Week 16

The kids felt the room was really empty, because someone was not there.  It was really cute and sweet for them to be looking for Mrs. Rittenhouse. They missed her for a little bit. The kids are becoming more observant, which is good.  Nolan, we missed you, too.  Hope you are having a wonderful time with your family.

Presentation, as usual, was exciting.  We had a lot of energy and I believe I found my substitute in case I am unable to teach. Thank you so much for helping your kids prepare their Presentation every week. It has been a good year of presentation and the kids are getting more comfortable in public speaking.  Next Week's Presentation is Persuasion: Tell us why we should buy something (or convince us why we should believe something). Allow your kids to give you good reasons, not just because it is good/fun (banned words).😉😉😉

Thank you, Mr. Reeser for an exhilarating science experiment.  The kids had a wonderful time dropping paper on the floor and thinking. Hooray for Dialectic Stage!  We will learn more about this next week in Newton's 2nd Law of Motion.

New Grammar
History: Song - CC CD
We discussed at little bit about World War II's beginnings and how it is the deadliest war of all times.  I told the kids that a lot of our following memory work will be on different wars and it is sad because history keeps repeating itself.  We ended with an encouraging thought that no matter what is happening now or what is going to happen in the future, our God is sovereign. He is in control, we need not worry!  To learn more about World War II, check out this and this site.

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
What is a verb?  4 things they need to remember and they will know the definition.  We reviewed our Linking Verbs and Helping Verbs, too. The kids had the opportunity to construct sentences using verbs in different ways. Keep on memorizing Chart C in Essentials.

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
Newton's First Law of Motion is very wordy, but if the kids understands what it is saying, it should not be a problem memorizing it.  I explained a little bit about it and the kids seem to understand it well. Check out this site for Newton's Laws. You can watch this fun video for more explanation.  This is a very funny video you can enjoy.

Latin: Song - CC CD
We reviewed First Conjugation Imperfect Tense and all the other conjugations, which they know really well. We also reviewed "to be" Imperfect Active Indicative. We still need to work on the "to be" Active Indicative.

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We reviewed the Timeline from Age of Exploration.  This is where most of the confusion comes in, so I told them to remember it well, think of how the Timeline is organized, (BC by thousands) 3000 BC... 2000 BC... 1000 BC... Year 1 AD... (AD by five hundreds) 500 AD... 1000 AD... 1500 AD...etc. and then think about what event is after the dates.  It is a good way to remember the Timeline.  Again, I am encouraging the kids to remember the dates... very helpful!

Math: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We started our unit in Geometry.  The kids know their formulas so well, so we did an application.  What is the area of a rectangle, if the length is 6 and width is 3... I also reminded them of the perimeter... it is just around the rectangle not the whole area of the rectangle.  Application of what they are memorizing is what we've focused on. Keep on practicing at home.  I would recommend the Sir Cumference books, which is fun and engaging. The Isle of Immeter is a good one for differentiating area and perimeter. Enjoy!

  

Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
The Balkans... former Yugoslavia has six countries until June 1991. I gave out a map of what it is right now.  You can see this site for what countries they are.  Have fun learning.

Fine Arts
Our art project was very involved, but I am sure you saw the results.  Congratulations to the kids, each and every one of them made a wonderful Monet inspired painting. If you want to learn more about Monet, check out this site.  To learn more about the impressionists, check this one out.

Please review the Ephesians verse at home.  I will try my best to do it in class as much as I can, but sometimes time just slip by without me noticing. Ha!Ha!


Thank you very much for all your hard work. Have a wonderful week!

Sincerely,
Zabrina