SHOJ - English Language Arts

The students worked hard on their narrative videos and poems. They are excited to share them. :) What a blessing their lives have been! Students, if you are wanting to save your video to your computer so you can have it forever without the link, log into your account. Then click on your published video. On the right side of the page, you will see the word "Download." Choose the MP4 option, which is the only one available for our type of account. It will save to your computer.  Brenna   Isabella Cassie Drew Camden Jackson Owen Kane Mary Owen Emma Emma Billy Alexis   Nick Lily Aidan Reid Alex Catherine Cory Ryan Will   Halle Megan Katy Lindsay Joe Anna Sam Maddi Lexi Jack Nick Lee Isaac Parker Caroline Jillian Rachel Savas Rio Josie Carolyn Tyler Megan Jordyn Brooke Reed Hannah

Explore and play these games to practice solving equations and combining like terms.  A Skills Showcase will be given in the last 15 minutes of class. Solving equations: http://www.math-play.com/Two-Step-Equations-Game.html http://www.math-play.com/equation-puzzle/equation-puzzle.html http://www.math-play.com/System-of--Equations-Game.html Combining Like Terms: http://www.quia.com/rr/195128.html?AP_rand=1724459040 Other: http://www.math-play.com/Equation/Equation-Game-Online.html SJA Placement test samples: http://www.sjakeepingfaith.org/

Dear 8 th -grade families, This week students are looking at one of the purposes of writing: to express ourselves and reflect on life. One of the most powerful tools for expression of memories are photographs. Over this week and next week, we will be creating a narrative and descriptive poem with an accompanying video. Today we talked about the videos and the expectations, which we will continue to cover over the next week. We’ll work with the poems starting tomorrow. Students will have some time in the lab to work at school, but some of the work will be done at home. We are working to create Animoto videos, which will be presented to the class. If you do not have any digital photos, I have told the student to let me know and we will work together. Here is an example of the video I made of my life.   Animoto accounts are private. The only way to access a video is if someone provides the link. My goal with these was to post them in a special section on my blog, wh

Dear Families, We'll be placing our order on Nov. 6th for November and December. Please check out the catalog or the reading brochures your students brought home!  To Shop Online: scholastic.com/readingclub One-Time Class Activation Code: L7ZJ6 Due by 11/6 With Scholastic Reading Club: - Every book you buy earns FREE Books for our classroom library - You can choose from handpicked, grade- and reading-level-specific books for your child - You'll find the best values on a variety of formats, including eBooks Each month, your child will bring home Reading Club flyers. Together you can choose from books hand-selected by teachers and experts, and then order online or by returning your order form and payment to me. I 'm excited to get our class reading! Thank you for your support, Miss R. If This Is Your First Time Ordering Online: - REGISTER at scholastic.com/readingclub - ENTER the one-time Class Activation Code from the top of this letter - CHOOSE

Students worked hard on the Price Chopper contest of designing a book cover. We talked about quality, and how we can all make it -- even if we're not artists. :) Here are a few! (Sorry that they're all sideways!)

Check out the posters students made last week in House. Each House incorporated a quote from their saint and reflected on what it means for them. Siena House: "If you are what you should be, you will set the whole world on fire." -- St. Catherine of Siena

For our Global Read Aloud book, we're about 14 chapters into our book , Out of My Mind.  Students have been using their reading comprehension skills to make connections from the text to their lives. Today, 7th graders found some of the most important words in the text and made a Wordle. The story is about a girl named Melody who has cerebral palsy.

First Quarter Report cards were sent home today.  Be sure to read the attached letters and skills sheets for ELA and Math.  This is a good time to reflect on grades and set goals for 2nd quarter and the rest of the school year! See you at conferences tomorrow.  God bless.

7th grade will continue working with ratios, rates, and unit rates.  Today they learned how to find the "best buy" at the store.  Is it better to buy 12 for $14.99 or 1 for $1.15?  Encourage discussions like these at home! 8th grade is continuing their mastery of Scientific Notation and will be starting functions and linear relationships!  Just remember, y = mx + b :)

7th graders Skype with a class in Iowa for the Global Read Aloud.  In 8th grade, the past two weeks, we worked on figurative language. Though students reviewed this last year, we refreshed our brains! Many of the questions from the pre-test were on the test. On their tests, students took a passage they had not seen from St. Therese and applied their knowledge of figurative language for literary analysis. 8th graders also worked on online citations for their patriotism essays, so we can avoid plagiarism. We finished up finding subjects and verbs after working for several weeks and playing lots of parts of speech games during MTSS! 8th graders have been working on hard this week on their presentations of advanced parts of speech -- like participles and direct/indirect objects. They will be teaching the class next week, and I'm looking forward to it. They've also started the Global Read Aloud book for middle school, Out of My Mind.  In 7th grade, we finished our ITBS tes

See the attached flyer if you or your child are interested in a Math + offered at Rockhurst!  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwNvdkA6WcUAaktNNnhtMlVnc0E/edit?usp=sharing

Middle School P-T Conference Time! Yes, it is that time of year for our conferences. The middle school teachers would like our parent-teacher conferences to be a collaborative effort to help the individual student be successful and continue to improve in his or her academics; it is not mandatory that parents meet with middle school team, but understand the middle school team always enjoy seeing parents and students (even if it is only for a few minutes), so that we can express our appreciation for allowing us to develop relationships with you. To schedule a conference, please contact the office .

Students, Remember that I added time to conference this Tuesday, Thursday, and next Tuesday. I will conference with the students who are signed up for later days next week, but if you have NOT signed up for a conference, Tuesday is your last chance. Happy reading!