Week 16

Hello everyone,

I am trying my best to post early for the benefit of everyone especially for those who we missed yesterday. Ellie and Nick, we miss you, a lot!  I am very proud of everyone. I can see that you are all trying your best to review your memory work.  Keep on.  I also would like to commend you for participating in class and trying your best to memorize the new grammar in a very short time.  Hooray for everyone!!! But always remember why you are doing it.  In this regard, I'd like to share this verse with everyone.  "Do you best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth". 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV)

Presentation yesterday was fun... I got to know everyone a little bit better. Next week's presentation topic is Show and Tell: Something found in your closet (I hope it is not a mouse!).

Science experiment was so much fun... Thank you so much Mr. Boyer!

New Grammar
History: Song - CC CD
The sentence is a little bit long so keep on practicing.  We sang through the song and did the following hand motions. 

·         World War II	ASL “W”, ASL “W”, flash 2 fingers
·         Hitler	ASL "H" on upper lip forming a moustache and raise your hand with palms out (hail sign)
·         Poland	ASL “O" hand touches left shoulder and then in a straight line move to the right shoulder
·         Two engagements	Flash 2 fingers
·         U.S.	The fingers of both hands are interlocked and move in a semi-circle from left to right in front of the body.
·         Pacific front	P-hand, 2 flat hands, palms-down, hand wave up and down away from the body. (ASL sign for ocean)
·         Battle of Midway	palm-in curved 5-hands move from side to side. (war)
·         Dropping atomic bombs	Arms raised at shoulder, elbows bent, and hands in a fist, one on top of the other. Fists open to 5-hands. (ASL for bomb)
·         Hiroshima and Nagasaki	ASL “H”, ASL “N”

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We sang through this just a couple of times and hand motions are the same as the ones taught in the opening ceremony.

Latin: Song - CC CD
Review of last week's. Again the hint is if you've done something wrong "BAM"

Science: Song - NoGreaterJoy
I drew a ball on the board and explained that the ball left there untouched will not moved on it's own.  If I push the ball or throw the ball it should move in a straight line at a constant speed but there is gravity (outside force), so it falls.
We sang through the song a lot of times but they will need more practice at home because it is quite wordy and the sentence is long.  Hand motions are...

·         Object at rest	Sign an “o” and stay in one place
·         Obj. in motion… straight line	Sign an “o,” move form right to left in a straight line at a constant speed.
·         Force acts upon it	Raise open palm left hand and hit the “o” hand.

English: Song - NoGreaterJoy
We sang through the song a lot of times and the way the sentence is written on the board is enumerating the 4 things a verb does.  Actions are as follows:
  verb - run in place
  action -run in place
  state of being - both hands palm out on either side of the face
  links 2 words - hook 2 index fingers with thumbs together
  helps - right hand holding left hand
  verb - run in place

Math: Song - NoGreaterJoy
I drew a rectangle on the board with lines inside (grid) to let them know that the area of the rectangle is not just the sides of the rectangle but all the little squares inside.  We sang through the song (just the area of the rectangle) a lot of times.  the drawing looked something like this.



Geography: Point and Say Countries in the Balkans
We reviewed the Peninsulas and focused on the Balkans and so we trace through the five countries of the Balkans.  I did mention that Yugoslavia is former.  Yugoslavia now is seven different countries (Slovenia, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina). You might want to research more on it at home.  This is an easy site to read about it.

Fine Arts 
Great Artist is Monet
I shared a little bit about Claude Monet, the leader of the Impressionists. Explained a little about what Impressionists are. We painted Monet's famous "The Footbridge" using dabbing technique. It was funny because today, I did not let them paint on their own, I was painting with them (they were suppose to follow me), and they were like what??? how???, and then when they saw their finished product, they were amazed.  I am sure you saw their finished product and are very proud. Keep painting, oh I mean dabbing.
By the way, I did tell the kids to bring their art box next week but I am not sure if they really need to.  I will let you know by email again sometime this week.  They will need scissors and crayons for sure and if they have a wide, soft paintbrush that would be helpful but if not, it is totally fine.  we will work things out. I am so sorry for the bother of bringing their own stuff but with so short a time, I'd like to do everything in the class so we are not wasting precious minutes walking back and forth the class. Thank you very much for the kind consideration for me.

I am very happy with the Review game, how most of them really know their materials (I guess the tickets are working... I am excited and is starting to buy the prizes for the end of the year thing).  Most of them are having a challenge in Geography and Timeline (I am not surprised with this one because they can do the whole song with no problem but if I start my question in the middle of somewhere, they sort of are lost).  Keep working with them on this two areas. Thanks!

Here are some of my Book Recommendation
 Eyewitness Book World War II
 World War II for Kids by Richard Panchyck
 Science Discoveries Isaac Newton and Gravity by Steve Parker (pg. 17  has the Three Laws of Motion)
 To Root, to Toot, to Parachute What is a Verb? by Brian Cleary
 Sir Cumference and the First Round Table A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander (Dawn loved this book so much, we read this a lot of times last year and probably this time again.)
 Artists in Their Time Claude Monet by Susie Hodge
 Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Bjork (Love this very much... also available in video)


        
     

And again for those who are not in CC Connected the songs for Science and English can be found in the YouTube link I sent early in the school year. Just remember it is an older version so there may be some things that are different with the revised curriculum. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-YaRR3p7as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_M3_1hGwtOQ&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL746E667B3183DDF0

That's it for now... it's been a long post. Have a nice week.

Miss Zabrina