12/10/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-17
We read the story of the Jesus and the fig tree in Matthew 21:18-20.  The kids are using a concordance to attempt to find symbols for the elements of the story and see a spiritual meaning within the story to understand why Jesus cursed the fig tree.
This is in accord with Jesus teaching in parables.

Math:

Times 4
Intermediate 5 - lesson 54 all problems
Course 1 - lesson 43 all problems

Science:

We skipped science to day to have a longer review time for our social studies and to go over how to write an essay answer.

Social Studies:

See above

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  We are not doing handwriting this week
 
AFter lunch, we had an extended music practice in preparation for the Christmas program.

Reading - The students had 12 minutes to read their assigned chapters today.

12/9/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-17
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books

Math:

Times 4
Intermediate 5 - Lesson 53 all problems
Course 1- Lesson 52 all problems

Science:

We went over our endocrine system and our lymphatic system.  We learned about our two types of leukocytes, lymphocytes and phagocytes.

Social Studies:

We finished our objectives today and will have our test on Friday

Language Arts:

Handwriting - No handwriting this week to give us time learn how to work together and support each other as we decorate our classrooms.

Spelling- We worked on the second side of our homonym spelling list in creating sentences.

Reading-

Ruby Holler - Alex, Paige, Caitlyn, Leily, Danniel, Taylor
                          Read chapters 7-9 tonight with three reading notes total

Sign of the Beaver - Savannah, Evan, Colton, Jordan, Kaiden, Roman
                         Reading chapters 4-5 tonight with 3 reading notes.

Water Sky- Jonathan, Emily, Jeremiah, Brayden, Megan
                     Read chapter 3 tonight and get 3 reading notes

12/8/15

Progress Reports: Progress Reports came home today, please sign and return the yellow form.
I have to apologize for two mistakes.
On the Math progress report, lesson 45 has a total points possible of 301.  It should only be 30, and that would affect any grade if assignments have been turned in.
On English, there is one assignment that is miscategorized as a paper, and it should not be.

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-17
We are continuing to learn how to use a Strong's Concordance to learn how to do a topical study in our Scriptures.  To do this, we are looking at words in Scripture and attempting to identify symbols for them so that we may understand deeper meanings within different Bible stories, much as Jesus did when he taught using symbols and stories.

Math:

Times Test 4
Finishing Investigation 5

Science:

We took longer on math today than I had planned, so I focused on Social Studies after recess.

Social Studies:

We had a class discussion about why Freedom of the press is important.  We also read about John Peter Zenger, and how his case of 'seditious libel' against the Governor of the New York Colony was the first push for freedom of the press in the colonies.

We are planning on aiming for a Social Studies Test on this Friday.

Language Arts:

Spelling- We worked on sentences for our 21 words, which this week are homonyms.  The kids only need to know how to spell the words, and which homonym is used in which situation.  They will NOT need to memorize the definitions, but they will need to know the definitions to choose the correct word during the spelling test because the words will be presented to them  out of order, and with different sentences,


Reading -

Ruby Holler - Alex, Paige, Caitlyn, Leily, Danniel, Taylor
                          Read 3 chapters a night with three reading notes total

Sign of the Beaver - Savannah, Evan, Colton, Jordan, Kaiden, Roman
                          Chapters will vary per night, with more chapters per night early in the book because                               they are shorter. 3 reading notes.

Water Sky- Jonathan, Emily, Jeremiah, Brayden, Megan
                     Read 1 chapter and 3 reading notes

Christmas Decoration Time:

As a class, we have brainstormed many different ideas of how we would like to decorate our classroom, and then we voted on the top four that did not interfere with each other.
I have allowed the kids to choose what decoration group they would like to be a part of, and have given them 'free' reign to figure out how to make their ideas a reality.  Some are finding their ideas difficult, while others are moving ahead with abandon.  It is fun to watch the kids attempt to turn their visions of these decorations into reality, all the while working with others who may have a different viewpoint.  These are great social skill learning experiences.

12/3/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-16
We are learning to find symbolic meaning in the Scripures, such as when Jesus talked about the vine and the branches, using a Strong's Concordance.  We are learning to study our scriptures here a little, there a little (Is 28:10)

Math:

3 times tables
Test 9 today for both groups.  I waited a bit to give this test that was supposed to be after lesson 50 so we could minimize the forgetfulness caused by last week's break.  This will work fine for those kids who have been doing their work in correcting their lessons, but will not be helpful if a child is slacking in correcting.
This provides a good teaching moment.

Science:

We discussed the different body systems and how they are interrelated.  Objectives numbers 2, 3 and part of 6 were addressed.


Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 12 Day 4.  It was to be done and turned in today

Spelling- Lesson 13 sentences for the back side of the list.

Grammar- Parts of speech "test" by giving the kids two types of Mad Libs and allowing them to fill in the parts of speech asked for.  I then collected their papers and will assess how well they know their parts of speech.

Reading -  We divided into three reading groups today.  Each group was instructed to read a chapter and then write three reading notes about it.  That would work for each group except Ruby Holler, who should read three chapters to do their reading notes.

Ruby Holler - Alex, Paige, Caitlyn, Leily, Danniel, Taylor
                          Read 3 chapters with three reading notes total

Sign of the Beaver - Savannah, Evan, Colton, Jordan, Kaiden, Roman
                          Read 1 chapter and 3 reading notes.

Water Sky- Jonathan, Emily, Jeremiah, Brayden, Megan
                     Read 1 chapter and 3 reading notes

12/2/15

Bible:

Memory Verse -  Romans 12:9-16
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books

Math:

Intermediate 5 - Lesson 52 all problems
Course 1 - Lesson 51 all Problems

Science:

We finished number 1 and number 2 on our objectives.

Social Studies:

 We answered # 8 on our objectives today, contrasting the school of the colonial times with today's school

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 12 Day 3 & 4

Spelling- Sentences for first side of lesson 13

Reading-End of reading discussion and journaling for Blood on the River

Grammar-

Writing-

PE:

12/1/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-16
The students are learning to use a concordance to look up verses, and how to topically study their Bibles.

Math:

Times 3
Intermediate 5 - Lesson 51 odd numbers, all letters
Course 1 - Lesson 50 odd numbers, all letters

Science:

We are learning about the 4 types of tissue in the human body, and today we learned about connective tissue

Social Studies:

We went over southern plantations today, and the importance of slavery to the southern colonies.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 12 Day 2 & 3

Spelling-  Lesson 13 Worksheet

Reading- We finished our book Blood on the River, and practice another reading discussion.  Because we were so close, we took extra time to finish the book and discuss it together.  As a whole, the kids liked the book and it was an excellent historical fiction book n

PE:

11/20/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-16
We are learning how to see more deeply into stories within the Bible.

