Week 5

We had a short Science time with Mr. Reeser.  We learned about the skin and how we generate new skin cells all the time. To learn more, check this out.

Presentation was exciting even if there was a slight misunderstanding. The kids had different presentations, but it is okay.  They all still learned something from each other.  For those who already did their memorized speech, tell us something about the American Patriot who wrote the speech next week.  For those who did the American patriot's biography, they have to come with a memorized speech next week.  Challenge your kids in preparing their presentation, they are in the Masters class already. This is a wonderful opportunity to practice what they are learning in Essentials (KWO) and learn public speaking as well.

New Grammar
History - Song: CC CD
I briefly discuss how the New Constitution allowed for the United States to have their own president. I emphasize that as we are given powers, we are also given responsibilities.  The impressive thing they did when we were discussing 1789 was this - they were able to state the French Revolution sentence from Cycle 2, and we were able to correlate that when George Washington was being inaugurated as president here in the U.S., the French Revolution is happening. I love dialectic stage.

English - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We start with the principal parts of the irregular verbs this week until Week 17.  I tried asking them out of order like, "What is the past participle of be?" or "What is the past tense of be?" to encourage them to think and not just memorize since they already know this by memory.

Science - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned about the five senses and its connection with the nervous system.  I used the opportunity to share I Cor. 12:17 ff; on how we are different but part of one whole body. To learn more about the five senses, check this for sight , this for hearing, and this for smelling and tasting.

Latin - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We continued with Latin verbs part 2.

Timeline - Song: CC CD
We practiced what we learned during the Opening Ceremony. As always, we did the what happened before...

Math
Keep on working on the multiplication table. Start working on the 11's, 12's, 13's, 14's 15's.

Geography - Song: CC CD
We continued tracing the new states we learned. I sent home homework for memorization through drawing. Again, please remind them to bring their completed work to class on Monday.

Fine Arts
Perspective Drawing.  I explained a little bit about the different types of perspective drawing.  We focused on the one point perspective and we drew the Washington monument. Below is the picture of their art work.

Review
Tic-tac-toe.  The kids had a wonderful time reviewing the memory work while playing tic-tac-toe.  It was really fun learning along side them.  We found out that we really need to work on Math and Latin a lot.

Have a wonderful weekend. See you all on Monday!

Sincerely,
Zabrina