1. 2019-2020 School Year Mrs. Jennifer Moody
Welcome!
School Year
Mrs. Jennifer Moody

2. Agenda/Topics to Be Covered
Curriculum
Classroom Guidelines
Assignment Types
Special Projects
Contact Information
About Me

3. GOALS
My goal is to provide a well-rounded education for all our students here at St. Mary and I try to do that by building a positive environment in all ways- from the physical classroom to building rapport with the students to providing a variety of opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge.

4. Agenda/Topics to Be Covered
Curriculum
Classroom Guidelines
Assignment Types
Special Projects
Contact Information
About Me

5. Curriculum Seventh Grade Language Arts Topics of Study:
We will start this year with reading The Giver by Lois Lowry together. A variety of activities and assignments will go along with reading our class novels. We will also be reading Nothing But The Truth by Avi, and one of five novels about the Holocaust- The Diary of a Young Girl, Night, The Hiding Place, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, or Hana's Suitcase. We will conduct a book club with these novels as we will visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum during our Washington DC trip in the spring.
We will also be using our Literature textbook in class to emphasize and study various literary elements.
When writing, we will focus on narrative, expository, and argumentative writing styles. We will also work through the writing process: from brainstorming to outlining to drafting to editing to revising to publishing.

6. Washington, DC Trip INFO
Please do not forget to register as soon as possible!
September 30th is the last day to register and the sooner we register, the sooner we can book the hotel and restaurants for the trip.
Mr. Laudeman has the handouts for trip, and you can find the information on the school website as well!
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC
Washington, DC Trip INFO

7. Classroom Policies- Homework
All students are asked to write their homework in their planner during class.
Homework is written on the board and reviewed at the beginning and the end of class.
Homework is also posted to my webpage daily.

8. Classroom Policies- Late Work
I will follow the grading policies in the handbook.
Assignments are not weighted by type as I use a point system.
Grades are posted to Option C regularly as soon as assignments are graded.
Late Work Policy:
If not turned in on due date, assignments can be turned in the next day for 70% of the grade earned. After that next day, it will be entered as one point to indicate that it was turned in, but full credit or partial credit will not be given.
If additional time is needed on an assignment, please let me know as soon as possible!

9. Classroom Guidelines- Literature Notes
Students will occasionally take notes in class over the novel, literary elements, or writing elements to help ensure their understanding of the curriculum.

10. Assignments for Class- Literature
Homework- Students will have regular homework with finishing assigned reading and vocabulary from novels, as well as writing assignments of various lengths.
Classwork: Students will review various literary elements and/or answer questions over reading passages once a week to keep in practice with test-taking strategies as well as to master our exit standards set by the Archdiocesan curriculum. Various writing assignments might also be started in class and assigned for homework.

11. Assignments for Class- Literature
Quizzes will be given regularly over assigned reading selections to make sure students have read and understand their reading assignment.
Tests may be given at the end of units in the literature text and novels.
Paragraph of the Week- working on strengthening writing one paragraph at a time!

12. Special Projects Independent Reading Projects
With the silent reading books the students are reading, the first trimester assignment is to complete and present a book talk about one of the books the students have read. The book talks will be given in class the last week in October. More info will come home next week regarding our book talks!
There will be independent reading projects during the second and third trimesters as well.

13. Contact Information
(preferred contact)
is linked on SMS website!
My website is also found on the SMS website
Can call the office if needed,

14. About Me and Questions?

15. 2019-2020 School Year Mrs. Jennifer Moody
Welcome!
School Year
Mrs. Jennifer Moody

16. Agenda/Topics to Be Covered
Curriculum
Classroom Guidelines
Assignment Types
Special Projects
Contact Information
About Me

17. Goals
My goal is to provide a well-rounded education for all our students here at St. Mary and I try to do that by building a positive environment in all ways- from the physical classroom to building rapport with the students to providing a variety of opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge.
I do follow the curriculum set by the Archdiocese and seek to do so in a challenging way to encourage growth for our students.

18. Curriculum Sixth Grade Science Topics of Study:
Science, Technology, and Engineering
Earth's Resources
Cells
Earth's Organisms
Energy and Motion
Matter.

19. Classroom Policies- Homework
All students are asked to write their homework in their planner during class.
Homework is written on the board and reviewed at the beginning and the end of class.
Homework is also posted to my webpage daily.

20. Classroom Policies- Late Work
I will follow the grading policies in the handbook.
Assignments are not weighted by type as I use a point system.
Grades are posted to Option C regularly as soon as assignments are graded.
Late Work Policy:
If not turned in on due date, assignments can be turned in the next day for 70% of the grade earned. After that next day, it will be entered as one point to indicate that it was turned in, but full credit or partial credit will not be given.
If additional time is needed on an assignment, please let me know as soon as possible!

21. Science Notes
Students will be able to annotate notes in their worktext. We will discuss their notes in class and supplemental notes will be provided in the form of a powerpoint in class that will also be posted on my website. Doodle notes will used this year too!
At the end of each lesson, students will need to provide an outline for the lesson as a way of keeping up with outlining and note taking strategies.
Vocabulary will be recorded in the Science notebooks.

22. Assignments for Class- Science
Homework- Students will have regular homework with finishing notes and the lesson review questions from the textbook. Graphic organizers will be assigned with each lesson to help review key concepts from the lesson. Worksheets that either review and reinforce the information learned in class or enrich students’ thinking may also be given on an occasional basis.
Outlines- Assigned with each lesson, due the same day as the lesson review and lesson quiz. Able to be printed from my website.
Labs- Will be conducted in class to give students a hands-on opportunity with the material we are learning about in class. Questions and graphs may be required to be completed at home for labs.

