Wow, the holidays are upon us.  No classes for 3 weeks, yahoo!  Yesterday was great!  A big thanks to Shirley for all of the planning and execution of yesterdays food and fun. It was a wonderful treat to have Ruthie McCowan  join us yesterday and a big thanks goes to her for helping Shirley to prepare the pizzas for the oven.  And thank you's also to all of the ladies that helped to execute getting the pizzas cooked.  You all did an awesome job of cleanup and we were able to leave early because of the willingness of the students to pitch in early and get it done.   The pizzas were great, the traditions were rich and it was awesome to hear of such diversity in every family, and the game was a blast!  We missed the Nacar's and hope that Jake is feeling better and of course we missed the Vannoy's and although we fully understand the absence, it will be good to see your return in January.  We will  return to classes on January 8th. I pray that everyone is blessed and is a blessing to those less fortunate during this Christmas and New Year.  Believe it or not we are so rich in our lifestyles and blessings, materially, physically and spiritually, and we need to be purposeful about sharing our wealth, in all 3 areas.  Don't be too hard on yourselves with those New Years Resolutions and remember that Jesus is the Reason for this season.
Here is the homework:

High School:

Spanish - Complete exercises 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3.

W. History- Please read unit unit 14 lessons 65-70 this week and review before we return to classes in January.  We will be having a jeopardy game, so know those answers.  Study the timeline for open house in January.  For open house you will also need to choose one of the lessons, your favorite or the most interesting to you, to present.

W. Literature- We are on to the next book which is "A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Minerva".  I suggest you start the book now so you can read it at your leisure instead of rushing through. Choose your best paper you have written thus far to display at open house also.  
 
Biology- Module 6, complete all definitions for this chapter and/or the module 6 test.

Anatomy - Study the all the bones and know each for open house.  Ms. Shirley will be emailing a further assignment of which muscles each of you should know and memorize.  Be looking for that email. This is a good time to catch up on your coloring book assignments.  Maybe color one page a day.

Leadership- Work on your project and give a report on your success thus far to your parents and classmates if possible.  It was a great class and all of you did a bang up job.

Middle School:

Latin: Review all of lessons 1-6.  You will have a test covering lessons 6-10 on the first Tuesday back to classes, Jan. 8th.

Science: Students created a life-sized torso of themselves with several body systems.  I thought it might be nice to display these during the Open House we will have, so students may want to work more on them (in some cases make a new one since they may have destroyed it by the end of the day!).

IEW: Students created a draft of "The Telegraph." They need to add the Dress Ups and write a final version by the time we return in January. I may have students read their best essay during Open House.

History: Read Chapters "Daniel Webster's Youth" and "Webster's Speeches."  Write down 3 important ideas you learned in each chapter. We will be writing a little more on Webster when we return in January. Practice timeline facts/dates for Open House!

Literature: Read The Boy in the Alamo over the vacation.  According to the schedule we really should be done with the book upon return to classes in January.  Vocabulary will be sent via email.  Please write down 5 -7 facts that struck you as interesting as you read.  

 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  Hopefully we will be able to have that New Years day get together we talked about.  Remember its not about the gifts we receive but what we give this season that matters.  God gave his very best, He gave His only begotten son that whoever believes on Him will have everlasting life.... Lets keep that in mind and give our very best because of His great love and mercy towards us.  Love you all.  
In Christ, 
LaChrisha Randle

Good morning C3 families.  There's only 1 week left before Christmas break and what a great week we have coming up.  Wow time is really flying by, before you know it, we will be saying goodbye to this school year.

Please continue to keep the Vannoys in prayer for their move and hopefully we will see them this coming Tuesday.  If not, we pray the Vannoy's and all the C3 families have a wonderful break.

Next week, we will be playing the "White Elephant" game in our morning schedule instead of having presenters.  Please bring a wrapped gift, either something from your home, a toy you no longer use, a gag gift, etc, or a bought gift with a limit of $1 - $2 for the game.  Each person must have a gift to play and please understand that the object of the game is fun.  Understand that stealing of gifts is allowed in this game so don't become attached to any gift.  It's all in good fun.

Be sure that your high school students are reading the blog each week so they will be sure of their homework assignments.  A lot of the students are telling me that they did not read the blog so they weren't aware of their homework.  I realize that this is on them and not your responsibility but since we are committed to helping our children succeed and I know each of the moms reads the blog, it would benefit our students if we ensure that they are getting their homework assignments each week.  Believe me, I am guilty of this myself and have to remind myself to ask my student to read the blog.

Here is this weeks homework:

High School:

Spanish -Complete exercises 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5.  Read the "Reading Comprehension" on p. 68 We will do preguntas on p. 69 together in class.

W. History- Unit 13 lessons 61-65. No questions this week. Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here. Jonathan A.:61, Ezra:62; Mikayla: , Jonathan R.: 63, Elisha: 64; Jarrod: , Jesse A.:65, Aaron V.: Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson. Please include at least 2 questions for the class in your summary of the chapter and of course you must have the answer to the questions you ask. Study the timeline for a timeline test. I will be emailing the timeline we have studied thus far so you can be sure that you have not missed any of the timeline.   

W. Literature- This week complete the book. The final inserts for the story chart will be emailed to you.  Using the story chart, write a 5 paragraph essay about the book.    FYI: Denouement means final resolution.  Bring rough draft to class to read.  Final paper with any changes and corrections should be turned in upon return from Christmas break.

Biology- Module 6, pp. 173-184; study guide questions 11-17, read through all experiments in prep for next  class experiment.

Anatomy - 6:  THE SKELETAL MUSCLE SYSTEM        Pg 165-180        Questions: pg 177-180     

JA #: 3;  4;  12;  16

EC#: 7;  9;  15;   18

ML#:10;  11;  17;  20                                   

BRING your Coloring Book to class

BRING your growth chart (if you have one from birth or childhood.

