Sept. 21-Sept. 25

ELA 7: The classes have been working on character sketches. Next week we will begin a novel study. I am so excited.
CE 7: Work on the comic strips about being whole continued Monday and Tuesday. After starting a self-improvement diamond poem, we learned a new song. The class will be exploring different types of communities and how they fit into them.
CE 9: Review of the beatitudes through a Beatitudes Burger activity.
CE 20: We continued to explore the question "Who is Jesus?" and began learning about the Holy Spirit.
Sewing 8: We have been learning how to sew buttons. After pushing through the frustrating beginning stages, the students are doing great work. No more excuses for missing buttons!

Sept.8- Sept.11

CEH 7: The class informally presented their coat of arms and met in small groups to discuss some personal interview questions. We took a personality quiz to find out a little more about ourselves and how we can use that information to understand and work well with others.
CE 9: We looked closely at the Beatitudes and applied them to our daily lives.
CE 20: The girls worked on their Prayer Booklets.
Sewing 8: After tracing out the sweater pattern, the class practiced threading the sewing machine and sewing straight stitches.
ELA 7: We worked on "Some Days You're the Puppy" questions. After doing a frontloading activity, we read "The Adventurous Life of John Goddard" and started to create our own To Do List.

Welcome 2015-2016 School Year!

I am so excited to be back at Rivier for a new school year. This year we have switched to a two-day cycle and it's going to be wonderful. Use this blog to stay up to date with my classes and major events at school.

May 11-15

CE 7: We will prepare for our Rivier Mass next week.
CE 20: We will finish watching "When the Game Stands Tall" and discuss the importance of promises.
Math 8: The class is finishing up a tessellation project that is due on Thursday.  Our last unit quiz will be Thursday, then we will begin reviewing for the final.
Foundations 30: We started our new unit Polynomial Functions.  This is our sixth unit out of eight so we are right on track.  We will work on 6.1-6.3 this week.
PAA 7: Sewing our aprons in the double and finishing up our theory in the single.
PAA 9: Sewing our projects in the double and discussing clothing options in the single.
PAA 9/10: We will finish watching "Julie and Julia".

April 27- May 1

CE 7: Happiness Recipes and True Happiness posters
CE 11: Work class on Wednesday for the Morality Project and presentations Thursday/Friday
Math 8:
Monday- 8.4 Work class
Tuesday- Mid Unit Review
Wednesday- 8.5 Construction Tessellations
Thursday- 8.5 Work class
Friday- 8.6 Identifying Transformations in Tessellations

Foundations 30:
Monday- Work Class

Tuesday- Mutually Exclusive
Wednesday- Half work and notes on Dependent Events
Thursday- Independent Events
Frida7- Work class

Sewing 7: Double sewing
Sewing 9: Double sewing

PAA 9/10: Yeast bread notes and work sheets

Monday

ELA 8: The girls continued presenting their power points.  There are two more to present tomorrow.
Health 8: We continued the self-esteem workshop.  I was impressed with the discussion in class today.
ELA 7: After writing some notes on the three types of questions, we read a non fiction article, a simulation, and a newspaper article then answered questions.

Monday

CE 20: We read and wrote notes about the four Crusades. We will continue the notes next class.
PAA 9/10: We almost finished watching Miracle on 34th Street.  We will be in the kitchens on Wednesday baking Chai Snickerdoodles.
ELA 7: The class had their last work period before our Fear Fair tomorrow.  Students will be presenting a personal account of a fear and a poster to advertise their story.
ELA 8: After some practice for mass tomorrow, the girls worked on their Global Citizen power points.