Week 9

Hello again everyone.  I am always so thrilled to see everybody doing their best and having fun along the way.  Learning should always be fun and I am glad everyone is helping to make it fun.  Thank you very much. Seth, we hope you are collecting stories to tell us for when you come back.  Our sincerest Congratulations to the Rendell family, Welcome Ben Emmanuel!

Presentation was so much fun... I can't stop laughing. Please remind them of all the skills we've learn so far (see purple sheet).  Next week's presentation is Recitation: Poetry. recite a poem by memory and enhance it by adding gestures and appropriate expressions. Have fun!

Science experiment is more coloring and a lot of cutting which made it a bit challenging. Again, a quick reminder... take time (not too much though) coloring and cutting and enjoy along the way. Thank you very much for all the parents who has been helping trace the kids week after week.  Next week, please continue to bring all your coloring materials and scissors.

New Grammar
Timeline: Song - CC CD
We sang through the timeline and did the hand motions taught during the opening ceremony.

History: Song - CC CD
I briefly discussed about the Compromise of 1850 (I didn't even realize that Dred Scott was a person until I started preparing for the lesson... we do learn something new everyday, isn't that great?). We sang the song (be sure to be careful when singing this song because it is similar to the one we have in the timeline and if the are not thinking enough, they can just sing the timeline instead of the history song) and did the following hand motion:
 Compromise - right index finger points to right forehead, then both index fingers point away from the body meeting at the midline
 Fugitive - left "5" hand and right "4" hand crossed in front of face and the right index finger moves away from the body as the left "5" hand goes palms down
 Dred Scott - both "S' hand palms down crossed at wrists (slave)
 secession - both palms down hand draws close to the body and closes into a fist (withdraw)
 Southern states - right "S" hand moves from shoulder height down to the waist

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
I discussed a little bit about the lymph system and how it protects our body.  We did the following hand motions for the memory work:
 lymph vessels - right "V" hand moves like it is on a roller coaster
 lymph nodes - feel both sides of neck under the jaw
 spleen - both "four" hands are held up in front of the chest, then move both hands away from each other twice (filter)
 thymus - right "T" hand

Math: Song - CC CD
We skip counted through the 15's and the kids did really well! I reminded them that the numbers end either in 5 or 0.

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
This is a challenging one for me personally. Lay will be differentiated with next week's lie. Lay (put something down) is a transitive verb, while lie (to rest or recline) is an intransitive verb.  Kinda similar to raise and rise. Here is a site that might be helpful in differentiating the two.  And this is one for raise and rise.  Have fun.

Latin: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
We start our series on rules and we will be doing this for the next three sessions. We reviewed a little bit the Cycle 2 Latin conjugations.  I am impressed how the kids still remember their memory work from Cycle 2.  Hooray for everyone!

Geography: Song - CC CD
Trace, Draw and Point the five states.  We are getting close to the end of the 50 States and everyone is doing a really great job.  For more practice, see previous post for games and activities.  I also saw a real puzzle of the USA with the piece the shapes of the states themselves. This  is the site to print them and might be helpful for the children when drawing the different states.  Have fun.

Fine Arts
Continuing with music theory, we learned rhythm, time signature, measure and bar lines. Worksheets I gave you has some exercises on that. I gave them easy music we were working on (Hot Cross Buns 1 & 2, Mary had a little lamb and London Bridge).  I'd rather have them start on easy pieces slowly to get the right notes and tone. Let them work on the whole D-scale at home.  Don't forget the posture(straight), position(45 degrees angle) and placement(finger pads not tips). They are really doing very well.  Maybe if they are done with the easier music, they can work on Twinkle, Twinkle. Here is a good site for tin whistle music. Please remember to bring your tin whistle next week.

Here are the sites that I found interesting for music theory:
Making Music Fun is a fun one
Opus Music If you want more in depth music theory, this is good because you can go lesson by lesson on music theory self-study.  If you have younger kids, there are theory sheets for younger children as well.
Color in my Piano  is more for piano students but still is a good site
Susan Paradis is where I found most of the worksheets I printed for you.

Review game was fun... they

Book Recommendation:
Here are some books I found at the local library which might be helpful. Sorry this week's recommendation is not a lot. The worksheets might help.
Causes of the Civil War by James Epperson
The Circulatory and Lymphatic System by John Gold
The Immune System by Edward Edelston
Usborne Internet-Linked Music Theory for Beginners by Emma Danes

      

I hope the worksheets I'm giving out every week is helpful as you go through the lessons with them during the week (Let me know if you don't want it so we can save some trees... hahaha). I've also included worksheets for next week because we will be away.

Quick reminder for everyone, Mrs. Liesl Fawthorp will be subbing for me next week and I want everyone to be on their best behavior.  just remember our three rules... (1) Respect the person speaking in front. (2) Be considerate with one another; and (3) Have fun learning.  I won't be seeing you until December so have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Take care and be safe.

Miss Zabrina