BRING your notebook, or folder

BRING a written Verse that is special to you

Time for a quick review of Mod 1-6

Leadership- Since many of the students are still working on the details of their projects, I am giving them until next week--our last day of this semester--to turn in their project proposals.  The proposal forms have been emailed twice to all parents and they received a hard copy in class.  Today the students took a "Spiritual Gifts Assessment."  We will discuss the assessment results next week and the key will be emailed to all parents.

Middle School:

Latin: For students who forgot their Latin books, go back and complete lesson 9 that we did in class.  All students, make 3x5 cards for vocabulary words for lesson 9 and 10.  Also read your notes on nominative, genitive, dative, accusitive, and ablative.  Review the examples of these 5 given in class and become familiar with the examples.

Science: We will create a human body model of ourselves, and label it.  I plan to take photos of each student with his/her model.  If time allows, we will play a jeopardy game on the human body systems, so review all the vocabulary terms!

IEW: There is no new IEW homework for this week, unless students did not finish the “New Inventions” essay.  If not, please complete it and turn in your outline, draft and final copy next week.  Use the checklist for the Dress Ups and Sentence Openers! You may email it if you wish.  In class next week we will write the rough draft for “The Telegraph

History: Read Chapters "The Mexican War" and "The Slavery Quarrel.  Answer questions from the document that will be emailed to you.  Also, Practice saying timeline events for Open House which will also be emailed to you.

Literature: Read"The Boy in the Alamo" Chapters 1-7.  Add vocabulary to vocabulary list (flash cards) and review throughout the week.  The vocabulary list will be emailed to you.  

***This weeks scripture is:
Keep you  hearts with all diligence, for out of it flows the issues of life.  -Proverbs 4:23

Be sure to be looking for all of the emailed documents to complete this weeks homework.  

Looking forward to a great end of the year (not school year) festive day.  See you all next week, the Lord willing.  
In Christ, 
LaChrisha Randle 

Hello C3 families,
only 2 more weeks until our Christmas break.  It was great to hear all that everyone was grateful for this morning and wonderful to hear the hearts of so many being developed, changed and fulfilled by our Lord. 

It was also good to get back to the grind of learning and I for one was very encouraged by the thoughtful comments and questions from the students in both my World History and World Literature classes.  My prayer is that God will continue to stir their hearts to all that we discussed, as most of it was pratical to each of our own walks with the Lord although somehow our history was weaved into that discussion.  Moms, if your students have not had a chance to get to the book we are reading in literature, please if possible encourage them to continue to participate in the class anyway.  As we are reading historical fiction, the books I have chosen specifically correlate to the unit we are studying in the History class. We also get into the meat of literature devices, terms, etc, as well as vocabulary that they will need if only for the upcoming SAT's they will take.  In addition,  especially since most of the books I have chosen have either Christian themes and undertones or are blatantly Christian, they are applicable to our lives.  So even if your student has not read, they will get a wealth of knowledge while participating in the class from literature knowledge to historical knowledge to life application knowledge.

It looks like we have chosen to postpone the open house until after the holidays, which I know will allow us all to exhale, since we all know that December is already one of the busiest months of the year for most families.  Moms please continue to be diligent to check your email for updates and information specific to us moms. 

It was good to see Jake back this week and of course all of the Vannoys were sorely missed. 

The homework for this week is:

High School:

Spanish -Complete preguntas pp. 55; Read Ch. 5 p. 56-60 complete exercise 5.1

W. History- Unit 12 lessons 56-60. No questions this week. Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here. Jonathan A.:56, Ezra:57; Mikayla: , Elisha: 58; Jarrod: , Jonathan R.: 59; Jesse A.:54, Aaron V.: Mrs Randle will tackle 60. Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson. Please include at least 2 questions for the class in your summary of the chapter and of course you must have the answer to the questions you ask. Study the timeline for a timeline quiz. 

W. Literature- Read through page 170 of the "Bronze Bow". YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE DONE WITH THE BOOK NEXT TUESDAY. I MADE A MISTAKE IN CLASS AND WE HAVE ONE MORE WEEK AFTER THIS WEEK TO COMPLETE THE BOOK.THE FINAL DAY FOR BRONZE BOW WILL BE DECEMBER 10TH.  If you do not have the book go to www.centerforlit.com and pull up the study guide for The Bronze Bow.  Read pages 9-15 of this guide.  Throughout the story look for these literary devices and site at least 3 that you recognize in the story and bring to class to share:  descriptions, comparisons, metaphors, simile, allusion and symbolism. Vocabulary will be emailed to you.

Biology- Module 6, pp. 161-172; study guide questions 1-10, read through all experiments in prep for next class experiment.

Anatomy -

MOD 6: THE SKELETAL MUSCLE SYSTEM

pg 155 - top of 164 Questions: pg 177-180

# 1 a-d, 4, 7, 11. For the enthusiast, 2-11..

Try this link for Prof. Fink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqNqHppiSvg 

On Your Own: p 158,160-161, check answers p176

Pg 162 CB Exercise 6:1: pg 46-47 face muscles

Pg 164 CB Exercise 6:2: pg 51abdominal wall muscles. 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THIS SIGHT to learn the muscles.

http://www.anatomyarcade.com/games/gamesMuscular.html 

We continue to see how fearfully and wonderfully made we are!!! 

Leadership- Complete project worksheet with all details for selected project.  If you have not already done so, read Ch. 10 of "Developing the Leader Within".

Middle School:

Latin: Review lesson 9 pp. 26-27.  Exercise 9 will be completed in class.  Make 3x5 cards for new vocabulary, review previous 3x5 cards daily. Prepare for a short quiz on lesson 8,  memorize p. 28.

Science: Continue reading Module 16: The Human Nervous System (p. 405-419). Sketch a diagram at home of either a neuron cell or the nervous system.  In class we will do Experiments 16.3, 16.4, 16.5 and 16.6 as time allows.

