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** Here is a little bit about me: **
I am very happy and excited to be a new teacher at Brook Farm. These are some places I have been to...


 * [[image:mcnamaragrade9:141.JPG height="279" caption="This is a glacier in Alaska."]] ||


 * [[image:mcnamaragrade9:086.JPG height="424" caption="Both of these pictures are Alaska in the summer. Check out the snow!"]] ||



So... now you know a little bit about me. Without further ado...

=Here is what's going on in class this week!= English Language Arts


 * Week of 2/14/11**

This week in ELA we are moving forward in //To Kill a Mockingbird.// We will be reading chapters 14-16 this week and filling in our plot sheets. We will be focusing on themes in the novel. Additionally we will be working with Vocabulary list 11 and having a quiz on Friday. Our grammar topic this week is HOMONYMS.

US History 2


 * Week of 2/14/11**

This week, we are focusing on Black History in honor of February being Black History month. We will be decorating our door and working on a fun project researching and creating trading cards for famous Black Americans.