Monday, 10/31/11

Hey all! We hope you had a wonderful long weekend!

Reminders:

• Conferences are next Thursday. We have sent something home to everyone indicating whether or not we are requesting a conference. If we have not requested a conference but you would like to schedule one, please contact us by this Wednesday. Conference forms need to be signed and returned so we know if you are declining a conference.
• Field trip is THURSDAY! We have a parent driver, and given the number of seats we each have, we're covered. However, if you would still like to participate, please let us know.
• Pajama Day/ Read-in is FRIDAY! We will be joining our school in our first Spirit Day by wearing pajamas and reading- in small groups, with Mr. Canepa, and independently. As we are setting the tone for the rest of the school, PLEASE encourage your middle schooler to participate!

And now, Homework:

Science: p 17-18 workbook

Vocab: Activities, D,E- Due Wednesday ***Test on FRIDAY***

Math: 6th: vocab crossword ***TEST TOMORROW***

7th: vocab crossword *** TEST TOMORROW***

pre-alg: p 119-121 #11-39 odd, 42-53 all

alg: p 109 #12-66 even

LA: 6th: ch 20 IotBD, journal

7th: ch 18, journal

8th: ch 29, 30, journal

History: Section Review p 47 6th: #1-5, 7th & 8th: #1-6

Bible: finish lesson 5 (due Wed)

Have a wonderful evening!

Wednesday, 10/26/11

Hey all! Happy Wednesday!

Reminder: No school tomorrow or Friday!

ALSO: If your kids have been talking about NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and their Young Writers Program, feel free to check it out at www.ywp.nanowrimo.org or message me at k.johnson@gaardechristian.com . Thanks!

Homework:

Science: none

Vocab: finish A,B,C (most are done)

Math: none

LA: read, journals. (6th: ch 18,19) (7th: ch 27,28) (8th: ch 17)

History: Section Review p 44 # 1-3

Bible: finish lesson 5. *I apologize- this wasn't going to be homework, but we were lucky to enjoy the leftovers from 3-4-5th grades' caramel apple party, so what students didn't finish due to sticky fingers is due next THURSDAY.

We hope you're enjoying a long weekend with the kiddos- we will see everyone Monday!

Tuesday, 10/25/11

Hey all!

We're right in the middle of our very short week- please remember that tomorrow is casual dress (even though it is a chapel day) and that there is NO SCHOOL Thursday or Friday.

Homework:

Science: none

Vocab: definitions and sentences due tomorrow!

Math: 6th: p 194-195 #18-22, 24-26, 35-36

7th: study for test TOMORROW

pre-alg: vocab crossword

alg: vocab crossword

LA: 6th: chapter 16, journal

7th: chapters 25-26, journal

8th: chapter 16, journal

History: Section Review p 40 (6th: #1-7) (7th &8th: #1-8)

Bible: none

Have a wonderful evening!

Monday, 10/24/11

Hey all! We hope you had a restful weekend.

Remember that we have no school on THURSDAY and FRIDAY!

Homework:

Science: ***Test tomorrow!*** 7th grade- volcano research

Vocab: Finish definitions and sentences, Lesson 4

Math: 6:

7: p 122-123, # 6-37

Pre-alg: start review packet

alg:

LA: 6: finish journal, reading ch 15

7: read ch 24, journal

8: read ch 15, journal

History: none

Bible: none

Have a great night!

Friday, 10/21/11

Hey everyone, HAPPY FRIDAY!

REMINDER: Next week we have professional development Thursday and Friday, so there will be NO SCHOOL. We also still need drivers for the field trip on Nov. 3rd- please let us know if you're interested!

Homework:

Science: wkbk p 19, 20

Vocab: none

Math: 6th: checkpoint p 187

7th: 7 = equations

pre-alg: checkpoint p 111

alg: none

LA: 6th: type final drafts of personal narratives

7th: read ch 21, 22, journal

8th: read ch 14, journal

History: none

Bible: none

Have a wonderful weekend! See you all on Monday!

Thursday, 10/20/11

Hey everyone! Happy Thursday!

Homework:

Science: wkbk p 14

Vocab: TEST TOMORROW

Math: 6: creative thinking activity

7: p 100 # 2-24 even

pre-alg: p 110 #22-28, p 115 # 30-37

alg: p 104 #2-28 even

LA: 6th: finish personal narrative (most are done)

7th: read ch 20, journal; finish verb drawings

8th: journal ch 13, finish verb drawings

History: none

Bible: none

We hope you have a wonderful evening!

Wednesday, 10/19/11

Hey all!

Congratulations to Payton's family on their newest addition- Asher Kent Johnson was born yesterday afternoon! Payton brought in a picture, and he is adorable- we're so happy for their family!

Fliers went home today about our field trip on THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd. We will be seeing Alice in Wonderland as performed by Westside Christian School at 9:30 am. It ends at 11:30 and we will eat lunch when we return, so please plan on a sack lunch since microwaves won't be available. We need 1-2 adults to drive, so let us know if you're interested!

