Welcome 

Hello and welcome to my home on the web. I hope to use this as an additional way to communicate with students and parents. I will do my best to keep it updated but the students organization and planner should be the primary ways of keeping track of homework and quizzes.

Parents:  If you would like to be added to my e-mail list then send an email with your child's name in the subject line to: gbercaw@stjohnsfw.org

Seventh Grade

We will be spending the next several weeks on Asia and ending with one of my favorite units to teach, Australia. 

There is a major religion project due on April 17th. It is a Bible Atlas.  Please check out the details here (word file). 

Upcoming Geography Quizzes
These quizzes have been designed to correspond with the geography games at Sheppard Software. Please use those games to help you study.

  • 4/11 Asia: East Asia  & Southeast Asia
  • 4/18 Asia: South Asia & Former USSR
  • 4/25 Asia: All
  • 5/2 Asia: East Asia  & Southeast Asia (capitals)
  • 5/9Asia: South Asia & Former USSR (capitals)
  • 5/16 Oceania (all countries)
  • 5/22 (THURSDAY) Australia: States & Capitals (I will give you a map)

Upcoming Catholic Vocabulary Quizzes and Biblical Geography Quizzes
These quizzes cover vocabulary required by our Diocese.  Please use Flashcard Exchange (keyword: sjbfw) to help you study.

  • 4/9 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 4/16 Catholic VocabQuiz
  • 4/23 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 4/30 Fertile Crescent II Quiz
  • 5/7 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 5/14 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 5/21 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 5/28 Holy Lands I

Eighth Grade

Upcoming Catholic Vocabulary Quizzes
These quizzes cover vocabulary required by our Diocese.  Please use Flashcard Exchange (keyword: sjbfw) to help you study.

  • 4/9 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 4/16 Catholic VocabQuiz
  • 4/23 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 4/30 Fertile Crescent II Quiz
  • 5/7 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 5/14 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 5/21 Catholic Vocab Quiz
  • 5/28 Holy Lands I

We are done with our Church History books and are working out of the Morality Books. 

Also with the Confirmation date set please make sure you are up to date on your service hours. 

If students are missing work for Mrs. Woodfill they need to contact her. 

 

Quote

Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

~Lou Holtz

Links

Weird

Five months before Alan Shepard was the first American in space a Chimpanzee name Ham proved that job functions could be performed in a weightless environment.

Riddle

What has roots as nobody sees,
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes,
And yet never grows?
 

Religion Extra Credit

Memorize one of the following verses.  They are one point each (max. of five points).  You can lose the point if you ever forget the verse!

Baptism: John 3:5
Papacy: Matt. 16: 18-19
Saintly Intercession: Rev. 8: 3-4
Eucharist: John 6:53-57
Christ: John 3:16

Handouts

Catholic Vocabulary List
Countries List
Fertile Crescent I
Fertile Crescent II
Holy Lands I
Holy Lands II
Galilee
Paul's Journeys
Jerusalem