RELIGION -
MATH -
SCIENCE -
READING -
LITERATURE (8th grade A Beka) OF PLACES:
LANGUAGE ARTS -
WRITE SHOP -
DICTATION -
JOURNAL -
SPELLING -
VOCABULARY -
BICs -
HISTORY -
GEOGRAPHY -
SPANISH -
LATIN -
iCIVICS -
KEYBOARDING -
HANDWRITING -
ART -
BAND/MUSIC/PIANO -
LIFE SKILLS including: BUSINESS /CONSUMER EDUCATION -
P.E. -
NOTES -
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
MATH - Lesson 65 (Prime Factorization, Division by Primes and Factor Trees) 18/21 86%
SCIENCE - Meet the Elements
READING - Strange But True Sports Stories
LITERATURE (8th grade A Beka) OF PLACES: The Last Lesson by, Alphonse Daudet
LANGUAGE ARTS - Sign of the Beaver workbook - pgs 17 -- 19
SPELLING - pgs 48 and 49 (end of Lesson 12 and beginning of Lesson 13)
VOCABULARY - Free Rice 500 grains
GEOGRAPHY -
• world geography 148 cups
• state capitals 78% (1 miss click)
SPANISH -
• gire (turn) Gire a la izquierda en el semaforo. (Turn left at the traffic light)
• BBC
• quia adjectives and pronouns
LATIN - mea culpa (review)
iCIVICS -
• quia matching game
• Preamble to the Constitution (School House Rock)
• The Shot Heard Around the World (School House Rock)
HANDWRITING - pgs 10 and 11
BAND/MUSIC/PIANO -
LIFE SKILLS including: BUSINESS /CONSUMER EDUCATION -
P.E. -
• basketball with Andrew and Frank
• choreographed a cool 8 count!
NOTES -
Business mtg w/ Jeremy, Mary, CC and me
google calendar set up
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The man who is slow to grasp things but who really tries hard is rewarded, equally he who does not cultivate his God-given intellectual ability is condemned for despising his gifts and sinning by sloth. -- Saint Isidore of Seville
RELIGION -
Faith and Life chapter 28 (Called to Holiness) The 7 Seven Sacraments
Saint Isidore of Seville quote discussed. Journal entry topic.
Jesus in All the Books of the Bible
MATH - Math Workbook (Fractions) pgs. 46 -50
SCIENCE - Ocean Information Hunt (a 7th grade assignment from Northwoods)
READING - Patriots, Pirates, Heroes and Spies (Once Upon a Nation Stories) from Historic Philadelphia
LITERATURE (8th grade A Beka) OF PLACES: Another April by Jesse Stuart - Published in Harper’s Magazine (August, 1942)
All Discussion Questions (Q2 and Q5 recorded in Language Arts notebook)
Summary online
Patriots, Pirates, Heroes and Spies (Once Upon a Nation Stories) from Historic Philadelphia
• The Birth of Television: The Philo T. Farnsworth Story pg. 133 (Mom picked it & Pablo read it outloud)
• Escape from the President's House - The Amazing Story of Oney Judge pg. 65 (Pablo picked it & Mom read it outloud)
• This lead to a great discussion about the Underground Railroad and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 and Harriet Tubman.
• This lead to the famous poem and great recitations! - Harriet Tubman Didn't Take No Stuff
LANGUAGE ARTS -
Another thank you letter to Uncle David and Aunt Elcee (dictation practice incorporating, joint composition, spelling, grammar, punctuation, content review, letter formatting and printing practice)
Copies in L.A.'s Notebook and at the end of this post.
VOCABULARY - abolitionist
fugitive
Underground Railroad
POETRY - Lisa inspired me to get out the old magnetic poetry words for the frig! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>
Harriet Tubman Didn't Take No Stuff
JOURNAL - What do you understand Saint Isidore of Seville's quote to mean?
iCIVICS - Review and fun with Mr. Hughes' -- Remembering the Bill of Rights w/ the Hand Game
KEYBOARDING - Ocean Information Hunt 100% (a 7th grade assignment from Northwoods)
HANDWRITING - part of journal entry:
The man who is slow to grasp things but who really tries hard is rewarded, equally he who does not cultivate his God-given intellectual ability is condemned for despising his gifts and sinning by sloth. -- Saint Isidore of Seville
ART - 2 hour Art Class with Linda Marie @ The H.H. LIFE SKILLS including: BUSINESS /CONSUMER EDUCATION - Marketing strategy
discussion (initiated by Pablo in response to his observation that taking buddies to Casa del Sol is not a good idea! LOL)
P.E. - Basketball practice with YMCA team
NOTES -
Lunch w/ Angie Hebert
Started our Family's Spending Strategy Book
