Week 21

Getting really close to the end.  We have three more weeks left.  It has been a wonderful adventure. The kids are doing great, and I can see they all want to finish strong. Keep on!

Thank you, Mrs. Peters for the wonderful introduction to our Great Composer Beethoven. We were introduced to Exposition, Development, Recapitulation and Coda. If you want to read a little bit more about Beethoven, check out this page.  This is one of our favorite rendition of "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"  "Beethoven's wig, so very big (da da da daaah)... Enjoy!

Presentation was so much fun. We learned to make/taste lemon cookies, play the guitar, fold a paper ball, draw Japanese animals through shapes and cut an apple with the least amount of waste. Life skills! Thank you for helping your child prepare for presentation every week. Next week will be another demonstration from Elle, Ellie, Jayven and Ruthie.  Have fun preparing.

We finished our straw bridges and would like to thank Mr. Boyer for being our structural engineer for the day.  The kids were great.  No bridges broke. Everybody won. (Look, Mrs. Rittenhouse, 3sss). It was a wonderful lesson for the kids, too - to learn to work with others, as this is their first group project.

New Grammar and Review
With so limited time, we have been doing new grammar and review together a lot lately.
History:  Song - CC CD
I briefly discussed the beginning and the end of the Cold War to the kids (in the middle of a vertigo spell).  The kids seemed to have understood what I stated.  For more info on how the Cold War began, check this out. For info on how it ended, check this out.

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We discussed a little bit about words, phrases and clauses and I did mentioned to the kids that if they continue singing the whole song, they will be able to memorize the whole conjunction chart (Chart H) in Essentials. 

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
To introduce them to the third law of thermodynamics, I briefly explained the different measures of temperature - Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin.  When we say absolute zero temperature, we are talking about 0°K which is -273.15°C, or -459.7°F.  Check this site for more information on the third law.  I also briefly mentioned that there is a zeroth law, check this out to learn more about it.

Latin: Song - CC CD
Review of first conjugation pluperfect tense.  We also reviewed the "to be" pluperfect active indicative (just add fu to the pluperfect tense).  We have two more weeks to do the Latin Challenge in Essentials, I know the kids can do it, so please encourage them and practice with them at home.

Math: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We are done with Geometry and are moving on to the Laws.  We tried applying the associative law, and it worked. Practice with them at home. I reiterated that the law applies only to addition and multiplication.

Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We have an acronym for ease of memorizing the countries of the first part of Central America - BiGHEN.  I will review this again with them next week when we move to the second part of Central America.

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We are so fortunate to be doing Timeline in our opening ceremony.  We will review timeline next week.  Again, if you are reviewing it at home, separate them into periods (age), note what event is immediately after that age. This will make it easier to remember the Timeline, and makes it less confusing when saying the whole Timeline.  Keep up the good work!

Verse
We are in Paul's final greetings to the people of Ephesus... the reason he is writing to them. We were able to go through the verse a couple of times, since we were not able to do it during the opening ceremony. I am open to listen to the memory verse anytime during the lunch hour for the next three weeks. Two students and one parent in our class recited the verse already, that means we have seven students and eight parents more to go. Any parents interested to recite the verse are always welcome to see me too. This is your opportunity to encourage your child to do the memory verse with you - our class goal!

Thank you so much for all you do every week, I am so blest to be walking along side your child in their learning.  Keep up the good work.

Have a wonderful week!

God Bless!
Zabrina

P.S. I will send the photos of the kids with their bridges via email for privacy purposes.