Thursday, December 19, 2013

Good Evening!

Folders came home today with papers and pink slips, report updates, and mission envelopes.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5b
Catechism - Ws. 27
Memory Work - Girls' ONLY - "Song of Mary"
English - None
Lit - None
Science - Ws. 209/210
History - Read Lesson 3, Notes, Wb. 62
Math - None...test today
Spelling - Ws. and Pgs. 102-105
Handwriting - Cursive Challenge

WoD: Christmas

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Good Afternoon!

Christmas Concert tonight at 6:30 pm. I gave the students homework today but most, if not all of it, is due on Friday. Please make the Concert tonight a priority OVER homework - you won't regret it!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5b (due Friday)
Catechism - Ws. 27 (not due until after break)
English - WA 4 shared with me (all of them did this today during class)
Lit - Marty vs. Judd ws (due Thursday)
Science - Quiz today and Ws. 209/210 (due Friday)
History - Read Lesson 3, Notes/Summary, Wb. 62 (due Friday)
Math - Lesson 55 #1-15 (due Thursday)
Spelling - Unit due on Friday
Handwriting - Cursive Challenge

WoD: Cheetos

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Good Evening!

Christmas/Advent concert begins at 6:30 pm tomorrow night. It is a wonderful time to gather together to worship our Savior. I truly hope to see each of you there!

You should have gotten a reminder note from Mrs. Karpinski, Room Mom, today. Zachary came to visit, too! It was so nice to see him smiling and doing well on his road to recovery.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5a due tomorrow
Catechism - Ws. 27...but not due Thursday as they only got partway through the lesson today
Memory Work - Review your Christmas parts!
English - Parents: please look over your child's essay!
Lit - None
Science - The students should have copied everything I put on the board today to study for our Science Quiz tomorrow on the periodic table. They need to know the following:

What is the difference between metals, nonmetals, and metalloids?
Know what the colors mean on the table.
Know the names for these elements: H, Fe, Ca, Ag, As, O, He, Au, B
Know the three parts of the box for an element - be able to label the name, symbol, and atomic number

History - Read Lesson 2, Notes/Summary, Wb. 61
Math - Lesson 54, Odds
Spelling - Pgs. 104 & 105
Handwriting - Cursive Challenge

WoD: wafers

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Monday, December 16, 2013

Happy Monday!

4 and 1/2 days until break...the kids were showing it a bit today already :-/

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 5a on The Tabernacle
Catechism - Ws. 26 "With Your Family"
Memory Work - Practice your recitation tonight in front of the mirror or your dog!
English - Work on editing and revising your rough draft
Lit - None
Science - None
History - Read Lesson 1 of Chapter 9, take notes/summary, Wb. 59
Math - Lesson 53, Evens
Spelling - Pgs...
Handwriting - Cursive Challenge

WoD: More snow!

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Friday, December 13, 2013

Good Evening!

We continue to pray for Zachary, our classmate, who had to have surgery last night. Zach was sick Wednesday and Thursday and ended up having appendicitis. We pray for a speedy recovery and can't wait to have him back in class. We made cards today and I am heading to see Zach this evening to deliver them. I'm sure they will put a smile on his face!

As you might have already heard:

Due to the expected snow tonight and into tomorrow morning, we will be postponing our games originally scheduled fortomorrow morning until NEXT SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21. The game times will remain the same: 10 am (B Girls'), 11 am(B Boys'), 12 pm (A Girls'), and 1 pm (A Boys'). 

The workers scheduled for this Saturday will still be scheduled for next Saturday unless we hear from you differently. We are also looking for more workers. See the link here:


Homework:

Christ Light - None
Catechism - Ws. 26
Memory Work - None! We are done with our Christmas recitation!
English - Type up Rough Draft on Google Drive for Monday - do not share!
Lit - None...Quiz today
Science - Chapter 9, Lesson 2 Vocabulary - Crossword Puzzle
History - None...test yesterday
Math - Lesson 52, odds
No Spelling/Handwriting

WoD: cupcake

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Good Evening!

