Week 15: Advent begins!

 

December 4, 2020-Austin and Olivia

 

Burrrr....it was a really cold week this week!  We even had a few flurries.  

All of us presented an environmental presentation in social studies, and we 

learned about passive, aggressive, and assertive behavior in Second Steps.  

We are in the Advent season, so the wreath and devotion books are out!  

Everybody finished their cell project for science and they all look fantastic! 

We ended with art on Friday.  It was a great end to a great week!

Click the link to Mrs. Donner's blog at the right for cell photos!! 

 

 

Religion: We started exploring Jesus's life and focusing on his temptation by the devil and learning more about the disciples. We have been comparing these events in Jesus's life with our own experiences! We have also been watching the Matthew account of Jesus's life with The Visual Bible: Matthew.  

See the Religion tab above for the unit overview.

 

English: Adjectives! 

Science: More about Cells! We built our cells in class this week too!

T-Math Divisibilty and Exponents

G-Math GCF, LCM, and the Distributive Property

 Literature: Among the Hidden novel study

 

WHAT IF...

...the government could force you to sell land?

...we had laws on what you could grow on your farm? or that said NO PETS ALLOWED?

...your family was limited to one or two children?

Would you exist?

I hope talks about our Literature novel have popped up in your family conversations.  Students began the novel, Among the Hidden by Margaret Petersen Haddix, and I have to put a STOP sign in the novels to get them to put it down.  Through the novel we discuss literary elements like characterization and conflict, but also propaganda, morals, and faith.  It also coordinates with our new S.S. unit on Urban Sprawl in which students are taking on the roles of local citizen activist groups to debate how best to plan a city for population growth.  Ask your child about it!

 

Christmas Spirit week coming Dec 14-18!!

 and finally....

Mrs. Crenshaw has been working with 7th and 8th grade students on Passion 

projects. Students pick something they are passionate about and design, create,

and follow through on it. Two of our 8th grade boys have been working on learning

video and editing with the desire to create a comedy show bringing joy to people. 

Here is a quick peek at their work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib-mLVvgI3M