What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• We are beginning our novel study on Bridge to Terabithia.

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• We are reading important excerpts together so everyone can follow the story.

• Answering questions and summarizing our ideas in our writing journals.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• Each lesson is shaped by our Big Ideas and Essential Questions, and all of this work leads to a final event where students demonstrate their understanding.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Issues workers faced in the 1800s

• Concept of socialism

• Robert Owen's contributions to social and political reforms

• Business cycles

• Issues leading up to European revolutions

• The Communist Manifesto

• Marx's idea of class struggle

• Notion of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat

• Socialism and communism

• Vocabulary

  • socialism

  • regulate

  • utopian

  • social democracy

  • investor

  • inflation

  • impersonal

  • communist

  • proletarian

  • bourgeoisie

  • propaganda

  • confiscate

  • totalitarian

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Chapter 9 Core Lesson

• Chapter 10 Core Lesson

• Chapter 11 Core Lesson

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• "What did Robert Owen do to achieve better living and working conditions for people?"

• "What factors within the capitalist system caused a degree of unpredictability in relation to the well-being of the worker?"

• "What were the basic differences between the beliefs of Robert Owen and those of Karl Marx?"

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Practice with translation

  • Present, Indicative, Active Verbs

  • Nouns of All Cases in First and Second Declenions

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• How to understand objectivity and the pursuit of truth

• Critical thinking used for virtue and in good faith

• Ancient culture and language and its impact on western thought

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• Multiplying Fractions

• Reducing Fractions by Dividing Common Factors

• Least Common Multiple

• Reciprocals

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Saxon Math Course 1 Lessons 29 - 32

• Reteaching Guides for Guided Notes

• Lessons 29-32 Lesson Practice along with Written Practice.

 Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

What we're learning:

These are the general topics that we will be covering this week.

• We will be continuing our unit on Weather this week and will be finishing our Weather Journal Projects. 

What we're doing:

These are some of the assignments of which you should be aware this week.

• Readings for Homework

• Notes in Class

• Variuous in Class Activities 

• In-Class Demos & Observations 

• End of Week Quiz

Keeping the End in Mind:

At LCA, we're always thinking about how our lessons lead to human flourishing.  For each lesson, we have Big Ideas and Essential Questions in mind.

• How can observing the sky help us understand and predict weather patterns?