Vocabulary

Papillae – bumps on the tongue that contain taste buds

Olfactory epithelium –the nasal cavity that contain olfactory sensory cells

Limbic system – the part of the brain that deals with memories and emotions and receives signals from the olfactory cells to the brain

Cornea – transparent part of the eye through which light passes

Pupil – automatically opens or closes depending on the amount of light

Retina – part of the eye that receives the focused image, upside down!

Optic nerve –sends the signal to the brain to be analyzed

Receptors –have sensors attached which give the nervous system information about the skin

Ossicles – tiny bones in the ear which move back and forth when the eardrum vibrates

Cochlea – part of the ear which has hair cells that vibrate and sends electrical signals to the brain to interpret as sound 

IEW: Students should be completing a final draft of “New Inventions.” Students received a checklist to help them mark their 6 Dress Ups and 4 Sentence Openers. Make sure they are marked in the final copy!  Turn in outline, all drafts and final copy next week.

 

History: Read Chapters “The Mormons” and “The First Telegraph”.  Answer the following:

“The Mormons”

1. Why did the people of Rhode Island make a new constitution?

2.  Why was Dorr arrested?

3.  What was the Helderberg War?

4.  What did Scotchman Robert Owen believe? Why do you think Owenite communities did not last?

5. What did Joseph Smith teach about the Book of Mormon?

6. Which of their teachings caused the Mormons to move to Utah?

7. Why did they later give up this teaching?

8.  What other improvements were made in our country?

 

“The First Telegraph"

1. What “institution” did many people feel should be stopped? 

2. What was the reason people said it should end?

3. What were those who wanted to end slavery called? Who made the first petition to end it? 

4.  Who invented the dictionary?  What is said of him?

5.  Who was William Lloyd Garrison?

6. List three inventions described in this chapter:

7.  What did Samuel Morse do?

 

Literature: Read Moccasin Trail, Chapters 11-19.  Answer questions from the study guide.  For vocabulary, write the sentence from the book in which the vocabulary word appears.

Contemptuous (Ch 11) – showing contempt or disdain, scornful

Example: Dan’l waved a contemptuous hand at the pile of newly made wooden forks on the grass between them.

Laboriously (Ch 11)– working with exertion, perseverance

Trace (Ch 11)– a sign or evidence left behind by people or animals

Reconnoitered (Ch 12)– to inspect, observe or survey the enemy for information

Ricocheted (Ch 13)– to bounce, rebound or deflect one or more times on a surface

Tremulous (Ch 14)– trembling from fear, nervousness or weakness

Raucously (Ch 15)– to speak or act in a harsh, rowdy or disorderly manner

Pewter (Ch 15) – container or utensils made of tin and lead

Indelibly (Ch 15)– marks made in a manner that cannot be erased or removed

Sentry (Ch 18) – a soldier stationed at a place to stand guard or watch

***This weeks scripture is:
Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God.  Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theeirs is the kingdom of heaven.  Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.  - Matthew 5:9-11

Next weeks presenters will be: Elisha Cecil, Jesse Murrillo, and Rebecca and Rachael McCowan. 
Please remember to keep the Vannoys in your prayers that all would go well from the packing to the transporting to the unpacking and all else that entails moving. 

I pray everyone has a wonderful, joy filled week.
In Christ,
LaChrisha Randle

Oops, I wasn't able to add anatomy homework as I did not have the info yet.  So here it is:

 

Anatomy:

Please read the rest of Mod 5, answer the questions. We will cover some test questions in the class.

Pg 128 CB Exercise 5:1 p 44-top part Pg 136 CB Exercise 5:2 p14 structure of the sarcoma

This video is a little long but Professor Fink explains the module well.

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=fqNqHppiSvg&list=PL0B6A8CF7D9D72A86&index=24&feature=plpp_video

Since we have some time off, this is a good time to try to get caught up on vocabulary, memorizing and the coloring book. Enjoy your family time on Thanksgiving while practicing gratefulness for the sacrifices made for you from God, family, and many other servants in our nation.

God Bless You and Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello C3 families,
we made it through another class day.  Yesterday was good as always and it was a treat to have a guest speaker in the leadership class. Thank you Mr. Simpson.  
 
I know we will all miss being together next week but it will be a welcomed break and I pray you all have a wonderful thanksgiving and that you are able to share the wealth of love, peace and provisions that the Lord has poured out on us all.  Even if some of us are struggling right now, and I realize that many of us are, we are still rich in comparison to the conditions of so many homeless, hungry and destitute people both here in America and in other countries.  So bless the Lord and share the wealth!

On a more somber and serious note, I would like to address a topic that is heavy on my heart right now.  I constantly have teachers letting me know, and I experience it in my own classes as well, that many students are not doing the work and dont seem to be concerned that they are not, as if they have been given an ok not to get any work done.  My prayer is that each student will begin to take responsibility for their education.  I know that we all have busy lives but the need to make time for your schooling is of great importance.  Wake up earlier, stay up later, cut a couple hours from tv or computer time.  Do what is necessary to get your school work done because in reality, it is only you that will suffer from not getting it done.  More importantly, every mom teacher who has voluntarily taken on the teaching of a class, spends her time prepping for that class.  That takes time and effort away from her family and other duties she has.  Dont make her feel as if she is wasting her time in doing so.  Why should we rise early, stay up late and/or take time away from other responsibilities to prep for a class when only a few bother to do the work and make the class time worth her time.  Not to mention that we get nothing out of teaching except the joy of watching you students learn.  Also, we know that everything we do should be done with excellence as unto the Lord.  So please begin to take a different look and approach to your school work, make it your own, it benefits only you.  
 
Here is the homework for the next two weeks.
  
