Online Resources
Jefferson Parish Learning Print Resources:
Details on Jefferson Parish resources that will be available will be released early this week on the jpschools.org website (https://www.jpschools.org/coronavirus).
Edmentum:
All students have been added to an English, math & science online class in Edmentum. The program provides online tutorials with quizzes for each section. 6th and 7th grade students also have a Social Studies class available.
In order for students to access the courses, they will login to Clever using their student ID numbers as the Username and the Password. (https://www.jpschools.org/domain/113)
The Edmentum app can be accessed from the Clever homepage.
Each class is self-paced and students can work on assignments in any order.
Curriculum Associates Student Support Packets:
Curriculum Associates (the creators of iReady program) have developed printable packets for each grade level for ELA and math. Those are available on their website (https://www.curriculumassociates.com/supporting-students-away-from-school).
Reading Resources:
6th Grade -
Pre-read The Witch of Blackbird Pond (http://daal.deltaschools.com/content/witch-of-blackbird-pond.pdf). Also available as an eBook from the Jefferson Parish Library.
Students can use this study guide to help them answer questions as they read (http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/witch_of_blackbird_pond.pdf)
7th Grade -
Pre-Read one of the following memoirs.
The Circuit
Text link (http://whalenenglish.com/sophstoriesnew/fiction/circuit.pdf)
Study Guide (https://www.swl.k12.oh.us/Downloads/the%20circuit.pdf)
Bad Boy, A Memoir
Text link (https://epdf.pub/bad-boy-a-memoir.html)
Soul Surfer (text available as an eBook from the Jefferson Parish Library)
Study Guide (https://www.plainlocal.org/userfiles/367/classes/3379/studyguideforsoulsurfer.pdf)
Zlata’s Diary
Excerpt with questions (http://www.phschool.com/atschool/georgia/pdfbooks/readers_journey/GR6_SE_unit1_while_pt2.pdf)
8th Grade -
Pre-Read background knowledge for Sugar Changed the World (http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2010/11/sugar-changed-the-world/)