our day and assignments for 2/27

Good Morning!

So much for me posting promptly! There was some problem at my house last night in getting on the internet. As I was ready to call Charter this morning and head to the library to use their computer, I tried one more time and VOILA! I'm connected! Who knows!?!

We had a great day except for the hole that Chloe should have occupied. She is ill and we missed her so much. We prayed for you--twice! Mrs. Joy was our helper and is always a lot of fun.

Bible had some interesting discussion, as always, and we formulated a "so what" from our story. We retook the Latin test and I have not yet graded them. I will count the highest grade of the two. History was fun. After reading our reports on Catherine the Great we put on disguises (rubber noses) and pretended to be detectives. We had just returned from Russia where we "dug up" little known facts about Catherine and reported them on the evening news. We had a microphone and Mrs. Joy was our cameraman. She may be able to let us view our broadcast next week. We'll see. . . At the end of the day we re-visited history by playing a game from SOTW that tested our knowledge of Catherine. It was time to go before there was a winner so we ate our game pieces (skittles) and packed up.

We worked through two grammar lessons and are learning much about adjectives. Literature was awesome! We went outside and had a tea party like Ann and her mom. I brought two china plates and we scrounged and found the rest of what we needed in the courtyard--just as Ann did on Hamilton Hill. Your children shelled peas! They thought this was the most interesting activity. We used the pods to make words like Andy did. We created a Venn diagram comparing our chores to the ones Ann had. It was a great discussion.

In science, Mr. Tkach constructed a solar oven for us. We took it outside and cooked a hot dog and compared it to one not placed in the oven. Our findings were that there was little difference. I believe this lab was meant to be conducted in the summer so we concluded our results were due to the winter season.

We have much to do and learn in the weeks ahead. Keep up your hard work--I'm proud of each of you!

love,
Mrs. Tkach

ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd:--review lesson 77 on page 198
--complete ex. A on pg. 199
--complete ex. B,C and Review and Practice
--review lesson 78 on page 201
--complete ex. A, B, and C

2nd:--read lesson 2 on page 186
--complete ex. B
--read lesson 3 on page 188
--complete ex. B and 1--5 of ex. C
--read lesson 4 on page 190
--complete ex. A # 1--5
--complete ex. B

Literature:
--finish reading the book
--think about how happy Ann was and how her "cup runneth over"
--think of a time when you felt this way. Write about it and prepare to share it with us Friday.

History:
--read first half of ch. 27
--produce a narration
--map work
--optional color page

Science:
--review lab with parents.
--We didn't discuss the heat on Mercury versus the heat on Venus. We'll have that disucssion on Friday.

Latin:
--review lesson 17
--complete page 84

Bible:
--think about Mary and Martha
--Who are you most like? What changes can you make to become more like Jesus wants you? (nothing to write but come prepared to discuss these questions)
--read ch. 36
--try to memorize the prayer