Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Week in Review 10.30.11


LANGUAGE ARTS


GRAMMAR- memorizing 50 most common prepositions (Avery)


COMPOSITION- outlines while reading nonfiction (Avery)


VOCABULARY- mono-, unus- (Avery)


READING- Peak; Trumpeter of Krakow (Avery) Dick and Jane (Miles)


HANDWRITING- lesson 1 (Avery) lesson 1 &2 (Miles)


SHAKESPEARE- act 1, scene 1 The Tempest with paper dolls


MATH


MATH LAB- corn ethanol investigation (Avery) pattern blocks/hexagons (Miles)


MAIN LESSON- quiz roots, rationalizing denominator 100%; radicals; extraneous answers; irrational numbers; imaginary numbers (Avery) Miquon 1&2 (Miles)


ORAL MATH-3 times tables (Avery) Plus 2 tables (Miles)


SCIENCE


DAYBOOK- National Geographic meltdown proof nuclear reactors (Avery)


NATURE- Tree leaves/keys


SOCIAL STUDIES


HISTORY- Religion in the Middle Ages; Charlemagne (Avery) Anglo-Saxons (Miles)


GEOGRAPHY- Israel; World Map ID


COUNTRY STUDY- Israel geography/changing boundaries (Avery)


COMMUNITY STUDY- overnight, hike to American Ridge (Avery); funeral


CURRENT EVENTS- Fat Bikes/local; Gilad/Israel; troop draw down Pakistan/international (Avery)


PE/HEALTH


PE- American Ridge hike 10 miles; climbing class 2 hrs; climbing workout book (Avery) soccer practice 3 hrs; soccer game 1 hr (Miles)


HEALTH- Nutrition made reusable chart for family


FINE ARTS


ART APPRECIATION-Marc Chagall


ART TECHNIQUE- "stained glass" windows


MUSIC APPRECIATION-The Story of the Unicorn/Medieval


MUSIC TECHNIQUE-finding the missing note/handbells


FOREIGN LANGUAGES


SPANISH- visual link lesson 1 (Avery) Muzzy lesson 1 (Miles)