Holy Name of Mary School

I hope everyone is having a blessed and restful summer vacation.I am looking forward to working with the incoming 6^th graders for the 2008-2009 school year.Keep learning alive by reading daily.Some books that are rich in vocabulary and contain classic themes, which align with those in the language arts and social studies programs in sixth grade, are listed below:

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
M.C. Higgins the Great by Virginia Hamilton
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Holes by Louis Sachar
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Sounder y William Armstrong
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Be sure to visit some of the great websites listed on Miss Chamber’s Website (computers).

Get extra practice in math, especially in the areas of fractions and decimals.Try applying what you know to your daily life when shopping or cooking.
Visit a Spanish website to expose yourself to the beautiful language prior to actually participating in classes at Holy Name of Mary this fall!

School begins Thursday August 28, 2008!

See you soon!!
Mrs. Abraham