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 have the study sheet already.

Math for Week of February 29- March 4, 2016

Monday- Section 5-7 Describing Number Patterns

Tuesday- Study Guide

Wednesday- Test

Thursday- Go over test and do test corrections

Friday- Labriyth

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 5-5 Direct Variation

Wednesday and Thursday- Section 5-6 Inverse Variation

Friday- Section 5-7 Describing Number Patterns