Welcome to another episode of 7th grade! We have faculty meeting in a few min. so I need to keep this short. I did want to mention, however, that we did a nice job on our hymn last week and on our math pretest. Hopefully we do as well on the real math test tomorrow!

CL: none
Music:none
Cat: passages and sermon summary
Science: notes on section 3 and study guide for WEDNESDAY
CE: none
Geo: finish the worksheet from Friday on 5-2
Lit: read chapter 7 be ready for a possible quiz
English: ws 3-3 for TUESDAY  (I still have redo sheets available for 2-3 due for Friday)
Vocab: pages 32-38 for THURSDAY
Hymn: verses 1 and 2 of hymn 375 for FRIDAY

Hello my friends. We weren't as harried today so we had lots more time to get work done during the day. We also worked on a pretest for math in groups today so most everyone should have no math homework. Yea! We also talked about the culture of the US but ran out of time for Canada, so they will just have to wait, eh.

Anyhow, I best move this along and get my kids home.

Music: none
Memory: Hymn 735 for next FRIDAY
Math: pretest today
English: worksheet 303 for TUESDAY
Vocab: pages 32-38 for THURSDAY
Science: Notes for MONDAY, Study guide for WEDNESDAY
CE: ws for MONDAY
Lit: Chapter 6 for MONDAY
Geo: None

Busy busy day, so much to talk about and so little time! Ugh! We got through most of it but I did let them out of literature today to help ease the load. We also spent 15 min. this morning going though our hymn for tomorrow with a partner.

We tried to explain the entire history of the US and Canada today. There was too much. We summed up. We also tried to figure out how we make electricity. Turns out we boil water and turn a turbine. Fractions continued to grace us with their presence as well.

CL: None
Memory: hymn 391 for TOMORROW
Math: set 10 skip 4,10,15,18,23 for TOMORROW
Music: none
Vocab: none
Geo: worksheet 5-1 for TOMORROW
CE: none
Lit: none
Science: notes for TOMORROW
English: none

Picture day! What pretty children we have!

Today we spent time going over lesson 8 in math. We picked out the problems that gave us the most trouble and did them again in class. We then had some time to work on corrections. I also made copies of yesterday's English assignment available to anyone who wanted to redo it. Check with your student to see if they took one. For science we started looking at Earth's energy resources and how some are non-renewable and what the means. We talked about good coal and bad coal among other things. We also got a lot of science teasers during our geography discussion of the US and Canada. (We even talked about having dessert in the desert.)

Our literature sheets are due tomorrow, but if your student has been working on them through all five chapters, there shouldn't be much left. The homework should be pretty light tonight so please encourage your student to do any or all of the following: 1. Work on math corrections. Most students got lesson 8 done during class, but they could work on lesson 7 as well. 2. Work on the hymn for Friday. The verses are shorter than normal, but there are six of them. Waiting until Thursday night or Friday morning is not a good idea. 3. Keep working on AR points. The students got their goals today. Very few have taken any tests yet.

Book orders are due next week Thursday. You can order online using the code on the order forms. Otherwise make out any checks to me as I will pay by credit card.

CL: none
Memory: hymn 391 all six verses for FRIDAY
Math: make corrections
Vocab: pp 29-31 for THURSDAY
Science: nothing
Geo: finish off the notes
CE: none
Literature: sheets from 1-5 due THURSDAY
English: none

Lions and tigers and bears! Oh my!

Today we spent some time talking about the importance of following directions. We had some grades that would have been much better if the directions were followed. If anyone would like to take another crack at it, have them speak to me.

In math we worked on working with fractions and their reciprocals. Remember when adding and subtracting fractions we need common denominators; when multiplying we do not. When dividing fractions we flip the SECOND one and then multiply.

Mr. Ehlke came in to speak to us about band. It is a wonderful experience that I highly recommend. I am on my second and third children in the grade school band program and it continues to be a wonderful experience for my children. Also, it is a great value. You will be hard pressed to find anything else that offers as much as the band program for such a reasonable fee. (I've tried.) If you are at all interested talk to Mr. Ehlke about specifics.

CL: none
Memory: Hymn 391 all verses for FRIDAY
Math: set 9 skip 1,2,12,14,24
Music: none
English: none (redo today's assignment if needed/desired have your student see me)
CE: none
Geo: none
Science: none
Vocab: 29-31 for THURSDAY