Week 14

An exciting and wonderful week for everyone.  The kids are all fired up and ready for learning.  Thank you so much for preparing your kids for class.  It has been a great privilege to be working with them.  Ruthie, we miss you!

Presentation was fun with funny moments.  We had kids who shared about a husband and wife missionary team.  I told the kids that we can all be heroes of faith as long as we are doing what God wants us to do in our lives.  Next Week's presentation:  History - Pick a timeline card and expound on it. I told them to pick anything they want, but I suggested a topic around the time of the Middle Ages since this is the Time Period we are in. Since you are the teachers, you get to decide what is best for your children. 😇😇😇

Science with Mr. Herson was about surface tension.  It was indeed an exciting experiment. Thank you Mr. Herson for explaining more about the atoms and molecules of water. For more on surface tension, check this out (I like how the illustration shows that the molecules on the surface form stronger bonds).  For a fun science experiment with art included, you can do this.

New Grammar
Latin: Song - CC CD
The kids know the present tense conjugation really well so, we worked more on the Present Active Indicative (paralleling the Present Tense).  We started memorizing sum - I am, es - You are, est- He/She/It is...etc.  Just a confirmation (I checked with Mrs. Reid), all the kids need to know is the Latin part, but if they know the English part, it would be great. Again, this is up to you dear teachers. 

English: Song - CCC Connected NoGreaterJoy5
We are introduced to Adverbs.  Since the kids know the definition already, I gave them examples on how an adverb modifies a verb, adjective and another adverb.  I believe most of them had a good grasp of adverbs.

Science: Song - CCC Connected NoGreaterJoy5
Acids and Bases... I expound more on why we decided to use ions instead of atoms (which is in the Foundations Guide).  Ions, being charged atoms, is more appropriate for the memory sentence.  Please take note of this change.  I discussed a little bit about pH, when it is an acid or a base. I was looking to purchase litmus paper locally but unfortunately, I was not able to find it.  Thank you Mr. Boyer for volunteering to bring some next week.  If you need readings on how to explain more on acids and bases, check this and this and this. This is also a good one on how to explain it to the kids.

History: Song - CC CD
We learned about the leaders during World War I.  Since they know the memory work, I sort of tested them by asking which leader when I give them the country and which country when I give them the leader. It was a good way for them to really understand what they are memorizing.   Next week, we will discuss how and why World War I started, if they want to read about it to contribute to class discussion, that would be great.

Timeline:  Song - CC CD
With kids knowing the Timeline really well, we went through the Timeline only a few times. We worked mostly on checking what is before a certain event.

Geography: Song - CCC Connected NoGreaterJoy5
Baltic Europe - our hint is ELLE P (our classmate, the kids said "ELLE Person")😉😉.  We were able to do a little bit of review of the Europe's map, as well.

Math: Song - CCC Connected NoGreaterJoy5
The kids know the linear equivalents really well and I am sure they can recite them in their sleep.  So, we focused on application - How many centimeters in 5 inches? How many inches in 9 ft? How many ft in 5 miles? Something like that.  I don't know where they are in their Math curriculum. I just said, it would be great for them to know in conversion, the concept of whether they need to divide or multiply.  Have fun practicing the application with them at home.

Fine Arts
Our artist for this week is Carl Linneaus (Carl von Linne).  We focused on proportion by placing the flower on another sheet of paper to see where and how big the flower is, the stem and leaves.  I am really impressed with the flowers they drew with all the details they put in their artwork. The kids are becoming budding artists... Congratulations!  For more on Carl Linneaus, check out  this and this site. Next week, is it possible for the kids to bring crayons, color pencils, water color, etc.?

Review
As always we only had 15 minutes of review time, but we made the most of our 15 minutes ++.  I reminded them of the class' goal of memorizing Ephesians 6.  They did really well on the first nine verses. We reviewed from verses 10-14.  It is easier to do one verse at a time than to do it all at once (same as our memory work). I told them that even if they don't do it as a family, they can still do it themselves.  Please help us reach our class goal.  Thank you very much!  We are doing great as a class so far. Thank you so much for all your hard work!

Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,
Zabrina