High School:

Spanish - Complete 4.4, read p. 51 and complete questions p. 52, complete ex. 4.5 and 4.6

W. History- Unit 11 lessons 51-55. No questions this week. Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here. Jonathan A.:51, Ezra:51; Mikayla: 52, Elisha: 52; Jarrod: 53, Jonathan R.: 53; Jesse A.:54, Aaron V.: 55. Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson.  Please include at least 2 questions for the class in your summary of the chapter and of course you must have the answer to the questions you ask.

W. Literature- Begin reading "Bronze Bow". We have 4 weeks to complete this book and upon our return on Nov. 27 you should have read half of the book.  Questions and vocabulary will go out by the end of this week, hopefully tomorrow. 

Biology- Module 5, pp. 125-156; study guide questions 1-20 and test, read through all experiments in prep for next class experiment.

Anatomy

Leadership- Read ch. 10; Read and answer question pp. 225-250 of workbook. Be discussing and preparing for leadership projects as much as possible. For project suggestions you are also welcome to approach Pastor John to discuss what projects he would like done around the building where we meet for class day.

Middle School:
Latin: Review lesson on pp 28-29 and exercise on p. 29.  Lesson will be completed in class.  Prepare for a short quiz on lesson 8, make new flash cards for vocabulary and 2nd declensions, memorize p. 28.

Science:

Nov 26 – Read Module 16: The Human Nervous System (p. 387-405)

We will do a sketch, and experiment 16.1

Vocabulary

Nervous system – controls most aspects of the human body.

Neurons – receive and send electric signals to communicate with other neurons, muscles or gland cells.

Nerves – bundles of neurons that carry signals to and from the brain.

Central nervous system – the largest nerve in the body, composed of the brain and spinal cord

Peripheral nervous system – contains all the other nerves of the body

Cerebrum – the gray, folded tissue that surrounds the brain

Gray matter – the outer layer of the cerebrum

Cerebellum – coordinates the voluntary muscles so that the body moves as instructed by the cerebrum

Hypothalamus –regulates, thirst, hunger, body temperature and the “fight or flight” response

IEW
Students have an outline for "New Inventions" done in class. They are to write a paragraph from the outline, and include the 6 Dress Ups: who/which, -ly word, strong verb, quality adjective, www.asia clause, because clause. Bring the paragraph to class for further editing on Nov. 26.

History
Read Chapters "New Inventions" and "Whitman's Ride."

Literature
Read Chapters 1-10 in Moccasin Trail.
I will send vocabulary later tonight.
Make one dialectic journal entry for each chapter. (See emailed template and example.) You can do many entries on one sheet.

Have a wonderful, blessed, fun-filled and joyous Thanksgiving everyone! Remember that God has blessed us so that we may be a blessing...

In Christ,
LaChrisha Randle

Hello C3 families,
we are at the 9 week mark and moving right along.  Yesterdays certificate awards were well deserved and the "ceremony" went over well.  Students dont forget to work as unto the Lord, we are watching you and you may yet receive a certificate. 

Dont forget if you would like to contribute to the missions to Jordan project, get your new or used coats, blankets, sweatshirts, shoes, or socks (new only) in good condition to Julie by Sunday.  This is an awesome cause and it will be a blessing to contribute.  Remember, according to our Lord, it is better to give than to receive.  And in giving to those in need, we are essentially giving to the Lord. 

On another note, changes are definitely in store for our nation with the re-election of President Obama.  Please remember that the Lord commanded us as believers to pray for our nation, and our leaders.  Also, He commanded us to humble ourselves and pray, seeking His face for the healing of our nation.  It is past time for revival, we should be diligently praying for mercy, healing, revival, and a return to Christ for our nation.  It is our highest calling next to sharing the gospel and making disciples of men.  If you do nothing else with dilligence and excellence this year, do pray.  Pray as if your very life depended on it because it does.  I dont want to sound like an alarmist and frighten anyone, but I do want to alarm us to the fact, that if we had been in our rightful place of prayer, fasting and sharing the gospel, if we were even as concerned with spiritual things as we are with setting our DVR's to record our favorite tv show, or seeing the latest great flick or buying the latest iphone or other great device, we would not be seeing the falling away and deception of the hearts of man the way we are blatantly seeing it today.  Obamas campaign motto was "change", let us by our prayer, fasting and evangelizing be the ones who brings the change that matters.  I propose that we set a day each week, as part of the body of believers, to pray and fast on behalf of our nation.  Who's with me?

Homework this week is as follows

High School:
Spanish - Complete 4.3 and 4.4, and attempt to complete 4.5.  Reread chapter 4 in its entirety. 

W. History- Unit 10 lessons 46-50 Roman Civilization. No questions this week. Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here. Jonathan A.: 46, Ezra: 46; Mikayla: 48, Elisha: 47; Jarrod: 43, Jonathan R.: 44; Jesse A.:45, Aaron V.: 49; Jake: 50. Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson. Please pay attention to the lesson you were assigned, they are not in order.  Please include at least 2 questions for the class in your summary of the chapter and of course you must have the answer to the questions you ask.

W. Literature- Continue reading "Black Horses for the King". You should finish the book this week.
We will have a short vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.  It will include the vocabulary that we have looked at in class in the last 2 weeks plus a few from previous weeks.  (I will send out the vocab list for those of you who were absent the last week or 2 to study from). In light of that I will not give new vocab words for this week.  Write a brief synopsis of the book including some historical facts that you learned from the book and your thoughts on the book and why you did or did not enjoy the book.  If you did not read the book please do brief research on either Arabian horses, King Arthur, Septimania or the time period in which the story is set which is early medieval britain and be prepared to share it with the class.  Remember to do an internet search on who invented horseshoes to find out if the information in the book is historically accurate. 

Biology- Module 4, pp. 125-131; study guide questions 1-10, read through all experiments in prep for next class experiment.  Be sure to finish the experiment started in class with the egg at home. 

