Greetings,
So, we have completed our first 4 weeks. That is quite the accomplishment! Yes, the workload is intense, but students and parents seem to be settling into a routine. The students are getting more engaged in discussions and are having fun showing off their skills in review games and presentations.
Even with Picture Day, we got through a lot of material today. Here is the recap:
DEVOTIONS:
-GRACE was the word of the day, defined as unmerited favor
-reviewed previous terms from Romans 3:20-25
-acronym Gods Riches At Christ's Expense
-using Romans 11:2-6 discussed the difference between works vs grace and works vs believing
LTW:
-using Carrry On Mr Bowditch we discussed the 5 Common Topics in detail
-worked through a class ANI Chart using the 5 Common Topics
-students will make their own ANI Chart this week using the 5 Common Topics to aid them
GEOGRAPHY:
-practiced US boundaries, capitals, waters and features in group games
-suggested putting larger rivers and mountain ranges on their maps before drawing boundaries to help with scaling the size of the states.
-**students will need to know this info well for the Excellence In Education event (more info coming in next blog post)
-practiced defining and drawing Geo Terms. Be sure student are paying attention to the written definitions in addition to the pictures in order to compare/contrast similar terms.
-Remember to review Canada this week, too
RHETORIC:
-discussed Chapter 3 which included a lively discussion regard the Greenhouse Effect. It was fun to seem them start forming opinions based off of what they are learning, especially as it relates to politically charged issues.
-briefly reviewed catechism questions. It can be easy to forget to memorize these. Remember to verify that your students have these flashcards and are memorizing them. Soon we will have enough in our memory bank to play review games with them.
LATIN:
-Reviewed vocab
-Introduced 3rd Declension
-discussed how to determine gender in 3rd Declension: apply the Natural Gender Rule first, then apply SOX, ERROR, LANCET rule to the Nominative Singular
-Introduced Appositives and practiced sentences containing them
RESEARCH:
-Great presentations this week on mountains and volcanos!
-What a joy to see them take what they are learning and give the glory back to God!
-Students will research constellations this week.
MATH:
-Mental Math on their dry erase boards
-discussed the steps to solving story problems
-discussed equivalent fractions
-discussed unit measurement conversions
-practices various problems
-**If your student is interested in Math League, contact the Lo family. The first practice is this coming Monday. Info is on Facebook.
Great job parents and students! Whew! We made it 4 weeks! I am really enjoying my time with your kids. They all have such positive attitudes in class all day long. They have great ideas and insights as they take in this information and integrate it. I also enjoy seeing their silly sides come out more and more.
Feel free to contact me with any questions/feedback.
Have a great week,
Corey
Showing posts with label Challenge A. Show all posts
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Thursday, September 22, 2016
Friday, September 9, 2016
Challenge A Week 2
Challenge A Week 2!
Again, the students amazed us this week. Each student came prepared for their presentation and confidently spoke with clarity. They far exceeded my expectation for the first week of presentations.
Here is a recap of class today:
**Students started Semester 1 individual sticker charts today. During class, they will earn stickers to add to their chart. The stickers will serve as their currency in a prize auction we will hold on Week 14 or 15. If a student loses their sticker chart, they forfeit that $$. (The theme is ownership, right?)
Devotions:
-Defined and discussed the word REDEMPTION and being REDEEMED, Galatians 3:13
-1 Corinthians 6:20 and 7:23 show being 'bought with a price'
-Book of Ruth shows the doctrine of the kinsmen redeemer as shown in Leviticus 25:23-28,47
-Why do we need redemption? discussed 'wages of sin is death' and the 2nd death in Revelation 20
-Read through Ephesians 1 and focused on verse 14
Expo and Comp (LTW)
-Defined Thesis and learned how to write their Thesis.
-They pick a side from their ANI chart and select 3 proofs.
-Discussed the Rudimentary Outline which will be due next week.
Rhetoric
-Critically discussed Chapter 1 and practiced catechism questions 1-3. Will learn 4-6 this week.
-Students should fill out summary sheets and bring them to class. A template can be printed out from page 123 in the Challenge A guide.
-Discussed why God told Abraham about the number of the stars and reviewed Genesis 15.
-Encouraged the students to always be "positive toward God, negative toward man" meaning that we believe God's Word and are critical of whatever man says, even if they are "experts in their field".
-The end of the chapter mentioned a couple things that even Christians can't know, but asked the students if they can know those things.
-Talked about dating with Bible genealogies, Usher's chronology was mentioned.
-Romans 1:27
Research (Science)
-Their presentations were AMAZING! Everyone did a great job!!! Each student should be proud!
-The time spent on (1) the research paper and (2) preparing for the presentation needs to be balanced. Some students might want to try writing a shorter research paper and spend more time working on cue cards and practicing their presentation. Narrowing the topic can help with this. Several students were out of town or ill this last week. We understand life happens and parents are the teachers and set the expectations.
-We played STUMP. Students take notes on their classmates' presentations and try to stump each other with facts.
-Next weeks topic: Rocks.
Latin
-Introduced 2nd Declension Masculine and Neuter.
-Students need to be memorizing the declensions!
-We played translation games for practice. Most students knew the basic English word, but were struggling to come up with the correct translation because they didn't know the correct declension, case, and sing/plural.
-In Henle Latin, God is always singular.
-Even though it is difficult, most students said that they really like Latin, which is great!
Geography
-Their drawing skills have really improved since last week.
-Provinces, territories, and capitals are supposed to be memorized. We played a nerf game to practice these. Most students still need improvement in this area (the memorization, not their nerf skills, lol). Parents may want to quiz their student on them this week.
