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• We’re analyzing Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain. We will uncover the fascinating research that scientists use to help us understand this important period of life

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• 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.

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This week: We will continue learning about The Progressive Era (Chapter 2) in America that leads up to and into the 20th Century and how those forces affect the world we live in today. 

What we're doing:

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• Readings & Section Summaries for Homework

• Notes in Class

• In Class Activities

• 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.

• To what extent did the reforms of the Progressive Era truly improve society, and whose perspectives or needs might have been overlooked or left unchanged despite these efforts? 

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• Practice with translation

  • Present, Indicative, Active Verbs

  • Nouns of All Cases in First and Second Declenions

What we're doing:

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 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:

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• Ratio Problems Involving Totals

• Geometric Solids

• Algebraic Expressions

What we're doing:

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• Saxon Math Course 2 Lessons 66-68

• Personalized Reteaching Guides

• Lessons 66-68 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.

• Understanding and connecting with the world around us.

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• We will continue our unit on Chemical Reactions & Energy. Students will examine how energy is absorbed and released during reactions, the difference between endothermic and exothermic processes, and how these changes connect to real-world phenomena like cooking, combustion, and life processes. Students will begin to see chemical reactions not just as changes in substances, but as systems shaped by energy transfer, patterns, and underlying laws of science. This unit emphasizes observation, reasoning, and questioning to deepen understanding of how and why reactions occur. 

What we're doing:

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

• Notes in Class

• Reading for Homework

• In-Class Demos/Observations

• End of Week Test

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 we make something new that was not there before?