Wednesday, May 27, 2009

LA - Return any books that you borrowed from Mrs. Z.  Turn in your "Write On!" form.  Many students need to bring in their Wadjet Eye book too.

No am busing tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

LA- Edit your research paper using the grading grid.  Look over moodle questions for the Wadjet Eye test tomorrow.  Return any books you borrowed from Mrs. Z's room.

6A Bible Memory - Many of you need to study all six verses tonight for the quiz tomorrow.

Friday, May 22, 2009

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games.

Math - We have been working on solving equations to get ready for next year.  There is a worksheet we started that is not homework, and we will finish up on Tuesday.

Science - We finished the unit on plants with a quiz today.  To finish up the year, we will be spending time on reviewing and connecting some key themes from the year.  

LA - Next week we will have a parts of speech quiz on Tuesday. (You do not have study over Memorial Day weekend if you made a good helper sheet in class.)  We will have The Wadjet Eye test on Wednesday.  We will do a final edit on our research papers and print them on Wednesday. Possible homework is to read and moodle Chapter 25 of The Wadjet Eye.

SS: We are finishing up the last lessons on Rome. Next week the groups doing chapters 33-34 will present on Tuesday and chapters 35 and 37 will present on Wednesday. The kids did their last D.O.G. quiz today.

Bible: The kids have their scripts for the faith stories. It would be great if the kids could all have these recorded by Tuesday.  The goal is to get pictures on the stories on Tuesday and then finish them up on Wednesday. The kids have done a good job of putting together their stories. Their voices come through in their writing.

Memory Work: Many of the kids tried to finish off the verses today. Some will need to write it again next week if they did not do well.

Class Trip: Emails have been sent out to confirm parent participation on the class trip. We hope we have caught everyone who volunteered. If we missed you, check with us to see if we are on the same page.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Science - Study for Quiz tomorrow 

LA- Read and moodle Chapters 23 and 24.  Write the conclusion paragraph of the research paper.  (Remember, it begins with your thesis statement.) Vocabulary quiz tomorrow- matching.

Bible: 6B and 6C can start recording their stories in either iMovie or Audacity. 6A didn't get their papers back. We will record in class tomorrow. The kids should find some pictures that go along with some of the topics in their story such as: likes, hobbies, important people, places they have been. These work best if in digital format. If you can scan photos at home, that will help immensely. If not, send in the photos and we will make it work here.

SS: D.O.G. quiz tomorrow.

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games. 

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Bible: Most kids had rough drafts finished, a few need to finish tonight. Some were working to elaborate a bit on topics rather than just answering a question. Some of the kids were working on recording their scripts earlier today. The kids should find some pictures that go along with some of the topics in their story such as: likes, hobbies, important people, places they have been. These work best if in digital format. If you can scan photos at home, that will help immensely. If not, send in the photos and we will make it work here.

SS: D.O.G. quiz on Friday.

Bible Memory: The kids in both 6A and 6B have been encouraged to try to learn the last two passages so they are able to write them both on Friday and be finished for the year. If they can only learn Acts 2:44-45 for this week, that will leave the last passage to learn by Wednesday next week. It would be great to have all of them finished this week.

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games. 

Class Trip: Almost all forms are in. Thanks. We will make contacts with those who have volunteered either with boats or just to come along and let you know what we are planning on. The warmer weather we are having is good for getting the Gun Lake temperature up.

LA - Read and moodle chapter 21 and 22.  Finish the what we can do paragraph.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Bible: Rough draft of digital faith story is due tomorrow. This can be very rough. We will be working in class to begin to edit in order that their stories flow better.

LA- Read and moodle Chapter 19 and 20.  Write a topic sentence for the "What we can do about it" paragraph.  Study vocabulary words.

Math - Finish Island side of Math worksheet for tomorrow.

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games. 

Monday, May 18, 2009

Bible: Complete the information about yourself for your digital story. If you want to start finding digital photos or pictures that need to be scanned, that would be fine too. Remember, you should have between 10-20 pictures. Your pictures will be used to support the story that we will work on writing tomorrow. That's  why you have to have your planning finished.

SS: Final D.O.G. quiz on Friday.

LA- Read and moodle chapter 17 and 18 of The Wadjet Eye.  Write paragraph three of your research paper - effects. 

Math - Finish Percent Activity for Wed.

Science - Finish Flower Investigation Report for Tuesday

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games.

Friday, May 15, 2009

LA- Homework for Monday is to read and moodle chapter 15 and 16 of The Wadjet Eye and to finish writing the second paragraph (pink=causes) of the research paper.  Next week, we will finish reading The Wadjet Eye and have ten vocabulary words to learn from the book.  We will continue trying to sort out all eight parts of speech using diagraming.  We will write the remaining paragraphs of our research paper and begin editing our whole paper. 

Bible: Teacher Maddie from the Philippines is going to be teaching a lesson on Monday. We will be doing short lessons on the book of Acts during these last two weeks. Today the kids were given a planning sheet for the digital story. This project gives the kids a chance to talk about themselves as their put together narration, music, and pictures that share information about themselves and about their faith walk. We will need your help in helping them find some pictures that can accompany their narration. More information to follow.

SS: Because we are fast approaching the end of the year and we have just a couple chapters on Rome left, the kids will be working in groups for a few days to prepare a presentation on this final material. We watched a video today to give them a good overview of this material. We will be doing D.O.G. one more week.

Memory Work: We have two passages left. Acts 2:44-45 and Acts 2:46-47. It would be good if as many kids as possible could wrap all of these up by next Friday. If they do not, they will have until the last Wednesday to get them learned.

Permission slips and $3 are due on Wednesday, May 20. We have several people who have said they will be willing to bring boats. A big thank-you. We will be contacting you along with those who have expressed a desire to accompany us on this field trip to verify this information. It may be a good time to start praying for warm, sunny weather.

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

LA - Read and moodle chapter 13 and 14 of The Wadjet Eye.  Study the ten vocabulary words. The quiz tomorrow is "write it out."

Memory Work: Due Friday. Acts 4:32, John 12:34, Romans 12:10 and Acts 2:42-43

Permission slips and $3 are due on Wednesday, May 20.

No pop or pizza this Friday since the 8th grade teachers are at camp.

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

No hot lunch on Tuesday, May 26 since the elementary has Family Group Games.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

LA- Read and moodle chapters 11 and 12.  Analogy 27 earn 6 points.

