Week 1

Caleb started eigth grade!  He is doing Challenge B this year.

• Latin- Caleb completed Lessons 1-4 in his book, wrote out the vocabulary (including gender and declension), and wrote out the grammar rules and first declension chart. He took notes in class.
• Math-  Caleb finished the first four lessons in Saxon Algebra 1/2.  He reviewed whole number place value, ordering and rounding whole numbers, subtraction and patterns, multiplication, divivion and more patterns.  He took notes in class.
• Logic- This week was just an introduction to logic.  He read the intro in the book and wrote down important definitions, familiarizing himself with some of the terms.  He was given good intsturction in class in preparation for his upcoming week of work and took notes.
• Science- Caleb read the Hippocratic Oath and answered questions about it.  Some questions included: To whom does Hippocrates make this oath? How does Hippocrates regard his teacher?  Is he willing to commit euthanasia or perform an abortion?  What does he promise about patient confidentiality? What is his ethical view of medicine?  This Oath was written about 200B BC.  Does the science of the past affect you today?  In class they discussed this and talked about modern versions of this Oath.
• Current Events- Caleb did nothing this week at home for this subject. In class however, they discussed the schedule for this in the upcoming weeks. They talked about and discussed euthanasia and right to life issues.
• LTW- Caleb read The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norman Juster.  He composed an issue.  In class they discussed definition as a tool (one of the Five Common Topics) to come up with more ideas to fill in an ANI chart.