I pray you had a blessed Christmas with safe travels for all. Thank you all for the generous gifts. They are appreciated.

Just a reminder that the quarter ends one week after we come back to school. I hope to get all of the incomplete work when we come back on Monday, and also keep going on the AR books, time is almost up!

Happy New Year!

CHRIST IS BORN! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND GOD BLESS! SEE YOU tomorrow and NEXT YEAR!

Today we talked about using scientific notation for very small numbers today. We also went through the service one last time. Then Mrs. Pankratz came to help us with a very special art project. THANKS MRS. PANKRATZ!

Please remember to have your student dress up for our service tomorrow.

Math: set 57
English: 2 ws
Sc: 2 ws
Geo: nothing
Lit: nothing
Spelling: nothing
Art: nothing
Music: nothing
Health: nothing
Art: nothing
CL: nothing

Today we looked at subtracting mixed units. As long as you remember to borrow the correct units, it is't too hard. We also looked at dependant clasues that are introduced by words other than subortination conjunctions. Don't worry, we did the assignment in class. We also looked at how we measure the magnitude of earthquakes and some of the ways they can affect people. Ask your child what to do if the water on the shore of the ocean suddenly goes away.

Please remind your student to dress up for our service on Wednesday. We want to look our best to glorify God.

Math: set 56
Sc: finish notes and ws on sections 1+2
Geo: nothing
Englihs: nothing
Lit: nothing
Spelling: nothing
Cat: ws
MW: keys and passages
Health: nothing
CE: nothing
Art: nothing
Music: nothing

See you tomorrow at WLA, I have been assured that the kids will know their lines and speak with enthusiasm tomorrow. Help them review if you have time.

We did some work with averages in math today, and in English we worked on independent and dependant clauses. Because some clauses can not stand on their own, they have to be connected to another clause that can stand alone. Because if we didn't. (See how that makes no sense by itself?)

For Science we did a Jeopardy style review.

Math: Set 55
Science: nothing
Geo: Eastern Europe map
English: ws
Literature:none
Spelling: none
Cat: 2nd keys and ws
Health:nothing
CL:nothing
Art: nothing
Music: nothing
CE: nothing

Today we had a special presentation from the Agricultural Ambassador. We learned more about the new food pyramid and dairy's place on it. Check out www.mypryamid.gov for more information.

We also looked at clauses today, and how to find how many are in a sentence.
Presents for the classroom exchange can be brought in any time next week.


Math: set 54
Sci: notes section 2
Geo: Country Christmas
English: 1 ws
Lit: nothing
Spelling: test
Cat: ws for Tue
MW: 2 hymns from the service
Art: Remington
Music: Handel

Today was a work day. We had lots and lots of study time and most of us made very good use of it. Let's pray this continues in the future.

Lunch and Milk tickets are on sale tomorrow. The students have been informed and the list to the right has been updated.

Math: set 53
Sc: ws section 1 and notes section1
English: 2 ws
Lit: finish reading the story and answer 1-10
Spelling: Unit 17 for tomorrow, test Friday
Cat: ws for next week Tue
MW: passages on page 16 of CL book
ACADEMIC FAIR SOURCES ARE DUE TOMORROW
Art: ws for Friday
Music: ws due for Friday
CE: nothing
Music: nothing

The students today were very excited to see each other. Unfortuantly, they were not as enthusiastic about following the rules and using their time wisely. We are going to work on it. We talked about how to do math operations in the correct order. We even learned to Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. In English we continued to work on verbals since learning how to use verbals can be a challenging task. In literature we started a new story about a girl from Earth who is now living on Venus.

Math: set 52
Science: volcano ws
Geo: Western Europe map
English: 2 ws
Lit: nothing
Spelling: unit 17
MW: passages for Pastor, passages for CL for Thurs, and hymns for Christmas service for Fri.
Research Paper list of sources is due on Thursday
Art: ws due on Friday
Music:ws due on Friday
CE: nothing
Health:nothing

There have been a few questions regarding Christmas gift exchange this year so I thought I'd better re-explain directly to you. We will not be exchanging names. Each girl will bring a gift for a girl and each boy will bring a gift for a boy. I will then number then and the students will draw numbers and that will be the gift they get, as long as it isn't their own. We are still looking for gifts of around $5, same as in past years.

Today we talked about the music we listen to. We then sang some music while we practiced for the Christmas service. We are doing well, but relying on the sheets to much. Please run through the words for the service and song with your students if you are able to help them commit everything to memory. We did some scientific notation today in math and took a science test. We also are reading "The Ransom of Red Chief".

