assignments for 2/3/09

Good Morning!

Beaufort Lady Eagles won again last night!!! Hence, I'm late posting my blog. We had a great day! It was packed. We finally got to examine our "Jenkin's Ears" and boy were they RIPE! PEE-YEW! Mr. Jenkins definitely made the right choice in preserving his ear in rum. The one stored in nothing was rank, the one in salt water was a bit worse, and the one in sugar water made us all gag! The one in alcohol, however, just smelled sterile like alcohol. We read a couple of great books in history, as well. Nathan Hale, Patriot Spy and They Called Her Molly Pitcher. We discussed the constitution and the three parts of our government and the checks and balances built in by the Founding Fathers.

The best part of history was a visit to another part of the church where one of Mrs. Nicole's friends brought his collection of Revolutionary War artifacts to present to us and let us see. It was great. He showed us his flint-lock musket and spoke to us about the difference between it and the matchlock gun we're reading about in literature. We saw many extraordinary things and got to hold a cannon ball and deer antler fork and see priceless jewelry as well as examine coins from the period. What a treat!

In lit we wrapped up The Matchlock Gun with a play. It was unanimous that we all loved the book. I was suppose to introduce our next selection, Francis Marion, but we ran out of time. This is a change from The Cabin Faced West which was what I told the students would come next. In science we were amazed to see Sarah's stout plants really take off growing. No one else's pushed past the plaster. Some did have roots showing. We did a lab about soil and the ingredients. We made our own soil which you can see in your student's science book. It even includes dead bugs!

In grammar we were introduced to direct objects. Once again, if we can cement the knowledge about this part of grammar now, we will be doing a great service for our children in the future.

I love you all and have rambled on too long. The ball will be great. Please work real hard on memorizing the Beattitudes. We are to play the part of the governor's children and recite them for the crowd. We may even sing a silly little song that I'll teach the children on Tuesday.

Enjoy each other and stay warm!

love,
Mrs. Tkach

ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd--review lesson 67
--complete ex. A on page 168
--complete ex. A and B under Review and Practice on page 169

2nd--read lesson 4 on page 248
--complete Class Activity
--complete ex. A under "For You To Do"
--on ex. B just choose the best title. Yo do not need to write the sentences in paragraph form

Literature:
--do vocab matching for Swamp Fox (hint: the words are all in the back of the book)
--read ch. 1--4

History:
--finish Revolutionary War Reports

Science:
--go over our lab with your parents

Latin:
--review lesson 14
--complete page 69
Note: We'll have a test after ch. 15

Bible:
--read chapter 25
--finish memorizing the Beattitudes