Math:

3 times tables
Intermediate 5 - lesson 50 all problems
Course 1 - Lesson 49 all problems

Science:

We are starting chapter 4, and have new objectives.

 In a week and a half, we will be dissecting cow eyeballs.  If a student has a problem with this assignment, they are free to come up with an alternative assignment that will help them learn the same material.  If they need help with this, please encourage them to come and talk to me about it. There are many resources for them to use.

Social Studies:

Thirteen original colonies map
We also are working toward finishing our chapter about the early american colonies.

Language Arts

Handwriting- Lesson 12 Day 1 & 2

Spelling - Pre Test 13

Grammar- Practicing our parts of speech

Reading- Ch. 25 of Blood on the River, we read in class, kids need to do their 3 reading notes.


PE: Today we ran and played a game of soccer

11/19/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-15
Since we have only 2 days before Thanksgiving break, we played a Bible game today in the gym to help us learn our Bible books.

Math:

We are learning a quick way to multiply large numbers.
Intermediate 5 - Lesson 49 all problems
Course 1 - Lesson 48 all problems

Science:

We played a review game for our test tomorrow

Social Studies:

 We went over our map of the colonies and then began to learn a bit about Ben Franklin.

Language Arts:

Handwriting - Lesson 11 day 4

Spelling - We did the sentences for the words on the back of the spelling sheet.

Grammar - Reviewing our parts of speech by doing Mad Libs.

Reading - 

Music:

11/18/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - ROmans 12:9-15
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books

Math:

We are learning a method for multiplying large numbers quickly
Intermediate 5 - Lesson 48 all problems
Course 1 - Lesson 47 all problems

Science:

We reviewed our objectives.  I gave the kids opportunity to ask questions about their objectives, and they wanted #'s 5 & 6 answered, so that is what we did.

Social Studies:

We filled in our Colonial America map.

Language Arts:


Handwriting- Lesson 11 Day 3 & 4

Spelling - Lesson 12 Sentences for the front side of our spelling sheet

Grammar- We worked on our parts of speech today by doing Mad Libs.

Reading- Journaling about our reading notes on Chapter 21.  I then gave the students time to read chapter 22 and make three reading notes.

PE:

11/17/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-15

We finished our Bible study on how to overcome temptation and be victorious in our spiritual lives.  The four ways the Bible teaches us to draw close to God are:  Study, Prayer, Praise, and Confession.

Math:

We are learning to multiply large numbers the Chinese way.

Intermediate 5 - Lesson 47 all problems

Course 1 - Lesson 46 all problems.

Science:

Chapter 3 test this Friday
We finished our objectives and I reminded the students to study for their test on Friday.

Social Studies:

We began to learn a little about Benjamin Franklin

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 11 Day 2 & 3

Spelling- Lesson 12 Worksheet

 Reading- We broke up in our discussion groups to discuss Chapter 20 of Blood on the River.  I also read two chapter to the students today from Sir Kendrick.

Grammar- We identified pronouns and then worked on understanding Adverbs today.

Music

11/16/15

I will be handing out progress reports this week so that kids have next week to work on any late work that they may need to turn in.

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-15
We have learned what Grace means in the Bible, and how Prayer is one of the method's God has called us to use to resist Satan by drawing close to God.

Math:

We are learning how to multiply the Chinese method.

Intermediate 5 - Lesson 46 all problems
Course 1 - Lesson 45 all problems

Science:

There will be a test on Friday of this week over chapter 3

Today we are going over the concept of homeostasis, that the body desires to stay constant.

Social Studies:

We are learning about life in the colonies prior to the French & Indian War.  Today we worked on #5 on our objectives on page 206 by learning about Triangular Trade Routes and the Middle Passage.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 11 Day 1 & 2

Spelling- Pre Test # 12

Grammar- Identifying Linking Verbs and their compliments within a sentence.

Reading - Chapter 20 of

11/12/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-14
We learned the third way the Bible teaches us to draw near to God - prayer.

Math:

Intermediate 5 - Lesson 45 all problems
Course 1 - Lesson 44 all problems

Science:

We reviewed transcription, translation, and the cell cycle, and then began to learn about

Social Studies:

We read about the different colonial economies and what the main products of each colonial area were.

Language Arts:

handwriting - Lesson 10 Day 4

Spelling - Spelling sentences for the back side of the spelling sheet.

Reading - Blood on the River chapter 19.  We read half in class and the kids need to read the rest tonight and write down three reading notes for the chapter.

Grammar - We worked on putting adjectives into our pamphlet.

Music:

11/11/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-14
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books

Math:

 23 Times tables.   We are learning how to quickly multiply larger numbers by dividing up the large number into smaller and easier to multiply comparable numbers.
For Example:  23 x 7 = (20 x 7) + (3 x 7) = 140 + 21 = 161

Investigation 5 - Lesson 44 - all problems,
Course 1 - Lesson 43 - all problems

Science:

We read page 102, and attempted to introduce the concept of protein secretion.  This is something that will take some time to completely understand.

Social Studies:

We read page 203, and went over the advantages and disadvantages of being an apprentice.

Language Arts:

Handwriting - Lesson 10 Day 3 & 4

Spelling - Sentences for our words on the front side of the spelling sheet.

Grammar - Today we worked on linking verbs and identifying words that could be either linking or action verb depending on context.  Today we worked with the word looks.

Reading - We read chapter 18 of Blood on the River and wrote three reading notes.  We also chose one to journal about in our composition books.  They were to be turned in at the end of the period today.

PE.

Conditioning and then a game of dodge ball.

11/10/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-14
We learned about the second step in drawing close to God so we can resist the Devil - James 4:7,8

Math:

23 Times tables
Intermediate 5 - Lesson 43
Course 1- Investigation 4

Science:

We review transcription and translation, and got into detail about protein synthesis.
We then learned about the Cell cycle, and the process involved in Mitosis.  We filled in #6 on our objectives about describing the cell cycle.

Social Studies:

We are learning about the differences in the original 13 colonies, why and how they were founded.  We completed our vocabulary to debtor and up to #6 on our numbered objectives.