Memory Work: Due Friday. Acts 4:32, John 12:34, Romans 12:10 and Acts 2:42-43

SS: Finish up the reading and notes for Chapter 32. It would be a good idea to review what you have written and make sure it is complete. There will be a short quiz on the material tomorrow after we go over your notes in class.

Permission slips and $3 are due on Wednesday, May 20.

No pop or pizza this Friday since the 8th grade teachers are at camp.

The sixth grade class will shop at the 4th Grade Market Day on Friday, May 22 at 2:20 pm.  Your child may spend anywhere from .25 to $3.00.  Profits benefit our sister school in the Philippines.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

LA- Read and moodle chapter 9 and 10 of The Wadjet Eye.  Study vocabulary words for the quiz on Friday.

No choir concert this evening.

Permission slips and $3 due ASAP.

No pop or pizza this Friday since the 8th grade teachers are at camp.

Monday, May 11, 2009

It was great to see almost everyone back today. Good health is great blessing, as some of the kids and you parents found out last week. 

LA- Read and moodle chapter 7 and 8 of The Wadjet Eye.

Math - Test corrections are due on Wed.

Students are asked to bring tennis shoes tomorrow for the math activity

Bible: Finish the Acts 2 First person account by tomorrow.

SS: A few kids in 6A still need to complete the Geography Challenge by tomorrow.

Please pray for Mr. Matt Veenstra, our choir director.  He was in a car accident last week and crushed his knee cap.   Mr. Veenstra will be immobile (vocabulary word!) for a while so the concert for Tuesday night is cancelled.

Your child has an information sheet and permission slip about our upcoming class trip.  Please return the permission slip and money to your first block teacher.  It is also attached to this site in the handout section to the left.

There is no pizza or pop for sale this Friday since the seventh graders are at camp and the eighth grade teachers are there leading them.

Friday, May 8, 2009

LA- We will continue reading The Wadjet Eye and doing moodle questions.  We will work with quotation marks, titles, and all eight parts of speech.  We will write our research paper next week and have ten vocabulary words to learn.

Math - We finished up our last unit on fraction operations with a test today.  The next few weeks will be spent reviewing and going through material that will help them prepare for 7th grade math.

Science - We are continuing to study plant parts and how they make food.  This week we took a microscopic look at leaves and other materials.  We also build a microscopic model of the cross section of a leaf.  Next week we will learn more parts and functions.

Your child has an information sheet and permission slip about our upcoming class trip.  Please return the permission slip and money to your first block teacher.  It is also attached to this site in the handout section to the left.

If your child was sick today, please pick up his/her homework from his/her locker.

MEAP results were sent home with your child today.  Please contact a teacher if you need help reading the results.

Please pray for Mr. Matt Veenstra, our choir director.  He was in a car accident on his way to the parade yesterday.  He had surgery at Zeeland Community Hospital on his knee cap last night.  Mr. Veenstra will be immobile (vocabulary word!) for a while so the concert for Tuesday night is cancelled.

Just a heads up that there have been a lot of students out this week due to illness.  Many have been diagnosed with strep throat which begins with a fever.   

Thursday, May 7, 2009

LA- Read and moodle chapter 3 and 4 of The Wadjet Eye.  The vocabulary quiz tomorrow is matching. 

Your child has an information sheet and permission slip about our upcoming class trip.  Please return the permission slip and money to your first block teacher.  It is also attached to this site in the handout section to the left.

Our final Choir Concert of the year is Tuesday, May 12 at 7 pm at Community Reformed Church.

If your child was sick today, please pick up his/her homework from his/her locker.

MEAP results will be sent home with your child tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

LA- Read and moodle Chapter 1 and 2 of The Wadjet Eye

SS: We are working on our final lesson in our Greek study. We are learning about contributions that we have from Greek culture. The kids will finish up this lesson in class tomorrow.

Your child has an information sheet and permission slip about our upcoming class trip.  Please return the permission slip and money to your first block teacher.  It is also attached to this site in the handout section to the left.

Our final Choir Concert of the year is Tuesday, May 12 at 7 pm at Community Reformed Church.

If your child was sick today, please pick up his/her homework from his/her locker.

There is no bussing home tomorrow in the afternoon.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

LA- Finish the fill in the blanks vocabulary sheet.

Your child has an information sheet and permission slip about our upcoming class trip.  Ask them for it tonight!  It is also attached to this site in the handout section to the left.

Our final Choir Concert of the year is Tuesday, May 12 at 7 pm at Community Reformed Church.

If your child was sick today, please pick up his/her homework from his/her locker.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Social Studies: Six questions on Alexander the Great on Moodle.

Memory Work: Acts 4:32, John 12:34, and Romans 12:10

LA- Study vocabulary words

Your child has an information sheet and permission slip about our upcoming class trip.  Ask them for it tonight!  It is also attached to this site in the handout section to the left.

If your child was sick today, please pick up his/her homework from his/her locker.

 

Friday, May 1, 2009

Math - This week we closed by learning how to divide fractions and apply that to situations.  Next week we will combine all four operations in story problems and review previous skills.  There will be a test for this final unit late in the week on Thursday or Friday.  The remaining part of the year will be spent reviewing struggling areas, filling in holes to meet the standards, and getting them ready for algebra next year. 

Homework due Tuesday: P55-58 (3-20 all)

Science - We are continuing to discover more about plants and how they make food.  The students are growing a food plant, and also doing experiments on flower plants.  Next week we will be taking a closer look at the leaves of a plant under microscopes.  

Sports Physicals: May 2, 8am - 12 noon at City on a Hill

LA- On Monday, we will perform our skits for our homerooms and then we will move on to our last book of the year The Wadjet Eye by Jill Rubalcaba.  We will have ten vocabulary words from our new book.  We will finish researching our topic and begin writing our term paper next week.  We will focus on keeping all eight parts of speech straight in our heads  (and on paper) and continue working on commas.  

SS: Homework for Monday- Read about Alexander the Great in the chapter 30 handout they were given. Highlight key information. Next week we will wrap up our study of Greece and begin to cover ancient Rome which will be over the last several weeks of school.

Bible: As we study Rome during these last few weeks, in Bible class we will be looking at the book of Acts. During these study we will study the beginning and early growth of the Christian church. We will also look at how the early Christians' lives intersected with the Roman empire. By looking at the early church we will be able to continue our comparison/contrasts with the other major world religions we have looked at.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

LA- Vocabulary quiz tomorrow - write it out.  What is the word you use to remember the coordinating conjunctions?  What does each letter stand for?  How do you know when to use a ! or a , with interjections?

