Logic went really well. Your students are grasping the concepts! We were able to discuss lessons 6-10. We had an oral quiz covering lessons 6-8. Next week we will review lessons 6-10 via quizzing and introduce the next 5 lessons.
In Bible we covered Matthew chapter 3. I showed them how to find the footnotes* referenced in chapters 1-3 when we were looking into the old testament prophecies. Matthew quotes multiple OT prophecies that were fulfilled by Jesus. We discussed some main themes in Matthew;
1) Jesus the NEW Moses
2) Jesus the KING who descended from the line of King David
3) Jesus as GOD with us, Emmanuel
They are creating a poster graphic about Matthew.
*the lower case italicized letters in the passage linked to scriptures sited on the bottom of the page. We are using the ESV Bibles in our room courtesy of Stonebridge Church.
Timothy prayed for our day.
Our Math discussion included out loud chanting of the squares, fill in the blanks on the white board quizzing of squares, a biblical mental math problem, & Jack taught a math problem to us using the whiteboard. Timothy is up for sharing this week's mental math problem.
In Latin, we did around the world and trashket ball for vocab quizzing and discussed the upcoming week's assignments. We parsed some sentences together. Pessime? Omptime? Anyone?
For LTW, we discussed parallelism, covered outline points for Essay Two, and discussed this weeks assignment; found in the challenge B guide. Please have them bring their graded essay to class. They will be presenting their essay's this week. They should have LITTLE BRITCHES completely read by Thursday.
The Research presentations this week were excellent! I think everyone particularly enjoys this strand. We talked about Galileo briefly and went over the assignment expectations for this week found in the guide. The appendix in the guide is especially useful, page 179 details this week's assignment.
Like I mentioned, we held our Current Events discussion outdoors. They shared their current event forms and articles during this strand. I can tell that there is a limited understanding, among the students, on how to find articles for the issues we are covering. I believe that is why it is very important to guide your student well here. What is happening in this strand is huge. We are opening up their eyes to the wide world of politics, government, and issues that don't really *seem* to effect them as homeschoolers in the 8th grade. We are trying to help them understand these issues through the lens of our Christian World view. As an example we discussed week 5's issue; "Whether the federal government should require all citizens to purchase health insurance?"
Some understanding needs to happen by answering some questions for clarification and definition first. Such as:
What is health insurance?
Is everyone able to afford health insurance? What makes health insurance affordable?
Can college students, elderly, lower income families, and disabled people afford health insurance?
What were the requirements for the citizen's of the US regarding health insurance under the Obama administration? What are they under the Trump administration?
How can our federal government require it's citizens to purchase health insurance?
Does our constitution say anything about health insurance?
What does the Bible say? What does Jesus say?
How does the Bible impact your family's viewpoint/worldview on this issue?
AND FINALLY;
What are the positives and negatives in this issue? Pros/Cons?
***I realize now, that we discussed ideas for week 5. If your student does week 5 this week, they can do week 4 next week. Sorry for any confusion. ***
We talked about ownership and discipline being two key elements in their studies this year. Questions to ask at home might be:
What does the Bible say about ownership and discipline?
What is the definition of ownership? Discipline?
What does it mean to have ownership of their studies this year?
How does that look for your student this year?
How does ownership inspire discipline?
Are they important? Why?
For Him,
Miss Dara
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