Math: set 51
Science: took test
Geo: 2 ws
English: nothing
Lit: Read and do ws for "Ransom . . ."
Spelling: Unit 17 for Thursday
Cat: sermon summary
MW: P. 16 of CL book for Thursday
Art: Remington
Music: nothing
Health: 92-93

Greetings! Sorry, with the bb games last night and today I didn't get to blog! We have some memory work from the Christmas service due on Monday, and a science test.

Math: finish the two questions from the investigation
English: we did in class
Geo: sorry I don't know
Science: test
Art and music ws are due on Friday
CL:nothing
Lit: nothing
Cat: keep working on sermon summaries

Today we played some catch up. We started discussing verbal phrases, reviewed plate tectonics, got a few min. of the Holes video in, and took our math test. We also discussed thinking critically about what we are watching on TV.

Math: test
Science: no assignment test Monday
Geo: Europe Physical
English: nothing
Lit: nothing
Spelling: test tomorrow
Cat: sermon summary
MW: Welcome Lord Jesus
Art: Homer
Music: nothing
CE: Nothing
Health: review on pages 92-93 for next week

December in WI! You have got to love it! Spelling, memory work and English are due on Thursday regardless of what happens tomorrow. Today we took a math pretest. We also took a MLC Meet Math test. We are doing some worksheets in English that combined participles, gerunds and infinitives. These will take lots of practice.

Math: we did the pretest
Sc: notes sheet, section 3 ws, overview and vocab sheets
Geo: Europe physical map
English: ws 28 a,b,c,d for Thursday
Lit: nothing
Spelling: unit 16 for Thurs
MW: passages for Pastor
CL: passages for Thurs.
Art: Homer for Fri.
Music: Bach for Wed.
Health: 92-93 for next week

Today we finished our lesson on infinitives. Our goal was to learn how to use infinitives correctly. We also looked at unit multipliers in math. We spent some time talking about how to make good decisions when it comes to what we watch on TV. We also started to watch Holes the movie.

Math: set 50
Science: ws sections 1+2
Geo: Europe map and 295-297
English: 2ws
Lit: nothing
Spelling: unit 16 for Thurs
Cat: sermon summary
MW: Baptism 4
Art: Homer for Fri
Music: Bach for Wed
CE: nothing
Health: p. 92-93

Today we learned more about Boch. We also learned about our mission work in Pakistan. In math we looked at how to add measurements with different labels. In English we started talking about infinitives, but we will finish that up on Monday. We also saved Stanley and got him sent home almost a millionaire.

Math: set 49
Sc: nothing
Geo: Europe Physical Map
English:nothing
Lit: ws
Spelling: nothing
Cat: sermon summary
MW: Late At Night Long Ago
CL: nothing
Art: Homer for next Friday
Music: Bach for next Wed.
CE: nothing
Health: nothing

Busy day today. We started off the day with the flu vaccine. We had time for a very short Christ Light lesson. For English we got the assignment from yesterday's lesson. This combined with a quick math lesson gave us a very long study period. Good thing too, since there was a lot to do in English. We seem to still be working on spacing out longer assignments since many students were working on the artist worksheets that are due tomorrow. There is nothing wrong with that except that it cuts into the time I had intended for them to get English done.

Math: set 48
Science: notes from Section 1
Geo: ws and quiz
English: ws E,F,G,H
Lit: ws on Ch. 47-48
Spelling: test
Cat. Sermon Summary for Tue
MW: Day When Christ Was Born and CL passages
Art: Cole for Tomorrow
Music: Bach for Next Wed
CE: nothing
Health: nothing

Today we discussed powers of 10 and gerunds. We also corrected part of our science review and got Stanley trapped in a hole with poison lizards and criminals with a gun outside of the hole.

Math: set 47
Sc: nothing
GEO: quiz and ws
English: nothing
Lit: ws
Spelling: unit 15 for Thurs
Cat. Sermon summaries
Mem: baptism 3rd for Thurs, passages and song for Fri
Art: Cole
Music: nothing
CE: nothing
Health: nothing

The play today was excellent. We had a good time and brought back the same number of students that we left with.

Advent services begin tomorrow. Please be aware that after school before church, my children and I are trying to get work done before the service. If any of the 7th graders want to stay in the room and work until church, I am happy to allow them to. However, if they are not going to be working quietly, please make other arrangements for them.