Classroom Happenings!

After a very active and exciting month of October in the Junior High, I am happy to say that we are finally settling down again! With each grade taking a trip and having different teachers being gone for those trips, it has been a very GO-GO-GO month. As exciting as this month has been, I can honestly say I am happy to start having ALL my students and co-workers back!

In 7th grade math, we have worked through most of the "beginning of the year review" content. A lot of the beginning year lessons are overlap from the previous year, however, we are passed those lessons and moving onto some new territory: the Pythagorean Theorem! This a new endeavor for most of them and it is exciting for me to be able to introduce it to them and see them grasp the new ideas!

In 8th grade math, we have started into the big, bad world of algebraic equations. Like a lot of math books, the first part of the book is overlap of the previous year's concepts. We are moving away from those ideas and moving into new territory. These 8th graders are well prepared, however, and are doing very well with these new ideas and complexity of algebraic equations. I am pleased with the way things are shaping up and I am looking forward to introducing more algebra concepts as we move forward.

In 8th grade Bible, we are chugging along through the book of Acts. We are seeing the many different miracles that God used to bring people to Christianity during the early church. We are also seeing a very involved base of followers, in that they so willingly give to those in need. With that idea in mind, we are preparing to participate in the Operation Christmas Child campaign in the coming month. This involves students making Christmas boxes with different age levels and genders in mind for kids in need. They will donate these boxes and, in December, we will be going to a distribution center to volunteer our time to help ship them all over the world! I am truly looking forward to seeing how our students are impacted by this project!

With all that being said, November and December will be a very busy, but rewarding couple of months in the Junior High!