this is going to be the last post for the year. Sorry i haven't been more consistent at the end, but it hasn't gotten easier :-)

Math tests:
5/10
5/17 - Final Exam

History:
5/11 - Final Exam - PLEASE STUDY!

English:
5/16 - English Final

We are currently finished with the following subjects:
Health
Science
Vocabulary/Spelling

Yearbooks came in today and will be distributed on Friday

English Home work pg 222 #6-12

Finish any classwork study for quiz tomorrow in History over 17-18.2

Math today lesson 146
English, pg 214 odds
Bible, read revelation 1 and 2 and write a summary on each chapter
History, pg 328-331 answer any questions and define bold terms.

I will not be in class tomorrow, there will be a substitute. Progress reports will be going home on monday. If you have questions please email me. If you do not have my email call Ms. Kim or Ms. Kara on either campus and they will give it to you. Sorry, I can't put it up online for fear of spammage.

-Joe

Math lesson 145
History Chapter 17 b&c
English - Book report

Also, I gave out a lot of makeup for the upcoming progress reports. So ask your son/daughter if they have any makeup work to do before you let them veg out eating cereal and watching cartoons! :-)

Health Test on Monday, Chapters 1-7. We only have one more chapter in Health, Chapter 8. Then we will take our last test.

Math Lessons 140-143 in the back of the book.

On Tuesday we will be taking a privilege trip with the top 15 students in class. That will leave 6 students behind to work on school work and the such. We will be hiking Diamondhead. It should be fun, educational, and refreshing.

History questions 17A and write out bold terms.

Bad news. Because of some unfortunate bureaucratic mishaps we will be unable to take our planned privilege trip tomorrow. However, we will be watching the movie Facing the Giants tomorrow morning. I am allowing students to come dressed tomorrow in their PE uniforms. We will have a light day they are welcome to bring snacks to share with the class and have a good time.

The privilege trip will be rescheduled for next month. I will give more information when we get there.

Homework is Language pg 132 Think D #6-10
Spelling definitions 5x and book work
Math lesson 131 in the back.

Thanks!

Privilege Trip

Here's the homework tonight:

Read the book of Jonah, it's only 3 chapters so don't cry.
Spelling List 28 write words 5x
History read 16.1 and 16.2 write bold terms and answer questions
Math lesson 130 in the back if you didn't complete it over the weekend
Language pg 128 Think C

This Wednesday I'm planning a trip for the top 15 students in my class. I am judging by grades and effort. There are 7 students who won't be able to go, they will join Mr. Norden's class for the day. If you have questions you can email me or call the school and ask Mrs. Kim We will be going to North Shore Haleiwa (I think that's how you spell it) and hanging around North Shore. If you would not like your child attending then let me know and I can have another student take there place.

Aquarium

We had an awesome day at the aquarium, this was probably one of our funnest field trips. Definitely talk to your son/daughter and see if they learned anything neat!

Some students still don't have protractor's and compasses.

Math lesson 126

For Bible read the book of Amos and finish the wordsearch that was passed out.

Also, Book report is due on March 16th here are the steps that I wrote on the board:

1. Get a book
2. Get it approved (Show it to Mr. Phil)
3. Read it
4. Write a summary
5. Look up Summary if you don't know what it is
6. Answer these questions with your summary:

Did you like the book?
Did you learn anything?
What was your favorite part?
What was the conflict?

7. Write your Draft
8. Get it edited by 2 people
9. Write your final Draft
10. Turn it in

Requirements:
-Typed
-Double Spaced
-12pt Font
-Times New Roman

Lots of Math:

Lesson 21-25, and Lesson 123

Don't forget your fictional book on Friday and a protractor is needed for math tomorrow.

History test on Chapter 14 on Monday make sure you guys study, also vocab test was moved to Monday so don't forget to study guys.

Parents, I told all the students that I expect everyone to get a B or better on vocab on Monday.

Yearbook

My apologies parents for not keeping the blog up to date as I usually do. The yearbook deadline is tonight and all my free time for the past week has been devoted to getting it done on time.

Homework I handed out a math worksheet. Folders will go out Friday. Tomorrow there is a big history test over chapters 1-13. The day after is a bible test covering chapters 1-33. Math and spelling tests on Friday. Well gotta get back to work!

Test tomorrow in Health over Chapter 2. Homework tonight is to finish unfinished classwork, which was a lot. Study for Health, Study for Bible lessons chapter 31-33. Have a good day guys.

Lots to do tonight.

Math: Lessons 95-100 in the back of the book.
History/English: Finish your paper.

Parents the requirements again for the paper is as follows:

Typed, 12 pt font, Times New Roman, Cover page, Bibliography in the back with at least 3 sources. Double Spaced, by this I don't mean that you hit enter to separate each line. Highlight the text and hit Ctrl+2 That should adjust the document to double spaced or highlight the text, right mouse click, and hit paragraph. There will be a drop down box and select double spaced. Rough draft will be stapled to the back with at least two signatures of the proof readers. Do Not place the project into a folder or plastic slips as it will be hard for me to grade the assignment.