23. Assignments for Class- Science
Quizzes
Students will take a lesson quiz after each section. The quiz will be five multiple choice questions to monitor comprehension and understanding. Students will also answer the essential question for each lesson with the quiz to gauge understanding as we go through the unit.
Tests
I will do my best to give a week's notice for tests
Tests will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer, and extended response questions.
We will review for the test in class prior to the test date. Study guides are provided in class and can be found on my website.

24. Special Projects Science in the News (SITN)
This is a current events assignment of Science topic of the students’ choice!
Each grade level will have 6 assigned throughout the year. These dates can be found on the rubric passed out to the students, but also on the rubric on my website.
The rubric for the SITN can be found on my website under “SITN Help” along with good and bad examples of how to write the SITN.
SITNs can be turned in early each time for me to check over and return to the students with suggestions on what to fix for higher grades!

25. Contact Information
(preferred contact)
is linked on SMS website!
My website is also found on the SMS website
Can call the office if needed,

26. About Me and Questions?

27. 2019-2020 School Year Mrs. Jennifer Moody
Welcome!
School Year
Mrs. Jennifer Moody

28. Agenda/Topics to Be Covered
Curriculum
Classroom Guidelines
Assignment Types
Special Projects
Contact Information
About Me

29. GOALS
My goal is to provide a well-rounded education for all our students here at St. Mary and I try to do that by building a positive environment in all ways- from the physical classroom to building rapport with the students to providing a variety of opportunities for students to demonstrate their knowledge.

30. Curriculum Eighth Grade Language Arts Topics of Study:
We will read three novels as a class this year: The Outsiders by SE Hinton, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. We will also be using our Literature textbook in class to emphasize and study various literary elements as well as informational text from a variety of resources.
When writing, we will focus on narrative, expository, and argumentative writing styles, as well as a research paper. We will also work through the writing process: from brainstorming to outlining to drafting to editing to revising to publishing.
We will complete the Sadlier Vocabulary Workshop: Level C workbook, and work in the Voyages textbook to build on our mastery of the English language and vocabulary acquisition.

31. Classroom Policies- Homework
All students are asked to write their homework in their planner during class.
Homework is written on the board and reviewed at the beginning and the end of class.
Homework is also posted to my webpage daily.

32. Classroom Policies- Late Work
I will follow the grading policies in the handbook.
Assignments are not weighted by type as I use a point system.
Grades are posted to Option C regularly as soon as assignments are graded.
Late Work Policy:
If not turned in on due date, assignments can be turned in the next day for 70% of the grade earned. After that next day, it will be entered as one point to indicate that it was turned in, but full credit or partial credit will not be given.
If additional time is needed on an assignment, please let me know as soon as possible!

33. Classroom Guidelines- LANGUAGE ARTS Notes
Students will take notes in class over the from the Voyages text. These powerpoints will be posted on my website after they are reviewed in class.
Students will also take notes over our novels, any literary elements, or any writing elements we are discussing to help ensure their understanding of the curriculum.

34. Assignments for Class- Language Arts
Homework- Students will have regular homework. It will often be worksheets from our Voyages text to reinforce what we practiced in class, pages or flash cards from the vocabulary workshop book, finishing assigned reading and vocabulary from novels, as well as writing assignments of various lengths.
Classwork: Students will review various literary elements and/or answer questions over reading passages once a week to keep in practice with test-taking strategies as well as to master our exit standards set by the Archdiocesan curriculum. Various writing assignments might also be started in class and assigned for homework.

35. Assignments for Class- Language Arts
Quizzes will be given regularly over assigned reading selections to make sure students have read and understand their reading assignment. Tests may be given at the end of units in the literature text and novels.
Vocabulary Tests will be given after each unit.
Cumulative tests will be given after units 1-9 and units 1-15.
Grammar Unit Tests will be taken after the end of each unit.
Warm-Ups: We will start each day with a “Chomp” that will be worked on together and reviewed daily before being turned in at the end of the week.

36. Assignments for Class- Language Arts Vocab Workshop
Vocab Workshop Schedule:
Week 1:
Flash Cards due Friday (5 points)
Week 2:
Monday: Choosing the Right Word (2 points)
Tuesday: Synonyms & Antonyms (2 points)
Wednesday: Completing the Sentence (2 points)
Thursday: Vocab in Context (2 points)
Friday: Unit Test (50 points)
Test will cover pronunciations, parts of speech, definitions, synonyms, antonyms, and completing the sentence.

37. Special Projects Independent Reading- 8th Grade
For this trimester, just as they did in the sixth grade, I will have the eighth graders keep track of their reading. They will be able to pick their own books to read, and I only ask that they read 20 minutes a day and keep track of the number of pages they read each trimester. We have set a goal at the beginning of the trimester of how many pages the students will try to read and keep track of the number of pages they read throughout each trimester.

38. Contact Information
(preferred contact)
is linked on SMS website!
My website is also found on the SMS website
Can call the office if needed,

39. About Me and Questions?

40. 8th Grade Specific Information
Air Force Museum Field Trip- October 2nd. Look for permission slip and info coming home next week!
Shadow Day- October 22nd. Register at one of the schools sooner rather than later! Always welcome to shadow on one of our days off as well (10/14 and 11/1)
Confirmation- 10/27 at 11:30
HSPT- 11/23
Conferences- Early November *for me only*
Christmas Play- December 20th at 11:00am. Will send info home later, but we will need help with scenery, costumes, etc.