Thursday, December 10, 2015

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.

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

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




Tuesday, December 8, 2015

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.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

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

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

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:

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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: