Steinkamp's Scoop

We made it one full week! It feels like we just keep going without stopping. We are getting in the groove of things. I am still trying to figure out fitting in centers with our stories. So much to do with so little time! In sixth grade we are still learning about the plot of the story. We read "All in a Summer Day". This story was about a girl living on Venus. Their homework assignment is to write about what it would be like to live on Venus based on some scientific articles in their book. The seventh grade is also learning about the plot of the story. Our focus was on conflict and the characters. They presented news articles today found online about conflict. They did a great job! We will do this again and post them online for family and friends to watch.  For their homework assignment they will have to write their own article about the story we read yesterday, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" but Rudyard Kipling.  The eighth grade read a short story by my personal favorite,

Bine Ati Venit!! (Welcome!!)  Holy smokes, where did summer go? Although the students may not be too excited to start school;I know I sure am excited! Let me first introduce myself. I am Brea Steinkamp. I graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in 2011. I worked at St. Malachy for a year as an aid before leaving for the Peace Corps where I did my two year service in Moldova. It was such an unbelievable experience and so life changing. I love to travel and I fortunate enough to do plenty of it while abroad. I am so happy to be back in my hometown and teaching at St. Malachy. I am very excited for this year, and I hope you are too.  We are going to start the year off with assessments before we get into the structure of a story with regards to plot, setting, and characters. We will be doing a lot of different activities and techniques this year. I plan on creating my lessons around the training and experiences I had in the Peace Corps and through my education so I am sure th