Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. There are no assignments for Monday, but I did hand out some extra credit for math that is due on Monday. It is optional, but since we averaged a C on the last test and our class average isn't much better, it is available for anyone with the initiative to give it a go.

We saw some awesome footage of volcanoes today. We also took a math test and learned about personification as well.

No assignments today!

Happy Friday once again. Today we tried to figure out how to make earthquake resistant buildings. We had a little too much fun with the blocks and used a few too many rubber bands, but I think we got some good ideas. We also got a chance to go through our Christmas service for the first time. Our math lesson was a nice short one so we had more study time today, Yea!

CE: News quiz for Monday
Math: set 45 skip 1,7,14,15,16,19 and 30 for Monday

Thursday has come again! It may be hard to believe but it is true. What also is true is that we had some fun today but had a hard time turning it off again so we could get back to work. We did decide to leave all of our imaginary students in math class in one piece so that was a good thing. We also looked at some features that can be left behind by magma. Not so much fun as volcanoes, though. We reiterated that Russia is ginormous and COLD!

Again, my apologies but I had a mistake on the field trip form. On the top I said $16 and on the bottom it says $20. It should be only $16. Those of you who have already paid $20. I will get you change when possible. Thanks! As I said the other day, good example of why prefrading es so vury importanient.

Science: Notes and section 3 ws for tomorrow
Geography: foldable due
Vocab: ws for tomorrow
Literature: nothing
Math: set 44 4,5,6,23,24
CE: nothing
English: nothing
Music: nothing

Wednesday has come to an end, for school that is. We reviewed changing from decimals to fractions and vice versa, listened to some Chopin, and learned that there are different types of lava that make different types of volcanoes!

Science: ws for tomorrow
Geo: nothing new
English: nothing
Lit: nothing
music: nothing
Vocab pages are due tomorrow
CE: nothing
Math: set 43 2,4,9,19,27

Happy Tuesday to you, Happy Tuesday to you, Happy Tuesday dear parents and students, Happy Tuesday to you. (It's my sister's birthday so I have that tune in my head.) Today we looked at box and whisker graphs. The students emerge unscathed, but the graphs will come back to haunt them! We also looked at the USSR. We got it started and collapsed it all in one class period. We also started volcanoes erupting. No one was burned or melted.

Science: reinforcement ws is due tomorrow, Notes ws will be due on Friday.
Geo: keep working on the foldable
English: 2 ws from Monday are due tomorrow
Music: composer sheet from last week is due tomorrow
Lit: nothing
Math: nothing
CE: nothing
Vocab: pages from last week are due for Thursday

Welcome to another week! Today we watched a very comprehensive video about earthquakes. It talked about how earthquakes form, showed some of the devastation they create, and showed some of the technology used to try and prevent earthquake damage. We also started a discussion of the history of Russia, starting with Kievan Rus, moving to Muscovy and going through the czars and then halting before we try and tackle Lenin and Stalin. We began reading an adaptation of A Christmas Carol in play form. Then we tackled repeating decimals repeating decimals repeating decimals.

Science: nothing
Geo: work on foldable
Literature: nothing
English: 2 ws for Wednesday
CE: nothing
Vocab: due Thursday
Music: composer ws due on Wednesday
Math: set 42 skip 11,13,14,17,25

FRIDAY!

We took an open book test in science today. It took a while, but we did have some study time after to work on learning more about Russia. (It feels like -45 in our Siberian city right now.) We worked on the distributive property in math. It lets us add then multiply or multiply and then add with certain types of problems. We finished up Where the Red Fern Grows and will start reading an adaptation of A Christmas Carol on Monday.

Science: took a test
Geo: p 382 numbers 1-4
Literature: none
English: ws from yesterday (8-2b) due for Monday
Math: set 41 skip 4, 7,8,9, 21
CE: News quiz for Monday
Vocab ws 85-87 for Thursday (We did 84 as a class discussion.)
Music: ws for Wednesday

Got to run today!!!!!


Geo: questions 2 and 4 on page 375 for Tomorrow
Science: none
Math: took a test
English: ws for MONDAY
CE: none
Vocab: 80-83 for TOMORROW
Literature: none
Music: ws for Wednesday

Happy Wednesday!

