Checklist for Awesome Letter to Kitale Pen Pal

In writing your letters to your Kitale Pen Pals, you MUST include a paragraph on at least 3 of these possible topics:

• In your first paragraph, introduce yourself and tell him/her a little bit about you - eg. age, family members, pets 
• Some of your "favourites" (food, songs, people, colours, animals, flowers, hobbies, etc.)
• Something about your faith (when you became a Christian, what has God been teaching you, what your family does for devotions, what your church is like) 
• Write a prayer for them or give them a verse that you think they would like 
• Start a paragraph with this line:  "One thing that you might find interesting about me is ....."
• Conclude it with something like "Your friend in Canada", 

We Won't Even Whisper Wednesday

Good Morning!

Here is the deal.  We will have the first hour of this morning as completely silent.  No talking at all unless permission is granted by Mrs. Robideau.

The first thing we will do is the "Top 30 Manners Skills that Are Important in Life" sheet.  Here are the answers to fill in the blanks.  Go to it!  There is an assignment at the end that you can begin work on when you are finished the note sheet.

1.  Please	9.  hosts	17.  I’m sorry
2.  Thank you (2 times)	10.  closed	18.  mouth, pick
3.  interrupt	11.identify, speak	19.  hold the door
4.  Excuse me	12.  quieter	20.  Help
5.  permission	13.  bad	21.  thank you
6.  negative	14.  mean	22yes, sure, complaining
7.  compliment	15.  fun	23.  observe
8.  ask them how they are	16.  boring	24.  mouth

25.  ask	28.  on purpose
26.  closed	29.  permission
27.  I’m sorry	30.  Treat

At 9:30 we will go for our walk.  Everyone will come.  

When we come back, you can continue to work on your HACE assignment until recess.  

After recess, we have music.  

After music, we will continue to work with computers.  You may practice your Bible Memory verse at the same time as practice typing by doing using this program:  

Scripturetyper.com 

LUNCH TIME

We will go to Chapel Rehearsal so that those of you involved in helping as well as the rest of you will get to see the production even though it won't be quite as fancy.  

It will then be recess. 

After recess we will continue our work.  Anyone who can recite both memory verses and has handed in the manners sheet and completed the assignment will be allowed free time.  

Dismissal

Homework Dec. 9th to Dec. 13th

Grade 7 Homework

Mon. Dec. 9^nd to Fri. Dec. 13^th

Announcements:   

Bottle Depot Run – Monday after school.  You may bring in your own bottles to add to ours.  There will be supper at Mrs. Robideau’s tonight before KCC youth. 

Elementary Christmas Concert – this Thursday, December 12^th @ 6:30  - The grade 7 class is not involved in the performance, but some students have volunteered to help with being runners, candle lighter helpers, greeters and supervisors of the younger classes.  Ask your child if they have volunteered.  If they have, they need to be at the school as close to 6:00 as possible.   

Boys Basketball Practice – PLEASE come out to the first boys basketball practice Monday, December 9^th from 3:00 to 5:00.  The team needs YOU!  No grade 7 boy will be cut from the team if he is committed to coming to practice.  

Parent – Teacher Interviews - Thanks so much to the parents who were able to make it out to parent/teacher interviews.  It was wonderful to meet with you and discuss your child’s progress this year as well as pray for you and your family.  BLESS YOU!!  I am always available for follow up meetings, emails or phone calls.  

Weekly Challenge:  How did the “Hugs” challenge go?  Remember that those who achieve the most challenges throughout the year will be rewarded with $15.00 gift certificates to Orchard Park Mall.  Besides, it’s just plain good health, good discipline and good living to meet these challenges!!  Just do it!!  No weekly challenges now until the New Year because the challenge is not optional this time.  It is going to be worth Bible marks.  (see details below) 

Bible Assignment:  On Monday, each student will be randomly picking the name of another student to bless over the next 2 weeks.  The explanation of this assignment is on the blog under the title “Assignment:  Silent Angel”. This will take the place of a weekly challenge. 

HACE Assignment:  Students must show their parents how to get onto students achieve and explain it to them, including the meaning of abbreviations, how to click into assignments, see class averages and view possible comments.  Once your child has done this, please email me to confirm it and they will receive 10/10 for this HACE assignment. 

Bible Memory:  (Due Friday, Dec. 13th) Matthew 25:40   “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’” Hebrews 13:16   And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Assignment: Silent Angel

  Bible Assignment:  Silent Angel 

 

Purpose: 

*To demonstrate love one to another in a fun, festive way.

* To practice the life skill of REMEMBERING to be RESPONSIBLE and do the WORK to bless someone.

Objective:

·       to draw from a “hat” the name of someone in the class

·       to bless that person with a minimum of  3 “gifts” between         now and Dec. 21^st. 

·       to spend $10.00 or less on that person, relying more on creativity and insight than monetary goods.

·       to keep this a SECRET!    

Evaluation:

Each participant will receive a mark out of 10 in Bible.  5 is for their ability to be responsible for doing this task.  The remaining 5 marks will be for creativity and insight in blessing the person whose name they draw.    

Social Studies - Unit One Study Sheet

Social Studies Study Sheet

Unit One – “In the Beginning”

(Covering chapters 1-4 in History of the World)

Vocabulary

Evolution		The false idea that man was not created directly by God but instead “evolved” from animals
Humanism		Putting man in place of or above God
Nation		A large group of people who think of themselves as one and act in history as a unit.
Dispersion		The scattering of people over the earth
Polytheism		Worshipping many gods
Monotheism		Worshipping one god
Theocracy		Rule by God
Empire		Rule by one city or people over other cities or peoples
Bureaucracy		An organized group of people appointed by a ruler to help him govern.
Laws		Rules people follow in living together
Hieroglyphics		Strange writing of the ancient Egyptians
Pharaohs		Egyptian Kings
Ziggurat		Tower built in tiers or stages
Dynasties		Families within which right to be king passed from one member to another
Culture		The way of life for a group of people
Patriarch		A founding father
Archaeology		The study of the relics and ruins of ancient cultures

Key People

Adam		The very first man
Eve		The first woman
Cain		The first murderer
Noah		The man who obeyed God and built an ark to survive the flood
Abraham		The father of the nation of Israel
Hammurabi		The King of Babylon who united all of Mesopotamia under his rule
Joseph		A Hebrew slave who rose in power in Egypt
Moses		A Hebrew who eventually lead the people out of Egyptian slavery
Joshua		The one who lead Israel through Jericho into Canaan
Saul		The first King of Israel
David		The second King of Israel who worshipped God
Solomon		The third King of Israel who asked God for wisdom
Phoenicians		Prosperous sea traders who were neighbours of Israel They brought coloured dye and the alphabet amongst other things.
Hittites		Warring  neighbours of the Israelites who used iron to build weapons
Sumerians		Those who lived in Sumer who were the first known people to write and to use the wheel
Herodotus		A Greek Historian

Key Places

Garden of Eden		Home of Adam and Eve
Babel		City where a tower was built to unify mankind to attempt to be greater than God
Sumer		Area of the Middle East known as the fertile crescent where Abraham lived
Babylon		The city that became the center of a new empire after Abraham
Canaan		Also known as Israel, has a central and strategic position in the world
Egypt		The land where the Israelites were enslaved for many years
Northern Kingdom		When Israel split, this kingdom was formed yet still kept the name Israel
Southern Kingdom		When Israel split, this kingdom was called Judah