Week 9: Short Week

Due to our short week, our bloggers just had a short chance to share:

From Noah F. and Leah:

This week we learned the helping verb song. Also in English we are trying to write two paragraphs 
on what we would do if we had a limousine for 24hrs with a friend in our note book.

From Mrs. R - Current Units:

Literature:  We completed our unit on Fiction/Nonfiction with a look at author's perspective, 
tone, inferences and symbolism.  We read a character sketch of Mark Twain written by his 
13-year-old daughter, Susy.  This will lead into writing our own character sketches as we have finished viewing Twain's  The Prince and the Pauper.  (The kids loved this old 
black and white film!)

S.S.   We are exploring thematic maps and using global information systems which involve layering thematic maps to find information about physical features, climate, vegetation and 
how they affect population and economic activity.  Focus: US and CANADA world region.

TMath -  Tested on decimals and decimal operations this week.  Now we are using fact families 
to understand how to use inverse operations to solve for a variable.  We have LOTS of math 
vocabulary to learn!

GMath - Working on Chapter 2 solving 1 step algebraic equations with an emphasis on how 
to take a word problem and write an equation that follows the story plot. 
Religion: We start the Reformation on Monday. If you have never heard Luther's famous hymn, 
A Mighty Fortress, be sure to listen. It will help the students learn the words for memory work.

With lyrics
Organ composition - for your listening enjoyment



Enjoy your long weekend!  I look forward to much learning and fellowship with Lutheran teachers from around the U.S. and several other countries over the next few days.

RED RIBBON WEEK  in 3 weeks!! -  Oct. 21-25

STUCO sponsors a Drug Education Awareness week at the end of the month.  In addition to teaching our students about living a healthy lifestyle and the dangers of drugs - we celebrate with special dress days:

Monday 10/21 : Think about your future…don’t do drugs!

(Dress like your dream job.  Regular dress bottoms)

Tuesday 10/22:  CELEBRATE our Positive Choices! Holiday day

(dress like your favorite holiday.  Regular dress bottoms)

Wednesday:  Make SUPER choices!

(Wear a superhero shirt.  Regular dress bottoms)

On Wednesday, October 23 we will be having a special offering collection of super hero items to honor Drew Albrittons' 10th birthday.  Drew was a preschooler here at Zion who bravely fought cancer and now is with the biggest superhero of all, Jesus! 

Thursday:  Be WILD about being drug free!

(Dress as your favorite animal. Regular dress bottoms)

Friday:  Bobcat nation pledges to be healthy!

(Spirit shirt and jeans)

Please bring your superhero items to chapel on Wednesday, October 23.  Action figures, costumes, toys, movies, backpacks, Lego sets, video games, shirts, or any items with a super hero theme are all welcome. 

Using map layering to learn about our first World Geography Region - Canada and the U.S.

Deciding between different thematic maps to locate information