Our focus this month has been the development of character. Allowing God to deal with us in a real and intimate way. The first character trait we are learning about is Love.
Mr. Lopez
We have been discussing key elements in reading. We have covered Main Idea, Finding Details, Comparing and Contrasting as well as Cause and Effect. While we were discussing comparing and contrasting I had each student put their foot up on the table and we compared our footwear. Although there were many similarities, such as color, laces, or brand, there were also many differences. I explained that you can take 2 items and compare them. The students are also beginning to connect the concepts they are learning in reading and implementing them in other subjects.
Mrs. Bienemann
In 7th grade math, we are discussing operations on fractions. The students have impressed me with how quickly they are catching on to this challenging material. I have let several of them try out my new SMART board, which is a great tool in the classroom.
Mr. Boyd
Greetings again from the Middle School and High School Resource Room!
We just finished “Back-to-School Night” for both middle and high school and I had a great time meeting both new and old parents. It looks like Resource is on it’s way to working at facilitating team effort between teacher, parent and student. The parents I met are active in their child’s education and will be a great mix of help, accountability and encouragement to them. The time with them was both informative and important for student success. Our concentration with the students this month is on self-management and productivity in class. Note taking skills are revisited and expounded on to improve student notes as a tool for studying for tests. We have a lot to look forward to as God’s plan for each student unfolds.
Mrs. Kemp
Fitness Workouts and Circuit Training
September has been a month dedicated to fitness workouts. Students began their second week of P.E. with circuit training, where they went through various stations such as pushups, sit ups, hurdles, cones, wall squats, etc. Students not only learned the proper way to exercise, but they began to realize why exercising is so important in their daily lives.
-Mr. Wong
Fall greetings from the Middle School and High School Resource Room! This year we are blessed to have Mrs. Cathy Hampton join our team. She has wonderfully stepped in to help as Evangel’s Resource Center has grown. She is a special asset in assisting the international students in all classes.
As the year started students came with a great sense of expectation, positive attitudes and high goals. In Resource we are setting the groundwork for success first through prayer and second by covering the Building Blocks to School success. This includes but isn’t limited to study skills (SQ3R), reading skills (finding the main idea), Learning Styles Assessments (visual, tactile, auditory), how to take good notes and how to read the textbooks effectively.
It is a blessing to have students from all over the world at Evangel. Our international students represent interesting and varied countries of the world such as China, Indonesia, Korea, Peru, Philippines, Switzerland, Venezuela, and Viet Nam, and many more. Locating their home countries on our classroom map, gave all of the students a chance to discuss the distance to the United States. Becoming familiar with American Idioms has been challenging but it helps with both their conversation and written English skill building. As they discuss their assignments, we might say that some of the answers “are on the tip of your tongue” as a way to practice the use of idioms in conversation. There are many new things to teach and learn for everyone.
Mrs. Kemp
7th grade this year will be taking a quest in search of character. Too many young people and adults lack the character that Christ desires to see in us. We are going to learn the importance of Godly Character and how we can best display that. On top of that we will be discussing creation, the fall and salvation.
Mr. Lopez
Students continued reading and working in their SRA Reading booklets. They used strategies such as reading the comprehension questions first before reading the story; they also used context clues to figure out word meanings. The goal was for each student to complete two stories at their personal, reading ability level. At the end of the week, students took a quiz on main idea and context clues.
Mrs. Foster
This week, students received a new set of ten, SAT vocabulary words and definitions. By using the context and definitions, students completed sentences with these ten words. Students also reviewed prepositional phrases and their use in context by completing a few pages in their “Easy Grammar” workbooks. Finally, students created a drawing and labeled it to show relationship most prepositions express toward a noun. Students will vote on the winners of the best drawings!
Mrs. Foster
This week, all middle school students learned how to use the SRA Reading Kits, which contain numerous short stories or articles categorized according to ability level. (There is a Kit for each grade.) Students had the opportunity to select a story/article of their choice. They read it and answered comprehension and word study questions. Finally, students used the answer key cards to self-grade. The goal was for each student to complete two stories at their personal, reading ability level.
Mrs. Foster