Language Arts:

handwriting- Lesson 10 Day 2 & 3

Spelling - Make your own worksheet for lesson 10

Grammar - We are working on learning how to identify and use verb phrases

Reading - Discussion groups over our reading notes for Chapter 17

Music

11/9/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-14


Math:

Test 7 today

Science & Social STudies:

I reviewed what I had assigned the students for last week to make sure we were all on the same page and to gauge the level of understanding of the concepts.



Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 10 Day 1&2

Spelling- Pre Test 11 - Students have to write any word they miss 5 times, and ones they spell correctly 2 times

Grammar- We are creating a pamphlet to use as a resource when identifying parts of speech and proper use of grammar that we have learned so far.

Reading- We read Chapter 17 of Blood on the River together in class, students have to come up with 3 reading notes for discussion groups tomorrow.

PE:

 We did our core strengthening exercises and then two sets of pushups.  After that we went outside and played a game that worked on our cardio.

11/5/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-13
We are learning how to "resist the devil" by drawing "near to God". James 4:7,8

Math:

We reviewed the math lessons from the last couple of days when we had substitutes, and then began Investigation 4.  We will be taking our math test tomorrow.

Science:

We reviewed the worksheets and quizzes we did over the last two days to help the kids understand better what they were filling out and learning.

Social Studies:

We went over the original 13 colonies an are learning where they are on a map, as well as what countries had ownership of the areas on each side of the colonies.

Language Arts

Handwriting-Lesson 9 Day 4

Spelling- Sentences for the second side of the spelling list.

Grammar- Possessive nouns, singular and plural

Reading-We read half of chapter 15 together in class, and they are to finish the rest at home, as well as writing 3 reading notes for the chapter.

Music:

11/4/15

Kadin is still in the hospital, so Mrs. Melony Coleman is substituting for me today,

Here are my notes for her:

8:00-8:15 Mini- Worship

8:15-9:45 – Bible

I usually begin by reviewing the kids memory verse : Romans 12:9-13

If God inspires you to share anything or if there is an aspect about these verses that jumps out at you, please feel free to share with the kids. It is important to help them see the verses as more than just something to memorize, but rather something to learn from.

It is Bible Game day. I allow the kids to volunteer games to play, and then they can let you know how we go about choosing a game. If they choose Bible Hide and go seek tag downstairs, please make sure the ground is safe, have the students clean up prior to playing, and they are into using mats, ask them for our rules about using mats to remind everyone what is safe and what is not.

8:45-10:00 – Math

Times Test 21

Have the students tell you the trick to be able to do this times table

Worksheets are on the desk

Lesson 42

There are two groups

Course 1 – Teach their lesson first on the front board

Intermediate 5 – Teach their lesson second on the side board of the classroom.

If kids have any questions, they can ask each other questions as long as they are whispering and respectful of the other kids working.

10:-10:25 Recess

Kids are liking to play on the big hill out back of the gym. We have been asked not to go back there, so please direct the kids out front near the sign.

10:25-11:05 Science:

I have a worksheet for the kids to work on. They will find the answers on pages 99 and 100 of their Science books.

It is likely that they may not get finished during the allotted class time, but that is OK. We will finish tomorrow..

11:05-11:45 Social Studies

Begin with a colony map work . The map is on the desk. Give them a little bit of time, 5 minutes or so, to fill out the map. Then correct with them. No need to collect this.

If they did not finish yesterday's assignment, please give them time to do that. I'm not sure how clear yesterday's assignment was for them. I will repeat it here, if they are done, then please ignore this and move on to what follows:

Read pages 178, 179, & 180 – Please complete Objective vocabulary Roger Williams, dissenter, William Penn, James Oglethorpe, & debtor

After the vocabulary, please work on #1. It is important for them to understand the compare means what is similar and contrast means what is different. I would encourage them to create a table to do this.

If working on #1 is too difficult for them to complete the work on #1, let them know we can review and go over it tomorrow.

If they are done with that, please have them all get a piece of lined paper and turn to page 182 of their book. Please make sure they write their name on the top of the paper and answer questions 2, 3, 4, & 5 in the section entitled Review.

If they get done early, you can play a geography game with them. They can tell you how they play it.

11:45-12:40 Lunch

Ask students for a volunteer to pray for lunch, then dismiss them when their desks and desk area are clean and clear.

12:40-1:00 Handwriting

Lesson 9 Day 3 & 4

You may read to them out of the book Sir Kendrick, on the table. I am not sure how far along Mr. Davisson got yesterday, but please read to them from where he left off. He began the

1:00-1:15 Spelling

Spelling sentences for the first side are to be done today. Please remind the kids of the parts of speech of each word.

1:15-1:35 Grammar

Grammar worksheets are on the desks. Start with the Pronoun side. Read the instructions with the kids and then do one or two together as a group. After that, have them do their work independently.

When they are done with that side, go to the back side and follow the same procedure.

When they are done with both sides, go over the answers together with them.  This will help them to learn whether they understand the concept or not.  They are free to correct any they get wrong.  As you correct, please give volunteers an opportunity to answer the questions for you.

1:35-2:00 Reading

Joel missed the chapter 13 worksheets for the kids. Please have them work on those, and when they are done, have the students read chapter 14 of Blood on the River. They need to do three reading notes (they will know what that means) for the chapter, and there is a worksheet for Chapter 14 as well.

2:00-2:10 Jobs

Jobs are on the desk with the clothespin.

2:10-2:15 End of Day Prayer

Ask for a student volunteer to have prayer for the end of the day, so that you can go to PE and they can be turned over to Mrs. Woodward at the end of the day.

2:15-2:55 PE

As long as the NIT work crews are working out back, they have asked that we don't go back there with the kids.

There is an area out front around the church sign that we can play in. The kids choose a game of tag to play, they have also enjoyed soccer, but this would not be a good area to play that due to the closeness to the main road.

2:55 – 3:10

Carol agreed to take care of the kids at this time, so you can get to after care. Again, thank you so much for taking this for me so I can be with Kadin. 

11/3/15

My son is in the hospital and is supposed to be having surgery later today.  I have a substitute coming in today and tomorrow.  Here is a copy of the list I have given the substitute for today.

8:00-8:15 Mini- Worship

8:15-9:45 – Bible

Worksheet, have the students break into one group of 5 and two groups of 6 to fill in their worksheets together.

A worksheet is on the desk and they should have I. A-C done. Then they need to D, amd E 1. They can move on if they get correct answers.

