My ELA Students will learn…

• Language is a powerful tool for expressing ideas, beliefs, and feelings.

• Knowledge of language facilitates thought.

• Readers, listeners, and viewers continually develop and apply strategies to construct meaning from increasingly complex and challenging texts.

• Writers and speakers strategically use language to communicate for a variety of purposes.

• Individuals need advanced literacy skills to participate actively and successfully in today’s demanding, information-based society.

• Literature reveals the complexities of the world and human experience.

Education is an ever-changing world due to the fast pace of society, and as a teacher, I am tasked to develop well-rounded students who are ready to tackle the challenges of the world. As an educator, I work hard to provide students with the tools they need to become lifelong learners. As a lifelong learner, I continue to grow alongside my students and to develop new teaching strategies to help my students become successful citizens as guided by the Catholic Common Core Standards of English. Being a good teacher means adapting your teaching to the needs of your students and to be willing to learn from those students learning from you. In order to succeed at this, I take every opportunity I am given to develop my teaching skills and hone my craft.

My name is Mrs. Elizabeth Coon. I am so excited to begin my 6th year at St. Bede. I love being a part of the Bede Family.  I received my undergraduate degree in Secondary Education with a Middle School endorsement and English, Creative Writing from Knox College in Galesburg, IL. Knox College is also where I met my husband.

I taught Writing for one year at Magee Middle School in Round Lake, IL. Then I moved to Palombi Middle School in Lake Villa, where I taught ELA for 14 years. During my tenure at Palombi I was able to obtain a Master's Degree in Teaching and Leadership from St. Xavier University. I also obtained my endorsement in Gifted Education. Before leaving Palombi, I obtained a Master's of Education in Reading awarding me a license as a Reading Specialist K-12.

St. Peter's Church is where I grew up strengthening my faith. I am happy have returned to OLL Parish to inspire and educate scholars. 

I live in Lake Villa with my two daughters (Joslin and Emillie), husband, and Bull Mastiff, George. We love taking vacations, watching movies and making homemade pizza together. My family is my world. 

All daily homework assignments, upcoming quiz and test dates, and project information is posted to my Google Classroom pages. These can be accessed by logging in to Google with your school account and going to:

classroom.google.com

Please talk with your child about homework and check in on google classroom with them to see what they are working on. You can also sync their google calendar with yours so you can see what is due when on your device. 

Who: Students owing 3 or more assignments

What: a 45 minute period of time to get extra help, take a test or quiz, make corrections, or to just complete work

Where: Mrs. Coon’s Room - Room 208

When: Fridays 7:00 AM - 7:45 AM

Mondays = i-Ready (grades 6-8 spend 45 minutes on their i-ready lessons) and Mental Health Monday - Second Step Lesson for 7th and 8th grade.

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday - First Chapter Friday - I will read aloud the first chapter of a novel to help spark interest in reading novels.

General Class Schedule:

Journal

Prayer

Word Cell

Imitating Grammar of the Greats

MyPerspectives Lesson

When there is an e-learning day, students will need to log in to google meets through a link provided in google classroom.

Classes will be held at the following times:

6th grade - 8:05 AM

7th grade - 9:40 AM

8th grade - 11:15 AM

Order books for your children and earn books and supplies for the classroom.

https://orders.scholastic.com/TLGNL