Semester 2 Week 5 Recap!

Hello!  It was so great to see some of you at the Banquet last night!  What a special evening!  I am so grateful to Angie and everyone who helped put it together.

Here is our Recap:  

Bible Study

—We discussed the tetragrammaton (YHWH or JHVH), the meaning of God’s name, and the seven Jehovah-compound names found in the OT: 

Jehovah-jireh

Jehovah-ropheka

Jehovah-Nisei

Jehovah-shalom

Jehovah-Rash

Jehovah-tsidkenu

Jehovah-shammah  

—We discussed the meaning of the various names and read the corresponding bible passages. 

LTW

—The students shared their Issue and ANI charts and worked on sorting them.  

—We reviewed the Arrangement skills learned thus far: Sorting, Exordium, Amplification, Division.  

—Students were advised to schedule time with their parent(s) this week to go over their ANI charts.  The students expressed that they still need help when they are sorting.  It looks like they are doing fine with grouping them, but coming up with a proof for the grouping is still difficult for them and requires dialogue with their teachers.  In order to sort, they need lots of items on their ANI chart.  Several students had very few items on their ANI Charts.

Geography

—Students practiced drawing Asia from memory.  

—We played a team game where they were given a starting point and ending point and had to write down the directions on how to get there linking the countries (e.g. traveling from Jerusalem to Cambodia or Mt. Everest to Sri Lanka). It seemed to be a great way to point out areas of weakness in their understanding and reinforce what they do know.  This was very fun and they did a great job.  The kids were challenged, but seemed to enjoy it.  We will play this again!

Rhetoric

—We discussed chapter 19 of It Couldn’t Just Happen.  There is only one chapter left before the students start The Fallacy Detective.  

Latin

—We introduced first and second person pronouns and worked through part of Exercise 148.  —The students were reminded to continue to practice their vocabulary.  

Research

—We had a great discussion about the Respiratory System and several students had researched some diseases associated with the Respiratory System.  

—We introduced the digestive system, which, of course, led to some laughter and fun discussion.

—Remember, this strand is all about research, so students should be researching the various body systems, especially the listed terms, and hopefully learning about some diseases associated with the body system being studied.  They may need help finding quality sources for their research.  Remember, later in Debate, if their source is not a quality source they will lose their argument.   Wikipedia is not considered a quality source.  

Math

—The entire strand was spent having students present the problems they had brought to class.   They are improving in their ability to lead the class in a discussion.  I appreciate that students are bringing problems.  It’s great to see in action!  

Have a great week!

-Corey

Semester 2 Week 4 Recap!

SEMESTER 2 WEEK 4 RECAP:

It was so nice to have Miss Lo back!  Miss Chavez, you were missed!

Today Patricia Richey presented a special opportunity to our students called TeenPact (teenpact.com).  If you want more info, contact Angie and she can explain more about it.

Bible Devotions

We discussed the significance of numbers in the Bible.  We looked at several numbers: 1, 3, 6, 7, 12, 40.  We determined from reading passages that 6 is the number of man, 7 is the number of completion, 12 is the number of Israel, 40 is the number of judgment, etc.

Latin

Today was a review.  There was no new information covered.  We conjugated some 2nd conjugation verbs in various tenses: present, imperfect, and future.  The students seemed a bit rusty on their latin vocabulary, so you may want to check in on them that they are reviewing their latin flashcards.

Research

Today was our last day of research presentations.  The students have done a great job in their presentations and have grown considerably from Day 1.  We are so proud of them!

 

We also introduced the Respiratory System today.  The new expectation is that students will fill out the assigned pages in their Biology Student Workbooks and research the various terms associated with the Respiratory System.  They should be drawing in their Nature Sketch Book that they have been filling up so far in research. They should define the various terms but they don’t have to memorize the definitions.  I recommended that they try to learn about a disease dealing with the system they are researching. Possible examples for this week may include lung cancer, emphysema, asthma, pneumonia, or interstitial lung disease.  This could be a lot of fun for the students.  They will draw from memory the Respiratory System at the next community day.  Email me if you have any questions about the changes to the Research strand.  

Math

Several students presented a math problem in class today.  I am trying to help them grasp the idea of leading the class in solving the problem rather than having them solve the problem for the class.  This is a new skill that will take practice.  I really appreciated their willingness to attempt it today as well as last week.  They should be asking the students questions like, “What do you see?”, “What are we solving for?” “What are the units being used?”, etc.   

We briefly discussed some new material from their upcoming lessons in Saxon 8/7.  

LTW

The students read their introductions from their papers.  They seem to be grasping the concepts in LTW.  Antithesis and Division were the main concepts that I was listening for and they did very well.

We discussed the book The Door in the Wall.  The students admitted that they didn’t remember as much about this book, so they should re-read the book this week.  They also need to complete an ANI chart with at least 30 items in each column.  This is the expectation so if you as their teacher have different expectations then please notify me.  We reviewed the 5 common topics, specifically comparison.

Geography

The students continue to expand their knowledge of Asia.  They drew, from memory, a considerable part of Asia.  They did peer reviews on their drawings.  Make sure they continue to draw daily.  Next week, they will have to draw all of Asia from memory.   

I have been a bit under the weather and sleep deprived lately, so I took brief nap for the second half of Geo and Kelly led the geo terms game.  They are doing a great job with their geo terms.   I got a solid 15-20 minute nap and apparently there is a picture to prove it.  lol!  :-)

Rhetoric

We discussed chapter 18 of ICJH.  It concerned the prophecies surrounding the Messiah.  Afterward, I recommended that the students read Isaiah 53 this week.  

We played a game for catechism review using a deck of cards.  Whichever team ended up with the best hand won.  A full house beat a flush.   I bet you didn’t know that they would walk away from Challenge with poker skills, did you?  We are almost done with new catechism questions.  Soon we will be playing jeopardy.   

Have a great week!  Contact me if you have any questions!

-Corey