Mark Thibodeau

Dear Parents,

WELCOME TO THE 7TH GRADE WEB PAGE

HERE ARE A FEW THINGS ABOUT ME!

My name is Mr. Mark Thibodeau and I will be teaching a 7th grade homeroom this year which includes 7th grade math A, life science and religion.  I also teach 8th grade math B and 6th grade earth science and 6th grade math B.  I have not met many of you, so I’d like to take some time to tell you about myself. This will be my third year as a teacher at Cataldo Catholic School.

I grew up in Edmonds, Washington and attended both a Catholic grade school and high school. Before I decided to be a teacher I got my undergraduate degree at Gonzaga University in 2002. I worked at a boys’ boarding school for 3 years as a counselor for troubled youth, coached basketball at Cataldo and worked at other jobs with teens before I decided to go back to school. I decided to further my education in 2006 and got my Masters in Teaching, and I graduated from Gonzaga University in 2008.

I enjoy hanging out with friends and playing recreational sports in my free time. I truly enjoy being a teacher and look forward to days in the classroom to both teach and learn. My mission is to assist the students along their journey to becoming a life long learner. I want to help them gain confidence to spread their wings and fly on their own. I have high standards for both my students and myself and I expect your child to work hard to reach these standards. By working together student, parent and teacher we should succeed in developing a successful student. I look forward to a year that should be truly fantastic. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. I welcome your involvement, and look forward to seeing you around school.

Sincerely,

Mark Thibodeau

WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH GRADE CLASSROOMS FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS!

February 23-March 4th

7th RELIGION:

The next couple of weeks we will be talking about Jesus, our Eucharist.  We grow in the unity with Christ and other church members by participating in the Eucharist. 

7th SCIENCE

We are currently talking about protists and identifying the different types: Plantlike, Animal-like, Funguslike.  We are also discussing the importance of these protists in our daily lives.   

7th MATH A

I am pleased to say we are ahead of schedule at this point!  We are having a test this week in math over the following information:  dividing/multiplying/adding/subtracting fractions, solving equations, using benchmarks, converting between metric units, rotation, reflection, and lines of symmetry, translations, identifying similar figures, solving and writing two step equations, unit rates, setting up proportions, stem and leaf plots, histograms, box-and-whisker, scatter plot.  Test is on Friday.  Then we are on to chapter 9 in Pre-Algebra book. 

8th MATH B

We are currently working on our  Math-thematics book on using the Pythagorean Theorum.  We will also be covering surface area of prisms and pyramids.

6th SCIENCE

  The students did an amazing job on constructing a buidling that would withstand an earthquake, on a side note.  We are also finishing Volcanoes this week.  Students are making their on news report on a Volcano of their choice this week.  It should be very informational as well as entertaining.  After we finish that we will be changing books.  Then we will be talking about Landforms on earth's surface.

6th MATH B

We are currently working on Line graphs and choosing an average.  We will finish with Module 4 as early as Thursday the 24th.  Then begin reviewing Module 4.  The test over Module 4 will be early next week.   

Math problem of the week for parents and answer to old question:

New:  A man spent 1/3 of his money and then lost 2/3 of the remainder. He was left with $12.00. How much did he start with?  Deadline:  February 28th

Old:  Jack and Jill are playing a game.  There are six tiles in a box: 3 red and 3 blue. A player picks two tiles without looking. Jill gets a point if the tiles do not match; Jack gets a point if they do match. What are the odds that both tiles will have the same color? Is this a fair game?  Explain your answer.  No work no credit! :) Deadline: January 24th.

ANSWER:  There is a 2/5 that both tiles will have the same color.  The game is clearly not fair.

Email me: mthibodeau@cataldo.org

 I will try to update this page every two weeks. 

Stay Tune!!!!

Contact Information

mthibodeau@cataldo.org or 509 624-8759 ext. 327