Welcome to a whole new week! I know I missed getting your blog done last week, but I'm sure you'll be happy to see that this week I'm on it! I had a really good time at the pot luck! It seems like y'all have a nice sized group forming. I'm looking forward to co-op also :) Thank you so much for your help with James. You really have no idea how big of a help you are, just holding his hand for me sometimes. Ok, lets get to it!
For History this week, we're continuing with the Revolutionary War. Last week we talked about some of the causes that led up to it, and the first battles of Lexington and Concord, as well as Paul Revere's famous ride. This week we'll be covering the Second Continental Congress, the Declaration of Independence, more battles, the role of women in the Revolution, and how we managed to win. Meema was always of the opinion that God was on our side literally. The British armies were bigger, better trained and had more supplies. Our armies were much smaller, hungry, and often without shoes-even in winter. There is no reason we should have defeated the British unless it was all part of God's plan.
Monday: Define these words: Second Continental Congress, Patriots, Loyalists, Continental Army, earthworks, Battle of Bunker Hill, Olive Branch Petition, mercenaries, Thomas Paine, Mount Vernon. (I know that's a lot, but these are important concepts.)
Read p. 236-241 and do the questions on p. 241.
Tuesday: Define these words: Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich von Steuben, Trenton, Saratoga, Valley Forge (Girl Scouts Tonight!)
Read p. 245-249 and do the questions on p. 249
One of my favorite heroes from the Revolutionary war was a woman. In your book she has been reduced to a phrase where her name isn't even mentioned. I want you to know about her. Her name was Deborah Sampson. She was kind of like America's Mulan. Watch this video about her.
Wednesday: Define these words: treaty, Nathanael Greene, John Paul Jones, George Rogers Clark, Francis Marion, George Cornwallis, Yorktown
Read p. 250-255 and do the questions on p. 255.
Thursday: Open book test.
Friday: co-op
For Science we're moving on to the nervous system, which involves your brain, your spinal cord, and your nerves.
Monday: Read the lesson on the Nervous System, watch the video, and do practice questions.
Tuesday: Read the lesson on Nerve Cells and Nerve Impulses, watch the video, and do practice questions.
Wednesday: Read the lesson on the Central Nervous System, watch the video and do practice questions.
Thursday: Read the lesson on the Peripheral Nervous System, watch the video and do practice questions.
Friday: co-op
For Math we're still going to be working on similar skills as in the first chapter, only using multiplication and division.
Monday: I want to start off by reviewing a little, to make sure you're ok with where we are. After that we'll move on to lesson 2.5 Simplifying Algebraic Expressions. We'll be discussing something called "like terms" and we'll be using our properties again. I'll be here so I'll go over it with you.
Do p. 54-55, 1-36 even.
Tuesday: 2.6 Solving Equations: Using Multiplication and Division. I'll also be here today, so I'll go over this with you. Do p. 58-59, 1-35 odd.
Wednesday: 2.7 Translating Word Phrases-In this lesson we'll be talking about the words that we use to mean different operations. We've talked about this before. "Sum" means add. "Difference" means subtract. This time we're adding multiplication and division. Read the lesson on p. 59-60
This chart may help you:
| Addition | increased by more than combined, together total of sum, plus added to |
| Subtraction | decreased by minus, less difference between/of less than, fewer than |
| Multiplication | of times, multiplied by product of increased/decreased by a factor of (this type can involve both addition or subtraction and multiplication!) |
| Division | per, a out of ratio of, quotient of percent (divide by 100) |
| Equals | is, are, was, were, will be gives, yields sold for |
Try a few of the skill check problems, and see how you feel about it. Message me with any questions you have, then do p. 61-62, 1-35 odd.
Thursday: 2.8 Estimating Products and Quotients-Ok, we're estimating again. Easy Peasy. The only difference is that this time we're using multiplication and division. Read over the lesson on p. 63, try a few of the skill check problems, and message me with any questions you have. Do p. 64-65, 1-35 odd.
Friday: co-op
For Reading read to chapter 21 of To Kill A Mockingbird. I know that seems like a lot, but Lit Group is in 2 weeks, and we have to read nine chapters per week to get finished. This will take you through Tom Robinson's trial.
For Spelling do Contract D, for these words from TKAM. Don't forget to define all of your words.
ambidextrous undulate manacles browbeat succinct
elucidate acrimonious umbrage aggregation corrugated
congenital connivance mollify volition buttress
For Writing we're going to continue to work on your research paper. I want to talk about it on Monday and then we'll figure out where we're going from there. I'll edit your blog to show what you need to do each day after we talk.
If you have anything you need to do for "The Others" class, make sure to get it done also.
That's it chick-a-bee. I love you mucha mucha, and remember:
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