Grade 6

Teacher: Miss Susan Byrnes sbyrnes@cdeducation.orgMary

2010-11 Supply List

Welcome to the sixth grade at Our Lady of Peace School.

I am the sixth grade homeroom teacher, and also teach Language Arts to grades seven and eight.

I am a graduate of Ohio State University: I have a Master’s Degree in Reading, Language Arts, and Writing, with a specialization in Children’s Literature.

I have been involved in Catholic education ever since my own elementary years at St. Peter’s School in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. I have taught junior high in the Diocese of Columbus for over thirty years.

Grade 6 at Our Lady of Peace School is a year of high points:

  • The sixth grade opera, composed of and created exclusively by the sixth grade class during the first quarter of the school year,
  • Training to be altar servers, beginning during Lent,
  • Lots of fieldtrips, including a day of research at the Columbus Zoo, and a tour of Thurber House followed by a class picnic.
  • Special services available: reading tutors, speech and hearing therapist, instrumental music instruction.
  • Regularly scheduled class masses and religious observations.

Specialized teachers, specifically trained in the subjects they teach:

Language Arts, Religion, Health: Miss Byrnes

Math, Science: Mr. Roberts

Social Studies: Ms McMahon

Science Lab: Miss Gelonese

Art: Mrs. Reinhard

Music: Ms. Doyle

Physical Education: Mr. Koebel

Teaching grade six is my vocation, and I take genuine pride and pleasure in what I do. It is an honor to teach the children of Our Lady of Peace.

Sincerely,
Miss Susan Byrnes

Grade 6 Curriculum
Religion: Old Testament themes/ creation stories

Health: Social, mental, and physical health

Spelling: Weekly textbook units; Friday spelling tests

Vocabulary: Textbbok units; Thursday vocabulary card tests

Accelerated reader (AR): Comprehension and vocabulary tests over independent and assigned readings
Independent Reading: At least five award winning books (Lists given in class.)

Writing: Daily journal writing practice, review of parts of speech and mechanics rules, writing research papers