We had a better day today with two very good study periods!
Brian missed the search plane but has now come to terms with being lost in the wilderness.
In science we talked about climate changes that may have taken places in ages past.
In English we talked about demonstrative pronouns and adjectives (that, these, this, those) and interrogative pronouns and adjectives (which, what, when, where, why)
Geography: Had a test
Math: Set 77 choose 25
Algebra: Set 85 choose 25
Lit: questions for chs 12-13
Cat: Sermon summaries with passages
Health: boys 220 - 221 select questions
English: WS 19-2
CE: Nothing
Music: Nothing

We had a rough day behavior wise today. The students seem very wound up. Hopefully we can have a more productive day tomorrow.
Science we got back to chapter 17 and had a nice short section on climate types. Do you believe we are moderate?

Geography: study for test
Math: set 76
Algebra: set 83
Spelling: test
Lit: ch 10+11 ws
English: nothing
Music: nothing
Health: boys: review pages 220-221
CE: nothing
Cat. Sermon summary and passages

One more day of reviewing weather with a fairly easy set of worksheets. We will move on tomorrow.
In Hatchet Brian found some eggs and is keeping his fire burning.
Spelling and Memory Treasures are due tomorrow. Let's do better than last week!

Math: set 75 25 problems
Algebra: set 83 25 problems
Science: Directed reading for Content Mastery ws
Geography: Quiz and ws
Literature: Ws chs 10+11
English: nothing
Music: nothing
Spelling: 116-119
Memory: p. 4
Cat. 2 passages and sermon summaries for Tue.
CE: boys Cuba ws
Health: boys 220-221 select questions

The science tests did not come back well. Considering the students had all the questions ahead of time and we went through them in class together, I don't think a class average of D+ was a good thing. As such, we went back and did some review sheets today and watched a short video. We will review some more tomorrow and then we will move on again.

Rough Draft's are due tomorrow.

English: ws18-3
Geography: ws and quiz #'s 3-5
Spelling 116-119 for Thurs
Music: Nothing
Math: set 74 practice and evens
Lit: ws for chs 8-9
Cat: passages
Algebra: set 81
CE: Cuba sheet due for boys on Thurs.
Heath: 200-221 select questions

We got through two chapters of Hatchet in class today. Ask your student what they were about!
Please continue to work on getting your student to put in his/her best effort.
We started a new chapter in science today as well. Look for a test on Friday

English: 18-1 for Wed
Geo: ws 2,3
Spell:116-119 for Thurs.
Music:nothing
Math set 73 25 problems
Algebra: set 80 25 problems
Lit: ws 8+9
Cat: sermon summaries
CE: boys have ws due for Thurs.

Pep Fest Today! Go Panthers!
Students are on their own to read literature this time. Watch out for the bear!
The spelling test was terrible. The class average was a D- due to many students getting around a 50%. The students were told to review before school this morning and many of them wandered around the classroom wasting time instead. This was clearly reflected in the grades. Hopefully the science test went better. We will correct on Monday.
Mr. Woldt is also offering students a chance to redo their Math test, and Mrs. Nuebauer is letting students retake yesterdays map test on Monday. Clearly the work ethic is slipping in many cases.
Many students are not handing in the academic fair work on time. If the specific benchmarks are not reached on time this is a 0%. Please remind your student to reach each goal on time or their grade will go down drastically!

English: academic fair project
Geography map test: retake
Spelling: nothing
Music: nothing
Math: redo test
Literature: read and answer questions on ch 7
Cat: Sermon Summary
CE: Cuba ws
Health: nothing

Today we watched a video about natural disasters and what technology is helping us predict and stay safe from various natural disasters. The science test will be tomorrow. The students all received a study test to work from. It doesn't have to be completed but does have all the test questions on it. The spelling test is tomorrow as well!

Please make sure everyone has their art shirt at school for tomorrow.

English: ws 18-1
Geography: retake map test on Monday
Spelling: test
Music: nothing
Math: 72 choose 25
Algebra: 79
Lit: Ch 6 ws
CE: Girls nothing, boys Cuba ws for next Thurs.

Today we went through possible test questions as a class. The test will be on Friday and it is clear we need some more studying!
We also read Ch. 7 for Hatchet. Brian found some food and a place for a shelter but no fire!

English: Note Cards
Geography: take home test; study map 1-19
Spelling: 110-113
Music: ws
Math: 71 choose 25
Algebra: 78
Lit: Answer questions on Ch 7
CE: 2-7
Health: no assignment
Christ Light: Hand in book

Happy Visitation Day! It was nice to see so many parents and grandparents today. Often it is more difficult as your student gets older to make these events, so I appreciate all who could make it.

