September 22-25

Happy Week Everyone!

We are still doing the ITBS testing this week and should hopefully finish by the end of the week. Students have a memory verse this week (Psalm 100:1-5) Students may use the version from the textbook or the King James Version of the text.

Don't Forget: Home and School Association will have its first meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. Please come out and support the school by sharing your ideas and enthusiasm.

In Science, students have a project on either a plant or an animal cell. He or she must create only one of three displays: a Power Point, a full color poster, or a 3-D model of either type of cell. Students must identify the parts of the cell and the purpose for each cell part. All presentations are due on Monday,  September 29, 2014. Please remember to cite your sources for pictures and information (tell us where you found your information). Also remember to put all the information in your own words. Do NOT cut and paste information please! Look below for examples of projects and videos with more information that may be useful to you.

http://doginstructions.com/science-teaching-on-pinterest-25-pins.html/animal-cell-project-dscience-teaching-on-pinterest-pins-oudabu 

http://doginstructions.com/animal-cell-project-labeled-we-havent-done-a-fun-project.html

September 15-19, 2014

I hope everyone has had a good week so far. We have been doing ITBS testing this week. Students have been working hard and giving their best efforts. We will complete testing next week, so please continue to help your students get a good night's rest. Please remember to avoid unhealthy snacks and meals. We ask that you serve minimally processed snacks and foods with low sugar. Have a wonderful weekend!

Homework for September 8-13, 2014

Monday:  Bible--DALD #2 (Will give handout Tuesday). 

Science--Read Chapter 1 Lesson 1 p 16-22 on living things and define highlighted vocabulary words: organism, cell, unicellular, multicellular, reproduction, stimulus. Extra Credit: Find pill bugs (rollie pollie bugs) for tomorrow's science experiment! 

Handwriting: Lesson 3 (5th/6th) Days 1-4 Due Friday. 

Spelling-Word work (5th-6th) All work due on Friday. Monday's work: Write words 5 times each: lease, least, angel, angle, alien, align, country, county, personal, personnel, breathe, breadth, beliefs, believes, envelope, envelop, athlete, athletic, cooperate, corporate. Challenge words: clarification, elaborate, negativity, positivity, productive, 

Tuesday: SS--  Chapter 1: Read Chapter 1 about the United States and  define a democratic republic, Interview family members to discover what ethnicity you have in your family background. 

Spelling: Define Spelling Words 

* Study for quiz in Spanish tomorrow. 

Wednesday: Art (all grades)-- Skechbook-- Create a positive and negative space drawing using your sketchbook  and any color marker, colored pencil, or crayon. will try to post the day's videos on the blog Wednesday.
Spanish-- Study your Spanish  greetings (Como estas?  Como te llamas? etc) (Familiarize yourselves with the story of the trash p7-8.
Science-- Spelling: Use spelling words in a sentence

Thursday: Bible--review Memory Verse for test on Friday. Make a list of people we would like to bring joy to for Friday's joy note activity. Spelling--Pretest (parents call out words and initial at end of test).

Friday: Science--Remember cell poster projects are due for groups. Have a great weekend!