8:45-10:00 – Math

Times Test 21

Have the students tell you the trick to be able to do this times table

Worksheets are on the desk

Lesson 41

Please teach the lesson, and then have students do all the problems.

Correction sheets will be

10:-10:25 Recess

Kids are liking to play on the big hill out back of the gym,

10:25-11:05 Science:

Open Book Quiz Quiz is on the desk

11:05-11:45 Social Studies

Begin with a colony map work . The map is on the desk. Give them a little bit of time, 5 minutes or so, to fill out the map. Then correct with them. No need to collect this.

Have them pull out their objectives and work on pages 178-182

If they get done early, you can play a geography game with them. They can tell you how they play it.

11:45-12:40 Lunch

12:40-1:00 Handwriting

Lesson 9 Day 2 & 3

You may read to them out of the book Sir Kendrick, on the table, while they are doing their handwriting.

1:00-1:15 Spelling

Spelling worksheets today. Worksheets are on the desk

1:15-1:35 Grammar

Grammar worksheets are on the desks. Start with the Pronoun side. Read the instructions with the kids and then do one or two together as a group. After that, have them do their work independently.

When they are done with that side, go to the back side and follow the same procedure.

When they are done with both sides, go over the answers together with them.  This will help them to learn whether they understand the concept or not.  They are free to correct any they get wrong.  As you correct, please give volunteers an opportunity to answer the questions for you.

1:35-2:00 Reading

Have the students read chapters 12 and 13 of Blood on the River. For chapter 12, they can read and do three reading notes (they will know what that means.

For chapter 13, they have three reading notes, and then a worksheet to do while they read.

2:00-2:10 Jobs

The jobs list is on the desk with the clothespins .  

2:10-2:15 End of Day Prayer

Ask for a student volunteer to have prayer for the end of the day

2:15-3:05 Music

Please walk them downstairs to the music room for their music class. At this point, they have not shown themselves responsible enough to walk downstairs by themselves, so you will need to accompany them.

3:05-3:10 Dismiss

Students have to stay inside the room, if they get too carried away, have them sit at their desks, until a parent comes to pick them up. Since you don't know the parents, just ask them which student is theirs and then you can dismiss them.

Thanks again for doing thisl

11/2/15

Bible:

Memory Verse- Romans 12:9-13
We are learning how to successfully resist temptation using James 4:7-8

Math:

21 Times table.  I am teaching the kids techniques to help them multiply larger numbers more quickly.
Lesson 40, all problems.

Science:

 Tomorrow there will be a quiz on transcription, and the vocabulary words up until transcription.
Today we reviewed that information, and then began to learn about translation, the turning of the information contained in mRNA into a protein within the ribosome.

Social Studies:

We worked on learning our 13 original colonies, and their different geographies today

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 9 Day 1 & 2

Spelling- PreTest # 10   - Kids are to rewrite any word they misspell 5 times, and ones they spell correctly 2 times

Grammar- Pronouns 1 worksheet - beginning identification of pronouns we will finish it tomorrow

Reading- I read one chapter out of All Creatures Great and Small to the students.  They read chapter 11 out of Blood on the River to themselves, were to do three reading notes and also to fill out a worksheet that is helping them to understand the different ways an author transmits information to a reader.

Writing-

10/27/15

Parents:  If you have not signed up for a Parent-Teacher conference yet, please contact me via text or phone call - 510-25-9982, or email - akdbailey@gmail.com

Bible:

Memory Verse- Romans 12:9-12
We are learning the Biblical secret to living a successful Christian life.

Math:

Times 15
Lesson 38, all problems

Science:

We created a gene today using paper nucleotides and card stock as our sugar and phosphate molecules to add stability.  We also created

Social Studies:

We labelled a map of the original 13 colonies and colored the different regions of the colonies

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  Lesson 8 Day 2 & 3

Spelling- Worksheet  9

Reading- We practiced having small group discussions, and how to turn our predictions or connections into discussion topics.  Also, they had time in class to read chapter 9 and work on their 3 discussion topics for tomorrow.

Grammar- We reviewed possessive nouns, adjectives, and began introducing verbs today with a quick quiz.

Music:

10/26/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-12
We are beginning a study on how to overcome using God's methods of success!

Math:

We spent a bit of our times table time choosing our new desk arrangement.  The students get to vote which arrangement the desks are in, but I get to choose who sits where.
Lesson 36, all numbers

Science:

We are going to spend some time learning about DNA and RNA, and the processes of translation and transcription.

Social Studies:

We began with a quiz about the 13 colonies, and the best anyone in the class did was 3 colonies correct.
We are going to learn the names of all 13 colonies, and then about life in the colonies.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 8 day 1 & 2

Spelling-  Pre Test 9, students are to write any word they miss 5 times, and each one they get correct 2 times.

Reading- Chapter 8 of Blood on the River and the students are required to write down three discussion topics for tomorrow

Writing- We are learning how a storyline works and how to self-edit our papers.

PE:

We ran our 'mile' today, and then played a game of the students' choice.

10/22/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-11
Our Week of Prayer continued today

Math:

13 Times tables.  We are working on techniques to help us learn how to mulitply larger numbers more quickly
Lesson 35 - all problems

Science:

We are learning about DNA, and will be making candy DNA model tomorrow.  We learned about the nucleotides that make up DNA

Social Studies:

Our last day of the simulation.  We talked afterward about the different experiences, and how both positive and negative experiences are there for us to learn from.

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  We wrote thank you notes for the students who are leading out our Week of Prayer.

Spelling- Worksheet 8

Grammar- Possessive Nouns

Reading- We have begun reading excerpts from All Creatures Great and Small, by James Herriot.  We are also learning how to generate discussion questions using the skills of successful readers.

Music:

10/20/15

Bible:

Memory Verse -  Romans 12:9-11
We are having our Spring Week of Prayer, so that is taking the place of our usual Bible Class

Math:

13 Times tables.  WE are learning the trick to multiplying the double digit numbers up to 15
Lesson 33, all letters, but only odd numbers

Science:

We learned about Chromosomes and genes today.  We also, in learning about the shape of the chromosome, the double helix, learned that a 2 1/4 inch slinky could be stretched out to more than 50 ft.

Social Studies:

Only one more day left for our simulation, although three groups are still alive, and most of the indentured servants are now owned, there appears to be only one group that will be able to pay off their debt by the deadline.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 7 Day 2 & 3

Spelling- Sentences for our first three or four words

Grammar- Possessive Nouns,  We had a simple quiz to determine who understands possessive nouns, and who does not.