Homework:

Science: read p 20-22, questions on p 22

Vocab: study- TEST ON FRIDAY!!!

Math: 6: p 184 7-21 odd

7: p 96 #1-7

pre-alg: p 106 # 13-22

alg: p 96 #21-28
LA: 6th: finish chart on p 30

7th: finish verb stories

8th: finish verb stories

History: none

Bible: none

Have a wonderful evening!

Tuesday, 10/18/11

Hey all!

Homework:

Science: read p 20-22, do questions on p 22 (due Thurs)

Vocab: D,E due tomorrow

Math: 6: p 178 #11-19

7: p 90-91 #2-20 even

pre-alg: p 106 #1-10

alg: p 96 # 2-20 even

LA: 6: finish ch 14, journal

7: finish 3:9

8: 3:10- 3:11

History: STUDY! ***TEST is TOMORROW!*** Fill in study guides!!!

Bible: none

Have a wonderful evening!

Monday, 10/17/11

Hey all! We hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Homework:

Science: questions p 17 (book), wkbk p 9, 10, 13

Vocab: finish D, E

Math: 6th:p 173-174 #6-8, 21-23, 25-28

7th: p 86 #11-20

pre-alg: p 96 #2-28 even, 42-43

alg: p 82 #7-8, 16-40 even, 43-46

LA: 6th: finish personal narrative

7th: read 17, 18, journal

8th: ch 12, journal

History: STUDY! *** TEST WEDNESDAY***

Bible: none

Have a great Monday night!!!

Friday, 10/14/11

Hey all, HAPPY FRIDAY!

No major news on the homefront!

Science: DUE TUESDAY: read 14-17, questions on p 17

Vocab: finish B,C in wb

Math: 6:checkpoint quiz, p 170

7th: checkpoint quiz p 92

pre-alg: worksheet

alg: p 77 # 2-14 even

LA: none

History: STUDY GUIDES- TEST WEDNESDAY, 10/19

Bible: none

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, 10/13/11

Hey all!

We hope you're having a wonderful Thursday.

Reminder: Progress Reports slips are due ASAP and will me consider missing assignments as of Monday. Thanks for helping your students with this!

Homework:

Science: workbook p 7-8

Vocab: lesson 3 Activity A due tomorrow

Math: 6: none

7th: p 85-86 #1-9

pre-alg: p 91 #1-21 odd

alg: p 74 #48-57

LA: 6th: none

7th: chapter 15, 16, journal

8th: chapter 10, journal

History: wkbk Activities a-c, due at end of class tomorrow

Bible: finish p 34-35 (An Important Promise, and Gratefulness Overcomes Wrong Attitudes)

Have a wonderful evening!

Wednesday, 10/12/11

Hey everyone!

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to DEBORAH MOON, who turned 13 today!!!!!

Secondly, please be reminded that Progress Report slips are due IMMEDIATELY. They will be counted as a missing assignment if they are not turned in.

Thirdly, we have decided what our first field trip will be- info will be coming home shortly. We will be needing two parent drivers to take the kids to see Westside Christian School's performance of Alice in Wonderland on November 3rd at 9:30 am. We are very excited to join other middle schools being able to see it!

And now, homework:

Science: none

Vocab: Lesson 3, Activity A

Math: 6th: p 168 #6-24 even

7th: p 79 #1-19 odd

pre-alg: p 84 # 2-11

alg: p 73, #6, 19-39 odd

LA: 6th: finish final draft (typed) of prediction essay

7th: finish final draft (typed) of important event essay

8th: none

History: none *** TEST date tentatively set for next WEDNESDAY, 10/19***

Bible: none

Have a wonderful Wednesday evening!

Tuesday, 10/11/11

Hey all!

Down to business today, no big announcements.

HOMEWORK:

Science: none

Vocab: none, definitions and sentences due tomorrow

Math: ALL: Vocab on lined paper due tomorrow

6th: p 164 #11-13, 18-27

7th:p 73, #10-22 even

pre-alg: p 80 #4-6, 14-20

alg: p 67 # 38-49, 56-58

LA: 6th: finish essay- begin final draft tomorrow

7th: finish second draft

8th: finish Milo's journal entries

History: work on Story of a Colonist

Bible: none

Monday, 10/10/11

Hey everyone! We hope you had a great weekend!

Quick reminders: Progress reports need to be returned, SIGNED, asap! 6 students have missing work this week (from last week) so those notes will need to be signed as well!

Homework:

Science: none

Vocab: finish definitions and sentences

Math: 6th: p 160-161 #8-21 all, 29, 30

7th: p 73 #1-9

pre-alg: p 76 #2-14 even, 22-29 all

alg: p 60 # 12-24 even, 28-34 even, 38-41 all

L.A.: 6th: finish predictions outline

7th: none

8th: read chapter 9, journal

History: finish recruitment poster- due TOMORROW

Bible: none

Friday, 10/7/11

Hey everyone!

