God's Autumn Creativity

We started the new week with revisiting the creation story in Genesis 1. We were paying close attention to God's response after each day: "He saw it was good." This is easy to understand today when this fall day is so good. Students wrote in their journals: What does autumn tell us about God? Some interesting responses included: that death could be pretty (trees)...the breezes tell us that we can slow down and let our minds wander...the different color of people and how ech one of us is beautiful in God's eyes...could also represent the Holy Spirit going out and drafting in the wind...God is really colorful... You can see this season of beauty speaks to us in our own unique way and testifies to the diversity of our God.
For English, students were given the new vocabulary/spelling words for the week and criteria for a book talk that will be presented in two weeks (Oct. 16). We hope to go to the Latte Da for this event.
6th Grade Math students did a warm-up multiplication drill. Some students still need practice although there is evidence of progress. Students are to complete problems 14-38 on P. 26 before our class on Wednesday. Most students need to do this as homework.
In Geography 7, we began our study of Latin America. We did an overview of the diversity of this continent. We also talked about what products we receive from Latin America. Students will complete a map identifying the name of each country in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. I want students to see first-hand that Latin America includes many countries (and diverse landscape). The majority of our focus will be on the Amazon Rainforest and how we are dependent on the health of this part of the world.