Anatomy-

MOD 5: MUSCLE HISTOLOGY & PHYSIOLOGY Read: pg 125- top half of 136 

Jonathan & Elisha - work together to summarize pg 125 thru top ¶ of 131. Answer Questions 2-7

Monica & Mikayla - work together to summarize pg 131 2nd ¶ thru 136.

Answer Question 8-11. Read the Experiment to know what to look for Tues 

Pg 128 CB Exercise 5:1 p 44-top part Pg 136 CB Exercise 5:2 p14 structure of the sarcoma

Work on memorizing your bones Visit http://www.anatomyarcade.com/ to help with memorizing, report your scores

We are Learning God's Awesome Design!!! 

Leadership- Read ch. 10; Read and answer question pp. 225-250 of workbook. Be discussing and preparing for leadership projects as much as possible. For project suggestions you are also welcome to approach Pastor John to discuss what projects he would like done around the building where we meet for class day.

Middle School:

Science- Read Module 15: The Human Lymphatic, Endocrine and Urinary Systems. We will do a sketch, experiment 15.1 and possibly 15.2, (please read through these experiments at home in prep for class). Complete science vocab for this chapter found in the syllabus for chapter 15. 

Latin- Lesson 8, review lesson pp. 24-25; make 3x5 cards for new vocabulary & first declension case endings, memorize pp. 20, review pp. 16, 73, 74, 75 There will be a short quiz on lesson 7 in class. 

American History- Story of the Great Republic Read "More Land Bought and Jackson Stories.” For each chapter, write down three events that were interesting to you and share with the class Tuesday

 

American Literature- Complete the book "Voyage of Darkness".  Write down 5 points that struck them as interesting during their reading and be prepared to share it in class. 

IEW- . Re-write your paper started in class about Eliza, the runaway slave. This week, they need to add the six dress-ups to the draft, then rewrite a final version to turn in Tuesday.  The dress-ups are:-          a who/which clause              a quality adjective

-          an –ly word                            a www.asia clause

-          a strong verb                         a because clause

This weeks scripture is:

Alll the ways of man are pure in his own  eyes, but the Lord weighs the motives. 

-Proverbs 16:2

Next week speakers will be:

Ariel Vannoy, Aaron Vannoy and Jesse Murrillo

 

Heres some quick flix of our awesome class day.  Enjoy!

  

Wow, what an awesome Class day we had yesterday.  We had a treat of chili instead of our usual special house burrito, and enough cupcakes for each student to have 3rds with some leftover, thanks to Ms. Alvarado for the chili and and Mrs. Simpson for the cupcakes.  Your hard work was a real blessing.  Happy Birthday to Aaron Bethea and Ezekial Vannoy.  We were all blessed to be able to share a moment of your special month with you.

 I for one had great class days in both my world lit. and world history.  The students did a great job summarizing for history and although it was pretty obvious that not a lot of people read for literature it was still a great discussion as we applied some of the principles from this book to our lives.  What I saw of middle school science in my time in there seemed to go well, Mrs. McCowan is a great teacher as well as Stephanie, her alter ego.  Also, congratulations to Monica who won the jeopardy game in Mrs. Alvarado's anatomy class with 200+ points.  Way to go! Mrs. Murrillo's students did a very interesting experiment with mold and yeast and quite a few of us got to take a look at the mold under the microscope.  A lot more of us moms found mold to contribute to  the cause than first expected.  I know it was very out of the ordinary to find mold in our homes, hehe, but way to go ladies, me included.  Thanks again to Mrs. Alvarado who stepped in to teach the Leadership class yesterday.  Great job from what I saw and heard!

We hope and pray that the Nacar boys, and Mrs. Bethea are all feeling better today.  Please continue praying for them.  Also be sure and pray for Mikayla and Briana's volley ball tournament/s this week.  Im not sure if the tournments have already happened or not but Im sure they can use our prayers no matter what even if only for a safe return home.  The Vannoys, Briana, the Nacars and Mrs. Bethea were certainly missed this week and we will all be glad to see you all back next Tuesday.

 BTW, I look forward to getting the student names, per our meeting discussion, from instructors this week.
 
Cleanup was a little harder this week with so many people missing, but as we worked together, we pulled it off.  Great job everyone.  A special thanks to the fellow who vacuumed the entire fellowship hall by himself.  That is usually reserved as a 2 man job, excellent work Jonathan Randle.  Thanks to Mrs. Cecil and Hosanna for stepping in for bathroom cleanup duty and thanks the nominated bathrooms moppers.  I dont think there was a floor that I didn't see Mrs. Cecil mop yesterday, what a whiz.  Special thanks always to Sandra who gets that sanctuary vacuumed first thing every Tuesday morning.  And of course thank you's go out to all who made an effort to pitch in.  You all rock!

Crazy hair/hat day was a hit and I was blessed to see so many people participate.  We had a little of everything.  Pictures to come so check back on the blog as new photos will definitely be posted.

Homework is as follows:

High School:

Spanish - Finish exercise 3.7 and short exercise on p. 39.  Read chapter 4 and complete exercise 4.1 at home.  Exercise 4.1 is just filling in numbers so it should not be challenging. 

W. History- Unit 9 lessons 41-45 Greek Civilization. No questions this week. Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here. Jonathan A.: 41, Ezra: 41; Mikayla: 42, Elisha: 42; Jarrod: 43, Jonathan R.: 43; Jesse A.:44, Aaron V.: 44; Jake: 45. Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson. Please include at least 2 questions for the class in your summary of the chapter and of course you must have the answer to the questions you ask. 

W. Literature- Continue reading "Black Horses for the King". We are slowing this book down so you will now have 3 weeks to finish instead of 2.  This week you will need to read at least through the 2nd 3rd of the book.  I cant give specific pages as everyones book seems to be a little different.  Questions and vocabulary will be sent out.  Please read the grammar points at the end of each lesson in your history book as we will go over grammar points for lessons 35-45 and the vocabulary.

