Week 5

Hello everyone,

The week off gave everyone much rest and review of the first four weeks' materials of CC. Hope everybody is reviewing...

Presentation was fun. Continue preparing presentations through KWO.  It will be great practice for Essentials and a good product for Presentation for Foundations.  Next week's presentation topic is Science:  Tell us something about an animal (culmination of what we learned in ecology... what type of biome the animal live in, what type of consumer, what part of the food chain, how they react to environmental change). Have fun preparing.

Welcome back Mr. Herson, we missed you.  It was fun to learn about galaxies.  "The heavens declare the glory of God, the skies proclaim the work of his hands." Psalm 19:1 Our God is indeed amazing. If the kids want to read more about galaxies, you can visit this site or this site. Enjoy!

New Grammar
History: Song - CC CD
We had a long discussion about today's history sentence.  We went back to week 3 and 4 and ended up in this week's sentence. Ask the kids how long the Hundred Years War lasted, they know the answer.  Good thing it was not continuous, as Jacob pointed out.  This week's sentence is long, but the kids seem to know it well.  Keep working on it.  I explained a little bit about the black death and why it is called Bubonic Plaque.  If you want to read more about the War, you can visit this page.

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We differentiated Nominative and Objective pronouns.  Continue filling your Chart F in Essentials.

Latin: Song - CC CD
First conjugation future tense starts with "bo". A quick clue to remember this is a "bow" from the bow and arrow.  You shoot with a bow forward - in the future.

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We reviewed what was taught during the opening ceremony.  Keep on reviewing... again, the dates would be great to remember so they'll know what happened when.

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
In answering the question how, I decided to formulate the sentence to "In reaction to environmental change, animals..." We had a fun discussion on which animals adapt, migrate or hibernate.  They are really excited about the presentation next week. This is a wonderful site, if they want to learn more.

Math
Multiplication table for 9 and 10.  I really hope everyone is taking their time to review at home, since we cannot repeat our memory work seven times in class. If we do that, we will not have time for anything else. Haha!

Geography: Song -  CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned about five cities in Western Europe. We also reviewed lessons from the last three weeks.

Fine Arts
We learned about Perspective Drawing... I briefly (haha) told them that there are three types of perspective drawing - linear, tonal, and overlapping.  In linear perspective, there are three types - one-point, two-points, and three-points perspective.  We focused on two-points perspective when we drew a castle from medieval times.  I asked them to follow my drawing on the board (will send the photo via email).  The goal for the class is to have the drawing of the castle in two points perspective and they can add details (bricks, door, windows) at home.  A lot of them struggled with the perspective, but I think if you just keep reminding them where their point is, they will do fine.  It just takes more practice.  This video is worth watching just to see how it is done.  I would encourage them to work on finishing the castle.

A simple one like this is great (look at end point on the two sides)

Or something like this (maybe in the future)...















 My encouragement would be for them to finish the drawing at home. Just a quick reminder for everybody.  The kids will have an art exhibit on Week 7.  All the art work they finished this Fine Arts period.  I am hoping to see the following projects - OiLS, Mirror Image, Upside Down Drawing, Abstract, Perspective and the Final Project.  I really hope this part of class is not just "I checked it off my list and I'm done."  To finish one project is very fulfilling and to see a very good work of art is very encouraging.

Review was short and quick. The kids still enjoyed it. I sure hope that everyone is reviewing at home. 

Book Recommendation
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
The Black Death by Stephanie True Peters
Mastering Art Drawing by Anthony Hodge
Art for Kids Drawing by Kathryn Temple

      

Have a marvelous week!

Zabrina