Week 14

Hello Everyone...

JEOPARDY!!! That's all I can say (with the jeopardy tune in my head).  Congratulations everyone for getting through the game... it was fun and very nerve wrecking. Next time we have to sort of refine the rules (hahaha).

It has been a wonderful week.  I feel like the class is ending so quickly, we barely have enough time to do anything. Anyway, good job on your presentations.  Next week's presentation is favorite game and how to play it (Bring the game if you can).

Science project was great.  Thank you Mr. Herson!  If you want more experiment on surface tension... Here is something Dawn and I did a little while ago, although we use a big pyrex mixing bowl instead of a glass. Have fun!

New grammar
History:  Song - CC CD
 We sang the song over and over (on the board, the names of the leaders are on one side and the countries on the other side).

Timeline: Song- CC CD
 Hand motions are from the opening ceremony

Math: Song - NoGreaterJoy
 Linear Equivalents This is the picture I have on the board (just to keep it fun).

Latin: Song - CC CD
 Review First conjugation Present Tense and as always, the HINT is when you get a present your reaction is "Oh".

Science: Song - NoGreaterJoy
 I sort of introduce what acids (something sour and chemical compound starting with H (hydrogen atom) and bases (something bitter and chemical compound ending in OH (hydroxide) are. But I guess it just went over their head.  Oh well, it will go over my head too if I am their age.  But we work on the song and it seems like their having a struggle with so many words so we broke it down to ACID - DONATES, BASE - ACCEPTS. We reopeated the four words over and over and eventually added the hydrogen atom part.
 Hand motions are as follows:

·         Acid donates	Sign an “a” starting at your chest.  Move the “a” away from your body, then
·         Base accepts	Sign a “b” and bring your hand back to your chest.

English: Song - NoGreaterJoy
 The memory work for this week is a bit long so we started with the first part of the paragraph (we just keep repeating the first sentence and hand motions are similar to the first week's hand motion for adverbs, verbs and adjective 
   adverb  - Jump   verb -  Run in place   adjective - Stomp left foot forward   adverb - Jump In the song, after the first sentence, the transition is just one word - asks.  And as I've mentioned to the class, in memory masters, the whole sentence is needed. So we kept the song and just keep the four words in the same note (and answers the questions).  The hand motions for the questions are as follows:   how - both hands palms out   when - point right index to where your watch would be on the left forearm   where - left hand on forehead (like you are looking for something)   why - touch forehead with the fingers of the right hand then while bringing your hand forward and down, change it to the letter "y," keeping your palm facing you.
   to what extent - two index finger pointing to each other
   how often - tips of the bent right "b" hand touch the palm of the left hand (near the heel of the palm) then separate and move forward a couple inches, then make contact again.
   how much - both hands moves upward while changing a palm-up "O" into a loose - 5 hand
   under what condition - bend both knees while both open hands face down and swoop up.

Geography: Point and say the countries of Baltic Europe
 We repeated the country names a lot of times since they are struggling with the names especially Latvia and Lithuania. Hint: ELLE Please!

Fine Arts
Great Artist today is Carl Linnaeus
 I shared a little bit about the life of Linnaeus and we drew plants - flowers, fruits, branches, etc.  This would be a perfect time to go to Longwood Gardens as they are having their Orchid Extravaganza.  Have fun!

Continue reviewing the memory work and keep on having fun.

Some books we borrowed from the library for this week's lesson. I'd like to share it with everyone.  Here is the list:
Eyewitness Books World War I
Why did World War I Happen? by R.G. Grant
Acids and Bases by Chris Oxlade
If You were an Adverb by Michael Dahl
How Tall How Short How Far Away by David Adler
Carl Linnaeus Father of Classification by Margaret Anderson

   

  

And the following are websites for Rembrandt and Linnaeus
Rembrandt
Carl Linnaeus

Okay, That's it for now.
Zabrina

P.S. This coming week, we will need watercolor for our Fine Arts, would it be too much to ask the kids to bring their art box (the one they got for Christmas) so we can all use watercolor and brush at the same time? Thank you!