Reading- Chapter 7 of Blood on the River.  Kids are learning how to approach reading as a successful reader.


Music:

10/19/15

Bible:

Memory Verse- Romans 16:9-11
We are having our Fall Week of Prayer presented by Columbia Adventist Academy.

Math:

13 Times table  We are learning how to break down a number to make it easier to multiply
For example:   13x7 = 10x7 + 3x7
Lesson 32 - all problems

Science:

We are beginning Chapter 3, and I handed out objectives today

Social Studies:

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  Lesson 7 Day 1 & 2

Spelling- Pre Test 8

Grammar- Possessive Noun Worksheets

Reading- Chapter 6 of Blood on the River.  We are working on learning the techniques of successful readers and practicing them ourselves.  We didn't finish reading,
We finished The Summer of the in class.

PE:

We played our first 'game' of touch football.  Girls playing against the girls, and boys playing against the boys.

10/15/15

Bible:

No memory Verse this week due to it being the last week of the quarter.
We finished our last Bible study of the quarter by learning how we can allow God to change our hearts

Math:

12 times tables
Lesson 31, all problems

Science:

Chapter 2B test today.

Social Studies:



Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 6 Day 4

Spelling- Our second side of sentences.

Grammar-

Reading-

Writing- 

Music:

10/14/15

Bible:

No memory verse since it is the last week of the quarter
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books

Math:

Times 12
Investigation 3.  I have the kids work in groups for their investigations so they can get used to asking for help from each other, and teaching each other.  This is something that is an uncomfortable, but important skill they need to learn.

Science:

We practiced writing our essay answer for objective # 5 today.  As a class, we wrote our notes on the board, and then each student practice writing an answer.
Chapter 2B test tomorrow!!!

Social Studies:

We did not get to our simulation today due to science review.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 6 day 3&4

Spelling- First three or four sentences from the first side of our spelling sheet.

Grammar- Singular Possessive Nouns

Reading- We read Chapter 4 of Blood on the River and began learning how to read out loud.  A full breath for a period, half a breath for a comma.  Also, we worked on emoting for the punctuation, but that was not quite as successful, we need more work

Writing- Rough draft work.  Our Rough drafts for our stories will be due on Friday

PE:

Today we worked on core strength, and then on how to throw a football

10/13/15

Bible:

No memory verse this week - last week of the quarter
We went over Matthew 24:33-45 about the separating of the sheep and the goats, and their responses to Jesus.

Math:

Test # 5 - There will be a retake tomorrow for the students who need it.

Science:

We finished our Objectives today, but I don't think the kids understood #6 very well.  I will work on presenting it again tomorrow, and may look to putting off the test until

Social Studies:

Simulation- Land Round 5.  We did not have anyone starve in round 4, the first round for that to happen.  The Colonists are farming, but during round 5, somehow we seemed to forget how important food was, and began looking for gold and treasure again.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 6 Day 2 & 3

Spelling- Worksheet 6

Grammar-  Adjective worksheet 6; Comparative and Superlative adjectives

Reading- Chapter 3 of Blood on the River.  Kids are working on practicing skills of quality readers such as connections and predictions.  The kids are to do three connections and/or predictions in any combination.

Writing- We are working on our rough drafts of our stories.  Kids are working hard, and many have multiple pages already, but we are working on creating a beginning that helps the story, such as using an action scene, a background, or another type of telling scene to help set the storyline up.

Music:

10/12/15

Bible:

No Memory Verse this week due to being the last week of the quarter
Finishing our study of God's purpose for us.  We also talked about being able to find Jesus in every verse of Scripture, and practiced that today.

Math:

12 Times tables
Lesson 29, all problems

Science:

Test this Thursday over Ch. 2B
We finished objective # 5 today, and have only 2 vocabulary words and objective #6 left to do.

Social Studies:

Last week of simulation.  We've had about an 80% death rate, which is just slightly higher than the normal of around 75%.

Language Arts:

Handwriting -  Lesson 6 Day 1 & 2

Spelling- Pre Test Lesson 7

Grammar - Plural Nouns that do not change spelling  Noun Worksheet # 6

Reading - We began an independent reading today of a book titled Blood on the River.  This is a historical fiction account of the settlement of the Jamestown colony.  They were to read the first two chapters today.

Writing - We are in the process of writing our rough drafts for our story.  We are working on creating a good hook for our introduction, and then using adjectives to create sensory pictures with our words.

PE:

10/8/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 10:9,10
We are studying on God's purpose for each of us.

Math:

11 times tables
Lesson 28, all problems

Science:

Today we began studying cellular respiration after a review of photosynthesis.

Social Studies:

Simulation - Round 4 is in the books, and almost everyone who has survived has figured out that they need to produce food to live.  Visiting ships are arriving and Indentured Servants are being off-loaded.  Only one group at this point has paid anything toward their debt.  We may have one group that survives without being thrown into debtors prison.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 5 Day 4

Spelling- Last 3 or 4 Sentences

Grammar- Plural Noun Worksheets 4 & 5

Reading- We read another chapter of Summer of the Monkeys and are now almost done with the book.  We have been discussing the concept of a God who only blesses when we do good, and how that image isn't true of the God of Scripture.


Writing- We spent two days brainstorming, and now are beginning to write our rough draft

10/7/15

Bible:

Memory Verse- Romans 12:9,10
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books.   We had to stop a bit early today when the students struggled to respect a rule we had established.  This disappointed them, but I am sure they will learn quickly enough that rules are there to help us and not to be disregarded

Math:

Times 11
Lesson 27 all problems

Science:

We reviewed photosynthesis(plant cells) by each having a name tag of one of the elements involved in photosynthesis and role playing what they each did.

Social Studies:

Simulation -  We had another land round today.  Students are starting to realize how important food is and one or two are getting the idea of how to produce food.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 5 Day 3 &4

Spelling-   First three or four spelling words in sentences

Grammar- Pluralizing nouns

Reading- We read a chapter from Summer of the Monkeys, and Jay Berry has finally captured the monkeys!

Writing- We are working on Pre-writing for our Conflict stories.  We talked about how to start a story with either an action scene, a scene that creates a setting, or a scene that tells us about the main character.

10/6/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9-10
We read Isaiah 58:6,7 and Philippians 4:2,3 today to learn what God calls us to do, so that we can earn true esteem, not what the world likes to call self-esteem.  We are now more than 1/2 done with our current Bible study on God's purpose for us.