CL: none
Science: sheet due for tomorrow
Geo: none
English: sheet for tomorrow
Lit: none
CE: news quiz for tomorrow
Music: ws for Wednesday
Vocab Due tomorrow
Math: set 40 skip 4,5,6,7,9

Tuesday has come and gone, well some of it anyway. Did you notice it is cold out there? Well it got hot in here as we went to the center of the earth following earthquake waves. Ask your student what the difference between the epicenter and the focus is. We also got colder as we started to look at Russia. The high today for Verkhoyansk in Russia is -18 degrees! We reviewed for our math test that we will take on Thursday. We will do lesson 40 tomorrow.

Science: ws for tomorrow
Geo: nothing
English: final copy for tomorrow
Lit: nothing
Math: test Thursday
Music: Theory ws for tomorrow
Current Events: news quiz for Thursday
Vocab WS is due Thursday

Happy Snow day! Today we talked about getting along with people who have different gifts than we do. We also looked at faults in the ground so we can see how earthquakes get going. We also got to work with ratios and look over each others stories.

Science: section 1 ws for Tuesday
Geo: take home test for Tuesday
English: final copy for Wednesday
Lit: nothing
Vocab ws 77-79 for Thursday
Music: Theory sheets for Wednesday
Math: set 39 skip 6, 14, 18, 24, 26

Not too much happened today. We spent a lot of time working. We also watched the movie version of one of our novels. We also worked on graphs and how to use them correctly and how they are used incorrectly.

Science; nothing
Geo: Take home test Tuesday
English: rough draft Monday
Lit: 767 1-9 for Monday
Vocab ws: 77-79 for Thursday
Music: Theory sheets for Wednesday
Math: set 38 skip 2,5,9,10,17

Happy Thursday. Sorry I forgot to push publish again yesterday. After school just seems to get so hectic!

Today we finished our Europe prezis. We learned a lot about these countries. We will do this again in the new year with some countries in other parts of the world. We also worked on areas of triangles and some funky shaped figures. Then we started working on writing our own narratives. I look forward to reading what the students come up with.

Science: take home test for TOMORROW
Geo: none
English: Story Elements outline and rough draft for MONDAY
Literature: Finish the story for TOMORROW
Math: set 37 skip 9, 12, 17, 20, 29
CE: none
Music: theory ws for next WEDNESDAY
Vocab ws: choose the right word and synonyms for TOMORROW

Greetings on this blustery Wednesday afternoon. Today we had vision screening. It took a while to get through everyone but we did. We managed to get a few more prezis in and look to finish tomorrow. We also talked about narrative writing and will get a chance to try our hand at it next time. We also looked at ratios and how to express them correctly. I got some blocks today! Thanks! I still need more if anyone has any they are willing to loan us. Thanks!

Science: open book test for Friday
Geo: Prezis tomorrow
Music: theory sheets for next Wednesday
Literature: none (got through the entire chapter in class)
CE: none
English: none
Math: set 36 skip 3,13,14,23,25
Vocab: none

AAHH! I did it again! (Sorry!)

We got through some more prezi's today, took a math test, and learned about plate techtonics inclduing subduction zones. Wow!

Geo: prezis
Science: notes ws for Tomorrow
Vocab: nothing
Literature: read the chapter for Tomorrow (same one as yesterday)
Math: took a test
CE: none
English: ws for tomorrow (same one as yesterday)

Hey there ho there! Happy Monday to ya. We started our Europe prezis today and did well. We also got the seafloor to spread which involved bashing some desks around.

We have an upcoming project that involves wooden building blocks. If you have any we could use, please send them to school by Friday, thanks.

Science: notes ws for TOMORROW
Geo: prezis
Literature: read chapter 17 (we did 16 in class) for WEDNESDAY
English: 7-3 ws for WEDNESDAY
Math: set 35 skip 15, 21, 27, 28, 30 Test Tuesday
Music: sheets are due on Wednesday
Vocab: none
CL: none
CE: none

Today we spent more time working on our project. Most all of the class got it done in school. A few students needed to take it home to finish it up. We went to see the play at WLA! The play was well done. Great to see so many former Faith students in it.

Lit: page 7:30 1-10 for MONDAY
CE: Worksheet/quiz sheet for MONDAY
English Worksheet for MONDAY
Geo and Science: finish project if not already done.