Math - Finish both sides of Division worksheet for friday

Science - Finish crossword puzzle for friday

SS: D.O.G. Quiz-multiple choice tomorrow

Memory Work: Acts 4:32 and John 13:34

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

LA- Study vocabulary words tonight!

Dinner with our Filipino Guests, Thursday, April 30 at 6:00  Please join the teachers from Grace Christian School for a time of food and fellowship. This is a great way for the Zeeland Christian School family to show its support and our desire to get to know our Filipino friends better. It would be wonderful to have a great turnout. We would love to have 200 or more people attend this event. This is a meal for the entire family. Please feel free to invite friends and other family members. Please call Lisa or Diane in the school office, or email zcs.info@zcs.org  and let us know how many will be attending.

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

LA- Put all ten vocabulary words and definitions in Neo-Office using a different font/size for each one.

Math - Finish both sides of the worksheet for Wednesday

SS: Do the seven multiple choice questions on chapter 27. I hope you brought your workbook home to use as a resource. I notice about 15 of them setting in the room. Also, read chapter 28. There will be no written work on that, but it is helpful for background information for the next couple chapters.

We had a great visit from Scott DeMeester, Jade's dad today. He discussed some basic of good financial practices and did a simulation with the kids on setting up a business. I

Sports Physicals:

Those interested in playing sports for Zeeland Christian next year need to get a physical in order to participate. 

Dates:  April 27, 28 from 7-9pm at Holland Chr. South Shore Middle School

             Or Saturday, May 2 from 8 am - 12 noon at City on a Hill Ministries

             (see blue note for more details, Cost $10)

Dinner with our Filipino Guests, Thursday, April 30 at 6:00  Please join the teachers from Grace Christian School for a time of food and fellowship. This is a great way for the Zeeland Christian School family to show its support and our desire to get to know our Filipino friends better. It would be wonderful to have a great turnout. We would love to have 200 or more people attend this event. This is a meal for the entire family. Please feel free to invite friends and other family members. Please call Lisa or Diane in the school office, or email zcs.info@zcs.org  and let us know how many will be attending.

Monday, April 27, 2009

LA- Ask your parents to sing "Conjunction Junction" to you, study vocabulary words, bring props for myth skit

Math - Finish "Stop and Pop" activity for Tuesday

SS: 6A-finish the notes on the Spartans and the Athenians

This week's plans for:

Memory Work: Acts 4:32 and John 13:34

Bible: The kids have finished their projects and have been viewing each other's and taking notes on the different religions. This has been a good learning experience for the kids. They have learned a lot of new material and have worked through the research process. They have been working on using a variety of sources for their information.  We will finish this short unit up this week as we complete our notes, view some video clips and then wrap up this unit.

SS: We are moving through the unit on Greece quite quickly. The kids have been learning about the Spartans and Athenians. The kids will be working through an activity for a couple days where they explore the Golden Age of Greece. Because we are trying to wrap this unit up quickly in order to be able to still learn about the ancient Romans, there will be a couple chapters that the kids will be required to read just for some background information. All of this ties in with the myths that they are reading in LA.

Tomorrow we are having a special guest speaker, Scott DeMeester, who is going to talk with the kids about responsible money habits. This seems to be a very timely topic.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Math - This week we focused on multiplying fractions and applying that to real situations.  Next week, we will shift into division of fractions and then work on doing word problems involving a variety of operations.  The students will be given a short amount of time to finish the Stop and Pop activity on Monday.

Science - We have been working on investigations that involve changing variables for what a plant needs in order to live.  These investigations will take a few weeks to see results.  During this activity the students have the opportunity to use and set up the scientific method while they plan their own investigations on their plants.  Next week we will explore more ideas about plant parts, functions, and how they make food using photosynthesis.

Sports Physicals:

Those interested in playing sports for Zeeland Christian next year need to get a physical in order to participate. 

Dates:  April 27, 28 from 7-9pm at Holland Chr. South Shore Middle School

             Or Saturday, May 2 from 8 am - 12 noon at City on a Hill Ministries

             (see blue note for more details, Cost $10)

LA- Next week we will continue our study of commas and begin our study of conjunctions.  We will rehearse our plays and perform them for our homerooms on Friday.  We will continue researching our papers and begin looking on preselected websites for more information.  We will begin citing our sources.  Our vocabulary words will come from the book Crispin.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

LA- Vocabulary quiz tomorrow, bring props for myth plays

Math - P40-43 (1-29 odd)

SS: D.O.G. quiz tomorrow-Check over Week 28 questions. Look things up on Google Earth if you are unsure of things.

Memory Work: Acts 4:32

Sports Physicals: Check the Blue Note for the dates and times of sports physicals. Remember that any child who is going to participate in any school sports next year have to have a physical after April 15. The kids should get a card from Mr. Heeres that needs to be filled out by the doctor when they have their physical done.

Dinner with our Filipino Guests, Thursday, April 30 at 6:00  Please join the teachers from Grace Christian School for a time of food and fellowship. This is a great way for the Zeeland Christian School family to show its support and our desire to get to know our Filipino friends better. It would be wonderful to have a great turnout. At the present time approximately 32 people have signed up. We would love to have 200 or more people attend this event. This is a meal for the entire family. Please feel free to invite friends and other family members. Please call Lisa or Diane in the school office, or email zcs.info@zcs.org  and let us know how many will be attending.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Dinner with our Filipino Guests, Thursday, April 30 at 6:00  Please join the teachers from Grace Christian School for a time of food and fellowship. This is a great way for the Zeeland Christian School family to show its support and our desire to get to know our Filipino friends better. It would be wonderful to have a great turnout. At the present time approximately 32 people have signed up. We would love to have 200 or more people attend this event. This is a meal for the entire family. Please feel free to invite friends and other family members. Please call Lisa or Diane in the school office, or email zcs.info@zcs.org  and let us know how many will be attending.

LA- Analogy 26 earn 6 points, study vocabulary words and have 3 boxes finished by tomorrow

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

LA- Put each word in a box and do one vocabulary box.  Preposition quiz tomorrow - study in moodle and with sheets.

SS: The kids had time to get a good start on a paper to wrap up Greek government. Many completed during homebase, but some had parts of this to complete tonight.