Biology- Module 4, pp. 117-120; study guide questions 11-20;  module 4 test

Anatomy-

Read MOD 4 second half, pg 107-118,

Vocab words p 121#1 Bring flash cards for each

Study Guide questions 1-27 as follows

JA- 2, 6, 10, 15, 19, 23, 27a, e

EC- 3 , 7, 11, 16, 20, 24, 27b,

ML- 4, 8, 12, 17, 21, 25, 27c

MV- 5, 9, 13, 14, 18, 22, 26, 27d

Please be ready to share your answers quickly so we can do the fun stuff!

I will email you the Bones group list that you are responsible for memorizing for the Open House, naming the bones, where found and function.Pg 115 CB Exercise 4:1 pg 22 - joints

Pg 118 CB Exercise 4:2 pg 23 - joints

Please READ IT, you may color also.

You all did great in our Jeopardy game especially Monica with a whopping 263 points! Your bones were so flexible (the chicken bones that is). Aren't you thankful we don't have rickets?

Next week we will take a look at red bone marrow and bone tissue. 

Leadership- Read ch. 9; Read and answer question pp. 225-250 of workbook. Be discussing and preparing for leadership projects as much as possible. For project suggestions you are also welcome to approach Pastor John to discuss what projects he would like done around the building where we meet for class day. 

Middle School:
Science- Read Module 15: The Human Lymphatic, Endocrine and Urinary Systems. We will do a sketch, experiment 15.1 and possibly 15.2, (please read through these experiments at home in prep for class). Complete science vocab for this chapter found in the syllabus for chapter 15. We will also do a fun experiment that Mrs. Randle has from module 13.

Latin- Lesson 7, review lesson pp. 22-23; make 3x5 cards for new vocabulary & first declension case endings, memorize pp. 20, review pp. 16, 73, 74, 75

American History-  Story of the Great Republic Read “Clinton’s Big Ditch” and “More Land Bought.” For each chapter, write down three events that were interesting to you and share with the class Tuesday

IEW- .

Students wrote a draft for “The Star Spangled Banner.”  This week, they need to add the six dress-ups to the draft, then rewrite a final version to turn in Tuesday. The dress-ups are:

-          a who/which clause              a quality adjective

-          an –ly word                            a www.asia clause

-          a strong verb                         a because clause

American Literature- Begin "Voyage of Midnight" pp. 1-80.  Complete assignment per emailed document. That should come to you by tomorrow. 

Heres a few photos from yesterdays classes:

         

 

 

This weeks scripture is:
The Lord is good to all and his tender mercies are over all His works. 
- Psalm 145:9

                                                                     

Next weeks presenters will be Mikayla Vannoy, Ariel Vannoy and Aaron Vannoy.

BTW, Sunday is Verterans Day. Honor  a Verteran by saying Thank You for their service.

Have a blessed and awesome rest of the week and keep the East coast in your prayers.
In Christ,
LaChrisha Randle

 

Good morning C3'ers,
It was good to see everyone yesterday except of course Sarrah and Jake who were missed. We had another great day filled with learning, laughter and chatter, lots of chatter.  Parents please make sure especially that your high school students are reading this blog for themselves if only so that they may get their homework assignments.  And if you could check it behind them just as a backup to ensure that they and you know what their assignment is that would help keep them on track.  Also, it is excellent practice for their college years to check their assignments and follow on their own, especially if they ever take an online class.
 Everyone is becoming very good at pitching in and getting that place in top shape at the end of the day!  Thanks for all of your hard work. 
Julie Nacar is having a bonfire at her house friday of next week and all high schoolers and middle schoolers are invited.  It will be a great time for the students to get to know one another better outside of classes.  Please check your email for details. 
Just a couple of reminders, please make sure all of our students know that there is no reason for any of them to be in the sanctuary except one or two when accompanied by an adult for cleaning purposes.  Also, please dont put anything into the toilets but toilet paper.  No paper towels or any other object besides tp should be in the toilets.   

This weeks homework:
High School:
Spanish - the class is a little behind the syllabus, but the homework for this week is to attemp to do 3.6 and 3.7 at home.  There may be more so please be checking your email to be sure to get it all. 

W. History- Unit 8 lessons 36-40 Ancient non western civilizations.  No questions this week.  Please write a brief one to two paragraph summary of the lesson you are assigned here.  Jonathan R.: lesson 36, Ezra: 36; Mikayla: 37, Elisha: 37; Jarrod: 38, Jesse: 38; Jonathan A.: 39, Aaron V.: 39; Jake: 40.  Make sure to include all the major points about the lesson.

W. Literature- Begin reading "Black Horses for the King". Do internet research on King Arthur and the war with the Saxon traders or the author of the book, Anne McCaffey.  Take notes and be ready to present a short briefining in class. 

Biology-  Module 4, pp. 97-116; study guide questions 1-10

 

Anatomy-

Read Ezekiel 37:1-14-God did a miracle, what was it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyXP_ouzQWE

Read Module 4, pg 97-107, study we will have a pop quiz

CB Exercise 3:2 p 20-21-follow instructions   
Pg 83 CB Exercise 3:3 p 43 -appendicular skeleton
Pg 86 CB Exercise 3:4 p24 color 4 views of skull, read
Pg 89 CB Exercise 3:5 p 27 -vertebral column
Pg 90 CB Exercise 3:6 p 30 -thoracic cag
AT HOME: (save a chicken wing bone, you need a jar & vinegar) Start this today. Make a graph of the difference or change everyday. (Experiment: 4:1 p 99; Calcium Salts in Bone) We are Learning God's Awesome Design!!!    
Leadership- Read ch. 8; Read an answer question pp. 169-193 of workbook.  Be discussing and preparing for leadership project as much as possible. 

