Wednesday's Assignments:

Reading:

Ch. 10-12 Vocab Words added to 3 column notes:

- droshky

- shackle

- rubles

Math:

L10 - Lesson Practice All

- Mixed Practice #1-30

Social Studies:

Finish Prezi on History of Russia

Thursday's Assignments:

Science:

Write 10 study questions and answers from Ch. 1 Sect. 1 and 2 in your journal.

(Due Friday, Oct. 1)

Math:

Test 2

Bible:

Mock-trial for "The Big Picture" bible study.

Writing:

Write a made-up story using 5 randomly chosen words from the dictionary. 1 page front and back; double-spaced.

(Due Monday 10/11 for Advanced Bells and Tuesday 10/12 for Beginner Bells)

Reading:

Read Ch. 9

Math:

Lesson 9

- Lesson Practice in your journal: c, d, e, h, j, i, k, l, m

- On lined paper: #1-30

(Due tomorrow: 9/29

Bible:

Notes for "The Big Picture" #1-4 should all be in your journal.

Social Studies:

Prezi timeline of "The History of Russia"

- Four main time periods in order (Small state of Moscow; Time of the Tsars; Communist Russia; Russia Today)

- Three details about each period clustered around the name of that period

- A picture for each period

(Due tomorrow: 9/29)

Science:

In journal - 1 page description of what you learned from the bridge project

- What makes bridges strong?

- How do you work together successfully with a team to complete a project?

- How does the economy affect businesses and the price of materials?

- How would you make your bridge stronger if you could do it again?

Reading:

Read Ch. 7 and 8 from Days of Terror

Add the next four vocab words to your three column chart:

gaunt

samovar

troikas

anarchists

Math:

Lesson 8 - Lesson Practice a & b; #1-30

Language Arts:

Microsoft Word Skills Lesson

- Center text

- View drawing toolbars

- Change font, font color

-Create shapes

- Format fill color, line color, line style, and line type.

- Insert picture, format picture to move around

- Bring objects to front

- Group objects

Math -

Finished Test

Logical Thinking Activity - Crossing the River

Bible -

Matthew 27-28 Bible Study Notes

Writing Workshop -

3 Beginnings and 3 Titles for Action Piece

(Due Monday for Advanced Bells/Due Tuesday for Beginning Bells

Math:

Yesterday we did a test review, and today we did part one of the test. No homework.

Science:

Today was "Bridge Breaking" day. All groups completed the building requirements successfully. I will audit their financial records and compare their blueprints with the finished bridge and see how well they did in those departments.

Social Studies:

The "regional" test on the Countries of Europe will need to be completed by September 30th. This test requires them to correctly identify the countries one region at a time. It is done on Level 1 at:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Europe/Europe_travel_G0_double2.html

The students will take the test each day between now and then, and the highest score they have by the 30th will be recorded in the gradebook.

The highest score for the whole continent of Europe, not just one region at a time, will be recorded by the end of the quarter.

Bible:

We have been practicing the skills of identifying lessons we can learn from a Bible passage about God and about ourselves. We are studying Matthew 24-28 right now.

A journal entry from yesterday and today will both be recorded in the gradebook. The journal entry needs to include a lesson from the passage about God, and a lesson about ourselves.

Writing Workshop:

Write three possible titles for your "action" story.

Make three new leads for your story. Write an attention grabbing first sentence and first paragraph by using each of the techniques we talked about in class:

1) Begin in the middle of a conversation.

2) Begin by describing action that is already happening.

3) Use a lot of 5 senses details and powerful adjectives to describe the opening scene.

This is due Monday for Advanced Bells and Tuesday for Beginning Bells.

The lesson plans have arrived here in Wisconsin, but I did not get them before the office was closed for the day. My hopes and dreams of updating the blog are falling short. I will be able to give an update tomorrow.

Blessings!

I'm sorry, I forgot to copy the lesson plan sheets I left for the class, so I do not have them to update the blog today. I will ask the school to fax them to me tomorrow so I can update the blog.

Science:

Continued work on the "Toothpick Bridge" project. Ask your student to describe what they are doing if you have not heard about it.

Math:

Studied the skill of Prime Factorization.

See the following web-site for an explanation and a step by step animation of an example problem, done just the way we learned in class.

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/factnumb.htm

The assignment was:

Find the prime factorization of the following numbers:

1. 18

2. 32

3. 54

4. 156

5. 327

Show all your work. Only put one row of numbers per line of paper. Do not try to scrunch two rows of numbers onto one line, or write numbers messily across lines.

Writing Workshop:

"Slow Motion Description" Due Monday for Advanced Bells. (See 9-9 for details.)

These are the assignments for 9/8, Wednesday. The computer is back in business at least for this morning.

LA:

Journal #5. Write a letter to yourself describing what you hope this school year will have been like when you look back at it at the end of the year. (Due Thurs.)

Reading:

Choose a service career. Write 2-3 paragraphs describing why or why not you would be interested in that career. (Due Thurs.)

Social Studies:

Begin learning the countries of Europe. The first test, knowing the countries by region, needs to be passed by the end of September. The web-site used to practice and test is: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm

The level tested is Level 1, under "Countries".

Writing Workshop:

"Describing Action" Type 3. Focus Correction Areas: 1) Uses a slow-motion description of their action. 2) The writing includes descriptive phrases from 3 of the 5 senses. 3) Capitalization at the end of each sentence, and proper punctuation at the end.

Describe an action filled experience you've had (accident, etc.) in at least a one page description.

No homework assignments today.

Math:

Finished phase 1 of assessment. Daily assignments will begin next week.

Science:

The students have begun work with their "Bridge Construction" companies on a toothpick bridge contest, where they will apply skills in collaboration with a team, problem-solving and physics principles to build a truss bridge to hold as much weight as possible.

Bible:

We practiced using the steps we have discussed this week of studying the Bible for personal devotions. Students received Bible credit for taking notes and participation.

The steps are:

1. Pray for the Holy Spirit to speak God's message for the day to you.

2. Read for pleasure, without measure.

3. Search for treasure.

4. Stop when you see it pop.

5. Pray and dig into the phrase/concept you stopped at.

6. Write down the phrase/concept that popped out to you, and the message God is giving you through that phrase/concept.

7. Write a note back to God in response to what He said to you through His word.

Next week we begin our Bible marking lesson on the "Great Controversy", and students need to have their Wide-Margin Bibles at school every day for class.

Have a great Labor Day weekend together!

Reading:

Chapter 1 Pictures (See 8/31 for details)

Due: Tomorrow (Thurs, 9/2)

Social Studies:

Journal ?: What are the five most powerful countries in the world?

What makes a country powerful? (1/2 page)

Ancestor ?'s (See 8/31 for details)

Due tomorrow (Thurs 9/2)

Math:

Assessment Part 2 - Partially completed

Language Arts:

Descriptive Writing Practice - Write a one paragraph (7-8 line) description of an object using three senses - sights, sounds, and touch.

Skills Tested: Uses descriptive language when writing.