3rd Grade

Mr. Dennis Comella

dcomella@stgabriel.net 

Education:

• Master of Arts, Instructional Leadership and School Administration, Bellarmine University

• Master of Arts, Elementary Education, University of Louisville

• Bachelors of Arts, Elementary Education, Hanover College

Experience:

• 5th Grade, Language Arts, 5 years, St. Gabriel School

• 5th Grade, English and Social Studies, 2 years, St. Gabriel School

• 4th Grade, Language Arts, 2 years, St. Gabriel School

• 2nd Grade, 7 years, St. Gabriel School

• Substitute teacher, 1 year, Jefferson County & Archdiocese of Louisville

Biography:

I am a product of St. Gabriel School and a graduate of Trinity High School.  I am active both in and out of the classroom,  having coached football, basketball, baseball, and soccer, taught a SHINE class, participated in Quick Recall as a Judge / Moderator, and served on a Peer Mediation Team.  I was the recipient of two Aegon Teacher Grants.  I have worked on the Archdiocese Textbook Adoption Committee for social studies.  I was a member of the St. Gabriel School Board.  I helped to work on the school's accedidation report and long range plan.  My wife Lori and I are the proud parents of Nicholas, age ten. We are members of St. Gabriel Parish.  

                           
 HW page will be updated daily at assignment sheet link.  Power School updated regularly with graded papers that will be sent home with discipline notes on Mondays.  Hit refresh if the page is not updated right when you log on.

                                                    Week of January 30

Religion- finish Chapter 14 on Parable of Pharisee and Tax Collector

Math- subtraction with borrowing test and multiplication facts  x5

Spelling/phonics- air sounds (p.56-58)

English- DOL, Young Authors writing contest and  verb tenses

Social Studies- finishing needs/wants and goods/services 

Science- solar system work continued

Reading- reading book stories  (Ramona and Parables)

Book orders at  www.scholastic.com/clubsordering

class code: GPXMT

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Other Links
Daily Assignments	Reading info
Spelling Words	English info
Reading textbook link	English textbook link

You may contact me via email, send a note with your child, or leave a message at the school office (239-5535).  I will respond to your message as soon as possible.

Mr. Dennis Comella - dcomella@stgabriel.net