Math:

11 Times tables.  We also learned a trick to multiply an two digit number by 11.
Lesson 26 all problems.

Science:

We are learning about photosynthesis in plant cells right now.

Social Studies:

We had our first visiting ship in our simulation, so the indentured servants got to line up and get reviewed for health, a simple tooth inspection, fitness and strength levels, and other important aspects to their ability to do manual labor.  Then only some were purchased, so the others continue to be simple classroom laborers.  They are certainly 'loving' that.  Please make sure to process with them at home about how they felt if they weren't chosen and how life might have been for someone who really was in that situation in real life in the 1600's.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 5 Day 2 & 3

Spelling- Worksheet for lesson 6 today

Grammar- Plural Nouns and adjectives.

Writing -  We began brainstorming using a mind map for our new stories, which are a topic of choice.

Music:

10/5/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9,10
We talked about the sacrifice that God wants from us today.

Math:

Times 11, we learned a trick to multiply 11 by any two digit numbers
Lesson 25, all problems.

Science:

We are beginning to learn about Photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Social Studies:

Simulation- many are dead, but we have our first visiting ship that, hopefully, will have some indentured servants.  Now we need to see if the colonizers are willing to take on more debt!

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 5 Day 1 & 2

Spelling- Pre test 6

Grammar- Noun Quiz

Writing- Turned in the final draft of our Advertisements, Began brainstorming our new stories.  We talked about how a good story has conflict between a protagonist, the good guy, and an antagonist, the bad guy.

PE:

Mile run today, then the kids had some free time to organize their own game

10/1/15

Happy PFD day!

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9
We learned 2 ways that we are called to glorify God in 1 Chronicles 16:23,24, through talking about His salvation/gospel/good news, and by telling of His glorious deeds/works in our lives.

Math:

9 Times tables
Lesson 23

Science:

We worked on objective # 3 today.  We also practiced again for our organelle quiz on Friday.

Social Studies:

Simulation.  We completed one land round today where those who are still alive did all they needed to do, for the most part.  They still haven't figured out that food is their most important thing.  We had the first group who had finished their round starve due to lack of food.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 4 Day 4

Spelling- Sentences for our last 3 or 4 words on the side with LOG as the root

Grammar -  Identifying Nouns and Sensory Adjectives.

Writing -  We finished our editing of our advertising rough drafts.  Our final copies are due next Monday

Music:

9/30/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9
We played a game today to help us learn our BIble books

Math:

9 times tables
Lesson 22 all problems

Science:

We worked on identiying and understanding the function of the different organelles within an animal cell.

Social Studies:

Simulation - students are learning what an Indentured Servant was, and how high the death rate was during the early colonization period.

Language Arts:

handwriting -  Lesson 4 Day 3 &4

Spelling - We did our first 3 or 4 spelling sentences on the first side.  Disputatious to reputed.

Grammar- Noun identification as we worked on sense descriptive adjectives.  We are working on painting a picture with our words to create better stories and writing in general.

Writing - We are working on painting a picture with our words to create better stories and writing in general. At this point we are self-editing our advertisements.

PE:

9/29/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9
Today we talked about why God, who is our Creator, is the one who can truly tell us our purpose.  We compared it to having a Ford car and going to Chevy for mechanical information on it.  They could come close, but it is better to go to the company who made the item to get information about it.

Math:

We finished Investigation 2 in our groups, helping each other.  This teaches us how to ask for help, as well as allowing students to help each other, thereby learning the concept better.

Science:

Again, we worked on our objectives for Chapter 2b.  We began labeling the organelles on a drawing of an animal cell.  We took a prior knowledge 'quiz', and then corrected what we knew.  As the chapter progresses, we will be taking similar quizzes to help us refine our knowledge.

Social Studies:

We worked on cleaning up our rounds of simulation on land so that we can be more efficient with our time.  We now have a bunch of people who have died during the first winter.  Our death rate for our colonies is now at around

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 4 Day 2&3

Spelling- Worksheet 5

Grammar- I worked with some kids who were having difficulty identifying nouns.  The rest of us worked on our adjectives

Writing- We worked on editing our papers by choosing a minimum of three words to find exciting synonyms for using a Thesaurus

Reading- We read for 15 minutes out of Summer of the Monkeys

Music:

9/28/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 12:9
We are working on a Bible study that details our God-given purpose.  This is especially important in our society today that gives us a very different idea of what our purpose is.

Math:

9 Times tables
Investigation 2 - all problems

Science:

Chapter 2 B - we are learning about cell organelles.


Social Studies:

Simulation - Most of us have landed and are now trying to survive

Language Arts:

Handwriting - Lesson 4 Day 1 & 2

Spelling -  Pre Test 5

Grammar - Last week of nouns and adjectives -

Writing - We worked on using a Thesaurus to look up exciting synonyms.

PE:

We worked on planking for our core strength and then pushups.

9/25/15

We completed our last Iowa Test today, and then went camping to Nancy Lakes SRA at the South Rolly Campground.

If you need to reach us, please use my cell phone number.  If you don't have it, please call Trina in the office and she will gladly pass that on to you.

9/24/15

Bible:

Memory Verse -  Romans 6:4
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books.  As a class, we are doing quite well, compared to where we were at the beginning of the year.

Math:

Iowa Assessments

Science:

Iowa Assessments

Social Studies:

We took time to run two rounds of our simulation today, most have landed, or at least attempted to land.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 4 Day 2&3

Spelling- There is no spelling this week because of the Iowa Assessment we are conducting.

Reading-

Grammar-

Writing-

9/22/15

We are still on for this Thursday and Friday.
We will be leaving Thursday at around 10 am and will be back by Friday when school lets out.
The cost for the trip will be $20 per person, and we will be canoeing and hiking, as well as participating in some group team building activities.
At this point I have these parents who have spoken to me about being chaperones:

Mr. Grimmett
Mrs. Grimmett
Mr. Root
Mr. Vinciguerra
Mr. Wessel

If I have missed anyone, or if you are listed and cannot make it, Please let me know ASAP.  Thanks

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 6:4
Today we began a study on the personal value we place on ourselves, and where that value is to come from.  We had an honest and open discussion of what our society thinks gives us value.  Some of the answers the kids came up with were:

Money, being cool, looking good, being skinny, cars, jobs, and others.

