assignments for October 2, 2007

Hello Families,

We had a great time in class on Tuesday. We got a peek at Kitty's new baby sister, and rejoiced that Jackson's family will be able to join his dad at their new home in Alabama. Selfishly, we are all sad that we won't have him learning along with us each Tuesday.

Ask your student what opulent means and why we discussed it in conjunction with the Byzantine Empire. Also, see if they can teach you the significance of the year 386. In the next few weeks I will ask for your student's notebook to be turned in to me. This will be for a notebook check that will be part of their grade. Start polishing them up in preparation for that. If you need any copies of mapwork or color sheets, let me know. There should be one for each chapter and narrations from the different sections in each chapter. Put all your grammar work in your grammar section, science in science section, etc.

Here are the assignments for next time:

History:
--produce narration sentences for Ch.4 in Story of the World
--complete map work student pg. 15
--complete color pg. 17 Hagia Sophia
(These pages were handed out on 9/11. Let me know if you need another one.)
--Read Ch. 5 in Story of the World with your family.

Grammar:
--review ch. 3 and administer test
--complete ch. 4 from the teaching text (Activity/Assignment at the bottom of pg. 55 was completed in class)
--don't forget to keep vocab section up to date. All lists through Ch. 4 should be in your notebook before coming to class on 10/2/07.

Literature:
--complete homework sheets on The Minstrel in the Tower (I may have sent home two copies of the same matching page. Sorry! Throw the one with poor copy quality away. The page about Eph 6:2 has a fuzzy line also. That line reads "was feverish and may have been imagining having a brother. Roger and") I hope you enjoy these thought-provoking pages with your child. We had a great time discussing the first of this book in class.
--read chapters 3 & 4

Science:
--read pgs. 19-27
--enter: baleen, fluke, blubber, whalers and viviparous in Science Spiral with a simple definition from the text
--use the questions on pgs. 21, 26, and 27 to produce a narration about what you've learned about whales so far in ch. 2
--Read chapter 3 and 4 in The Minstrel in the Tower

You have amazing children. I sincerely enjoy them each week--watching them interact, grow closer to each other, learn, help each other, etc. As the mom of a 20 and a 19 year old that are out of my home--listen to me! Relish these times with your little ones. Sit back, breathe deep, and enjoy them. God's true Word calls them gifts.

Contact me with any needs or concerns,

Mary Ann