Sunday, January 19, 2014
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Deposition
Earlier last week the 5th grade girls finished a unit about the "Changing Planet Earth". One of the experiments had them creating dirty water, pouring it into a bowl, and letting it set for a day. So fun to watch them analyze the layers and what each layer has in it. Love, love their wonderful minds ~ future scientists?
An Apology + Updates
First, I need to apologize for doing a horrid job of keeping my classroom blog up-to-date in the month of December. Its one of those things where you get so far behind the attempt at catching up seems impossible to achieve. So, I decided to just take baby steps...one post at a time and working backwards, so recent photos will be first. My desire is to share all our activities with you just to give you a glimpse of our active classroom as the kids learn about God's world.
The 6th graders are learning about electricity. This week they constructed a circuit so they could test conductors and insulators brought from their homes. Loved the moment when one student couldn't get the light bulb to shine while testing his conductor...a classmate suggested, "Maybe if you put the batteries in." Gotta love the fact that sometimes the (seemingly) hardest problems are solved the easiest ways! On Friday for lab the 6th graders continued their learning of circuits by understanding switches, parallel, volts, amps, etc. with Mr. D.
The 5th grade girls are learning about plants - seed bearing vs. non-seed bearing. Their lab on Friday had them cutting up a variety of fruit (even fruit we say are vegetables) and compared/contrasted the seeds ~ color, shape, where located, size of seed vs. fruit produced, etc. Very proud of these girls ~ used knives and no blood was shed!
The 6th graders are learning about electricity. This week they constructed a circuit so they could test conductors and insulators brought from their homes. Loved the moment when one student couldn't get the light bulb to shine while testing his conductor...a classmate suggested, "Maybe if you put the batteries in." Gotta love the fact that sometimes the (seemingly) hardest problems are solved the easiest ways! On Friday for lab the 6th graders continued their learning of circuits by understanding switches, parallel, volts, amps, etc. with Mr. D.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Monday, December 30, 2013
8th Grade History Objectives for Chapter 14
8th Grade
History Objectives
January 6th
– January 15th
Chapter 14 Section 1
1)
Describe the
differing economies and lifestyles of the North and the South
2)
Explain the differing political views of the North and
the South, especially their different interpretations of the roles of the
federal and state governments
Chapter 14 Section 2
1)
Explain how slavery in America was different from
slavery in other countries
2)
Describe the Middle Passage and life on a Southern
plantation, including how slaves were treated
3)
Distinguish between the gang system and the task system
4)
Explain the role of the Bible in the slavery debate
5)
Describe some of the black reactions to slavery,
including escape on Underground Railroad, and their significance to the slavery
controversy
6)
Identify key leaders in the abolition movement
7)
Contrast the Northern and the Southern views of slavery
Chapter 14 Section 3
1)
Describe the effect of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the nation
2)
Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act and its effect in
Kansas
3)
Name the political party that grew out of antislavery
views
4)
Explain the Dred Scott decision and its effect on the
nation
5)
Describe John Brown and his activities
Chapter 14 Section 4
1)
Describe the men involved in the 1860 election and
their positions
2)
Identify factors leading to Lincoln’s victory in 1860
3)
Describe the formation of the Confederacy
Chapter 14 Section 5
1)
Describe the situation that led to the firing on Fort
Sumter
2)
Explain the way the border states were kept in the
Union
3)
List the North’s advantages as it entered the war
4)
List the South’s advantages as it entered the war
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