Bible: Last day in class tomorrow to work on their part of the comparative religions project.

Memory Work: Acts 4:32

Teacher Madie from the Philippines visited classes for a time today. She will be in and out of our classes for the next 6 weeks.

Monday, April 20, 2009

LA- Preposition quiz on Wednesday, Study new vocabulary words

Bible: We are aiming to complete work in class on Wed. on our comparative religion projects. 

Memory Work: Acts 4:32

Friday, April 17, 2009

Math - This week we continued to work hard at understanding adding and subtracting fractions and apply them to situations.  Next week we will continue to review those concepts and begin multiplying fractions.  

Science - We have started our new unit on plants and how they make food by discussing world hunger and how disproportional our food is distributed among populations.  We also began planting our own food so that we can learn more about plants and investigate how they grow and what they need. 

LA- Next week we will begin acting out various Greek myths.  We will begin the research portion of our term paper.  We will be using colored note cards to organize our information.  We will finish our study of prepositions and head into interjections.  We will continue our study of commas.  Homework for this weekend is to finish the four myths we did this week.

Bible: The kids have been working in groups on researching different world religions. We hope to finish this research up during this week. The kids are working on a way to present this information that they are learning using their computers. The kids are learning many new things in all of the reading that they are doing.

SS: We began a lesson on Friday on the types of government in Greece during ancient times. We will complete this lesson at the beginning of the week and then study Sparta and Athens. We continue doing Daily Geography each day. There will be a quiz on Friday as always.

Memory Work: New theme: Community: This week's verse is Acts 4:32. Most of these passages in this theme are from the book of Acts, which we will be studying for the last few weeks of the school year. 

Our Philippine friends arrived safely this week.  Over the next six weeks we look forward to learning from Teacher Madie and teaching her about our culture.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

LA- Finish the Mysterious Visitor Myth and do the questions, study vocabulary words

Math - P24-26 (1-27 odd) due Thur.

SS: The kids began work today on group projects during which they will learn about one of four major world religions. In previewing this with the kids earlier this week, it was obvious that there was not much knowledge about Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, or Islam. Through this project the kids will gather information and share different aspects of the religion with the class. In doing this we can better understand how these beliefs compare with our own. 

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

LA- Finish the myth, Lost at Sea, and the questions that go with it.  Study your vocabulary words.  

Isaac and Matt C bring your birthday stuff :). 

Please read the HC Facebook Letter.  It is found in the handouts section to the left. 

Math - P24-26 (1-27 odd) due Thursday

Science - Study for Quiz Tomorrow

Monday, April 13, 2009    Welcome Back!

Science - This week we are finishing up our science unit by presenting our projects and taking a short quiz on Wednesday.  The next unit is called "The Food Maker" which focuses on plants and their role in providing food for us on earth as well as the process plants go through to produce food.

Math - We will start where we left off with adding and subtracting of fractions.  We will continue to focus on real-world application and connection as well as the skills.

SS: We have begun work on our unit on Greece. We are going to be packing a lot into these last weeks of school.  This week we will be covering the geography of Greece and the connection with development of city-states. The kids will also explore trading and commerce among the Greek city-states. We are also working on D.O. G. each day with a quiz on Friday.

Bible: We are beginning a short unit on comparing major world religions. The connection with study of ancient civilizations is fairly easy to make. During the first part of this time, the kids will be researching different aspect of one of the major world religions of which they are not very familiar, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, and Islam. This will be some major work to gather the information. Their group will then be responsible for creating a virtual museum. We will be focusing on the development of Christianity during our last unit of the year on the book of Acts.

Memory Work: Four texts: I Timothy 6:11, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 2:8, and Romans 5:1-2. All due on Friday. The week off gave the kids the opportunity to forget what they had learned so far.

LA - This week we will work on commas.  We are also starting our research paper on climate change.  We will begin reading Greek myths and be having a vocabulary quiz on Friday. There is no LA homework unless you want an early start on learning the vocabulary words.

Pastor Leo and several members of the staff from Grace Community Christian School in the Philippines will be arriving on Wednesday to spend somewhere between 2-6 weeks here. We will be having one of the staff members shadowing and working with us in 6th grade until the end of the year. We are excited about this opportunity. I am sure that your child will have information to share regarding this experience over the next few weeks. There is going to be a welcome chapel for the Philippines group on Thursday morning.

The ZCS Auction is this Friday night!

Come and support our ZC middle school baseball team on Saturday, April 18, at a tournament held at ZCS.  The tournament is from 8:30-3:30.  Concessions will be available. 

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Note from Mr. Fischer "If you are not going to use your laptop during spring break please either shut down the laptop and remove the battery or leave your laptop charging for the entire break.  Batteries can be permanently ruined by not following one of these options.  Students whose batteries come back from the break permanently damaged are responsible to pay for the replacement."

Bible: Complete the Ruth paper. The kids had a fair amount of time in class to work on it.

No memory work or D.O.G. quiz this week.

Science - Projects need to be finished up by tomorrow.  

Monday, March 30, 2009

Note from Mr. Fischer "If you are not going to use your laptop during spring break please either shut down the laptop and remove the battery or leave your laptop charging for the entire break.  Batteries can be permanently ruined by not following one of these options.  Students whose batteries come back from the break permanently damaged are responsible to pay for the replacement."

Math - Make sure the Trim activity is finished for Tuesday.  I need a total cost for materials and labor.

Science - Finish planet activity chart and questions for Tuesday.  Also, we started working on our projects today, which will be due Thursday before Spring Break.  For those leaving early for vacation please plan accordingly.

Friday, March 27, 2009

LA- Next week will will continue our study of prepositions.  We will read a few more short stories from Ancient China, but we will not have vocabulary next week.  We will practice editing and "MUGging"  incorrect sentences and paragraphs.  There is no LA homework this weekend.  On Tuesday, we will have the author Ruth Vander Zee visit us.  Ask your child what her books are like - we have read all four of them and they have powerful messages in them.  Her books will be for sale for $16 on Tuesday.

Math - This week we started a new unit on Fractions.  We have been working on the skill and understanding of estimating fractions and their sums.  Next week we will review and go over how to add and subtract fractions.  This should be a review from last year but many need time and practice to master this.  

Science - We finished up our third unit in Science "Our Earth and Beyond" this week by investigating our solar system and space.  To assess their understanding we will be working on project and a short review quiz next week.