We took time to watch the inauguration today. The students jotted down a few notes. Ask your student what struck him or her as important.

English: ws 17-5
Geography: 352-356 ws + quiz study map 1-19
Spelling: 110-113 for Thurs
Music: ws 47-48 for Thursday
Math: set 70 choose 25
Algebra: set 77 choose 25
Lit: ws chs 3-5
Cat: Memory passages
CE: 2-7

Wow! What a long weekend. It seemed like we just got back from Christmas break. We tired to do some catchup today, some special events and even managed a little business as usual. We will correct the Geography Bee tests tomorrow and see how everyone did. I forgot to mention it to the students, but the spelling review unit will be due on Thursday as normal. We finished the Christ Light book so I will be collecting those on Thursday. Remember to wear the Faith shirt tomorrow and black and white on Thursday.

Geography: Map test
English: continue work on academic fair project
Spelling: 110-113 for Thursday
Math: set 69 25 problems
Algebra: set 76 25 problems
Lit: Read ch 5 and do questions on 3-5
Cat: Memory passages
Health: Nothing
Current Events: 2-7

Today we had a very interesting guest speaker. Ask your child about him!

Geo Bee tomorrow.

English: work on academic fair project
Geography: study map 1-19
Music: nothing
Math: set 68 25 problems
Algebra: set 75 25 problems
Lit: ch 2 wsh for Friday
Spelling: 104-107
CE: pp 2-7
Health: nothing

Look for reprot cards today. Please sign the envelope and return as soon as possible. Thanks!

We started Hatchet in Literature yesterday.

English: Work on the academic fair project
Geography: 343-350 study map 1-19
Music: Nothing
Math: set 67 a-k + evens
Algebra: set 74 25 problems
Lit: Ch 1 read and do wsh
Spelling: 104-107 for Thursday
Current Events: 2-7
Cat. 3 passages
Health: nothing

My apologies! It has been a hectic few days and I apologize for not getting this updated sooner! Report cards should go home today so look for those. Science test is today so be sure and ask your student how he or she did on that. If he or she faithfully completed the study test, he or she should do fine.

Geography Bee is going to be on Thursday.
Encourage your student to keep working on the academic fair project. I have been skipping other English assignments to give the students more time to work on their project.
It isn't too early to start on AR! Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to Zach Hawley for taking first place in the spelling bee! Also congrats to Kayla Mueller for second place. A good job was done by all the participants.

We learned about the conflict between Israel and Hamas today in current events. Here is a link to an article with more information. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/world/july-dec08/israel_12-30.html

Geography: pp. 334-336 wshs 86 + 132
Science: nothing
Music: Music program
Math: set 87 25 problems
Algebra: set 72 25 problems
Lit: Nothing
Spelling: Test
Health: nothing
Current events: read pp 2-7 for next week Wed. or Thurs.

Today we finished our play. The students seemed to enjoy it. We will be starting Hatchet next. We started a new science chapter today talking about the atmosphere.

Geography: read 324-333
Science: Nothing
Math: set 64 25 problems
Algebra: set 71 25 problems
English: ws
Music: music program
Lit: nothing
Spelling:98-101 Thurs.
Health: Nothing
Current Events: read pages 2-7 next week Thurs. and Fri.

Today we went through chapter 14 for science. It talks about the geological ages going back billions of years. We skimed through it and I gave the students a worksheet to review the main vocabulary from the chapter. That is all we will be doing with chapter 14. Tomorrow will move on to chapter 15 and the regular routine. We sing January 25th as a school so we started learning that song today. After some technical issues we had a good practice.

Geography: ws and quiz read 325-328
Science: ws 20
Math: 25 probs from set 63
Algebra: 25 problems from set 70
Lit: Nothing
English: work on academic fair project
Spelling: 98-101
Memory: Christ Light for Thurs.
Health: Nothing
Current Events: Nothing

Today we were back at it. The class seemed glad to see each other again as they had much news to share. I hope you all had as blessed a holiday as I did. Thank you for the wonderful gifts! I have used some of the gift cards already to purchase some rechargable batteries (you can immagine how many batteries we go though) and a new digital camera, (the one that had served us for around ten years got sat upon through an odd series of events).

Today we started a Rod Sterling play in literature. We also took a look at some of evolutionists ideas about the earth in Science. We went though all of chapter 13 today and will skim through chapter 14 tomorrow. I just want the students to get a basic grasp on some of these evolutionistic ideas and terms. There will be no test on either chapter.

Geography: Read 321-324
Science: WS 22
Math: Set 62
Algebra: Set 69
Lit: Nothing
Spelling: 98-101 for Thursday
English: WA 20