This is a pre-post of our projected homework for tomorrow (Friday 10/7). Things may change, but as I won't be here tomorrow, we're going to go ahead and post this so the information is out there.

Homework:

Science: workbook p 5-6

Vocab: none

Math: vocab envelope, vocab definitions

LA: 6th: finish predictions, be prepared to edit Monday

7th: Finish story on important event- be prepared to edit Monday.

8th:Finish life timeline

History: continue with Recruitment Posters (details at bottom of post), DUE TUESDAY

Bible: none

Recruitment Posters:

Students have chosen one of the original 13 colonies. Their job is to make a recruitment poster, or advertisement, to entice Englishmen and women to leave everything and help populate THEIR colony. The posters need to be:

• Appealing and clean from a distance. Fine print is fine, but there needs to be a clear title/slogan.
• Identifiable as THEIR colony. It needs to say their colony name clearly and accurately represent the virtues of their colony.
• strategic. How are they recruiting people? With guilt? Pride? Adventure? Opportunities?

These will be due TUESDAY. Students will be graded on cleanliness, truthfulness, and overall appeal for their colony. Posters are half of a posterboard (they are precut and in the classroom).

Have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND! Blessings!

Thursday, 10/6/11

Hey everyone!

Thanks so much for those of you that returned progress report slips and Photo packets!

Tomorrow, please be sure to bring BOOK ORDERS if you're interested! Thanks!

Please remember that I (Mrs. Johnson) will not be here tomorrow! I will be preparing for the Compassion Clinic. I will be back on Monday!

And now, homework...

Science: wb p 2-3

Vocab: finish illustrations, ***TEST TOMORROW***

Math: none

LA: none

History: Section Review p 32 (6th: #1-6; 7th &8th: # 1-7) * RESEARCH FOR PROJECT*

Bible: Read Daniel 2 and finish p 24, 25 in wb

Have a wonderful evening!!!

Wednesday, 10/5/11

Hey there everyone!

We had an exciting today with the power out for more than half of the day! We hope those of you living closely weren't too inconvenienced.

Reminder- School pictures are TOMORROW! Please bring your picture packages!

Progress Reports went home TODAY. Everyone got two; one from both Mrs. Sahli and myself (Mrs. Johnson). Both need to be signed at the bottom, returning the tearoff. If you have any questions please feel free to email us at j.sahli@gaardechristian.com or k.johnson@gaardechristian.com.

BOOK ORDERS are due on Friday! Please make sure to get these in asap!

I announced today in History that we are starting a new project tomorrow- if you can, please bring in posterboard! (If you cannot, don't worry about it. I apologize for the short notice.)

Homework:

Science: none

Math: none

Vocab: finish illustrations, study *** TEST FRIDAY***

LA: none

History: Section Review p 27 (6th grade #1-5) (7th and 8th graders #1-6)

Bible: none

Have a wonderful evening!

Tuesday, 10/4/11

Hey there everyone!

Down to business:

Science: read pgs 8-11, questions p 11; wkbk p 4

Math: 6th: ***TEST TOMORROW***

7th: *** Test TOMORROW***

pre-alg: *** TEST TOMORROW***

alg: *** TEST TOMORROW***

Vocab: Lessons D,E due tomorrow ***TEST FRIDAY***

L.A.: 6th: finish independent practice, p 16

7th: ch 13-14, journal

8th: ch 8, journal

History: finish Section Review- ch 2, lesson 2

Bible: none

Have a wonderful evening!

Monday, 10/3/11

Hello all!

We hope your October is off to a great start!

A couple of quick reminders...

1. Missing work reminders went home today, and need to be signed by Wednesday.

2. The Compassion Clinic is this Saturday- if you were interested in serving, please sign up at compassiontigard.com . If you know anyone that could receive services, we'd be happy to send home a flyer.

3. Because I will be setting up for the clinic, I will be gone this Friday, October 7th. The substitute is someone that most of you know, so be nice!

4. Thanks to everyone that turned in their paperwork for the walk-a-thon and the online fundraiser; if you haven't done so yet, please bring them ASAP!

5. Book Orders and SCHOOL PICTURE packets went home today. Please return these ASAP. School Pictures will be THURSDAY!!!!!

Homework...

Science: workbook p 1, read p 3-7. questions p 7

Math: 6th: ch 1 review p 52-53 #6-9 all, 7-21 all, 22-44 even

***Test WEDNESDAY 10/5/11***

7th: ch 1 review, p 62-63 #11-15, 20-29

*** Test WEDNESDAY, 10/5/11***

pre-alg:p 59-61 #8-30 even, 40-56 even

*** Test WEDNESDAY, 10/5/11***

alg: p 48-49 #13-25, 28-30

*** Test WEDNESDAY, 10/5/11***

Vocab: finish Lessons D, E *** TEST on FRIDAY 10/7***

L.A.: 6th: Chapter 9, journal

7th: finish 2:8, 2:9

8th:none

History: none

Bible: none

Have a wonderful evening!