Good morning C3 families,
please be sure to read the entire page and have your students do the same.  I'm guilty myself of not having my students read it in its entirety but I should have them do so, so that no important information is missed.  I'm finding that a lot of the students are saying that they were not aware of certain homework assignments. If both you and your student reads their assignments there is ample coverage to know what needs to be done.

The hamburgers were a hit yesterday and needless to say the students loved them.  We will be having hamburgers again next week and we will stick with the same assignments to make things easy.  A special thanks to Shirley for always getting in that kitchen and making lunch happen.  Thanks to the other moms for stepping in where needed during lunch hour. And thanks to Terri for bringing cupcakes for no special reason, I know the students enjoyed them.  You guys all rock!

Also, it was good to have all of the special guest teachers and students yesterday.  It was great to see the Vannoy girls as they have been missed.  Also, its always good to see Michael, an old student who is doing great in his new college endeavors.  Hes a straight A student!  It gives me great hope for all of our future college students. And it is always a blessing to have the teaching help of the dads.  Thanks to Mr. Alvarado for stepping up to help in the economics class each week and thanks to Mr. Randle for coming for the second time to have a bible study on character with the young men.  We're so blessed to have the supportive, loving dads and husbands we have; not to take anything away from those dads who have not been able to come and help at co-op because they are busy financially supporting their families so that the privilege of home schooling can be enjoyed.  Husbands/dads rock too!

Open house is upon us.  Invite your loved ones and friends to show off what our students have accomplished this year.  We will discuss all of the details at this Fridays meeting.

Next weeks presenters will be:
Jonathan Randle
Jonathan Alvarado
Nathaniel Randle
Briana Beckman (yes you Briana)

Here is this weeks homework:

High School

Spanish - Read pages 102-107 and do exercises 8.1 & 8.2. Familiarize yourself with the demonstrative adjectives on page 104 and adjectives of nationality on pages 105-107.

W. History - . Read lessons 106, 108, 109 & 110 in Unit 22.  Work on songs for open house Jonathan A., Jonathan R. and Jesse.  Be prepared to share the song next week in class.  I will be bringing the mural board to class next week for to transfer art to.  Bring any art supplies you have that may help, namely markers. There are only 2 weeks left till open house.  

W. Literature- Continue reading or listening to Les Mis.  Also for open house complete either a written or recorded speaking synopsis on the book you chose to share for open house and be prepared to share it in class this Tuesday.  

Biology- module 11 read half the chapter and begin to work on the study guide.  Complete questions 1-11 this week and 12-22 next week.  

Anatomy- Mod. 10: THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM    Pg 293 - 315

Questions: pg 314-315    # 1-10

On Your Own: pg 294, 296, 301, 302, 307, 308, 310,  check answers p 312-313

Pg 301 CB Exercise 10.1 pg 151- endocrine system

Pg 307 CB Exercise 10.2 pg 152-153 - review hormone control

Continue to memorize your bones list, muscles, and brain lists. Continue to get your CB ready for the display

Economics-   I'm so proud how you did yesterday with our first Council meeting!!  Now that you decided that 

Construction will be your first business, you all need to decide how that will be done.   

Which came first Supply or Demand? Talk that subject over with your family and I will contact you by email.

Middle School

Latin: Read lesson 16 pp. 44-45. Make 3x5 cards for the vocabulary words and memorize them.  Also make a 3x5 card for the second conjugation and memorize them.  Bring 3x5 card w/the song were singing for open house to class Tuesday so we can practice.
 

Science: We will be starting Module 6 next week (p 137-146) on Foundations of Geology.  We will do Experiment 6.1 so please read these pages to prepare for the experiment.
Does anyone have any, or know where to purchase, Alum? 
 

IEW:  Continue to work on your rough draft of the Abraham Lincoln biography.  When finished, edit the draft by adding the following:

Dress Ups (underlined): who/which, -ly word, strong verb, quality adjective, www.asia, because

Sentence Openers (numbered in margin): 1) subject, 2) prepositional, 3) -ly, 4) -ing, 5) www.asia, 6) VSS

Decorations (highlighted in text): question, conversation, 3sss, dramatic opening/closing, simile/metaphor, alliteration

Please remember to bring your edited draft to class Tuesday. I will review each one for final edits before you write the final version.

American History: Continue to review timeline for Open House (attached again). Also continue to work on your timeline to show next week.  Link for the information for each year can be found here: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1861.html

American Literature:  Complete reading of "Iron Thunder".  Be ready to complete these discussion questions in class.  
QUESTIONS

6. List all the ways that Tom’s day-to-day life in Brooklyn in 1862 is different from your life 
today. Is there anything about his life you wish were true of yours? Is there anything that 
you are glad is different? 
7. Imagine that you were Tom. Would you have taken both gold coins? Why or why not? 
8. While Tom does not often mention his father’s death, what role does that loss play in Tom’s 
life? How does it affect his relationship with Captain Ericsson? How does it affect his 
feelings about the Monitor and the Union cause? 
9. On page 106, Tom comments that “Captain Ericsson could think us to the moon if he 
wanted to.” What does he mean? How does Avi, the author, speak directly to a modern 
reader with this line? 
10. On the way to Hampton Roads, the Monitor is nearly sunk during a storm. How does this 
chapter build excitement about the coming battle? If the workmen had had time to 
completely test and finish the boat, would the final battle have been as thrilling to read 
about? 
11. What if Tom had helped out the copperheads and given them what they wanted? How might 
the course of the whole war been different? 
12. Did Captain Worden do the right thing by bringing Tom on board the Monitor? Is it all right for children to be in a military battle? 
13. Each side claims to have won the final battle. Who do you think won? Why?

Important Note:  We are scheduled to have a meeting this Friday, March 8th at 2:30 regarding the open house on March 21.