Bible: The kids are close to finishing up their judges newscast. We will view these at the beginning of the week and work to pull the lessons and ideas out of these stories following these presentations. We will do a quick look at the book of Ruth after we finish.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Math - Finish Measurement calculations of the room for Friday

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

LA- Analogy - 6 points

Memory Work: On Friday the kids should know I Timothy 6:11, Galatians 2:20, and Ephesians 2:8. If you look at the sheet that was sent home, there is an error in the due date of the last verse. The date should be April 17.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

LA- Finish the adverb review sheet, and draw a quick sketch for each vocabulary word.  Think about your Ellis the....  Finish your disk.

Bible: We are working on newscasts of Judges of Israel. The kids, in groups, are going to work on Thursday and Friday to put together a newscast that takes us through the life and work of one of four judges of Israel.  

SS: D.O.G. Quiz on Friday. We are using Google Earth a lot this week in order to get a more complete picture of the world.

Memory Work: On Friday the kids should know I Timothy 6:11, Galatians 2:20, and Ephesians 2:8. If you look at the sheet that was sent home, there is an error in the due date of the last verse. The date should be April 17.

Monday, March 23, 2009

LA- Flip test tomorrow - Look over moodle questions, Ellis the..., Compare, and Bully sheets.  Match the vocabulary definition to the word.   

Math - P10-11 (1-30 all) due Wed.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Math - This week we finished the integer unit by taking a test.  Next week we will begin a new unit on operations with fractions.  The test scores are on Infinite Campus to be viewed.

Science - After investigating more about our earth and what it means to take care of it, we extended our concentration out to our solar system.  We are briefly discussing our planets and qualities they have or don't have for life and comparing them to earth.  Next week we will be looking at satellites and finishing up this unit.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Memory Work: The two texts for tomorrow are I Timothy 6:11 and Galatians 2:20

SS: D.O.G. Quiz on Week 24 questions. Be sure to check over the sentences to remind yourself what was talked about this week.

Bible: From the looks of things, most of the kids did well on the identify part of the test today.

LA- Read and moodle pg. 284-293, study vocab words

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

LA- Read and moodle pg. 274- 283, Compare Ryan and Taylor and Ellis the.... is due on Monday.

Bible: The kids worked on reviews in class yesterday and today we went over them and tried to fill in gaps that they might have had. If they have questions, the first avenue is a friend. Then they can email me or give me a call. The test will be during their blocks tomorrow.

Memory Work: By Friday know: I Timothy 6:11 and Galatians 2:20.

SS: D.O.G. Quiz on Friday. It will be a written out question/answer quiz online rather than multiple choice.

 

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

LA- Put your vocabulary words on Flex Cards.  There is no reading/moodling due to a test in Math, a Bible review sheet, and a short LA class due to Spanish.  Today would be a good day to catch up on the Taylor/Ryan compare sheet and the Ellis the.... sheet.

Study for Math Test tomorrow!

Monday, March 16, 2009

Math - There is a review sheet that needs to be completed by Tuesday in order to prepare them for the test on Wed.  Also, brackets need to be filled out by Thursday.

LA- Read and moodle pages 264-273

Bible: Test on Thursday. Review sheet will come home on Tuesday. It should be quite filled out because we will work on it in class. This test will be using ideas and examples from the stories to back up statements. We will again be reviewing class on Wed.

Bring gym clothes tomorrow if you are playing basketball intramurals!  Don't be a stinker- bring a change of clothes:)

Friday, March 13, 2009

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences: It was again a great thing to be able to meet with you during the last week. We, as a team, appreciate your support of our efforts at school. We truly do feel blessed to have parents who support us and support what we are trying to accomplish here. We appreciate the fact that you entrust us with your children each day. We hope that we have been able to share clearly how important each of your kids are to us.

Math - This week we wrapped up the unit on integers and graphing.  Next week we will be reviewing on Monday and Tuesday, and have a test on Wednesday.  This unit can be difficult for those who don't pay attention to detail and remember the rules.  Therefore, I really encourage a lot of practice before the test.  A review sheet and practice will be handed out on Monday.

Science - This week in Science we were able to get a better perspective on the world and the use of water.  We had a guest speaker come in on Tuesday to talk about the effects of contaminated water in Cameroon, Africa.  She is an expert in the field of studying water and its effects on people who use it for their daily needs.  The students were shocked at the findings and have a new perspective on the blessings we have in this country.  We also discussed global warming and what that is doing to our planet.  Even though there is a debate on whether humans add to the affects of global warming, we were reminded that, as Christians, it is part of our responsibility and purpose to take care of the earth and be "green".

Bible: We have one lesson to complete in this unit on Joshua. We will do that lesson on Monday and then review for a test. The test on this short unit will be on Thursday. The kids should have a review sheet to work through on Tuesday and Wednesday. On Friday we will begin our next unit which will be on the period of the Judges.

SS: We are working on our lesson on the Shang Dynasty. We will be spending a couple more days working through this lesson. As we have been working on this lesson, the kids are starting to see some similarities between some of these ancient civilizations. This curriculum also helps them to understand how archaelogists work to try to gain understanding of what these ancient people were like and how they lived. Through the use of daily geography the kids are really starting to gain an knowledge of many different places in the world.

LA- Read and moodle pages 255-263.  We will work on finding adjectives and adverbs and keeping them apart.  We will review adverbs as a whole and possibly have a test on adverbs on Friday.  We will finish reading Flip this week!  We will review and do an activity with the book.  I am guessing the Flip test will be next week Tuesday.  We will have vocabulary this week, MUG sentences, and we will edit and publish the Flip chapters we wrote earlier.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

LA - Read and moodle pages 230-240

SS: Have all the activities for Chapter 19 completed- p. 134-Scroll (follow directions); review notes (I think you are all finished with this), Wrap-up "quiz"-you may use your workbooks, textbooks, and review notes to answer the questions. I hope you took home what you needed.

Superbowl money due tomorrow!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

LA - Read and moodle pgs. 217-227

Math - Graphing coordinate pictures due Thursday

Friday, March 6, 2009

We look forward to seeing you and your child at conferences next week Monday and Tuesday.

Superbowl money is due Thursday, March 12.

LA- Read and moodle pgs. 204-216.  Next week we will study comparative and superlative adverbs.  We will work on our editing and revising skills, and we will still do vocabulary even thought it is a short week. We will also do an analogy and read many more pages in our Flip book.

