Week 24

Hooray!  Our last day... Congratulations everyone for a wonderful school year.  Everybody worked hard...so, CHEERS!

Thank you Mrs. Herson for an exciting time in Orchestra... thank you to all the tutors, too. Love the kids, I really did not know what to do but they got the answers... Talk about connections!

Our last Presentation was fun... I guess I have to share a tutor's trick (make the board fall on you).  Thank you very much for all the kind words and as I've said, thank you for the wonderful opportunity of tutoring your kids.  It has been a wonderful journey because I've learned so much from them, too.  I am very proud of my class because as Cosmo said, "We are the best and the smartest class!"  Truly, they are the best.  To see them take care and love each other is very inspiring and encouraging. Thank you very much also to all the parents who never left me by myself throughout the year.  It has been a pleasure working with all of you. As I said before, I do have the #bestclassparentsever.

Science with Mr. Herson is always fun.  I told Mr. Herson how some of you shared how much you enjoy the science time with him.  He said thank you!  If you want to learn more about basic statistics for kids, you can go to this site.

New Grammar
Presidents: Song - CC CD
We sang through the song two times with two different songs.  They seem to know it well....just keep on reviewing.

History: Song - CC CD
I briefly told them the story of the Bill of Rights.  How some of the States refuse to sign the Constitution because it did not have the Bill of Rights.  I told them it was written by James Madison and he started with 19 or 20 and when it went up to the Congress, they only approved 12 and by the time the States ratified it, 10 was left (the first 10 amendments to our Constitution).  We visited the Constitution Center two weeks ago, and the original Bill of Rights is there (the one with 12).  Check this site to get up to 50% discount (GROUPON) for Constitution Center entrance.  We recited the Bill of Rights a few times, the number and then the bill.  I also attached a summary of the Bill of Rights and some fun activities that will help them understand each bill. Have fun!

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
I told them a little bit about what makes good science.  I find this site very helpful. We repeated the sentence a lot of times.  They did pretty well even if I tricked them.

Math: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
I have an illustration in my board that explains the Law which I will send via email. we repeated the sentence a lot of times and I even asked them last week's memory work.  They were not stumped.

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
We recited the seven sentence patterns, I told them I won't even attempt to discuss anything with them... just told them if you remember five of the patterns just change Adjectives to both Nouns (S/V/PN to PA and S/V/DO/OCN to OCA). We recited it a lot of times and will need to keep reviewing at home.  The worksheets I attached might be a good start.

Latin: Song - Opening Ceremony Song
We finished the whole passage of John 1:1-7.  Yes, we did it... Latin, English and Sign Language.  We use the signs for that, all, believe, through and him.  Just a reminder for those doing the MM, you need to know the whole passage in Latin and English.

Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy
We continued with Prominent Features and was able to review last week's prominent features.  Keep on reviewing.

AUCTION! I believe the kids were waiting for this the whole day.  They were so excited and I was happy to see them happy and rewarded for all their hard work.  Thank you to the parents who added to the prizes.  Thank you Mrs. Thompson for being our auctioneer (I also have to thank her for sharing the idea).  Thank you for all the parents who were there to help. My sincerest to all of your help to make this class the #bestclassever (I guess if we have the best parents ever, we will have the best class ever).

Book recommendations
The Bill of Rights by Christine Taylor-Butler
The Bill of rights by Judith Lloyd Yero
   

Thank you very much for a wonderful year.  Enjoy your summer!  Again, this whole week is the Philadelphia Science Festival.  You can go to this site to check out some educational and free activities.  This coming Saturday is the Science Carnival on the Parkway, there will be lots of activities for everyone in the family.  We will be there, maybe we'll see some of you there.

See you all in three weeks.  For the children doing Memory Masters, see you next week.

Miss Zabrina