-This week, students should also focus on learning the 'Bodies of Water' and 'Features' that are found on page 140 in the guide.
-Keep learning the geography terms. Students should know Altitude through Branch for next week. Soon we will be playing Pictionary to practice them. These terms can be a springboard for dialectic discussion. We pondered the difference between lake and basin, altitude and elevation, etc.
Math
-Discussed place value into the trillions using our national debt as the example. It was a fun conversation that we, unfortunately, had to keep short due to time. The students were familiar with personal debt, but were curious what national debt is. It demonstrated why it is important to learn about these large numbers. We watched it grow by looking at it online in real time. You may want to continue this discussion at home.
-We played a fun game practicing place value.
-Introduced factors. Discussed terms: factors, common factors, (GCF) Greatest Common Factors.
-Suggest that students memorize the Test for Divisibility section that is on page 35 in Saxon 8/7.
-Discussed 3 dimensional world: Space (length x width x depth) , and 2 dimensional world: Plane (length x width with no depth).
-defined and demonstrated terms: point, line, segment, ray.
-Dialectic discussion on how those geometric terms represent life...which one could represent God, creation, man, animals, etc.?
What a great day! We are so privileged to be learning alongside your kids. We could not stop talking about how BLOWN AWAY we were by their presentations today! ...and it was their first week doing them...Wow!
See you next week!
Corey
Again, the students amazed us this week. Each student came prepared for their presentation and confidently spoke with clarity. They far exceeded my expectation for the first week of presentations.
Here is a recap of class today:
**Students started Semester 1 individual sticker charts today. During class, they will earn stickers to add to their chart. The stickers will serve as their currency in a prize auction we will hold on Week 14 or 15. If a student loses their sticker chart, they forfeit that $$. (The theme is ownership, right?)
Devotions:
-Defined and discussed the word REDEMPTION and being REDEEMED, Galatians 3:13
-1 Corinthians 6:20 and 7:23 show being 'bought with a price'
-Book of Ruth shows the doctrine of the kinsmen redeemer as shown in Leviticus 25:23-28,47
-Why do we need redemption? discussed 'wages of sin is death' and the 2nd death in Revelation 20
-Read through Ephesians 1 and focused on verse 14
Expo and Comp (LTW)
-Defined Thesis and learned how to write their Thesis.
-They pick a side from their ANI chart and select 3 proofs.
-Discussed the Rudimentary Outline which will be due next week.
Rhetoric
-Critically discussed Chapter 1 and practiced catechism questions 1-3. Will learn 4-6 this week.
-Students should fill out summary sheets and bring them to class. A template can be printed out from page 123 in the Challenge A guide.
-Discussed why God told Abraham about the number of the stars and reviewed Genesis 15.
-Encouraged the students to always be "positive toward God, negative toward man" meaning that we believe God's Word and are critical of whatever man says, even if they are "experts in their field".
-The end of the chapter mentioned a couple things that even Christians can't know, but asked the students if they can know those things.
-Talked about dating with Bible genealogies, Usher's chronology was mentioned.
-Romans 1:27
Research (Science)
-Their presentations were AMAZING! Everyone did a great job!!! Each student should be proud!
-The time spent on (1) the research paper and (2) preparing for the presentation needs to be balanced. Some students might want to try writing a shorter research paper and spend more time working on cue cards and practicing their presentation. Narrowing the topic can help with this. Several students were out of town or ill this last week. We understand life happens and parents are the teachers and set the expectations.
-We played STUMP. Students take notes on their classmates' presentations and try to stump each other with facts.
-Next weeks topic: Rocks.
Latin
-Introduced 2nd Declension Masculine and Neuter.
-Students need to be memorizing the declensions!
-We played translation games for practice. Most students knew the basic English word, but were struggling to come up with the correct translation because they didn't know the correct declension, case, and sing/plural.
-In Henle Latin, God is always singular.
-Even though it is difficult, most students said that they really like Latin, which is great!
Geography
-Their drawing skills have really improved since last week.
-Provinces, territories, and capitals are supposed to be memorized. We played a nerf game to practice these. Most students still need improvement in this area (the memorization, not their nerf skills, lol). Parents may want to quiz their student on them this week.
-This week, students should also focus on learning the 'Bodies of Water' and 'Features' that are found on page 140 in the guide.
-Keep learning the geography terms. Students should know Altitude through Branch for next week. Soon we will be playing Pictionary to practice them. These terms can be a springboard for dialectic discussion. We pondered the difference between lake and basin, altitude and elevation, etc.
Math
-Discussed place value into the trillions using our national debt as the example. It was a fun conversation that we, unfortunately, had to keep short due to time. The students were familiar with personal debt, but were curious what national debt is. It demonstrated why it is important to learn about these large numbers. We watched it grow by looking at it online in real time. You may want to continue this discussion at home.
-We played a fun game practicing place value.
-Introduced factors. Discussed terms: factors, common factors, (GCF) Greatest Common Factors.
-Suggest that students memorize the Test for Divisibility section that is on page 35 in Saxon 8/7.
-Discussed 3 dimensional world: Space (length x width x depth) , and 2 dimensional world: Plane (length x width with no depth).
-defined and demonstrated terms: point, line, segment, ray.
-Dialectic discussion on how those geometric terms represent life...which one could represent God, creation, man, animals, etc.?
What a great day! We are so privileged to be learning alongside your kids. We could not stop talking about how BLOWN AWAY we were by their presentations today! ...and it was their first week doing them...Wow!
See you next week!
Corey
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