Math - We are finishing up Integer operations and moving on to graphing and coordinates next week.  If the video demonstrations of the math problems are not finished they can work on those for Monday, when I will be viewing them.

Science - Today we discussed the problems with clean water around the world and explored strategies for cleaning polluted water.  Next week we will talk about what it means to be a steward of God's kingdom.  We will investigate practical ways to prevent pollution and take care of God's creation in our everyday lives.

Social Studies: This week we worked through a lesson that helped the kids to understand the way that geography of a country (physical features, climate, and vegetation) impact why people settle where they do and how they live once they settle there. Next week we will be learning about the Shang Dynasty. The activities in these lessons are all intended to build knowledge of these ideas and concepts in multiple ways.

Bible: We have been covering the stories of the Israelites conquest of Canaan. As we read from scripture, the kids are starting to see how God's ways for working out his plans are sometimes difficult for us to understand. The kids ask good questions. The study of scripture itself is what we are trying to do each day.

No new memory work for this coming week. 

Thursday, March 5, 2009

LA - Read and moodle pgs. 193-203, finish writing Flip chapter and check it

Bible: Finish drawings and lessons sheet about Joshua 5-7.

Bible Memory Work: I Timothy 6:11

SS: D.O.G. Quiz tomorrow. It will be multiple choice.

Conferences: If you have not yet signed up for a conference, it would be good to do that today. Conferences are Monday and Tuesday.

Math - Finish Teaching lessons on integers for Tomorrow

Science - Reactions to Stories about Africa due Friday

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

LA- Read and moodle pgs. 181-192, character planning sheet, first paragraph

Math - Finish Teaching lessons on integers for Tomorrow

Science - Reactions to Stories about Africa due Friday

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

LA- Read and moodle pg. 169-180, choose a legend or hero that Ryan will Flip into - question #1 of planning sheet

Bible Memory Work: I Timothy 6:11-Learn by Friday.

SS: We are working on a group project  focusing on the geography of Ancient China.

There is a band concert tonight.  Warm-ups are at 6:45 pm.

Monday, March 2, 2009

There is a band concert tomorrow evening at 7 pm.

LA- Read and moodle pgs. 159-168

Magazine sales are due tomorrow.

Math - Finish both sides of worksheet for Tuesday

Friday, February 27, 2009

Ice Skating was a hit (literally for some) as we were able to break away from the school day and spend some time building relationships with each other.  It was a much needed bonding time where we were able to have fun with each other in a different environment and be reminded that God gives us gifts to enjoy that part of life as well.  

Fundraising for GLOW Ministry: We were thrilled to be able to raise funds for GLOW through our Beach Day activity. God really blessed this activity and we raised over $450.00. This will allow GLOW to provide lunch for 120 kids for a month in the village of Gardere. For many of the kids, this is the only meal that they will have during a day so this is a wonderful thing that we could provide.

Bible: Today we covered the story of Joshua 3-4 where the Israelites cross the Jordan River into Canaan. We discussed the idea of setting up the memorial of stones so that the stories of God's greatness and goodness could be told. On Monday we are going to talk about stories of God's greatness and goodness that we have experienced in our own lives. It would be fantastic if you get an opportunity to share with your kids or have your parents share experiences where the hand of God has been so evident. We want to be able to tell those stories. We will continue then with stories of the conquest of Canaan.

SS: The kids did a great job on their Gupta Empire palm-leaf books. Their knowledge and creativity can out in this activity. We began our look at China this week and will continue with a study of the geography of China. We will be creating maps to help us understand how the geography of the land impacted the history of China. We should get into the section on the Shang Dynasty toward the end of the week.

Memory Work: Our next unit on Faith starts on Monday. The first verse is: 1 Timothy 6:11 “But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness.” 

Science - This week we discovered and investigated how the ocean gets salty and how that fits into the water cycle.  Next week will be a big week on understanding how water gets polluted and strategies we can do to minimize pollution.  This will be tied into our theme of stewardship these past six weeks.  The students will understand that one of their roles as a Christian is to take care of God's creation and what that really means to us today in a high technology and energy using world.  We will also look into how blessed we are to have clean water to drink everyday compared to different parts of the world.  

Math - We have been practicing ( a lot) and learning how to add and subtract positive and negative integers.  These concepts will be built on next week as we multiply and divide and understand order of operations.  

LA- We will dig deeply into the joy of adverbs next week.  We will continue reading Flip by David Lubar.  We will also keep MUGging, playing with vocab words and focussing on sentence fluency.  Homework today was to read Flip pg. 147-158 and moodle.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

LA - Read and moodle pgs. 124-134, study vocabulary words

Math - Finish both sides of worksheet for Thursday

Science -  Finish Questions on moodle for Friday

No homework for Bible

SS: D.O.G quiz on Friday

Memory Work: All six passages for Friday. Reviewing and studying are probably  good things to do.

Reminder - bring warm clothes and socks tomorrow for ice skating.  We will switch from beach attire to snow clothes during lunch.  

Tomorrow is BEACH DAY! Friday is School Spirit day.

Please sign up for parent/teacher conferences by going to the ZCS website and following the link. Be sure to sign up with your child's homeroom teacher, just as you did in the fall.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

LA - Read and moodle pages 115-123.  Study vocabulary words.

Bible: Moses "Pages" document is due tomorrow. If you remember how, export as a pdf and then upload it on Moodle.

SS: If you have not already, you need to hand in your Palm-leaf book tomorrow.

Tomorrow is WACKY DAY!

Please bring $5 to your homeroom teacher for ice skating/lunch on Thursday.

We still need many kids to bring in their buns/chips/cookies!

Reminder - bring warm clothes and socks on Thursday for ice skating.  We will switch from beach attire to snow clothes during lunch.  

Please sign up for parent/teacher conferences by going to the ZCS website and following the link. Be sure to sign up with your child's homeroom teacher, just as you did in the fall.

CLC Superbowl - Mrs DeJonge invited all the 6th graders to the CLC Superbowl on Saturday, March 14.  This is a fundraiser for the CLC.  Students need to get $35 in pledges, and then they get to enjoy a morning of free bowling, shoes, and snacks.  There will be a bus from ZCS to the Hudsonville Lanes. Registration forms should be turned in TOMORROW.

Monday, February 23, 2009

SS: Complete palm-leaf booklets by Wednesday.

Math - Page 46-50 (1-20 all, 34-38 all) Due Wed.

