Physics February 29 - March 4, 2016

We will continue learning about the physics of light and sound (now that we know all about waves and electromagnetic radiation!) and experiment with prisms and tuning forks.  Remember that you will take a test on Friday about "waves"- you already have the study sheet.

Math for Week of February 29- March 4, 2016

Monday- Study Guide

Tuesday- Test

Wednesday- Go over test and do test corrections

Thursday and Friday- Section 8.1 GCF  (Greatest Common Factor) and Equivalent Fractions

Bible ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 29 - March 4, 2016

As we have begun our study on 1 & 2 Thessalonians, we will continue broadening our understanding of these epistles, over the next couple of weeks, by focusing on:

• Biblical/Historical Overview (Theme/Purpose of epistles)
  

• Geographical Overview (Paul’s 2^nd missionary journey)

• Scriptural Overview (1 Thessalonians 1)
  

ELA ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 29 - March 4, 2016

Grammar   

This week we will continue to work with adverbs and adjectives becoming weak modifiers.  Each student will replace weak modifiers with strong and specific vocabulary words.  We will continue our group discussion about weak modifiers not providing useful information and becoming confusing and open to interpretation. 

Composition
Each student chose a type of essay (narrative, expository, persuasive, descriptive) and will be completing the essay this week.  Then they will be reading over what they wrote and editing it before submitting their final essay.  

Bible ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 22 - 26, 2016

This week we will continue our study on Paul's letters to the early church.  Our new unit will focus on 1 & 2 Thessalonians.  Since each chapter of 1 Thessalonians contains a reference to Christ's second coming/return, our key Scripture verse will be:

1 Thessalonians 1:10 (New Living Translation)
    'And they speak of how you are looking forward to the coming of God's Son from
     heaven-Jesus, whom God raised from the dead.'  (Please memorize)

ELA ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 22 -26, 2016

This week we will finish working on our verbisections exercise.  We have been working with verbs and making observations about how the verb is used in the sentence.  Later in the week, we will begin to work with adverbs and adjectives.  Each student will construct a short essay and monitor if they are using weak modifiers such as very, long, little, slowly, greatly, etc.  These weak modifiers do not provide useful information and can be confusing and open to interpretation.  When using modifiers, each student needs to ask himself/herself if you are using too many. With this essay, each student will be encouraged to use strong and specific vocabulary. 

Math for Week of February 22- 26, 2016

Monday and Tuesday- Section 7.4 Square Roots

Wednesday and Thursday- Section 7.5 Unique Prime Factorization

Friday- Create a Study Guide for Section 7

Physics February 15 - 19, 2016

This week we will learn about waves (energy transport system) so first we will need to define some important terms:
wave
oscillate
amplitude
compression
crest
trough
electromagnetic waves
frequency
longitudinal wave
mechanical wave
medium
transverse wave
wavelength
hertz
vacuum

Students need to come to class prepared - notebook, pencil, and homework!!

Bible ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 16 - 19, 2016

Fruit Of The Spirit Project

       This week we will finalize our Fruit of the Spirit class presentations and study.  The following week we will begin our Unit 5 study of Paul's epistles to the church in Thessalonica (1 & 2 Thessalonians).  I am looking forward to our upcoming study.

       Thoughtfully,

        Ms. Kirk

ELA ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 16- 19, 2016

This week we will be continue to study and discuss parallel verb tense.  We will work together to understand the importance of parallel structures in writing or speech.  The students will work on a writing project that will focus around using parallelism to maintain consistency and create a balanced flow of ideas.  

Math for Week of February 15-19, 2016

Monday- No School

Tuesday and Wednesday- Section 7.3 Exponents and Order of Operations

Thursday and Friday- Section 7.4 Square Numbers and Square Roots

Physics February 8 - 12, 2016

 This week we will complete lessons on electrical energy and chemical energy.  We have one more experiment to conduct - an electromagnet.

Monday you will complete your diagram of a battery.

We will decide on the vocabulary terms to be tested on Friday, February 12.

Math Week of February 8-12, 2016

Monday and Tuesday- Lesson 7.1 Divisibility, Factors and Multiples

Wednesday and Thursday and Friday- Lesson 7.2 Prime and Composite Numbers

Bible ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 8 - 12, 2016

Fruit Of The Spirit Project

        1.  Research Paper & Presentation - Due Monday, February 8, 2016

        2.  Class Presentation - Presentations February 8-12, 2016

•   Review grading rubric for class presentation

       Thoughtfully,

        Ms. Kirk

ELA ~ Ms. Kirk ~ February 8 -12, 2016

This week we will be studying and discussing the three moods tenses can appear in:

 indicative, imperative and subjunctive.

We will talk about how the mood shows the writer’s attitude toward what she/he is saying. Each student will construct several sentences that use each of these moods.  

 

Later in the week, the students will learn how mood is only one of many verb properties.  

We will go over tense, aspect and voice.

Physics February 1-5, 2016

This week we are learning about batteries - how do they work? What is necessary for the electricity to be generated?  We plan to create several batteries, such as a lemon battery and a potato battery.