Week 13

Happy New Year and Welcome back to CC. The kids are so thoughtful... it was so sweet to see their greetings on the board (unfortunately, I was not able to take a picture). They even surprise me with the birthday song. Thank you!  Gavin, we missed you. Feel better soon!

I gave them three topics to choose from for the Impromptu Presentation. I believe everyone shared about their amazing Christmas time with their family.  It was so much fun to learn a little bit more about your families and the fun things you do together. Next week's presentation is Exposition: An American Missionary - tell about an American missionary - how the missionary impacted the world for Christ. Remind them to limit their presentation to a maximum time of 4 minutes.  Thank you!

New Grammar
English - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned to conjugate the verb "beat".  The kids are doing great.  We just need to remind them to speak clearly.

Science - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We enter the world of Chemistry.  I briefly discussed the atomic number, element and atomic mass, and a little bit about the nucleus with the proton and electron.  If you want to learn more about Chemistry, check this site out.  The sentence this week is very wordy, the kids struggled to get through it, so keep practicing at home.

Math - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
Gallonbot, the kids favorite. We did a lot of application practices and the kids know this really well.

History - Song: CC CD
What does amendment means? That is how we started the brief discussion on the 14th Amendment.  Also told them about the 13th.  If you want to read more, check this out.

Latin - Song: Opening Ceremony Song
We continued translating John 1:1, to make it easier for the kids to understand, I line up the English word with the Latin words (on the board). The kids are doing great. Keep practicing.

Timeline - Song: CC CD
We reviewed the Timeline as we have done in the Opening Ceremony.

Geography - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned the Western Mountains. A question came up, "Why is the Sierra Nevada not in Nevada?" A good research topic, isn't it?

Fine Arts
We learned a little bit about Grandma Moses and American folk art.  Our art project is paper collage, and the kids had fun doing it. See their work below.  Next week, for our art project, please remind the kids to bring coloring materials (watercolor is needed for one of the project although crayons, color pencils and markers are needed as well), scissors and glue.  Thank you very much.

Review Game
We reviewed Weeks 8 - 13.  The kids did really well. By the way, the kids did great during the mock memory testing.  I always tell the kids, "Don't let Memory Masters be your ultimate goal. Your goal should be to learn and remember what you are memorizing because you will need it for life." Keep up the good work.

Science experiment with Mr. Herson is always fun. How can 1 + 1 not equals 2? Ask the kids. Thank you very much Mr. Herson.

See you all next week, Lord willing.
Zabrina