Announcements:

1. We had a somewhat "normal" day for a change which means back to having a bit of homework. Next week, I will start to lessen the work load as we get closer to the Christmas break but please remind your students that we still need to work hard during class and not let our grades slide.

2. Folders came home today. Please check through the papers and send back a signed, bottom portion of the report card, along with a pink slip and a FILLED mission envelope.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 4b
Catechism - Ws. 26
Memory Work - "Rejoice" and ALL parts of the service should be done by now!
English - Brainstorm ideas and sentences for a 3 Paragraph Persuasive Essay
Lit - Read Chapters 14 & 15 of "Shiloh"
Science - None
History - Chapter 8 Test today...no assignment
Math - Lesson 51, all
Spelling - Pgs. 96-99, Ws. 127, and TEST tomorrow!
Handwriting - None

WoD: orange

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Good Evening!

Study for your history test!

WoD: cooooool

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Good Afternoon!

We had a great time at the 50 States in 60 Minutes show today! It was alot of American History in a short amount of time and it was quite humorous...and even one of our own got to be a "part" of the show :-)

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 4a
Catechism - Ws. 25
Memory Work - Last Day to earn that candy bar...see the calendar!
English - Test today
Lit - None
Science - None
History - Fill out Chapter 8 Study Guide - Test on Thursday
Math - None
Spelling - Pgs. 96-99
Handwriting - Ws.

WoD: geocaching - we ARE going tomorrow...dress WARM. Snow pants, boots, gloves are MANDATORY!

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau


Monday, December 9, 2013

Good Evening!

Announcements:

1. There is a voter's meeting at 6:30 pm tonight with School Choice as the main topic. Please attend.

2. Field trip tomorrow to Golden Rondelle - please wear your yellow Trinity t-shirt!

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 4a on God's 10 Commandments
Catechism - Ws. 24 "With Your Family"
Memory Work - See Calendar in GREEN folder - only two more days to get that candy bar!!
English - Chapter 6 Test tomorrow!
Lit - Read "Shiloh" Chapters 12 & 13
Science - Ask your student about our LAB today...it was kinda cool!
History - There will be a test on Chapter 8 on Thursday. We started a review today. Complete Pg. 252 #1-11 and Wb. 58. Look for a study guide to come tomorrow!
Math - MLC Meet Math and Investigation Day today - No assignment
Spelling - Pgs. 96-99
Handwriting - Practice Ws.

WoD: Snow!! (all but two students had boots today - thank you!)

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Friday, December 6, 2013

Happy Friday!

It is supposed to snow on Sunday - students must wear boots in order to go outside. Please send them along with hats and gloves.

Homework:

Christ Light - None
Catechism - Ws. 24
Memory Work - "Christmastime"
English - Wb. 30/28
Lit - None
Science - Lab on Monday
History - Wb. 56
Math - Test today...no assignment!
Spelling - Test today...no assignment!

WoD: SNOW!!!!!

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Good Evening!

Announcements:

1. Please look through your child's folder. I am a bit behind on the Math daily work. Please forgive me. Please return the folder EMPTY tomorrow!

2. Please send back a filled mission envelope tomorrow.

3. Sign the pink slip and return it tomorrow.

4. I sent home an updated field trip note today. If I have made an error, please let me know.

Homework:

Christ Light - Ws. 3b
Catechism - Ws. 24
Memory Work - "Shine On Me" (see green Christmas folder) *Students are encouraged to work ahead on memory work!
English - Wb. 29/27
Lit - Read Chapter 11; Complete vocabulary sheet/BaAR on back side and 5 definitions; QUIZ tomorrow!
Science - Ws. 205/206
History - Generalizations and Wb. 56
Math - Lesson 50, all - TEST tomorrow!
Spelling - TEST tomorrow!
Music - Word Search

WoD: chilled

God's Blessings,

Miss Lau