOL LANGUAGE ARTS
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MIDDLE SCHOOL RELIGION
Middle School Religion classes have been following Pope Francis’s historic visit
to the United States. The students have learned about the Pope’s life. They
learned he has a Twitter account. We looked at some of his tweets to the people
and chose our favorite. We will be following the Pope’s statements on Twitter.
The students looked at the steps in becoming a Saint and discussed our newest
one, Saint Junipero Serra. We began our Faith Centers . The students rotate in
groups to various stations in the room. They are the Reading Corner, I’ve Got the
Spirit, App it Up, YouCat, Meet a Saint and Sharing and Caring. Each group will
read, research, play a game, or discover something related to our faith.
–Mrs. White
Matti and Matt White go to see the Pope!
Emma Fleckenstein as Joan of Arc
Luke Brent, Torin Fisher, and Leah Brent at Gritt’s Fun Farm
4th grade is learning about Johnny
Appleseed and Christopher Columbus. We
are doing many activities to learn about
these two men. In math we are learning
about factors, multiples and multiplying 2
digit numbers. In science we have been
learning about plant cells and flower parts.
We are enjoying our chrome books
everyday. Some sites we like to visit are
Dance Mat, Brain Pop, and Spelling City.
We have already learned many new things
this semester. -Mrs. Dailey
where we will learn more about
fire safety as well as pedestrian
safety. We are enjoying taking
Accelerated Reader Tests and
already have a student reach the
25 Point AR Club -
congratulations to Alaina Day
for reaching this milestone so
early in our school
year!!
–Mrs. Brewster
In Second Grade we are
very happy to see Fall arrive
with beautiful leaves and
cooler temperatures!! After a
wonderful field trip to Gritt's
Farm and seeing all the
pumpkins, we feel like fall is
really here. We have been
talking about what causes the
seasons to change and also
why leaves change color in
the fall. October is Fire
Safety Month so we will be
completing activities to learn
about fire prevention and fire
safety and anxiously await
our much anticipated trip to
Safety Town next month
SECOND GRADE
THIRD GRADE
The third grade class has been very busy learning the sacraments of initiation and their importance in
laying the foundation in every Christian life. They were also very excited about leading our school Mass
on September 24th. We have also been busy studying the continents and oceans in social studies and
identifying their location according to the hemispheres. In reading, we are learning about the author's
purpose for story writing and how to develop effective paragraphs in writing our own story. We have been
working on fractions and measurement in math and preparing to dive in to multiplication. –Ms. O’Connor
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FOURTH GRADE
Matt and Alaina Day at Gritt’s Farm
Fourth Grade at Gritt’s Fun Farm
First graders at Gritt’s Fun Farm
Giuliana Kelly and Alex Oliashirazi
KINDERGARTEN
Pre-K2 is getting ready for fall
and studying the different types of
weather and seasons.
-Miss Summer Haynes and
Miss Stephanie
PRESCHOOL
Wow! Our kindergarteners have really taken off! We are rocking this year and learning so much. In reading
we are learning about initial sounds and working with our weekly sight words. Our math lessons are all tied
into sorting shapes. We are also learning ordinal numbers. The kindergarteners are working hard to perfect
their handwriting skills. We also enjoy our center time learning hands on! We love school.
–Mrs. Sias and Mrs. Yocke
The 3 year old Pre-School class has
made it all the way to the letter F in
our “Letter of the Week” series. We
have been working on our fine motor
skills and are learning how to prop-
erly use our scissors. We have been
painting, reading, singing, counting
and sorting. We enjoyed a “Sink or
Float” science experiment that in-
cluded making predictions. We are
looking forward to the fall season
and the month of October.
-Mrs. Vassar and Mrs. Sam
Preschool 4 class is hard at work
learning words that start with
letters E and F. We have also been
discussing rhyming words. In
Math we have learned about
sorting, counting and labeling
items with the correct numbers. It
has been a very productive month.
We are looking forward to the Fall
season.
–Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Bates
FIRST GRADE
Happy Fall! The first graders are on a fast
track to become wonderful readers! They
have already started taking AR tests! The
kids are learning to become more independent
in reading and writing which will allow them
to develop a love for the two. They are
enjoying math using hands-on manipulatives.
This group of 22 first graders have hearts of
gold and are eager to learn! -Mrs. Gatewood
Corrin Robinson