We enjoyed making acrostic poems today to put on our bulletin board in the hallway. I am hoping to have them up by tomorrow evening so parents can see the work of their scholars. The idea was to use their name to learn some new vocabulary that also described each student's character.
We started Singapore Math today, Course One. Number lines were on the agenda and a packet of homework went home. For the most part scholars were familiar with number lines and simply needed to remember which way to plot a vertical number line. More practice will help it stick into their minds. The more they use a skill, the easier it is to recall.
We began our study of Ancient Greece and Rome in History and will be working on our City State maps tomorrow. The scholars are excited about this unit, Julius Caesar, The Odyssey, and mythology in general. They are already getting ready in their minds for their Gods/Goddesses party!
Our afternoon was taken up by reviewing the Scientific Method and understanding that this year, as middle schoolers, their work progresses onto Weber State University for the Jr. Ritchey Science Fair if they place in the top three here are our fair. We have some exciting ideas already!
We also discussed missing persons, and which of us has had someone go missing in their families. We talked about all the children missing in Utah, and adults missing also. Scholars have till Thursday to bring in a story about a missing person from Utah. This discussion is setting the ground work for Odysseus and his being missing for 20 years before his son Telemachus goes looking for him.
We were busy, and will be welcoming a new student, Evelyn Lowe to our class tomorrow.
Have a peaceful evening.
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| Sam plotting his number line |
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| Jared working hard |
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| drawing straight lines, plotting wholes, fractions, and decimal parts. |
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