Loretta Trenerry

		Loretta Trenerry Education University of Sioux Falls - B.A. English, Minor Spanish University of South Dakota - M.A. Library Media Email ltrenerry@hurleybulldogs.com
"Never let the urgent crowd out the important!" Kelly Catlin Walker
Period	Classes	Description

1^st	Library Library Search	Elementary students come to the library on a regular basis. Megan Luden is the library assistant who helps the students select their books, check them out and then puts them on the shelves when they are returned. Mrs. Trenerry selects seasonal books to read to the groups.
2^nd	Library	Elementary students visit the library this hour, too. Karla Parsons continues helping with the clerical duties in the back room. Ashley Auch is now the student assistant. We are excited about the new 153 books we have received from the Book Fair.
3^rd	Spanish II	The class has mastered the preterite and imperfect verb tenses. Their current work is centered on learning the futuro tense. The students write one hundred word journals twice a week. Our January trip to Inca's and to two Mexican grocery stores in Sioux Falls was a highlight, Every Wednesday the Spanish II class visits the third grade classroom and teaches basic Spanish.
	7^th English	Josh Fisher is the student assistant. The current project is a heritage report which includes research, writing, editing, graphing and computer work. These reports will be presented orally as well as submitted in written form. The final composition for the year will be about their Hobbies and Collections. Grammar work will include learning about adjectives and adverbs. After the parts of speech are studied, their uses in sentences will be examined. Examples are direct objects, indirect objects and predicate nominatives. Monday spelling assignments are due on Wednesday. The trial spelling tests are given on Wednesdays and the final ones on Fridays. The grades for the seventh graders are based one-third on spelling, one-third on writing and one-third on grammar.
5a	Library	Mail and magazine matters are handled during this short period.
5^b	Lunch
6^th	Spanish I	Ashley Auch is the student assistant. The students have learned vocabulary for family, houses and ball games. Their floor plans turned out great ! Verb conjugation of irregular verbs is the grammar focus. We have studied Carnival, Quincinera, Candlemas and the Day of the Kings for culture. We look forward to a Cinco De Mayo outing at the end of the year.
7th	Prep
8th	British Literature	The students have finished their book club reading. Literature studies for the last semester include Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, King Arthur and the Knights, Shakespeare poetry, and Macbeth. An as yet undecided British novel will round out the term.