TESTING 1 2 3 TESTING! Yes, we started our testing today. The band news is your children's brains may be a bit fried, the good news is no math homework since we started with the math tests! We will do a few more tomorrow and the bulk of the tests will be on Thursday. Speaking of math, the class averaged 31/34 (B+) yesterday. That's pretty cool. It seemed like we skipped

Memory: none
CL: none
Art: Tucan project for Tuesday
English: none
Lit: 29-30 ws for Thursday
Vocab: none
Music: none
Geo: none
Science: study guide for Friday
Math: none
CE: none

Happy Monday everyone! Grand Day is Friday! We are preparing something special for the Grandparents. We also worked at exponents and square roots today and heard more about the rivers and landscape of Europe. We also started work on our science pretest but have lots of time for that. We finished The Outsiders as well, There is a movie version of the book that is rated PG. However, it was made before PG13 was a rating. It has quite a few inappropriate words in it. As such, we won't be watching it in class. If you would like to check it out on your own, it does represent the book pretty well, but unfortunately adds the language. Please be advised and make your own choice for your family.

We will start Terra Nova tests tomorrow. Please help your student get to bed early and have a good breakfast! Thanks!

CL: none
Memory: none
Art: finish project for TOMORROW
Math: set 20 skip 6,15,19,26,28
English: keep working on the research paper
Lit: ch 29-30 and ws for Thursday
Science: Study Guide for Friday
Music: none
Geo: none
Work on project for Grand Day. 
Vocab: None

Math 20

Math 19

Have a great weekend!

Memory: none

CE: news quiz for MONDAY

Geo: Ws for MONDAY

Art: Color project for Tuesday

Music: none

Science: ws for MONDAY

English: ws for MONDAY (from Thursday)

Math:Lesson 19 skip 5,10,16,18,23

CL: ws for MONDAY (from Thursday)

Vocab: none

Lit: none

Happy Thursday! Our Internet wasn't playing nicely last night, hence no blog yesterday. Today we walked over and checked out Koine at WLA. It was a nice concert and I was pleased with the class's behavior most all of the time. We also talked about possessive nouns (like class's), spent a bit of time on Europe, and got Stanley some water that he then dumped out.

CL: none
Memory: hymn 478 vs 1,2 for TOMORROW
Science: none
English: ws 6-2 for Monday
Math: none
Geo: none
Vocab: none
Music: Mozart for TOMORROW
Lit: ch 23-25 and ws for TOMORROW
Art: color project for Tuesday
CE: none

Another Tuesday has slipped past us. We had Christ Light today and continued to talk about the fact that our futures are in God's hands and Heaven awaits us. We also looked at how to use a protractor to measure and draw angles. We spent some time discussing thesis statements. Many of ours were to vague or lacking focus. The thesis needs to be a concise statement of where we are trying to go in the paper. I have noticed over the years that students who start with a good thesis, tend to end with a better paper. Ask your student about their thesis and discuss (if needed) how to make it more specific and attainable.

Memory: hymn 478 vs 1,2 for Friday
CL: none
Music: Mozart for Friday
Math: lesson 17 skip: 11,16,18,25,28
English: none
Geo: ws for TOMORROW
Science: ws for TOMORROW
Lit: ws for Thursday
Vocab: Sentences with 15 words for Thursday
Art: finish project for Tuesday
CE: none

Math 17

Here is some info on the Cross Country Meet at WLA. This year there is a contest to see which class can get the most students (percentage wise) to run. 

WLA Cross Country Race Times & Info--

It’s good to show up at least 15 minutes prior to your child’s start time.  This way they can warm up, find their places, and be ready to race.  There is no need to sign up; just SHOW UP!  

4:15 PM- Grades 6-8 Race- 1.5 miles

4:30 PM- Grade 5 Race- 1.0 mile w/ ribbons to top 10

4:45 PM- Grade 4 Race- ½ mile w/ ribbons to top 10

4:55 PM- Grade 3 Race- ½ mile w/ ribbons to top 10

5:05 PM- Grade 2 Race- ¼ mile w/ ribbons to top 10 & participation ribbons

5:10 PM- Grade 1 Race- ¼ mile w/ ribbons to top 10 & participation ribbons

5:15 PM- Kindergarten- ⅛ mile w/ ribbons to top 10 & participation ribbons

5:25 PM- Team Trophy & Individual Medal Presentation for Grades 6-8 runners

Happy Monday! We looked at US customary measurements, atoms, South America, and read about a dangerous kiss today! Lots going on.

CL: none
Memory: 478 1,2
English: none
CE: none
Geo: ws for WEDNESDAY
Science: WS for WEDNESDAY
Math: set 16 for TOMORROW
Music: Mozart for Friday
Vocab: 15 sentences for Thursday
Lit: ws for WEDNESDAY

Math Lesson 16