Middle School:
Science- Read Module 13: The Human Digestive System. LaChrisha has an experiment planned, and/or we will do Experiments 13.1, 13.2 and 13.3 in class. We will try to sketch the system, if time allows. Copy vocabulary sent to you in your vocab notebook or 3x5 cards and study for the week. 

Latin- Lesson 6, review lesson pp. 20-21; make 3x5 cards for new vocabulary & first declension case endings, memorize pp. 20, review pp. 16, 73, 74, 75

 

American History-  As a side note, it is really cool to see the chapters perfectly aligned with our literature reading, both for Sacagawea and now Key to Honor. The kids are seeing the same names come up in their history and literature, which makes for greater memory retention later when they see these names come up again as high school students. Awesome!
Story of the Great Republic
"Don't Give Up the Ship" - Note 3 interesting facts to share with class Tuesday.
"The Star-Spangled Banner" - Note 3 interesting facts to share with class Tuesday.

IEW- In class, students collaborated to write the first draft of a narrative summary, "An Axe to Grind." For homework this week, they must add all six dress-ups (six for the entire 3 paragraph summary). The six dress ups are: who/which clause, -ly word, because clause, strong verb, quality adjective and a www.asia clause (using when, while, where, as, since, if, although). All dress-ups should appear in the middle of sentences, not at the beginning.

American Literature- Read "Key to Honor" chapters 11-20.  Complete assignment per emailed document. 

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This weeks scripture is:

     I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. -Psalm 139:14

Next weeks presenters will be: Mikayla Vannoy, Ariel Vannoy, Josh Bethea, and Aaron Vannoy.
(i know that seems like a lot of Vannoys but this is the last group of speakers left and we will start again from the beginning after them).

By the way, any needed documents will be emailed.   I pray you all have a wonderful week and weekend and as always please email or call with any questions. 
P.S. Moms, I will be sending out info about our meeting, please be looking for it and respond asap. 
In Christ,
LaChrisha Randle

   

 

October 16, 2012

10/16/12

Hello C3 families,
we successfully completed week 6 of co-op.  Wow, what great presentations we are getting out of the students.  Im so impressed with the topics, the preparedness of the students, and even the speaking technique, especially for those who are in their first year of this. 
The moms talked about altering the reward system to use another type of reward other than candy or no reward at all.  Please email me with your preferences so that Shawn and I can make the final decision.  Also, please check your calendars and let me know if December 12th from 4:30 - 7:00 will work out for you for an end of the semester open house.  We can talk about the details of the evening further once we get a date down in stone.  We will probably need to have another lunch meeting next week to discuss decisions made about reward system and open house details. 
Mom instructors please let me know in the future if you have any praiseworthy class circumstances about any of your students from class day so that I can post it for the week. 
This week in World History, we took our first pop quiz.  I think we need a little more studying but I am proud to report that Jake Nacar secured a 90% on the quiz.  Way to go Jake!  Not to say that their aren't other stars in the class.  I know that there are others who are faithfully reading, doing the vocab, and answering the emailed questions each week they just need to work on retaining the information. 
Here is the homework for the week:

Homework for this week:

HIGH SCHOOL:
Spanish - Numbers, Dates, Times; read chapter 4, pp 40-47; attempt exercises 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
study flash cards

World History- Please ensure that your student does the reading in Hittite Warrior this week.  Read Unit 7 lessons 31-35 Review chapter questions (emailed). Be prepared for a test on ch. 6 & 7.  I will not email chapter questions as usual, in order that you can study for the test.  Test will be mostly multiple choice with a couple of essay questions.  You will only need to answer these in 1-3 sentences.  
  
World Literature- Complete the essay we began in class yesterday.  Please be prepared to read your essay to the class next week.  Read remaining chapters of Hittite Warrior, complete vocabulary, and review questions emailed to you.  Be prepared for a brief vocabulary quiz.
 
Biology-  Module 4 pp. 97-116, study guide questions 1-12

Anatomy-  Module 3 pg 75-95

See if you can answer the "on your own" questions,

Vocabulary: write your words on 3x5 cards

JA: a Epidermis; e.Compact bone; i. Axial skeletn

EC: b. Dermis f.Cancellous bone j Appendicular skeletn

ML: c. Hypodermis g Ossification k Suture

MV: d Hemopoiesis h Articular cartilage l.Process

ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS as follows & be prepared to share your answers quickly in class.

JA: 17 d; 20 a-h; 21 a-c;

EC: 17 a, e; 20 i-o 21 d-f

ML: 17 b; 18; 20 p-v; 21 g-i

MV:17 c 19; 20 w-bb 21 j-l

Pg 81 CB Ex. 3:2 p 20-21-follow instructions

Pg 83 CB Ex. 3:3 p 43 -appendicular skeleton

Pg 86 CB Ex. 3:4 p 24 -color 4 views of skull & read

Pg 89 CB Ex. 3:5 p 27 -vertebral column

Pg 90 CB Ex. 3:6 p 30 -thoracic cage

I will also email you another fun thing to do.

 

Leadership - Read chapter 7 of text.  Read and answer questions on pp 141-168 of the workbook. 

MIDDLE SCHOOL
Science- Read Module 12: Energy and Life. complete vocabulary flash cards (vocab found in syllabus emailed to you again; parents please print out another copy of the syllabus, most of the students did not seem to know what module we were even on yesterday)

Latin- Read Ch 6, study for test on Chapters 1-5

History- Read ch. 13/14 (The First Steamboat and Gerrymander), review questions for each chapter (emailed to you)

IEW- Rewrite or type a 2nd draft of paragraph done in class (emailed document) including dressups per instructions on document emailed. 