We talked about why each of those is not a good indicator of our value, and we will begin to study the Bible and find out what our purpose is and how that should be our true value.

Math:

We did Math Tests on the Iowa Assessments today, as well as 8 times tables.

Science:

Iowa Assessment testing today

Social Studies:

Simulation- 2 rounds of sailing, colonizing.  We have groups landing, although not where they had planned.  This will cause a difficulty for re-supply ships to find them, which could be difficult if farming is hard the first couple of years.  ALso, we are beginning to have our first real deaths within the simulation. Those who die will be recycled back into the simulation as Indentured Servants.  This will help the students to understand what that meant and what the life of an Indentured Servant was like.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Iowa assessments

Spelling- No Spelling this week due to the Iowa Assessments and the Camping Trip

Grammar- Nouns and Adjective work within our Advertisements

Writing- We worked on editing our work by using a Thesaurus to look up better and more visual words within our papers.

Music:

9/21/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Romans 6:4
We had a quiz today over our Great Controversy Worksheet.

Math:

We did a times tables test for eights, but did not have a lesson today due to the Iowa Assessments

Science:

Iowa Assessments

Social Studies:

We did two rounds of sailing today as a break from the longer Iowa Assessments Simulation time. Each group is sharing the responsibility of plotting their route across the Atlantic Ocean as each group is sailing to reach the New WOrld.  We have one lucky group that has made it and is beginning their colony.

Language Arts:

Handwriting- Lesson 3 Day 1 & 2

Spelling - Due to the Iowa Assessments testing, we will not have any spelling this week.

Reading - We read a chapter out of Summer of the Monkeys today during handwriting time.  In this chapter, Jay Berry is fooled into drinking some sour mash from a still by the Chimpanzee Jimbo.  It is a humorous chapter, but I wanted to make you aware that  I took this opportunity to talk about alcohol, and what it can do to people and families.  I shared my personal story of a relative who is an alcoholic and how it is destroying her family and her children.  Please take this opportunity to share your

Writing - We worked on creating appealing adjectives for our advertisements

Grammar- Noun identification work, Introducing complete sentences

9/17/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15-17  We have been working on how to break our memorization up into smaller pieces to help us learn our verses.  This is our third time working with these verses, so those who have worked to memorize verses 15 & 16 will have a much easier time doing this than those who did not.

We played a Bible game to help us learn our Bible books today.  The kids are getting better at their Old Testament books

Math:

7 Times table
Intermediate 5 / Course 1 - Lesson 20 all letters and number problems.  We will be having our first math test tomorrow

Science:

We were handed out our new objectives today and reviewed the different organelles we learned about at the website, biomanbio.com.  If you go to the cells link, there is a fun activity under cell explorer the kids have been playing to learn about the different organelles.  If you are ok with it, this would be a good activity for them to do at home so they could spend a bit more time on the topic that what we have available in class.

Social Studies:

we are still sailing, some faster than others.  They are plotting their distance and course on a map using a map scale measurements, latitude, and longitude.  I go through what they are doing with them for 2 rounds, and after that,

Language Arts:

Handwriting - Lesson 3 Day 4

Spelling - Our last 3 or 4 words for spelling sentences.

Reading - I read a chapter our of Summer of the Monkeys to the kids.  We are using this to highlight what good authors do when they write, and how to tell as story, as this is our next writing assignment.

Grammar - We underlined our highlighted our nouns and colored our adjectives on our rough drafts today.

Writing - we worked on learning how to self-edit today.

Music:

9/16/14

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15-17
We finished our worksheet today on the Great Controversy, and our role in it, as well our choice in the whole matter.

Math:

7 Times tables
Intermediate 5 / Course 1 - Lesson 18, 19, letters, lesson 19 odd numbers

Science:

We played a game that helps us identify the different cell organelles.  It is called Cell Explorer and is found on the bioman.com  under the heading of cells.

Social Studies:

We worked on our simulation.  Kids are required to understand and use Latitude and Longitude, map scale, and to plot and locate their ships on a map.

Language Arts:

Handwriting -  Lesson 3 Day 4

Spelling -  First 3 or 4 spelling words in sentences

Reading - I read a chapter our of Summer of the Monkeys to the students

Grammar - We were given nouns with which we had to make sentences using adjectives for each noun.

Writing - Our rough drafts of our Advertisements was due at the end of class today.

PE:

9/15 /15

Quote of the Day:

"Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God."
                                                                    -- Leo Buscaglia


Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15-17
We worked on our study on the Great Controversy between Jesus and Satan

Math:

7 Times table
Intermediate 5 . Course 1 - Lessons 15 & 16.  Lettered problems for both. Odd numbers for lesson 15

Science:

We began working on our vocabulary for Ch. 2 B.  Today we went up into the computer lab and played a game called Cell Explorer.  It is a simple game where the kids are a ship flying in a cell and get to explore the different organelles in the cell.

Social Studies:

All groups are sailing, although some are well on their way while others wait in London for the officials to let them sail.

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  Lesson 2 Day 3 & 4

Spelling- WOrksheet for lesson 4

Reading- 1 1/2 chapters were read out of Summer of the Monkeys.

Grammar- I gave the kids three nouns on the board, and they had to write a sentence that used all three nouns with at least one adjective for each noun.

Writing- We began the rough draft of our advertisements.  Tomorrow we will finish the rough drafts, then work on refining and editing them.  As we edit we will work on adding better nouns and adjectives to make our advertisements really grab  a person's attention!


Music:

9/10/15

Quote of the Day:  I finally had a student who noticed that the quotes were missing.  I was checking to see how long that would take.  Two days wasn't bad at all.

"Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance."

Samuel Johnson

Nancy Lakes Trip:
I have submitted a special Use permit for the South Rolly Lake campground at the Nancy Lakes SRA for the night of Sept. 24th.  

I have two large tents, one 16 man tent, and one 5 man tent.  I will need another large tent or two, and also some chaperones to come along with us.  There will be a notice coming home soon the will have all of the details.

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15
We are going through a study on what role Satan is playing now in our lives and in the universe

Math:

6 Times tables
Intermediate 5 / Course 1 - Lessons 12 & 13  Letters on both lessons, odd numbers on Lesson 13


Science:

We went over how to write an essay question answer together, and then the students practiced how to do it.

