curriculum corner

What if you had a hankering for a s’more?   And what if you just happened to be at recess at St. Margaret of Scotland?  What would YOU do?

Here’s what our SMOS 8th graders decided to whip up!! … A Homemade Outdoor Solar Convection Oven!!

SMOS 5th Grade students have been learning about Stewardship and have been charting acts of Stewardship they have been participating in for the past several weeks.

SMOS 5th Grade students have been learning about Stewardship and have been charting acts of Stewardship they have been participating in for the past several weeks.

“Think about all these people practicing in this space.  As we think about this shared love, I invite you to…

Hispanic Heritage Month @ SMOS Give Me Some Diversity!  The Diversity Council is getting just what they asked for!  It…

Writing With Play-Doh… Cuneiform!! Did you know our 6th graders time-traveled back to Mesopotamia and developed their own language?!  They…

USDA Truck Visits SMOS What IS that?!  Is that a Bouncy House?! As I bounced over to the Purcell Hall…

Middle School Choir 5 Part Harmony?!  Is there such a thing?!  You bet!  And Mrs. Chrostoski, best known as Mrs….

7th Grade Science The other day, I was pleasantly working in my office when two lovely 7th graders entered with…

Welcome to the 2024-2025 Curriculum Corner of our SMOS Newsletter! Here we hope to bring you the exciting news of…

Each week, we will be highlighting the amazing and wonderful things that are happening in our classrooms and grade levels…

The 7th Grade class has been busy this Spring… Science, History, ELA, and LOTS of Electives have been at the forefront.

Lots going on in Sixth Grade this week! Sixth graders play cards to practice their math and work on building their own helicopters as part of their studies on the Renaissance and Leonardo da Vinci. And in Science, they’re working on a live broadcast project as part of their unit on weather and climate – plus recording data for a published paper.

Not only did the 5th Graders perform in the Dancing Classrooms competition this week – they also discovered a lot about ecosystems using their class terrariums AND put on their teacher hats to educate their classmates about the Civil War. Phew!

Lots of exciting stuff going on in 4th Grade the past couple of weeks! The work in the classrooms have been focused heavily on everything earth-related. And yesterday, a group of students were the subject of an coming story by KMOV Channel 4.

Exciting news from third-grade math! 

Our third graders have embarked on a colorful, hands-on journey into the world of fractions with Skittles, making learning both engaging and memorable!

Currently, the 2nd Grade classes are working on the science unit: Cycles in Nature in Reading. Students are learning about many of the natural cycles that make life on Earth possible. This week, they are learning about the life cycle of flowering plants and trees. 

This past week in First Grade, the students were hard at work on their animal research projects, as well as creating shapes using smaller shapes.

This week our kindergarten was working hard.  From working on dictation of CVC words, to learning about African American Saints, to breaking about numbers, and St. Patrick’s Day – it was a busy few days!

This week’s Curriculum Corner will focus on our preschool classes.  While they may be the youngest in the school, they are certainly focused on some big learning in the classroom.

Each week, we will be highlighting the amazing and wonderful things that are happening in our classrooms and grade levels at St. Margaret of Scotland School. We are very proud of the work our teachers do with our students and are amazed by what happens at SMOS. Our goal is to share more about the hidden gem that is St. Margaret’s.

Each week, we will be highlighting the amazing and wonderful things that are happening in our classrooms and grade levels at St. Margaret of Scotland School. We are very proud of the work our teachers do with our students and are amazed by what happens at SMOS. Our goal is to share more about the hidden gem that is St. Margaret’s.