LA - Verb Test tomorrow- look over the review sheet.  Read and moodle pgs. 103-114.

Memory Work: Add Isaiah 55:13 to the list. This is the last week of this set.

Tomorrow is Backwards Day.

BEACH DAY FOOD IS DUE TOMORROW! (BUNS/COOKIES/CHIPS)

Please bring $5 to your homeroom teacher for ice skating/lunch on Thursday.

Early reminder - bring warm clothes on Thursday for ice skating.  We will switch from beach attire to snow clothes during lunch.  

Please sign up for parent/teacher conferences by going to the ZCS website and following the link. Be sure to sign up with your child's homeroom teacher, just as you did in the fall.

Magazine turn in day tomorrow.

Friday, February 20, 2009

BEACH DAY FOOD IS DUE MONDAY OR TUESDAY.

Please bring $5 to your homeroom teacher for ice skating/lunch on Thursday.

Early reminder - bring warm clothes on Thursday for ice skating.  We will switch from beach attire to snow clothes during lunch.  

Beach Day Fundraising: Through the money that we plan on raising on Thursday we will pay for the feeding program for a school in Haiti for one month. GLOW Ministries is doing fantastic work there, and we are happy to be able to be part of that ministry.

Please sign up for parent/teacher conferences by going to the ZCS website and following the link. Be sure to sign up with your child's homeroom teacher, just as you did in the fall.

CLC Superbowl - Mrs DeJonge invited all the 6th graders to the CLC Superbowl on Saturday, March 14.  This is a fundraiser for the CLC.  Students need to get $35 in pledges, and then they get to enjoy a morning of free bowling, shoes, and snacks.  There will be a bus from ZCS to the Hudsonville Lanes. Registration forms should be turned in by February 25.

LA- Read and moodle pgs. 91-102.  Next week we will continue our work with sentence fluency.  We will focus on run-on sentences.  We will have a verb test on Tuesday and then work on adverbs.  We will also do vocabulary, MUGs, and an analogy.

Math - This week we have been working hard at adding positive and negative integers.  Next week will use these rules we learned to work on subtraction.  

Science - We are studying the water cycle and what happens to salt water during the cycle.  We are building small models to demonstrate this in class.  Next week we will continue to talk about the water on earth, pollution, and how it is such an important resource that God has given us. 

Bible: We have finished the lessons on the journey to Canaan. We will wrap up that section with an activity at the beginning of the week. We will then move on to the conquest of Canaan. Although these stories are somewhat familiar, it is amazing how often we find new things as we read.

SS: The kids will be finishing up a booklet that they are making on the achievements of the Gupta Empire. There will be a short quiz on this material on Monday. They are not expected to study for the quiz as the preparation for this is taking place while they create the booklet. We will then begin our study of China with a look at the geography of China. Again, this will be fairly new material for most of the kids.

Spirit Week Special Days:

Monday-Comfy Day (appropriate pajamas allowed but no stuffed animals or pillows)

Tuesday-Backwards Day

Wednesday-Wacky Day

Thursday-Beach Day (warm clothes for the afternoon ice skating) 

Friday-School Spirit Day (ZCS colors, shirts, sweatshirts, sports team shirt)

Thursday, February 19, 2009

SS: D.O.G. Quiz on Friday. The kids were told what format the quiz will take. They should review for the quiz.

LA- study vocabulary words for the quiz tomorrow, read pgs. 81-90 and moodle

Beach Day: If you haven't seen the handout yet for Beach Day, ask your child or check the handout section in the left sidebar.  Please bring in $5 for the lunch/ice skating.

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1, 11, 12, Psalm 104:13, 14, Isaiah 55:12

CLC Superbowl - Mrs DeJonge invited all the 6th graders to the CLC Superbowl on Saturday, March 14.  This is a fundraiser for the CLC.  Students need to get $35 in pledges, and then they get to enjoy a morning of free bowling, shoes, and snacks.  There will be a bus from ZCS to the Hudsonville Lanes. Registration forms should be turned in by February 25.

Magazine Sale turn in date - Tuesday, February 24

Check out the letter from administration regarding students staying after school.

February 18, 2009

Middle School Parents,

Some of your children love school so much they don't want to go home at the end of the day. We love your kids, but with so many staying after for no valid reason other than “hanging out,” it has become a problem. 

If they are waiting for siblings to be picked up at 3:25 or a ball game to begin – no problem as long as they are in a supervised room doing homework. If they just want to play games on their laptops or roam around school, then it becomes a problem. Because teachers have responsibilities after school, students are often left unsupervised. This has led to some unfortunate incidents. 

We would really appreciate your help in making sure your son or daughter is staying after school for a valid reason. Thanks for your help and support.

ZCMS Staff 

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Check out the letter below regarding after school issues. This has been something that has become a more involved thing as the year has gone. We love the interaction with the kids, but we have to maintain responsible supervision if we are to be responsible for the kids.

Beach Day: If you haven't seen the handout yet for Beach Day, ask your child or check the handout section in the left sidebar.  Please bring in $5 for the lunch/ice skating.

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1, 11, 12, Psalm 104:13, 14, Isaiah 55:12

No Bible or SS homework tonight. 

Remind your kids that if they have been sick they should be checking to see that they have all of the work caught up. Sometimes, even though a friend writes things down, stuff gets missed.

LA - read pages 68-78 and moodle, study vocabulary words

CLC Superbowl - Mrs DeJonge invited all the 6th graders to the CLC Superbowl on Saturday, March 14.  This is a fundraiser for the CLC.  Students need to get $35 in pledges, and then they get to enjoy a morning of free bowling, shoes, and snacks.  There will be a bus from ZCS to the Hudsonville Lanes. Registration forms should be turned in by February 25.

Math - Finish both sides of the worksheet for Thursday

February 18, 2009

Middle School Parents,

Some of your children love school so much they don't want to go home at the end of the day. We love your kids, but with so many staying after for no valid reason other than “hanging out,” it has become a problem. 

If they are waiting for siblings to be picked up at 3:25 or a ball game to begin – no problem as long as they are in a supervised room doing homework. If they just want to play games on their laptops or roam around school, then it becomes a problem. Because teachers have responsibilities after school, students are often left unsupervised. This has led to some unfortunate incidents. 

We would really appreciate your help in making sure your son or daughter is staying after school for a valid reason. Thanks for your help and support.

