Saturday, January 16, 2016

Week of January 18- 22, 2016

This week in Math we will on

Monday- Holiday

Tuesday- Complete a Study Guide for Chapter 3

Wednesday- Take a Test on Chapter 3

Thursday- Go over test and do test corrections

Friday- Lesson 4-1 Inequalities and Their Graphs


Inequalities and Their Graphs

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Physics January 11-15, 2016

This week we will learn about electrical energy and experiment with static electricity (so much fun!!)
On Friday you will have a vocabulary quiz:
1.   thermal energy
2.   heat
3.   temperature
4.   Celsius
5.   Fahrenheit
6.   boiling point
7.   melting point
8.   freezing point
9.   conduction
10.  convection
11.  radiation
12.  absolute zero

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Bible Class - Ms. Kirk - January 11 - 15, 2016

Epistle to the Galatians

As we continue our study in the Book of Galatians, we will finish our chart on the false teaching of the gospel by the Judaizers and Paul's defense of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Unit 4 Quiz - Friday, January 15, 2016
The following is what you will need to know for the quiz:

1.  Fill in Chart:    Judaizers and 'Another Gospel'
                              Paul's Defense of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

2.  Key Verse:      Be sure to have this memorized -
                             Galatians 2:16 - ". . . a person is not justified by the works of the law, but through
                                                         faith in Jesus Christ. . ."

3.  Five (5) additional FILL IN questions related to our Galatians study


School Happenings  

January 18   Monday          Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr. - Building Closed

January 22   Friday             Donuts for Dad - 7:30am - 8:30am

January 29  Friday              100th Day of School

February 5  Friday           'Knight in New Orleans' Gala - SAVE THE DATE! ! !   


CCS Gala Basket Contribution

Remember:    Homeroom  6th - 8th grades

                       Our Theme Basket . . . Sports and Art
                       Bring an item(s) that relate to the 'Sports and Art' theme.
                       Parents Plus will put all these items in our basket and auction it off at our
                       CCS 'Knight in New Orleans' Gala on Friday, February 5

ELA - Ms. Kirk - January 11 - 15, 2016

 
 

Monday we will be reviewing the adjective, noun and verb exercise we completed on Friday .  We will be discussing the words we identified in this exercise and talking about their meaning, part of speech, and etymology.  The rest of the week we will focus in depth on adverbs in our grammar study and writing.  We will construct and write an essay that will focus on the important functions of an adverb, use strong adverbs and avoid overuse of specific adverbs. 

Math for Week of January 11-15, 2016

In Math this week we will on:

Monday and Tuesday- Section 3-7 Percent of Change

Wednesday and Thursday- Section 3-8 Finding and Estimating Square Roots

Friday- Section 3-9 The Pythagorean Theorem

Percent of Change


Square Roots

Pythagorean Theorem


Saturday, January 2, 2016

Keeping In Touch - January 4 - 8, 2016

As we return to school on Monday, January 4, we begin a:

  • New Year . . . 2016
  • New Spring Semester
  • New Bible Class Study Unit 4 

We will review over the work we have done on regular and irregular verbs.  Continuing to work on the eight observations (nine in some cases) of verbs:  
                           1.  regular or irregular
                           2. Action, linking or being
                          3.  Tense
                         4.  Person
                        5.  Number
                        6.  Mood
                        7.  Transitive or intransitive
                       8.  Voice  
  
We will be focusing on our four level analysis and working on punctuation at each level.  

During our Fall semester, we studied Paul's missionary journeys. For our Spring semester, we will be looking at several of the epistles (letters) the Apostle Paul wrote to the early churches.  Each epistle has a distinct focus.  During the month of January, our attention will be centered on the epistle or letter to the Galatians.

School Happenings  

January 4     Monday          Return to School - Spring Semester begins

January 6    Wednesday      Epiphany

January 18   Monday          Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 22   Friday             Donuts for Dad - 7:30am - 8:30am

January 29  Friday              100th Day of School

February 5  Friday           'Knight in New Orleans' Gala - SAVE THE DATE! ! !   


CCS Gala Basket Contribution

Remember:    Homeroom  6th - 8th grades

                       Our Theme Basket . . . Sports and Art
                       Bring an item(s) that relate to the 'Sports and Art' theme.
                       Parents Plus will put all these items in our basket and auction it off at our
                       CCS 'Knight in New Orleans' Gala on Friday, February 5.
 

Friday, January 1, 2016

Math for Week of January 4-8, 2016

In Math this week we will on

Monday and Tuesday- use Pythagorean Theorem to solve problems.

Wednesday- Complete a Study Guide for Chapter 3.

Thursday- Take Chapter 3 Test.

Friday- Go over Chapter 3 Test.

Pythagorean Theorem