Our Friday. . .and assignments for 11/18/08

Dear Families,

Is anyone besides me feeling the holiday stress already trying to creep in?!?!? You would have enjoyed Bible with our class today. The children shared their Christmas Story Narrations, written in their own words and from their hearts. We all agreed that we're ready for Christmas and can't wait!

We had a great day of learning. The only cloud was that our Chloe was still out. I heard from her Mom and she is fighting an illness. We prayed for her twice today and hope to see her Tuesday. Mrs. Debi Gant was our helper and is a HUGE help. Many, many thanks.

We listened to a couple GRIMM fairy tales. It was interesting to note the differences in these and the Disney versions we are use to. We reflected on THE THREE MUSKETEERS and bid them adieau. Grammar went well as we are cementing the proper use of pronouns in our minds. I told them how a lot of the upper grades are struggling with grammar and promised that if they would be diligent now, they would reap the benefits.

Ask you child to tell you about my Latin Twister game. We looked further at our rocks in science and have a small assignment for home. The Thanksgiving Feast is next Friday. Look for an e-mail from me by tomorrow letting you know how you can help with the food. I hope the costume assignments are going well.

Enjoy a breath of stillness before the holidays descend on us and spend some calm time with your child.

love,
Mrs. Tkach

ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar:3rd--read lesson 39 on page 100
--complete ex. A & B
--complete ex. B in "Review and Practice"
--at parent's discretion complete lesson 40
--read lesson 41 VERY CAREFULLY
--complete ex. A,B, and C

2nd--read Unit 3 lesson 4
--complete "For You To Do" and "More Practice and Review"
--at parent's discretion do lesson 5 review--nothing to turn in

Literature:
--read Squanto's Journey (We'll read it through twice)
--locate one simile (remember it will compare two things using "like" or "as") write it down
--make a list of all the names Squanto uses to refer to God

History:
Note: I had an activity planned with the Prussian Flag that we ran out of time to do. If you want your child to complete it at home, here are the directions: 1. Color these parts yellow: the beak of the eagle, the letters FR on the breast of the eagle (for Frederick Rex), the scepter and the orb in the eagle's claws (the orb symbolizes the earth), and the spokes of the crown 2. Color the "cloth" portion of the crown red 3. The body of the eagle is black. (this is optional)
--read first section of ch. 15
--complete mapwork
--optional color page
--either write a narration on this section or answer review questions

Science:
--review lab with parents
--on the next page after Rock Lab #2 that we filled out today follow these instructions: Try to decide how your rock was made and what it went through to get to where it was found. Write your rock's life story on lab page #2.

Latin:
--If you did not finish in class, complete page 41
--make flash cards for the vocab words in lessons 6, 7, and 8. For 8, we need to memorize the derivatives as well. I suggest listing on them on the same side as the Latin word. Our next test will be 12/9/08

Bible:
--read chapter 4 in the New Testament part of our book