Week 8

Hello everyone,

Fine Arts
It has been a wonderful adventure with Music Theory this year. So far, so good...  This site has a lot of fun worksheets to review theory at home. I love this site for a more advanced student because the lesson becomes progressively difficult.

Presentation
The four kids did really well. It felt like Home Economic class (cooking/baking and sewing).  Next week, the other four (Jayven, Ellie, Dawn and Gavin) are doing the Demonstration presentation (see last week's post for the description).  Week 10's presentation is Classic Poetry: Memorize and recite a classic poem.  I am giving you the heads up so the kids have two weeks to memorize.  It will be fun.

New Grammar
Math
Same as last week, we started with memorizing the 14s table. We picked 3-4 facts (14 x 7, 12, 3, 5) and kept going back after every subject.  The kids did really well. Keep practicing it this way at home. You will be surprised how quickly they can answer the facts without having to skip count.

English - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We reviewed the definition of the principal parts, and applied it to this week's verb.  It fit perfectly well because "raise" is a regular verb. We just wanted to compare the verb "rise" and "raise". I hope the kids understood that. Just remind them when you are reviewing that at home.

Science - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
I gave them a brief introduction of the circulation of blood using a heart model to help them understand better. It was a good review for the Science experiment we did last week. If you want to learn more about the circulatory system, check this out.

Latin - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
Part 3 of 3 for nouns and the last of the vocabs.  Continue practicing Latin at home, the kids seems to be having a hard time with this.

Timeline - Song: CC CD
We reviewed the time periods and where our timeline facts are part of.  The time period markers will be a good thing to remember, so they will not get lost in the tune of the song.

History - Song: CC CD
I briefly discussed Henry Clay and how he was called "The Great Compromiser".  If you want to learn more, check this out.

Geography - Song: CC CD
We added five more states to our drawing.  Please remind the kids to bring in their completed work.  This past week, most of the kids forgot to draw their maps at home.  Most of them told me I did not finish it last night.  I don't know how else to encourage the kids to practice at home. I guess that is your call to make.  I just told them it will only be a very good practice, if they do it every week.  The goal is not just to get it done, the goal is to practice it everyday so they can draw the map by memory. I rest my case.

Science experiment
We learned a little about the spleen, pancreas and gall bladder, and also the kidneys and the urinary bladder.  The kids traced each other and we only have two kids left to trace. Hooray!

Review
Our time was cut a little short because of the tracing of the body.  The kids did pretty well with direct question and answer.  They also know what subjects they need to work on.  Keep practicing at home if they really want to achieve memory masters.

See you all next week!

Zabrina