Dear Families,
We had such a great day! Someone was praying for us and I want to find out who 'cause their prayers are the kind that get answered. We had Mrs. Kerry Cook assisting us which is awesome because she doesn't even have a child in our class. She was great--many thanks!
We wrapped up our study of the Old Testament with a healthy discussion. Latin proceeded smoothly and we are anxious to add the Doxology to our list of Latin prayers we've memorized. History was most interesting as we learned together about India. I've heard from several of you how hard the chapter on Japan and China was to do a narration on. I'm sorry for that. I've included another option for this chapter on India. Instead of a narration, there are review questions your student can opt to answer. I hope this helps homework run more smoothly.
We had a great time saying good-bye to Mr. Revere and I. We remembered some of our favorite parts, illustrated more chapters for our own book and talked about an important lesson. The one in Romans 8:28. We serve such an awesome God that He can take bad things that happen and bring good from them. We reflected on the bad voyage Sherry had to the New World and the hard time at the glue factory and how she ended up so much happier because these bad things had been a part of making her the free horse and friend of Mr. Paul Revere. Today as we illustrated, I read the the Wadsworth poem The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. I wanted them exposed to it and we will touch on it again later in history.
We had a great lesson on plurals in grammar and finished our testing of minerals in science. Your children were exposed to the process of identifying minerals and rocks. We weren't real precise, but they learned alot about the process. We finished the day by making rakhi bracelets made in India to bring good luck. Also, we went outside and played a game called kabbaddda that exercised your lungs! It is a village game also played in India. Lastly, we were exposed to the elaborate theatrical performances from this part of the world by watching a scene from The King and I. It's at the library to borrow in VHS form. I think they are all interested in finishing it.
We enjoyed our celebration pizza party and some treats brought in by classmates, Mrs. Nicole (or was that Minnie Mouse?) and Mrs. Fowler who stepped in at the end of the day and helped things run even smoother.
Love to all and enjoy this crisp weather!
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar--3rd--review lesson 31 on page 84
--complete ex A and B on page 85
--complete "Using Singular and Plural Nouns"
2nd--read lesson 16 of Unit 3
--write the answers to "Oral Drill"
--read through the sheet sent home and complete exercise A only
Literature: NOTE: The Three Musketeers, which is our next selection, was chosen to keep our students in touch with literature set all over the world. Sometimes these abridged versions have to slice out alot of the literary devices we'd love to expose our children to. It will be great for our children to hear this adventure but we will hit it fast. We have two great books waiting for us for the holidays. My plan is to just have you read at home; there won't be any exercises to do. We will be reading large portions, though. This should proceed fast because the reading level of this book is alot easier than the last. With all that said:
--read through page 35 of The Three Musketeers
History: --Choose on option: 1. produce a narration on ch. 11 or 2. answer review questions
--read "Charles Loses His Head" of chapter 12 (pg. 115--top of page 119)
Science:--review our lab with parents
--tell them about the tests we conducted on our minerals: color, streak, hardness, luster, crystal shape
Latin:--review lesson 6
--complete page 33
Bible:--choose an option: 1. complete homework sheet pg. 199 (use a KJV) or 2. write a narration on ch. 110
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