Week 23


Hooray! We are really close to the end. Everyone has been doing marvelously.

Thank you Mrs. Kershner for introducing us to Antonin Dvorak with everyone participating. It was exciting to see the life of Dvorak as performed by the whole campus.  We were able to listen to the Fourth Movement of Serenade of Strings.  If you want to read more about Dvorak, this is an interesting site.

It has been wonderful getting to know your kids through their presentations.  I was glad to have enjoyed their final presentation on their favorite memory of CC.  I sure hope when they are older, they can look back to these wonderful memories.

Most of the kids finished their Science project. Come and see how their protectors work next time we meet. For those who brought their egg protector to finish at home, please make sure they bring it next time for the egg drop challenge.

New Grammar
History: Song - CC CD
I briefly discussed the Gulf War and how it became the precursor for the Iraq War in 2003. To learn more about the Persian Gulf War and the Iraqi War, check this and this .

English: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
The kids know their quality adjectives, so we are good to go.  I did asked them if they know the meaning of modify, most of them did. I believe it is important for them to understand what they are memorizing at this stage in their life.

Science: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
I briefly explained the three types of heat transfer, and I believe the kids had a very good grasp on how heat flow.  To read more about heat flow, check this out. This has detailed description and cute graphics on heat transfer.  Enjoy!

Math: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
The distributive law can be tricky, but I think they understood the concept. Aside from memorizing the law, we substituted the letters with numbers and solved the equations. Keep up the good work.

Latin: Song - CC CD
Review of first conjugation Future Perfect Tense. While reviewing, I reminded the kids about being very careful with the vowel sounds of the conjugations. We focused on 3rd person plural "erunt" (Present Perfect Tense), "erant" (Pluperfect Tense), and "erint" (Future Perfect Tense). And as before, for the Latin Challenge, "to be" future perfect active indicative, all you have to do is just add "fu".  Keep practicing Personal Pronoun "I" and "We", and you will be able to do the Latin Challenge.  Go for it!

Timeline: Song - CC CD
We finished the whole Timeline.  Hooray!  We practiced the Timeline by dividing it into years - 3000 B.C., 2000 B.C., 1000 B.C., etc., and then knowing the ages/eras - Age of Exploration, Age of Absolute Monarchs, etc. It made it easier to remember and not be confusing.  Continue listening to the President's Song in preparation for Week 24.

Geography: Song - CCC NoGreaterJoy5
Stan in Western Asia - the names of these five countries are very challenging.  We had to repeat it over and over again for the kids to remember the names.  These five countries used to be part of the USSR until 1991.

Verse
We are at the end.  This week's verse is short, next week's verse is even shorter. We have one more week to recite the verse.  We were able to practice the whole of Ephesians 6 while Mrs. Rittenhouse was hiding eggs inside the classroom. The kids for sure know the first nine verses, and most of them know the armor of God, so it should not be a problem to finish the last few verses.  I know they can do it, especially if their parents do it with them. Update: three kids and two parents memorized Ephesians 6 already, come on parents, we are lagging behind. I really hope to get everyone to recite them next time we meet. I am willing to skip lunch just to listen to everyone recite the chapter. It would be filling enough. Enjoy working on the verse!  

Review Game
I did not realized that the kids still enjoy Easter egg hunting.  It was really exciting to see them helping each other to find the eggs.  The kids did a wonderful job with the review game.  Keep on practicing the memory work for MM. Next week's review game - thank you very much to all the parents who responded and promised to be there to help (we have at least 5 parents, at most 6). Each child will be given a card with all the subjects, each parent is assigned a subject. Each child will be tested on one subject at a time. The kids will be tested on materials from Week 13-24, sort of like Mock MM testing. We will go over the finer details next time.

Week 24's final 30 minutes (or more) will be our auction time. You are welcome to bring in an item or two your kids would enjoy, but you are not required. I will probably have enough little things for the kids to bid on and enjoy.

Thank you very much for all you do in class and out of class.  It has been an amazing experience to work alongside all of you.

Have a wonderful Easter everyone!

Sincerely,
Zabrina