Monday

After a very busy weekend, we got off to a great start a for the new week:

• Religion: We completed Lesson 20 and will go on to Lesson 22 (we did 21 last week). We are discussing the concept of "hypocrite" based on Jesus' teachings with the Pharisees.
• Language Arts: We covered DOL 76 (quotes within a quote) and the new spelling words. The students are to use each of the spelling words in a sentence for tomorrow. More than one spelling word can be used in one sentence.
• General Math: p. 187; 44-69

Have a great day!

The Persuasive Essays, Book Reports, and the Blog writing should be evaluated by the end of next weekend. Thanks for your patience.

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Here is a recap of today and assignments:

• Religion: We completed Lesson 21; Memory Test on Thursday
• Language Arts: DOL; Blog Fix -- We enabled comment moderation on our blogs so that we have better control of comments on our blogs
• General Math: p. 185; 14-27

Remeber...NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY!

Monday, January 23, 2006

Here is today's work:

• Religion: We completed the first part of Lesson 21 in class in small groups. Our discussion centered around the fact that "Jesus Cares For You".
• Language Arts: DOL; Spelling Unit 7; Due tomorrow--Complete the Sentence (Spelling); We will be doing an introduction to "The Giver" tomorrow as well.
• General Math: Lesson 4.3; p. 181; 12-22, 29-31

We have started electives this week. Check with your student as to which elective they are in right now. Remember -- NO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY!

Friday, January 20

Some notes about today:

• Religion: We had a "Pop" talk discussion today. Ask your student what the conversations encompassed. I had a blast as this gives me insights into what is going through the mind of an 8th grader. Very cool.
• Language Arts: After DOL, the students received "The Giver". This will be our next novel that we cover in Langauge. The students then had the opportunity to work on their blog assignment for Monday.
  
• General Math: No Homework; Accelerated Math.

Thanks for everyone's prompt attention to the Persuasive Essay assignment. Nice work. Today marks the end of the 2nd quarter and the end of the 1st semester. Can you believe we have reached the halfway mark for the year? Report Cards will come home on Thursday.

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Wednesday, January 18

Here is a recap of today and assignments:

• Religion: We finished Lesson 19 today. Tomorrow is chapel.
• Language Arts: DOL; Final Q & A regarding the Persuasive Essay; Introduction to "The Giver"; Assignment -- Persuasive Essay is due to Turnitin.com tonight.
• General Math: We are reviewing how to solve two step equations. Homework -- Worksheet reviewing section 4.2.

Let me know if you have any questions. Remember, the end of the quarter is this Friday.

Have a great evening!

Wednesday, January 4, 2006

Here are today's assignments:

• Religion: None -- Chapel
• Language Arts: U. 5 Spelling -- Antonyms and Synonymns worksheet due on Friday; Brainstorming for a Persuasive Essay topic notes are due on Friday. Students should have a list of ten potential topics. They will then narrow that list to five. We will be doing some additional work on this in class tomorrow.
• General Math: Lsn 4.1 p. 172-173 -- #7-#15; #21-#22

Have a great evening and enjoy the Rose Bowl!