Ch A Week 13 Suggestions for Snow Day

Hi all,

As you know, tomorrows class is canceled due to weather.  We will not make up the Ch A week 13 community day, so I have some suggestions to keep on track and begin preparing for the next week.  I will be available all day tomorrow by cell phone (360-619-2202) or email if you or your student has any questions. 

Logic (Math) Strand: continue to keep up on math lessons and use the snow day to catch up if you are behind (in between sledding and hot chocolate breaks:))

Grammar (Latin) Strand: continue to work on vocabulary flashcards and review the 1st conjugation rules.  We were going to work on exercise 116 as a class if you want to review. 

Research Strand: I know how hard all the students work on their research presentations, so you can record and video your student's presentation and send to all the other students and myself.  Also, you can begin researching the next topic:  Amphibians.

Rhetoric Strand: This would be a great opportunity to have a dialectic conversation with your student regarding Ch 12 in the book It Couldn't Just Happen.  Also, review catechism questions. 

 

Exposition/Composition Strand (LTW): Have your student read their persuasive essay to you since they should have completed them this week.  Make sure that they utilized Amplification and Parallelism of phrases and clauses.  The students will start their next Essay this week by making a new ANI chart based off of an issue they come up with from the book Amos Fortune, Free Man.  Remember, they are not adding any new information to the next essay.  While this will be Essay 5, we are not moving on in the book to the Essay 5 lessons.  We only go as far as Essay 6 in the LTW textbook in all of Ch A.  Students should look over the recommended review lessons (see wk.14—At Home assignments for LTW on pg.61)  This would be a great day to get caught up (or re-watch) the LTW videos with your student.  If you have difficulty finding these videos online, please let me know.  I was going to have a dialectic discussion with the students re: Amos Fortune, so you may want to do that at home.  Even if you haven't read it, you can still have a profitable discussion by asking your student questions using the 5 common topics as a guide.

Debate (Cartography) Strand:  Draw, Draw, Draw.  Make sure to continue drawing both Europe and the Western Hemisphere. Continue to practice the geo terms.

I hope you all have a great day tomorrow,

-Corey

Geo Game Today!

Week 12 Recap (Open House)

Hello,
It was a pleasure to see the students show off their skills at the Open House today.  I am very proud of them--can't say it enough.  Miss Glanzer, you were missed!

Semester 1 only has 3 more weeks.  I reminded students that Semester 1 final exams are on Week 15 (December 22nd).  We will end that CC day with our 'End of Semester Party' which will include the prize auction.

Reminder: Friday December 9th is the Bunco Party at the Richardson's house.

Miss Chavez organized the Secret Santa Exchange and students drew names today.  There is a $10 limit for this 1 time gift that will we be given on Decemer 22nd.  Miss Glanzer, Crystal will let you know who your person is.

Great job today!
-Corey

Here's our week 12 recap:

DEVOTIONS:
-discussed the term COVENANT and the various meanings associated with it (contract, agreement, promise, etc)
-brainstormed various covenants mentioned in Scripture:  Adamic, Noahic (Gen. 9), Abrahamic (Gen. 12), Mosaic/Old/Law (Ex. 19), Davidic (II Sam. 7), New Covenant (Jer. 31)

LTW:
-Reviewed active and passive verbs
-Reviewed Amplification and some students shared theirs
-Compared and contrasted phrases and clauses
-Introduced Parallelism II which involves EXPANDING sentences and REVISING existing clauses and phrases in their proofs.
-**STUDENTS NEED HELP at home with Amplification and Parallelism II.  It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that parents and students watch the videos that LTW provides.  The link and password is in the front page of the LTW teacher's guide.
-Developing skills in writing parallelism is one of the most beneficial things they can do.

GEOGRAPHY:
-Team review game of Western Hemisphere.
-Practiced drawing Europe
-Pictionary for Geo terms

RHETORIC:
-Dialectic discussion regarding chapter 11
-most of the chapter showed various animals that have characteristics that defy evolution
-Ben Stein's video Expelled is recommended
-video series titled Incredible Creatures That Defy Evolution is recommended
-Nerf Catechism review game

LATIN:
-Introduced VERBS: Voice, Mood, Tense, Person, Number
-"Declension is to noun as Conjugation is to verb"
-Introduced 1st Conjugation and practiced conjugating
-Introduced 4 Principal Parts
-Introduced new vocab and did some translating

RESEARCH:
-PRESENTATIONS WERE GREAT!
-We were so proud to have the open house attenders see what they can do!
-Dialectic discussion about birds (how they compare/contrast to other creatures, how the Bible defines them, birds in history, etc)

MATH:
-briefly discussed unit pricing and expanded notation
-most of the time was spent in a dialectic discussion about minimum wage and the effects of a minimum wage increase on employees (both upper and lower levels), employers, and consumers. The students may enjoy more conversation at home about this topic.