Our Chilly Friday and Assignments for 1/20/09

Dear Families,

We had a packed Friday. I'm not going to give you too much detail because one of the assignments is for your student to recall and teach you some things they learned. My son, Thomas, was a guest and two other classes joined us as he told us about his trips to Beijing. We spent alot of time in history again this week but with more active projects rather than producing a narration. We bid farewell to Mowgli and our jungle as we discussed scary events in our lives as well as times we were brave. We conducted a quick lab in science to learn about wind erosion.

You are all doing a great job of teaching your children and it is obvious. Keep it up. I spoke with them about really buckling down and working hard on their schooling this quarter of the year. It is a speech I've given every year. The first quarter of a school year we are getting to know each other, the second quarter is filled with holidays, and the last quarter "beach" fever is a distraction. This third quarter is the time to buckle down and learn a lot. I'll try to have interesting projects that stimulate their desire to learn.

Y'all keep warm!

love,
Mrs. Tkach

ASSIGNMENTS:

Grammar: NOTE: We had an accidental fire drill. That along with hosting two other classes to hear Thomas was a bit distracting and I feel my grammar lesson was a bit scattered. Please teach these two lessons carefully to your student. They are not hard but I don't think I did a very good job.


3rd:--review lesson 58 on page 149
--complete "Writing Sentences with There"
--complete "Using Was and Were"
--review lesson 59 on page 150
--complete ex. A and B
--complete "Using Have, Had, and Has"

2nd--read lesson 24 on page 114
--complete "For Yo To Do"
--read lesson 11 on page 146
--complete Oral Drill with Mom
--complete "For You To Do" only 4 sentences using the pronouns once

Literature:--
--bring The Matchlock Gun on Tuesday

History:
--tell your parents as many things as you can (minimum of 3 for 2nd graders and 5 for third) that you learned in class (from Thomas' presentation, books read, projects done). Have your parent write down what they learned from you and bring it to class Tuesday. Only if they need help, parents prompt them with questions like: What foods are eaten in China? What drink did y'all make? Who is the Dalai Lama? How was he punished as a child?
--read first part of ch. 21
--answer review questions (My printer is getting repaired this week. This should be the last time I have to e-mail them to you. Look for that e-mail Sat morning)
--mapwork
--optional color page
Looking ahead: the homework assigned Tuesday will be reading the second half of the chapter and producing a narration


Science:
--go over our lab on wind erosion with your parents

Latin:
--review lesson 12
--complete page 61

Bible:
--read chapter 19