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Mrs. Jena Dreibelbis
Homeroom, Gr 7
Language Arts, Gr 6-8

574-936-4329
jdreibelbis@saintmichaelschool.org

 

Homework Policy (3 strikes page)

 

 

 

Language Arts Guidelines

Spelling TestsAll junior high students will be given a spelling test each Friday.  (Students who have missed zero words on the spelling pretest earlier in the week are exempt from the Friday test.)

Pretest schedule: 
6th grade – Every Monday
7th grade – Every Tuesday
8th grade – Every Tuesday

Accelerated Reader BooksAll junior high students are expected to have an AR book with them daily.  Each student is working to achieve a certain amount of points each nine weeks.  In order to reach this goal, students must be reading at home and at school during allotted times. 

** Please make sure an AR book is coming home and being read each evening

AR is part of your student's grade. PLEASE READ

Extra CreditThe students have an opportunity to earn one extra credit point per day by correctly answering the research question of the day.  New questions are posted daily on the board. 

General InformationAssignments and other general information are posted on Homework Hotline daily.  Please do not hesitate to use this valuable source.

6th Grade InformationThe sixth graders will be given a reading test every Thursday over their story of the week.  Their reading textbooks should be coming home on Wednesday evenings so they can reread the story selection. 

Sixth graders will take an AR test every Friday over a leveled reader book they receive on Monday.  Please make sure the leveled readers are coming home throughout the week. 

Sixth graders will earn three separate grades for this class.  They include:

-Spelling
-Reading
-Language Arts (this includes grammar and writing)

7th and 8th Grade InformationThe seventh and eighth graders will earn four separate grades for this class.  They include:

-Spelling
-Vocabulary
-Literature
-Language Arts (this includes grammar and writing)

Prayers Taught and Learned by 7th Grade

MEMORIZED
• Sign Of The Cross
• Angel of God
• Hail Mary
• Our Father
• Morning Offering
• Prayer Before and After Meals
• Glory Be to the Father
• Prayer to Saint Michael
• Apostles' Creed
• Angelus
• Come Holy Spirit
• Memorare
• Act of Contrition
• Act of Faith
• Act of Hope
• Eternal Rest
• Simple Responses at Mass

Prayers Introduced in 7th Grade

• Spontaneous Prayers of Praise, Sorrow, and Petition
• The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
• The Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary
• The Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary
• The Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary