Information Meeting
I will be holding a Challenge A information meeting on Wednesday, February 24 at the Panera Bread across from Concord Mills Mall. Time is 7 - 8:15 pm. You can email me to rsvp at beehive4@carolina.rr.com
We will be going over the basic outline of Challenge A: the hows and whats and whys of what we do every Tuesday during the school year. Registration begins on March 1, 2016 for the 2016-2017 school year.
I hope to see you there!
We will be going over the basic outline of Challenge A: the hows and whats and whys of what we do every Tuesday during the school year. Registration begins on March 1, 2016 for the 2016-2017 school year.
I hope to see you there!
Bibliography Help
During the first semester, students will be researching and writing a paragraph or two on various animals and plants each week. This paragraph will include a bibliography of at least two sources. Here is a sample bibliography to help with this task:
Book: Mills, John. My Book. New York: Random House, 1992.
Book with 2 authors: Jeffers, Anne and David Miller. Their Book. London: Pearson, 2001.
Work in Anthology Green, Terry. "His Article." Collected Book. Editor Tim Roe. New York: Scribes, 2005. pp 54-61.
Newspaper: Harris, Tom. "Big News." The Washington Post 14 May 2004, A2
Journal/Magazine: Brown, Alice. "Her Article." Literary Journal 35.4 (1998): 13- 21.
Website with author: Smith, George. "His Web Text." Research Foundation (2005). Accessed 4/14/2015 from [http://www.research.org/webtext].
Website w/out author: "About Science." Science Forum Online (2007). Accessed 7/22/2015 from [http://www.sfo.org/about].
The sources should typed up in the above format and put in alphabetical order using the first word of each entry. So for the above list of sources, "About Science" would come first and Brown, Alice would be listed second.
The sources should typed up in the above format and put in alphabetical order using the first word of each entry. So for the above list of sources, "About Science" would come first and Brown, Alice would be listed second.
What do I want to be when I grow up?
I remember taking a "career test" in high school. We were all so excited to imagine the possibilities that lay ahead of us in college and beyond. Unfortunately, I don't remember my results, nor do I have any inkling of where they are now. Probably in a landfill somewhere.
I recently found a website where you can take a FREE test online and they provide a list of the best areas of study for you based on your personality, interests, and talents. I am definitely going to have my kids take this test in early high school to help us all figure out what they should pursue after graduation. It does take about an hour to complete, and it is recommended to not rush through but instead to allow ample time to really consider each multiple choice question.
Interestingly, I took the test and scored fairly low on "education". My top three highest scores were in science, mathematics, and administration. Hmm......
career test
I recently found a website where you can take a FREE test online and they provide a list of the best areas of study for you based on your personality, interests, and talents. I am definitely going to have my kids take this test in early high school to help us all figure out what they should pursue after graduation. It does take about an hour to complete, and it is recommended to not rush through but instead to allow ample time to really consider each multiple choice question.
Interestingly, I took the test and scored fairly low on "education". My top three highest scores were in science, mathematics, and administration. Hmm......
career test
Supply List
Here are the additional supplies your student will need, other than books:
One 1/2 inch 3 ring binder
One 2 inch 3 ring binder
Subject dividers - pack of eight
Dry erase markers (white board supplied by tutor)
Index cards, you choose colored or white
Highlighters, pens, pencils, colored pencils
Looseleaf paper
Blank white paper for map drawing
Clear page protectors
One 1/2 inch 3 ring binder
One 2 inch 3 ring binder
Subject dividers - pack of eight
Dry erase markers (white board supplied by tutor)
Index cards, you choose colored or white
Highlighters, pens, pencils, colored pencils
Looseleaf paper
Blank white paper for map drawing
Clear page protectors
Teaching discernment
So I just read an awesome article by Matt Bianco. He introduces the four types of stories. Every song, movie, book, or tv show will fall into one of these categories. I think it is especially apropos given what we are seeing happen all around us in our world today - even just in this past month! Let's teach our kids to be able to identify what they see and then to discern if it's the best choice of our time. Does it match up with our biblical worldview?
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