It was great seeing so many people at open house.  I hope everyone enjoyed “playing” with the student response system that goes along with our interactive boards.  There were a myriad of applications being run on the Dell system throughout the school at open house.

            This week January 31^st to February 4th is Catholic Schools’ Week.  Please write your child a letter (no gifts or goodies please) for Student Appreciation Day on Thursday, February 3.  The letters can go to the office or can come to me before February 3 and I will pass them out on that Thursday. 

             -- In literature, the 6^th grade students should have finished The Secret Garden.  We will  take a  test on the story this week on Friday, February 4.  

             -- In grammar, we are completing the lesson on indirect objects and beginning the lesson on linking verbs.   

            -- The 7^th grade is finishing section 4, Equations. The test on section 4 will be on Tuesday, February 1.

             --The 8^th grade is completing section 5, Factoring.  The students will be practicing all types of factoring this week.  Please continue to search the internet for lessons on factoring polynomials.

6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grade math classes – an excellent website to review topics is: www.onlinemathlearning.com

6^th grade: decimals:  http://www.gamequarium.com/decimals.html

                               http://kidscoolmathgames.com/tag/decimal-games/

7^th grade:  websites for balancing equations:

                        http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/add-subtract-balance.html

                          http://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm

8^th grade: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EviL0_ZWe_o&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH4YVa6PeWs&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAqEIpx8fSQ&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYMUrMPsukM&feature=player_detailpage

These are YouTube videos.  You can also search for factoring polynomials.