Remember Health Test tomorrow, don't spend more than a couple of minutes studying for this one, super easy.

Vocabulary Test, STUDY!

Keep studying your 50 states, the test is coming soon. Next Wednesday the 7th will be your Test!

Next Tuesday field trip to the aquarium. I need chaperons so if you would like to come please let me know, or call Mrs. Kim, or email me.

Homework for tonight:

Rewrite rough draft based on the corrections made in class today. Study for your Bible Quiz tomorrow on Isaiah and Jeremiah. Remember you have a HUGE Bible Test in 2 fridays ( Feb. 9th) on lessons 1-33. No excuses, I'm telling you now about it.

Spelling test on Friday as usual.

Final drafts on book report are due Friday, they will need to be typed, double spaced 12 point font 'times new roman' bibliography at the back citing your 3 sources.

Zoo!

Today was great fun. We went to the zoo and had a blast. I'll post some pictures up here of our trip for you to see.

Homework is as follows:

complete the 50 states fill in map that was handed out

complete rough draft due monday, this needs to be a typed copy, this is also going to be the final rough draft before the final copy.

Other than that have a great weekend. Don't watch too much TV!

Homework:

Math Lessons 10-11

English - You guys should be working on your rough drafts. Test tomorrow on quotations, capitalization, finding your nouns and verbs, and diagramming.

Homework tonight is to finish what was not done in Math class and History class. History report rough drafts need to be completed by Monday so that they can be looked over and corrected for the final draft.

Field trip is scheduled for Next Wednesday, this is kind of a last minute thing so I will be posting and announcing the cost tomorrow.

Math homework tonight. Lessons 6 and 8 in the back. Also rough drafts on the History report should have begun officially today. Monday we will bring them in and make corrections and adjustments.

Bible test tomorrow. I passed out a study sheet. All questions on the study sheet will be on the test.

Also, I found a blog that may interest you as parents. It's written by Cary Schmidt who used to be my youth pastor. He works in the ministry at Lancaster Baptist Church, my home church, and is the head youth pastor. He is by far one of the greatest youth leaders for Independent Baptist Church teaching over 800 teens on a weekly basis. I know that his site will be a help to you in raising up your kids.

Test tomorrow in History over chapter 12. I will review tomorrow. I wrote what geographical locations will be needed to know for the test. English homework was finished in class today. There may be homework in Bible class depending on whether they got it done in class or not. History books should be read, starting tomorrow we will be working on rough drafts. I decreased the page for the final draft from 5 pages to 3.

Happy Birthday again to Jackie, thanks for the pizza.

No Homework tonight. This is because I want you guys to study for your Science test and to read your History books. Remember, while reading your history books you need to have something to write down important/interesting things that you read and on what page they were on. That way you start your paper you have a lot of note cards you can turn to and what pages all that stuff is on. (I think that made sense)

Also, Parents, I'm really having a hard time getting the class to focus back in since the break. Help me by talking to them maybe.

Thanks!

Ok, in the midst of reviewing for the Science Test tomorrow I realized that the students were in need of more study/review time. So, tomorrow we will be taking our Chapter 6 Test in Science. This test will only be on chapter 6. I reviewed and went over all the questions on the tests. They were to write down any terms/questions which they didn't know the answers to so they could study better. That test will be given tomorrow. The Science Test over Chapters 1-6 was moved to Thursday (11th) to allow more review time. We did have our spelling test today and will begin a more normal weekly schedule with our spelling tests. The next spelling test will be this Friday (12th).

The book reports are being done on a step by step basis. The last report that I assigned showed me that pretty much most of the class didn't know how to do a book report. In doing it step by step, for example, picking a book, reading it, writing important facts, rough drafts, final drafts, I am able to teach them every step of the report process. Right now they are to have picked out a book and to be reading from it.

Homework tonight is Math lesson 91 in the back of the book.

Ok, heads up...Change of plans on the Science Test. That will be next Tuesday and the spelling test is being moved from this Friday to Monday. There will be a math quiz also next Tuesday.

Homework tonight is Math lesson 88. I also assigned Bible reading. The book of Ecclesiastes will have to be read by Monday. They already read chapters 1-4 today in class. Report cards should be turned in by now.

Welcome Back!

Spelling Test this Friday. Also, huge Science Test next Friday which covers the entire book! We will be writing down important terms throughout the book. Those are due next Monday. Also, a book report was assigned for History. Right now the students need to be focusing on finding a book. They will show me the book that they have chosen on Friday. The requirements for the report are as follows:

5 Pages typed
Double Spaced
Times New Romans 12point font
Need at least 3 sources one of which needs to be a book (Due Friday)
They can use websites but any material that is quoted will HAVE to be sited with an endnote
They can pick from an important even in History or an important person

If you have questions feel free to ask.

Homework tonight is to work on Science terms and Bible.

The Bible assignment is that they have to pick a topic listed in their book (lesson 27) and write out at least 20 verses on that topic. They will need a concordance or topical bible. If neither are available I told them they could do an internet search. Here is a good website or if you know of another that's fine, just make sure they're writing KJV.

http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/kjv/simple.html