Talking is Taboo Tuesday

Good Morning!  Welcome to "TALKING IS TABOO TUESDAY" As you crossed the threshold of our room this morning, you were reminded that we will not utter a word unless asked to do so by a teacher.  Please obey this.  If you need a small piece of tape as a reminder, that has been provided for you.

You also have a new seating plan.  If there is a very major concern about where you are sitting, please come talk to me about it during a break time. 

Today is a little bit different because of the art fair at  9:40. 

Isn't it wonderful that we can have computers and be able to do our work digitally! I would love to allow computers into the classroom even more except for the fact that we are still working on the self-discipline aspect of the computers.  Some of you find it hard to limit your time spent on games, songs or videos and this prevents you from getting your work done on time.  Appropriate games are fine during recess unless this privilege is removed.  Appropriate videos are fine during recess as well, and videos required by your teacher are obviously categorized as "on task".  Music is fine as log as it is by a Christian artist or totally instrumental and this applies during the whole school day.

I've given you quite a bit to accomplish in one day, but we will have computers again tomorrow morning, so plan to have this work completed by the end of Wednesday morning as there are electives in the afternoon so we will take computers back before lunch on Wednesday. Because we have the art fair today, it may even take you until Thursday.

Devotions:
Watch this video and then go to this document to write some comments about the video.  You will get a Bible mark out of 3 for the quality of your comment.

Science:  Watch these videos in this order:

Video #2 - Click here

Video #3  Click here 

Video #4  Now this one will really get your toes tapping and your hands clapping.  It will also stay in your head all day.  Mwuahahahahahaha!!!! 

Now that you are all warmed up for some Geology learning, go get a Science Probe 7 textbook and go to the Geology Notes File in your folder on the file server.

Once you have completed this Science work, we can move on to some of the other tasks of the day.

English:  Please spend at least 10 minutes today on journal.  Here are some suggestions for topics.  They are only suggestions.  Write on WHATEVER you want as long as you write for 10 minutes:
a) If everyone in the class was a rock, what rock would each person be?  
b) Write some lyrics to your own rock song.  :)
c)  Write a descriptive paragraph about your absolute favourite outdoor environment.  Is it a beach?  The forest?  Is it high on a mountain or down in a valley?  What about a cave?  Try using all your 5 senses in describing the scene.
Make sure you save this file so you can share it in small group sharing when we have time.  

Keyboarding:  Work those fingers!  Record your WPM in the class list binder.

Math:  We are starting a new unit in Math as well.  Watch this video to see what it is:

Now that you sort of get the idea, play The Coordinate Game.