Week 6

I cannot believe I just named this post week 6!! Where does the time go?!?!

I want to thank everyone for their prayers.  They are SO coveted right now.  I know God has a plan for the car situation and cannot wait to tell you His answer :) I am so grateful tonight for a God that is bigger then any car situation on this Earth. AMEN!

Thank you Brandon for bringing in snacks! Anyone want next week? A reminder that week 8 will be PJ Day!  (Thank God the car did not break down on that day LOL)

Algebra 1: We went over at a very accelerated pace.  Everyone seemed to grasp the concepts quite well.  I reminded them that on Fridays between the hours of 3pm and 4pm I am on site at the Kernersville campus for help or any questions.  They are also welcome to email or call with any questions :)
Homework: Lessons #20 - #24

Rhetoric: We were so involved with our conversation on carbon dating, that we never made it to the catechism questions game!  Not to fear, know those questions for next week!
Homework: Chapter 6 in both books (with study guide pages), add questions #16 - #18

Science: The pictures are so hard to choose between in our art contest!  I truly loved each of them for different reasons. Art contest continues on to next week, i imagine next week will be just as hard :)
Homework: Mollusks!  (please no shellfish in real life, Ms. Bonnie is allergic:)

Geography: These guys did an awesome job on their Canada quizzes.  They should be in their bags so check them out.  I tried to reassure them that this was probably the hardest test coming up and it gets easier as we go along.  We also played a game of "Who Wants to be a Hypothetical Millionaire?"
Homework:  To continue to study for our test next week.  Central America and company :)

Literature: Here is where we stray a bit from the guide this week.  First, you are more then welcome to just do lesson 13 in the BBW lesson OR your student can have a little more freedom this week.  Whichever path they choose, I forgot to copy off the checksheet for them.  If you could please provide them with a copy of page 49, that would be great.  The "freedom option" is to use the note outline I gave them and using their favorite novel (or series of novels) fill it out.  Now this is NOT a book report.  I do not want their opinion of the book.  I am looking for a theme and three examples from their book to support that theme.  We did a sample outline in class.  There is a lot of freedom to this one, so don't worry about if you are doing it right or wrong.  We have such a class of talented writers, I wanted to encourage them with some choice :)
Homework: Write 3 paragraphs from Note Outline or Lesson 13

Latin: We are all starting to really understand and it is exciting!!!  I encouraged everyone to really work on vocabulary this week.  It is a lot easier to parse when we know the meaning of the words :)
Homework: Complete pages 62 - 70 in our workbooks.  Drill, drill, then drill again the vocabulary.