Merry Christmas

Sorry that it has been so long since I last got on here. Oh well, no excuses, we all know how busy this season is. This is our last week for the semester and grades. Please keep up with your studies this week. Posters are due for Science on Thursday and we have tests in every subject except Math. I hope that you all have a wonderful and restful holiday. The only homework over the holidays will be Math which is review work to keep your brains from going stale and forgetting everything we have learned. There will be no packet going home this Thursday; just a weekly assignment sheet given to the students. Enjoy your family and friends and remember the true meaning of Christmas!

It's almost Friday!

Some students in the class are getting confused in Math between changing an improper fraction to a mixed or whole number and reducing a fraction. Remember that reducing is done with proper fractions only when they have a common factor besides one. With an improper fraction the denominator is divided into the numerator and the remainder is written as a fraction if there is one. Please practice these so that it can be done quickly. We are going over this every day in class and now we have started with least common denominator so that throws something else new. I am going to make a study sheet for all of this to give out next week, to hopefully eliminate and clear up the confusion. Please do not lose it because this study sheet can be used on the tests when we are doing fraction problems. Next week we have the last test for this quarter in Math and these things will be on it so practice. Use the supplemental pages in the back of the book if you need or make up some proper and improper fractions to reduce and divide.

Christmas is coming!

Dont forget our special projects for Christmas. SGA is doing a toy drive and the elementary students are collecting toys for needy children at the Shepherd's Staff. Be sure the toy that you bring is unwrapped. We are also collecting items to send to our soldier, Trevor Davis, that we pray for each day in class. His wife is spending a bundle buying stuff and sending packages to him so this will help her out also and he can share stuff with his "buddies" over there with him. Also remember your permission slips and money for Looneys. I would like for the first six people in our roll, Robin, Mockingbird, Cardinal, Meadowlark, Goldfinch, and Bluebird to send some kind of goody for our Christmas party. It doesnt matter what you send. We will be eating it at the skating rink for our snack time.

As far as major grades for the rest of this quarter:
We have a special project coming up in Science, a poster on any topic you choose from chapter 4, 5, 6, or 7. It must be full size poster and there are no other guidelines. It is due on Dec. 20, Thursday. It can be an experiment or an informational poster about anything in those chapters. This is an easy 100 for a test grade in Science. We have one more test coming up for chapter 7 in Science, one more EXAM for history on chap. 15-18 (for which I will send a study sheet next week)as well as an open book test for chap. 18, and a states/capitals test. We have one more test in Language on plurals, diagramming, and pronouns as well as our book report in class which is a test grade. We also have 3 more spelling tests, 3 more Bible tests, and 2 more math tests. So there are plenty of chances to pull up grades you may be worried about. Stay busy until we get out and then you will have 2 weeks of REST and RELAXATION (I know, we really don't get any rest at Christmas break; but at least we can get a break from school work)!!!