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We had a busy day on Tuesday!
I found myself fascinated with a study of the Ottoman's. Mainly because I knew nothing about it before beginning my research for teaching your children. One of the facts that I couldn't stop thinking about was how the Turks managed to drag 70 ships across land and float them into the Golden Horn. We talked about this in class and even set up a rough model of how it was done. We pushed a brick across the carpet with one finger. Then we took a board and greased it with Crisco and pushed the brick across that. It was much easier! We viewed 18 minutes of a video I got at the library about the fall of Constantinople and the beginning of Suleiman's reign. We were all a bit saddened when we saw the beautiful Hagia Sophia, the most magnificent Christian church in the world converted into a Mosque. But our spirits were lifted when we thought about the time frame of these events. Our mighty God was busy in the new world as Columbus was preparing for his adventure to settle what would some day be a mighty country founded on Christian principles and freedom of religion. HE wasn't conquered when Constantinople fell!
The art activity that I hope arrived home safely was a geometric figure that Moslem's decorated with. Their religion forbids making or even drawing figures of people or animals. Circles are often seen on top of the spiers of their mosques.
In science we borrowed a model of a shark from Mrs. Lynn. We read interesting facts about sharks and put the model together as a class. I'm excited about seeing the reports/lapbooks next week. Speaking of which...several students handed in venn diagrams comparing sharks and rays to me. I was confused as to why these came to me. I went back to my original assignment to be sure I'd been clear. REMINDER: You are to turn in a full report or lapbook to me covering lesson 7. It is to include illustrations, a large enough summary of what you learned in this chapter to show you've mastered all the information, and a comparison of a shark and a ray. We'll present these in class on Tuesday. I'll have those venn diagrams to give back to you so you can put them with your complete report. If anything is unclear, call or e-mail me.
We recited the knight's oath for Mrs. Esther's class. We each read a passage of scripture to show where each of the qualities for a knight are based in scripture. We also gave her class the book we made for Adam of the Road. They were a great audience and appreciated the gift. I want to hear each of the children recite the oath to me individually next class period.
We'll finish Arthur and receive our next book on the 29th. It is: Robin Hood and the ISBN number is 0-7534-5817-9. If you have that one, bring it to show me next time. I'll have one for all that need a copy. We played a game called "Hide the Slipper" that children in medieval days often played. We'll play again next week.
In grammar we discussed direct objects and pattern 2 sentences. We labelled several sentences. Remember there are EIGHT vocab words in each chapter for homework. I'm planning to spend time in a few weeks modeling and teaching writing techniques. (I have to brush up on them first!)
The third quarter of a school year is always a great time to buckle down and do some serious learning. There are no holidays to interrupt, its often messy outside and we're stuck inside, and spring fever hasn't hit yet. I want our class to take advantage of this time and step up our school work. We've all gotten use to Trinity and this learning environment and I want to be sure you're ready for the next grade. I will still accept late work this quarter. However, there will be points off. Alot of your work will now receive a grade instead of just a check that it was done. Let's be sure we're "working at our education as if working for the Lord". I'm talking to myself as I have a homeschool student as well.
I hope you have a wonderful week.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
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