Greetings Families!
It was great to be back at Trinity yesterday. We worked very hard and your children were a pleasure to teach--as always.
We spent a huge amount of time in history. The Renaissance just cannot be brushed over lightly. We discussed the divisions that historians have placed on this time period and learned about several artists from each division. We looked at LOADS of art work. My challenge was to show the students a fair representation and yet keep it G-rated! Ayla has just returned from a trip to Europe. She was able to add greatly to the discussion and had just seen many of the pieces I was showing in person. She also shared a souvenier that was the Bayeaux Tapestry in miniature. We spread out down the hall and got a clearer perspective on the tapestry's immense length and detail. Thank you, Ayla!
I had a poster of the Greek alphabet that we looked at. As this language was re-introduced during the Renaissance, we made an attempt at writing our names or initials. I showed them how to write Jesus Christ if they wanted to try. We ended our day with an exercise of printing and thought about Gutenberg's great contribution. I hope the bookmarks made it home.
We spoke about the place and purpose art has in our lives and how it is a gift from God. We listened to Nicole Mullins' song "I Know My Redeemer Lives" and thought about how beautifully it presents the Gospel. We looked around at the flowers blooming and thought of God and how He paints the earth each spring. What a great gift art is!
We discussed out answers from the study guide for Door in the Wall and touched on science by playing Emily's science game. Thank you, Emily. We started into the chapter in grammar and the children were awesome. Their memories amaze me--even after a long break, they were as clear as ever with classifying sentences. We started learning about proper / improper verbs. Time was running out so I, again, made them promise they would work hard with you on grammar this week.
A theme we are finding weaving through each subject of our school day is how God is able to take something bad and find a way to bring good from it. We spent a little time discussing this--from Jonah during Bible to the printing press to Robin in our book to the plague, slavery, fleas, to some present day examples. This would be a great subject for you to draw them out on. Ask them about our discussion and guide and teach them your views. A few weeks ago I suggested a movie about Corrie ten Boom called The Hiding Place. The gentleman that manages our web and blog pages contacted me to say it is available in the Netflix catalogue and for sale on Amazon.
I love each of your children--enjoy learning with them this week!
Mrs. Tkach
History:
--put the page about the three divisions of the Renaissance in your notebook. Also, place the page with Greek letters in as well.
--produce a narration on Gutenberg
--two color pages
--map work
--read ch.36 in SOTW
Grammar:
--administer test on ch. 17 if you haven't already
--complete ch. 18
--complete vocab definitions and sentences for ch. 18
Literature:
--complete your section of Study guide
--read pgs. 62--85
Science:
--read pg 173 through the middle of pg. 178
Bible:
--Chapter 92 which is from 2 Kings 14 and 15 and 2 Chronicles 26 and 27
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