Week 14

Time flies...we have ten more week to go.  I hope we will continue to do our best to finish strong. A big shout out to all the kids who made our visitor feel welcome.

Fine Arts Part 1
We divided our art project into two 15 minute time. The first 15 minute, we learned about Jackson Pollock, an abstract expressionist.  We did art work with drips and splashes... If you want to learn more about him, Check this out.

We learned about different American (and non-American) missionaries through their presentation.  It is always good to see the kids being really confident in talking in front without fear. I did asked the kids to use KWO when preparing their presentation. This way, they can practice their IEW work while doing their research work. That is hitting two birds with one stone. Next week's presentation is American inventor: Tell us about the inventor's life and how his invention changed the world.

New Grammar
English - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned to conjugate the verb "break". Make sure when they are practicing at home that they enunciate their words well. On this note, the kids are still struggling with lay and lie. Keep practicing at home.
 
Science - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned about an element. With another wordy sentence, I hope the kids can continue to practice at home.  I gave them a copy of the periodic table to get them acquainted with how to find the element, its abbreviation, its atomic number and atomic mass. Feel free to practice with them at home.  This is a site you can check out to make learning the elements more exciting. We love the places and cities the best. To learn more about chemistry, check out the link in last week's blog.

Math - Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
We learned about linear equivalents and their applications.

History - Song: CC CD
Howard taught the kids the history sentence.  I briefly discussed and showed pictures of each tycoons and their contribution to America.  Check this out if you want to read more.

Latin - Song: Opening Ceremony Song
We learned John 1:2.  Keep practicing the song at home.

Timeline - Song: CC CD
We reviewed what we did during the opening ceremony. I reminded the kids to use the time periods and "Ages" as markers so they don't get lost when going through the Timeline.

Geography- Song: CCC NoGreaterJoy5
Jayven taught geography of the Northwest Mountain. We discussed that Mt. McKinley was recently changed to Denali. The kids were asking why, so I said we can all research it together and discuss it next week.

Fine Arts Part 2
The focus of our project after Pollock is on the artist Norman Rockwell, the great story teller.  I told the kids that Rockwell's art always remind me that a picture is worth a thousand words. We were also able to differentiate Pollock's  and Rockwell's art.  The project that we did is based on Norman Rockwell's "The Connoisseur".  The kids had an exciting time doing it.  See the art project we did below.

 

Review game was sort of fun, the kids are doing marvelous. Keep up the good work.  I hope you'll continue to encourage the kids to do their geography tracing and drawing.  If the paper accumulates, it gets overwhelming. I don't want the kids to be overwhelmed.  Just keep encouraging them... they may not see the benefits right now, but I assure you, by week 24, they will be so amazed at what they can do.  Same with all the memory work... if it gets too much, it gets overwhelming.  A little at a time and we will all get there... keep encouraging them.

Science experiment with Mr. Herson was so much fun... wow! What happens when we mix alcohol in water? Ask the kids, they might want to replicate the experiment at home.

Have a wonderful week and Lord willing, I will see you all next week!

Zabrina