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.