Week 18



Hello everyone!


We are officially three quarters done... welcome SPRING! Hopefully, we will not have additional snow days anymore.  Sorry for the later post... we are away and I've been really sick.  Anyway, hope to be better by Monday.

Presentation this week was very exciting.  It was really nice to see what books the kids are reading and in the process get to know them a little bit more.  Thanks for sharing. Next week's topic for presentation is "What is your favorite instrument?" This is the opening of our Fine Arts topic on the Orchestra and Great Composers.

Science experiment with simple machine was fun with Mr. Herson.  Thank you very much, Sir!

New Grammar
History: Song - CC CD
We sang through the song a lot of times and I reminded them of the pictures we used last time for the leaders.  I also mentioned that President, Prime Minister and Premier are the leaders' title for those particular countries.

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We sang through the song while doing the hand motion.  We were able to review Timeline from Age of Industry.

Latin: Song - CC CD
We just reviewed what we learned last week.  For the hint, see previous post.

Geography: More Central Europe
We outlined and say the names of the countries in Central Europe.  I did mention that Czechoslovakia former is currently Czech Republic and Slovakia.  We were able to review last week's material as well. So, we went over all of Central Europe.  Miss Monika mentioned Benelux (an abbreviation for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg) so we will remember the beginning countries of Central Europe.

English: Song - NoGreaterJoy
We sang through the song a lot of times and I used the left hand as a reminder for the usages of the noun.  I have a drawing for this and will send it via email.
 The left hand thumb if stretched out, sort of looks like the letter "S" (I know this is a stretch).  So, the thumb is "Subject"
 The pointer finger points or directs so it is the "Direct Object"
 The middle finger resembles the letter "I" since it is the longest finger.  So, the middle finger is "Indirect Object" 
 The ring finger on the left hand (that's why I used the left hand) is usually where the wedding ring is located.  The ring is an object so the ring finger is the "Object of the Preposition"
 The pinky is usually use to make promises.  When you make a promise you own it, so the pinky is "Possessive"

Math: Song - NoGreaterJoy
We sang through the song a lot of times and the drawing I have for them to remember the area of a triangle will be sent to you via email.

Science: Song - NoGreaterJoy
We sang through the song a lot of times and I split them in pairs and positioned them as my picture (will send via email) even if this was not 100% matching the actual law.  They got the content memorized quickly.  I have hand motions for this which we did not use.
   action - right hand form a fist and then open the fist facing the opposite direction
   equal - left hand form a fist moving toward the open palm of the right hand
   reaction - left hand opens and hit the right hand

Fine Arts
Great Artist is Morisot.  I shared something about Morisot and we focused on texture painting.  We used gauze and q-tips aside from paintbrush for painting and we mixed coffee grounds, cornmeal, salt and glitter with paint to create texture in painting.  If you want to read more on Morisot, the link is below.

Berthe Morisot

Book Suggestions:
Global Organization The United Nations by Kirsten Bookmiller
Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion by Andrea Gianopoulos (This is a nice one... a graphic novel the kids might enjoy reading)
Isaac Newton by Kathleen Krull (Chapter Book... more for the parent or an older child)

Berthe Morisot by Anne Higonnet (More for the parent)





That's all for now.  See you next week.

Miss Zabrina