Week 4

Congratulations everyone!

It has been a marvelous four weeks of CC. My sincerest thanks to all the parents who are there every week to help and to keep the class interesting and exciting.

Presentation was fun.  I am glad that the kids talked about European countries that has some connection to them.  Next time's presentation - "Tell us about a Ruler in Europe" (Mr. Boyer, it's metric system, right?).  Have fun researching.

Science with Mr. Reeser was so exciting.  The kids ask really interesting questions... DIALECTIC here we come... We will be memorizing Newton's first law of motion sometime later in our CC year, so don't worry.  Thank you so much, Mr. Reeser.  We hope to see you again.

New Grammar
History: Song - CC CD
We continued the story from last week's sentence about Richard the Lion-Hearted and how he made John his heir. I told them a little bit about how cruel and unpopular he is, and how he was forced to sign the Magna Carta.  We learned that Magna Carta literally mean Great Charter.  They have a lot more questions but we were short of time, so I told them that you (their parents) would answers more of their questions. I did tell them that since we will learn more about the Hundred Years War next time, I will tell them more about how the Hundred Years War started. I guess I have to study more... If the kids want to know more about King John and the Magna Carta, you can go to this site. This is also a very good article and the book recommended (Rupert's Parchment) seems interesting. Unfortunately,  I cannot find it in our local library.

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned about nominative pronouns.  I reminded them of the Latin noun cases, Nominative - Subject ... Everybody is in Essentials, so I just said, when you start your sentence you start with a subject (who or what is the sentence about?). As long as they remember that, they should be good.

Latin: Song - CC CD
This is a review of last week's.

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We reviewed what we did during the opening ceremony.  I continued to encourage them to know the dates. 3000 BC, 2000 BC, 1000 BC... Keep singing!

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
This week's lesson is exciting for me.  I drew the three natural cycles on the board and asked the kids to explain each cycles to me.  Bravo to the kids.  If they want to learn more about the natural cycles, you can visit this site for water cycle, this site for oxygen cycle, and this site for nitrogen cycle.

Geography
We learned about six European Rivers.  This week's geography is a little bit tricky because it is difficult to see in the map.  I drew some parts of Europe and highlighted the rivers on my board (I will send the photo via email).  Please refer to your Foundations Guide to see where the rivers begin and end. Practice tracing if it is too difficult to draw.

Math: Song - CC CD if skip counting
I sure hope everybody is working on the multiplication tables and not skip counting anymore.  Keep on memorizing!

Review
We had a short review time, but we tried to get as much review as we can.

Fine Arts
We learned about abstract drawing/painting. We did a masking tape painting project, which you might have seen by now.  If you want to put a second coat on, feel free to do so.  Make sure to peel the tape when the project is completely dry.  Thank you to all the parents for preparing and cleaning before and after the BIG project.  I hope your kids are finishing their fine art projects at home.  I am hoping for them to bring all their art work on Week 7 as a presentation project. They can showcase all their artwork and pick which ones they want (or maybe I will) to put up for the Christmas program.

I will post book recommendations if I get the chance sometime later, for now, I am signing off. Have a wonderful week.  We might see some of you in the Renaissance Faire on Thursday.

Sincerely,
Zabrina