Literature- Begin reading "The Key to Honor" by Ron Wanttaja.  Read ch. 1-9; complete vocabulary flash cards and review questions.  (vocab emailed to you)

*Next weeks presenters will be: Aaron Bethea, Matt Nacar, Vannoy, Simpson*

***This weeks scripture:_And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory , the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. -John 1:14***

Have a great week and please dont hesitate to post replies or email any questions regarding anything on the blog. 
In Christ,
LaChrisha

Good morning C3 families,
we have another great co-op day under our belts.  This marks week 5 of our school year.  Congratulations to all of our wonderful speakers yesterday.  You all did a good job, especially of researching your specific topic.  We had a great day in middle school science this week, focusing on the respiratory system. We did an experiment that showed lung capacity.  We had lots of participation, and several students were able to blow in the tube to find their personal lung capacity.   Amazingly, Matthew Nacar had the largest lung capacity, that of a healthy adult!  In our time together I noticed what a wiz we have in Mariah who speedily subtracted fractions before the problem was even written down.  JesseMurrillo did a great job of leading the high school world history class, and the class seemed a lot more enthusiastic about answering questions....maybe we have the makings of a future professor.  I also witnessed Jonathan Alvarado leading the leadership discussion, again, awesome job and enthusiastic participation from the other students.  We had a small mishap in the fellowship hall yesterday.  I went around and asked who did it, not because the person was in trouble but so that the person would be responsible to clean up after themselves.  I was so proud of the person who came on their own and confessed and cleaned the mess without me ever getting to that person.  Some may think thats not a big deal but it takes real integrity to confess and be willing to own up to a mistake.  Good job!  (You know who you are). Mrs. Alvarado used a different approach this week in assigning different questions to each student and having them share the answers and trade information. That seemed to work beautifully and her praise was that each student was ready with their  specific questions answered and it seemed to give greater understanding with the experiments as well.  Awesome job anatomy students!  It was great to see the friendships developing between the middle schoolers when they decided to eat lunch together in the back elementary side room.  We just need to make sure there is periodic parental supervision during lunch.  Thanks to the Randle boys for always getting right to set up when we arrive on Tuesday mornings and thanks to the other male students who come after us but fall right in line to help with set up. Mikayla Vannoy was greatly missed yesterday and we all hope and pray that she is feeling back to normal today.   Also, as always everyone did an awesome job of after school tear down and cleanup. 

I wanted to take a moment and stress the importance of memorization which has been very discounted in the school systems in recent years.  It does not take but minutes a day to have your students review vocabulary words, new science terms, vocabulary words for a language they are studying, timelines, math facts, etc. but it will make a world of difference in their schooling and what they get out of their subjects.  You will be amazed at the capacity of the brain to remember if you will have your student make and use flash cards for their different subjects and have them review the cards each day for a few moments.  Its how great musicians become great and how great athletes become and stay great, by practicing the same song or the same dunk or the same swing or throw or technique over and over and over again.  We all marvel at these amazing athletes or musicians  as though it is only talent that gets them to a place of greatness.  But it is talent and commitment to practice that gets and keeps them there.  We have talked about this before because it is the main premise behind Classical Conversations which we are modeling, but I just wanted to re-iterate it and allow those students who read the blog to consider that information as well. 

The homework for this week is as follows:

High School:
Spanish - Hay, Interrogative words, Days & Months read chapter 3 pp 32-39 review and attempt excercises 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, & 3.7

World History - Unit 6, lessons 21-25.  Be prepared to student teach (that means lecture on the chapters and ask the questions) and dont forget to add your own 5-10 questions as well as the ones that are emailed.  Documents with questions have been emailed.

World literature- this week we will begin "Hittite Warrior".  Read chapters 1-14 this week.  Complete vocabulary words and questions that were emailed.  Review vocabulary each day so that you will memorize.  Review grammar points at the each of lessons 21-25 daily.

Biology - read pp 88-92 complete study guide for module 3 and module 3 test.

Anatomy- Module 3 read pages 61- thru top of 75, answer the "on your own" questions

Answer Questions that are assigned Vocabulary - write & learn each of your words on 3x5 cards to exchange JA: a. Epidermis; e. Compact bone; i. Axial skeleton EC: b. Dermis; f. Cancellous bone j. Appendicular skeleton ML: c. Hypodermis g. Ossification k. Suture MV: d. Hemopoiesis h. Articular cartilage l. Process Questions: Please be ready to share your answers in class JA: 2; 6; 10; 12. c, g, k, o 16 EC: 3; 7; 11; 12. d, h, l, 13 L: 4; 8; 12. a, c, i, m, 14 MV: 5; 9; 12. b, f, j, n, 15

Pg 75 CB Exercise 3:1 pg 18-19 all diagrams, (CB=Coloring Book)

Leadership- Read chapter 6 and 7.  Answer questions on pp 141-168 of workbook in prep for next tuesdays class. 

Middle School:
Science- Read Module 11, Complete Experiment 11.1 at home.  Complete Vocabulary, emailed. 

Latin- Study for quiz chapter 5 Review chapters 1-5, There will be a test on Chapters 1-5 on Tuesday Oct. 23. Review 3x5 cards, review pp 73, 74, 76

History- Read chapter entitled "Death of Somers" complete questions emailed to you. 

IEW- Write final draft of "An amazing Inventor".  It should be typed or handwritten double-spaced.  If they are inspired they may add to more to the draft.  They must underline all of the dress-ups that we have included in class (who/which clause, ly word, strong verb, quality adjective and two vocab words). Name, date and title must also be on the paper before turning in to Mrs. McCowan. 

American Literature- Read Sacajawea ch. 17-35; add emailed vocabulary to your 3x5 vocabulary cards, review vocab each day


MEMORY SCRIPTURE: In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was God.  John 1:1

NEXT WEEKS SPEAKERS WILL BE: 1 VANNOY FAMILY MEMBER, 1 SIMPSON FAMILY MEMBER, NATHANIEL RANDLE AND JAKE NACAR

Have a wonderful week and weekend.  And I look forward to our meeting again next Tuesday, God willing. 
In Christ,
LaChrisha Randle