ZCMS Staff 

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

LA- Read pages 60-67 and moodle, put all ten vocabulary words into Photobooth

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1, 11, 12, Psalm 104:13, 14, Isaiah 55:12

Social Studies: Complete the notes on achievements of the Gupta Empire. 

Monday, February 16, 2009

Math - Finish both sides of worksheet for Tuesday

LA- Read pages 50-59 and moodle.

Please click on the handouts category to the left to see the Beach Day letter your child received last week.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Please click on the handouts category to the left to see the Beach Day letter your child received today.

There will not be bussing nor hot lunch on Monday, February 16. Zeeland Public is not in session.

Math - We have started a new on unit on Integers this week.  The tests from the previous unit have been graded and will be posted on Infinite Campus over the weekend.  Due for Monday is P12-16 (1-3, 8-22, 27-29 all)

Science - This week we have been investigating the earth's many types of landforms.  Their groups had to create a presentation about three of these landforms and show these in front of class.  The remaining groups that haven't presented will go on Monday.  The students are understanding through their research how amazing and creative God is to create such magnificent things they we can enjoy.  Next week we will continue to look into landforms but discover in more detail the sources of water and glaciers on the earth.

LA- Next week we will finish our study of verbs and have a test on Thursday (date may change).  We will read Flip each night and moodle.  We will also work on sentence fluency, MUG, and vocabulary.  This weekend read pages 40-49 in Flip and moodle.

Bible: We have been studying the journey of the Israelites to Canaan and will continue that next week. We have had some good discussion on the punishment of the people by God. We have come to understand that God is both merciful and just and that shows up in these stories often. We should pretty much wrap up this unit by the end of the week.

SS: Next week we will be studying the achievements of the Gupta Empire. The kids will be working on an activity in class where they study and read about the accomplishments of the Indian people during this time period. We have been studying the Mauryan empire and observed how the ruler, Ashoka, changed his ways when he adopted Buddhism. This led to good discussion and a writing activity today where we focused on how our faith in Jesus Christ should/does make an impact on how we live our lives. We want very clearly for our Christianity to be observable in our words and actions.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

LA- Hero story, study vocabulary, read pages 31-39 and moodle

There will not be bussing nor hot lunch on Monday, February 16. Zeeland Public is not in session.

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1, 11, 12, Psalm 104:13, 14

Math - P12-16 (1-3, 8-22, 27-29 all) due Monday

Science - finish landform projects for Friday

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

There will not be bussing nor hot lunch on Monday, February 16. Zeeland Public is not in session.

Social Studies: D.O.G. quiz on Friday. Last week a bit of grace was required because the kids had not been reviewing what we talk about during the week. Please remind them on Thursday to do that. This week's quiz counts.

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1, 11, 12, Psalm 104:13, 14

We have had a few kids ask about Valentines Day.  We will not use class time for a party etc..  If your child wants to bring a treat, please have them bring one for their whole homeroom so that we do not hurt any feelings.

LA -read pages 21-30 in Flip and moodle the questions, analogy 18 earn 6 points, study vocabulary words

Science - Landforms projects need to be wrapped on Friday.  If groups didn't get as far today to be able to finish up tomorrow, then some may need to work on it at home.  

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

LA- Read pages 13-20 and moodle, 5 vocabulary words

Science - Finish Directions to house on moodle

We have had a few kids ask about Valentines Day.  We will not use class time for a party etc..  If your child wants to bring a treat, please have them bring one for their whole homeroom so that we do not hurt any feelings.

Monday, February 9, 2009

We have had a few kids ask about Valentines Day.  We will not use class time for a party etc..  If your child wants to bring a treat, please have them bring one for their whole homeroom so that we do not hurt any feelings.

LA- smile:)

Math - Test Tomorrow!  Use review sheet, notes on computer, and assignments to study

Science - Directions to house are due Wed.

No homework for Bible or Social Studies

Friday, February 6, 2009

Devotions: We are going to be using homebase time on Monday to plan for our next round of devotions. The kids should bring devotions books so they can plan what they will do on their next devotion turn.

Bible Memory Work: Next week the texts to learn are Psalm 24:1, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1, 11-12,  Psalm 104:13-14

LA- The homework is to finish your bio-poem and rank the pasta paragraph.  Next week we will work on verb tenses, write about someone who is our hero, MUG sentences, and start our new reading book.

Bible: We will be continuing our study of the Israelites journey to Canaan. We continue to focus on the faithfulness of God with his people. But, this week we have also seen how God does expect obedience from his people.

Social Studies: This week we have been learning about he Mauryan Empire of India. We will finish up this lesson during the first part of the week and then begin work on the achievement of the Gupta Empire. It is great to be able to study this material because most of it is brand new to the kids, and when they have not studied something before they seem more eager to learn it.

Science - This week we started a new unit on "Our Earth and Beyond."  Before we get into landforms next week we started out discovering different kinds of maps and how to read them.  The students were asked to complete an assignment where they have to give directions using N, S, E, and W and mileage using the scale of how to get to their house form Zeeland Christian School.  They will be given more time for this on Monday and it will be due on Tuesday.  

Math - Monday will be a review day for a test on Tuesday as we finish up Shapes and Designs.  They were given a review sheet in which they were supposed to fill out for Friday.  

Thursday, February 5, 2009

LA- Study for vocab quiz and Homeless Bird Test, finish analogy 17

Bible Memory Work: Know and be able to write Psalm 24:1-2, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96: 1,11,12

No Bible homework

SS: D.O.G quiz tomorrow-Week 18- Read over sentences.

Math - Finish Review Sheet by Friday

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

LA- Study for the Homeless Bird test which is Friday, study for vocabulary quiz on Friday 

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1-2, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96:1,11-12.

Math - Finish Review Sheet by Friday

Bible: The kids received their Bible test back today. The kids on a whole did very well on this test. 

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

LA - What? No homework? Enjoy!

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1-2, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96:1,11-12.

Monday, February 2, 2009

LA- Finish the person paragraph, find vocabulary definitions, finish Homeless Bird and do questions 10-15.

Math - P76-79 (1-18 all) + #23

Bible: Complete the assignment "Numbers 11" on Moodle.

SS: Your notes for the chapter on Mohenjodaro should be finished by tomorrow. I know most of the kids have that all finished.

Memory Work: Psalm 24:1-2, Revelation 4:11, Psalm 96:1,11-12.

Friday, January 30, 2009