Monday, Feb 29

IA this morning

ELA - students are working on their Character sketch essay.

Science - p. 291#1-6

Friday, Feb 26

Reformed Studies - students should have completed answering the question on the handouts and today were filling in their expository template.  When that is complete they will begin writing their essay.

Math - time for review p. 74-75.  Students are to choose at least 1 question out of each section.  Do lots of word problems!!!!

Com Skills Ex 43

Vocab Test

Health - Biblical Conflict Resolution

Science - Curved Mirrors/Lens p. 285#1,2; p. 287#1-3,5

Thursday, Feb 25

Reformed Studies - students worked on answering the questions on the 2 BLMs Unmasking False Teachers.  When completed students were able to get laptops to work on typing their essays on this topic, fully including their understanding of Gnosticism.

Math - Dividing Rational numbers 2.8 #3-37 odd; Adding/Subtracting Rational Numbers 2.9 #1-35 odd

ELA - students must have the following:

1. I am David assignment
2. Map
3. Timeline
4. Notes taken while reading the novel
5. Character sketch ideas from the "short story unit"
6. Character sketch assgt
7. Expository template completed

Once the expository template has been completed, students may begin working on their essay.

Science - Reflecting Light off Surfaces p. 281 #1-4,6; p. 283 #1,2,3a,4,5

Wed Feb 24

Reformed Studies - we have now completed Unit 5 lessons and students are working on an assignment/test.  The first part of the assgt is to read all the information on Gnosticism (assgt handout and handout from lessons) to answer the questions on 2 sheets: Unmasking False Teachers.  Once they have completed the answers, the students must then use that information to write an essay, 700-1200 typed words, about this topic.  This essay must include an introductory, 2-3 body paragraphs and a concluding paragraph.  Once the essay is complete, students will work on making a hymn from a section(s) from the Gospel of John 14-17 and/or 1,2,3 John.

Math - 2.7 #4-28 even.  Students are to do as much as possible without calculators.

Com Skills - Ex 42 Verb Tenses

Study Skills - working on study sheets for Math and Com Skills

Mon Feb 22

Reformed Studies - L9#1-4

Math - Multiplying and Dividing Fractions - 2.5 #1-35 odd; 2.6 #1-19 odd

Science - students typed their lab: Reflecting Light off a Plane Mirror.  Due Wed Feb 24

Friday, Feb 19

Math 2.4 #1-10 odd

Vocab test

Thurs. Feb 18

Math - chapter 2 working with rational numbers 2.2 #2-28 (even); 2.3 #1-29 (odd)

ELA - finished reading "I am David".  Vocab words for Mar 11 are: dour, kiosk, apprehensive, interrogate, barracks, lurking, ingratitude, muzzle, vagabond, dejected, scarcely, nimbly, unbidden, smothered, startling

Wed. Feb 17

PE - badminton.  Anyone without PE clothes will now have to do other work in the classroom.

Reformed Studies - L 8 #1-4 Not showing hospitality to false teachers

Math - Test

Com Skills - Ex 41 p. 51

Science - today we did the observations for the Lab: Reflecting Light Off a Plane Mirror.  The completed Lab is due on Monday Feb 22

Friday, Feb 12

Reformed Studies - God is Love L6 #1-5

Math - took up the review.  Test on Wed Feb 17

ELA - read chapter 7 vocab words: precipice, shirk, irresistible, meddle, advanced, blunt, muster, overcome, peculiar, berth, hurtling, gale, staggering, sufficiently, existence

Science - preparing the lab report for doing a lab "Reflecting Light off a Plane Mirror" on Wednesday next week hopefully.

Thursday Feb 11

Reformed Studies - Jesus as light L5 #1-5

Math - Review p. 36-37.  Pick at least 1 or 2 questions from each section to do.  If you can do each of them there should be no problems on the test on Wed Feb 17.

ELA - finished reading ch 6 of I am David - vocab words for Feb 26: broad, foreboding, subdued, obscurity, altered, tramped, recalled, epaulette, wretched, aroused, reckon, frontier, leisure, indifferent, utmost

Science - Describing Images p. 277 #1-4

Wed Feb 10

Students must remember the Health Test tomorrow - muscles and warmups and the text (1 Cor 13:1-7), and Vocab test for Friday Feb 12.

Math - 1.11 p.31# 1-27 odd (no calculators), 1.12 p. 35 #2,3,5,7

Science - p. 275#1,2,5

Thursday, Feb 4

Reformed Studies - Part 3 Upper Room Discourse John 16 Q#1-5

Math - Percents - 1.9 p. 25 even numbers 2-38

Health - Looked at warmups and stretching.  Test Thursday, Feb 11 - Muscles, Range of Motion, Stretching, warmups

Wed Feb 3

PE - badminton

Reformed Studies - Jesus is the WORD Lesson 2 #1-5

Math - Ratios 1.8 p. 20 #1,3,5,7,9

Communicating Skills - finish typing Ex 39 Subject-verb agreement

Study sheets for Math, science and communicating skills

Science - completed the data collection for the Lab:  Light Travelling

Monday, Feb 1

Reformed Studies - Looking at Jesus' Words now.  Lesson 1 are His words spoke to the apostles in the Upper Room, after the Last Supper.  John 14 L1 a-e

Math - Rational Numbers 1.6 p. 16 # 1,5,8,9,13,17,21,25,29,33,37,39,41,45,47,49,51,52

Students have now been given the catalogues to sell Vesey Bulbs/Flowers.  This must be done during the month of Feb finished by Feb 26.

ELA - read chapter 5 today and the new words are: jot, matted, wheedled, contemplated, loathsome, Florentine, amiss, abominable, gramophone, lather, slats, occasionally, inclination, domineering, indebted