Social Studies:

We had a round of our simulation today.  Kids struggled to understand how to apply the concepts of Latitude and Longitude we had worked on in class to the map on the wall of the class.  I took a bit of time and reviewed it with them,

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  Lesson 1 Days 3&4

Spelling- We did all of our sentences today.  They were to be turned in at the end of our spelling time. Most but not all of the kids finished

Reading- We read a chapter out of Summer of the Monkeys today.

Writing- We finished working on our pictorial outlines for our Advertisements, tomorrow, if we have time after our science retake, we will begin writing our advertisements.

Music:

9/9/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15,16
We played a Bible game that helped us learn our Bible books

Math:

6 times tables
Intermediate 5 / Course 1 - Lesson 10 & 11 - Letters for both, odd numbers for lesson 11

Science:

We finished up our diffusion experiment with our eggs and the various liquids.  We have come up with 4 new solutions to let the eggs sit in to see how they are affected by diffusion.
Tomorrow we will be working on how to write our essay questions.  I have reminded the students that they need to be studying every night for the retake on Friday.

Social Studies:

In our simulation, the students voted by an overwhelming margin to allow their territory claims to last all day.  They are just now finding out what a difficulty they have created for themselves.
Two of the groups have their Colonization Proposal signed and are getting ready to move!

Language Arts:

Handwriting - Day 2 & 3 of Lesson 1

Spelling - We did not get to our spelling sentences today and will be doing those tomorrow.

Writing -   We shared what our fun products are we are going to be writing our advertisements for.

PE:

 We played a game of rescue dodge ball today.  The lesson this game teaches is that to survive as a team, you have to save your players.  If you only focus on getting the other team out, you will end up losing, so it is important to have your teammates well being in mind.

9/8/15

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 18:15,16
We went over a quick review of who Satan is, and what his problem is.  We then identified biblically where he is now, and what he wants.

Math:

6 Times tables
Intermediate 5 / Course 1 - Lessons 8 & 9.  They are to do all the lettered problems from both lesson 8 & 9.  Then they are to do only the odd numbered problems from lesson 9

Science:

Test over chapter 2A.  Our first science test and this will allow us to see how good our study skills are and how we are doing at learning to write essay answers.

Social Studies:

Language Arts:

Handwriting - Our first day of 'real' handwriting  Day 1 of Lesson 1

Spelling - Pre Test for lesson 3 in spelling.  There will be no worksheet this week due to the short week

Grammar -  Working on noun identification and then building into adjectives.

Writing -  We should have our topic for our advertisement, and we will begin working on the 4 selling points of our product.  We will talk about what sells something, how to use adjectives and eye-catching phrases to communicate these concepts.

Reading -

Music:

9/3/15

Quote of the Day:

"Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value."
                                                                            –Albert Einstein

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 5:23, 24
We discussed what Satan's claim about God is by looking at Genesis 3.  Satan claims that God is a liar and selfish.  Our job is to figure out what is true.

Math:

Times 4
Course 1 / Intermediate 5 - Lesson 7, all problems

Science:

We worked on how to write out our notes in preparation for writing an essay question.  Tomorrow we will be practicing writing our answer to the essay question.

Social Studies:

Each colony was working on creating a name, a standard, and a detailed colonization plan so they can approach the Honourable East India Company to apply for a loan to colonize the New World.  Once they have their name and standard, they are then able to claim a space within the classroom for them to occupy.  This particular phase always causes some difficulty because the students get to choose whether their claims get to last the whole day, or only during simulation time.  This is good social skills learning time as they learn to resolve disagreements and create rules for coexistence.

Language Arts:

Handwriting - We will not be having any handwriting until next week.  We have finished our practice and will be starting our real work on Monday.

Spelling -  The second half of our sentences.  Three if we are in 5th grade and four if we are in 6th grade

Grammar - We are working on identifying common and proper nouns, specifically within a sentence.

Reading -  We read a chapter out of Summer of the Monkeys and continued learning how good readers read.

Writing -  Our writing assignment is to create an advertisement for a product, real or imaginary.  To do so we will be working on using 'exciting' nouns and adjectives to promote our product!  Today the kids got their rubric for what my expectations are, and a mind mapping tool to help them organize their thoughts and ideas.

Music:  The students had music today.

9/2/15

Quote of the Day

"Let us always meet each other with a smile, for a smile is the  beginning of love."
                                                                                                            - Mother Theresa

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 5:23,24
We played a Bible game today to help us learn our Bible books

Math:

Times 4
Course 1 / Intermediate 5 - Lesson 6 and corrections today.

Science:

We finished the last question on our objectives and then put some eggs in vinegar so we can observe diffusion when the shells are dissolved.

Social Studies:

We began our simulation today by breaking up into our groups, claiming territory in the classroom, and then learning the rules, and beginning to learn how to work together as a team.

Language Arts:

Handwriting-  We finished our letters Xx, Yy, Zz, and next week will begin our regular handwriting assignments.

Spelling -  Sentences for our first three/four words depending on our grade level.

Grammar - Today we worked on identifying nouns, both common and proper.  We also worked on  our Daily Language Review.

Reading -  We discussed different reading strategies for successful reading.  Today we learned that good readers have a purpose, make connections, and ask questions about what they read.

DLR - We finished and reviewed Tuesday and Wednesday on our DLR. Tomorrow, I will be allowing them to do Thursday by themselves and correcting it when they turn it in.

PE:

9/1/15

Quote of the Day:

"In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
                                                                                                             - Thomas Jefferson

Bible:

Memory Verse - Matthew 5:23,24
We are learning what the Bible teaches about the origin of sin and Satan.

Math:

Timed Test on 4s
Course 1 / Intermediate 5 - Lesson 5 all problems

Science:

Science Test Next Tuesday, on Chapter 2A
We finished our vocabulary today.  Students should have all of their objectives filled out except for #4 on the back of the page.  We will finish that tomorrow and then begin to work on practicing to organize and write an essay question answer.

I am encouraging students to spend a little time studying for their science test every night.  If they choose not to, please don't force them to. It is important that they get the natu

Social Studies:

We took a small 'quiz' on using map scale and measuring on a map to help prepare us for our upcoming simulation that will start tomorrow.

Language Arts:

Handwriting -  Practicing our letters Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww

Spelling -  Creating our own worksheet practice.

Reading - We read 1/2 a chapter of Summer of the Monkeys.  We also went over tendencies of successful readers in class.

Grammar -  DLR Tuesday, as well as practicing identifying nouns.

Writing -  We finished our personal newspaper assignment and hung them up on the classroom walls.  Not everyone finished, and those who did not have homework tonight.

Music