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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

February 28, 2006

Today in 8th Grade
  • Religion: We finished Lesson 27. "A Blind Man Sees". No Homework. Chapel Tomorrow
  • Language Arts: Remember, Book Reports are due on Thursday. DOL 92; "The Giver" -- We started the final proejct for "The Giver" today. This is a group project that is designed to be completed in class. See Edline for details (The Perfect World)
  • General Math: p. 236-237; 15-30; 55-57
Have a great evening!

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Monday, February 27, 2006

February 27, 2006

Rain, rain....

Here's what happened today:
  • Religion: Short discussion about Physical and Spiritual Blindness. Lesson 27 for homework.
  • Language Arts: DOL; Spelling Unit 11; The students received the words in class. They are also available on Edline.
  • General Math: Lowest Common Multiples -- p. 231-232; Various problems
Have a great, "wet" evening!

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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

February 22, 2006

Today in Room 64:
  • Religion: Completed discussion on Lesson 26; (Servanthood)
  • Language Arts: Work period on Creative Writing assignment.
  • General Math: p. 223-224 -- 54-57; 62-65; 73-75; 77-78; 82-88
Have a great evening!

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

February 21, 2006

Updates:

Today in class each 8th grade received instruction about how to log on to Edline (www.edline.org) in order to see their class information. This includes detailed Weekly Progress Reports for each class and key assignments. The parent should have received a letter in today's family envelope explaining the process and how to log on.

  • Religion: Lesson 26 discussion. No assignment
  • Language Arts: Edline instruction; We will work in class on the Creative Writing assignment -- "Thrill Rides". Also, due is the vocab for "The Giver" (Ch. 16-19).
  • General Math -- Chapter Five; p. 223 -- 28-31; 38-41; 46-49; 70-72
Have a great week!
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Monday, February 06, 2006

Monday, February 6

Here are today's assignments:
  • Religion: We completed Lesson 23 in class. Lesson 24, Marriage and Children, begins tomorrow.
  • Language Arts: DOL #81, STAR Reading Assessment, Spelling, Unit 9 -- Write a sentence for each spelling word for tomorrow, "The Giver" Vocab for Chapters 6-10 due tomorrow.
  • General Math: We are working on Accelerated Math for the next few days.
Have a great week!

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