Dear Families,
Whew! It's May and we're all so busy with all the things that culminate in May. It is a struggle to keep the children focused so that we may finish well. I'm in complete sympathy with them. We keep marching on. . .
Bible is always a great time. We heard another story about the miracles of the Early Church and then had fun with a word search. In Latin we stumped Mrs. Tkach and it cost me a lot of Air Heads. Almost everyone recited the Lord's Prayer and we finished learning the First Declension. (All we really need to remember at this point is that declensions go with nouns. Next week we'll learn about conjugations which go with verbs.)
History was packed today! We heard two books: Brother Eagle, Sister Sky and The Trail of Tears. We went over our review questions and learned some Indian sign language. We then plowed on into the next chapter. I read it to them (ch. 39), we did the map work, received a color page, and got a narration together to keep their notebooks complete. My plan is to have all of next week on TEXAS!!! We'll have some fun and learn as well.
Literature was the best! The first preacher I had upon moving to Beaufort taught me "It is much easier to ask forgiveness than permission." Frederick came to our room and was Mr. Crockett. We went across the street and he taught us to shoot at a coon skin cap with his air-soft gun. We even rested our elbow on a stool as Davy did in the book. The gun wasn't very authentic but with this age, no one cared. Everyone got two chances and no one (not even Frederick) hit the target. We made an effort to clean up the plastic pellets but couldn't find them. They are glow in the dark, so if any of you want to go look for them in the graveyard tonight, please, by all means. . . When a carriage of tourists stopped in our line of fire, I decided it was time to end the activity. In literature we ate cornbread, turnips and hominy just like Davy's family. Riddock LOVES turnips. Mrs. Nicole stopped by and tasted her first ever. What a great sport!
I forgot to mention that Mrs. Brenda Gudzan was our helper and she did a great job. We moved through three easy grammar lessons of which there won't be much homework. In science, I collected the beautiful Solar System Folders and we heard some of the student's reports. Two are coming in on Tuesday. I am so very proud of how everyone did on this project and with these reports. We invited the 4th/5th grade class over to watch "The Magic School Bus gets Lost in Space".
We ended a bit early so we could sign yearbooks in the courtyard. I'm moving one college boy home this weekend and one next week. Remember I will be out on Friday to enjoy Thomas' graduation.
Work hard on your studies. Only four more classes. Happy Mother's Day!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS: grgr
Grammar: 3rd: --scan lesson 112 on page 280
--complete Review and Practice on page 281--2
--review lesson 113
--complete "Writing Directions" on page 283
--complete "Review and Practice"
--review lesson 115
--complete Working With A Friendly Letter
2nd: read lesson 7 on page 312
--complete ex. A, #1 and 2
--complete ex. B
--read lesson 8 on page 314
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 9 on page 316
--complete ex. A
Literature: --define vocabulary words; BE SURE your definition makes sense in our text.
--read page 74--110
History:--read first half of ch. 40
--produce a narration (I plan to send an e-mail with some hints on making this easier.)
--map work
--optional color page
Science: NONE!
Latin: complete page 115
Bible: read chapter 61
Friday, May 8, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Our Day and assignments for 5/8/09
Dear Families,
It seems we had a busy day but somehow we finished early and had my room clean, The Witch of Blackbird Pond read, packed and downstairs for an African game before 1:45. We moved swiftly through the day. We missed Riddock and prayed for him. Many thanks to Mrs. Joy for helping us.
Bible was fun because we went outside and sang a song that matched our story and acted it out. We're all just about through memorizing the Pater Noster. We enjoyed a great treat when we went downstairs to the Wax Museum put on by the 4th/5th grade class. They did an amazing job and we all learned from them.
We returned to our classroom for history. After going over our questions, we listened to two books recommended in SOTW: Abiyoyo and Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. We looked at some items that were brought from South Africa by my children while on mission trips there. We also visited Pastor Avera's study and looked at some pictures on line that they took while there.
Grammar was next. One thing good about Rod and Staff is the oral review before each lesson. Once again we plowed through three lessons. Some of these I've chosen to have the students just read (telephone manners, etc.) After lunch, we enjoyed a literature activity about our biography genre'. We read biographic facts about historic figures and our friends had to guess who we were. We went over our vocabulary and discussed Davy and his problems thus far. Once again, BE SURE that your definition fits in the context of the story. We'll do "funner" activities with our story next time.
In science, we had a great discussion about the differences in meteoroids, asteroids, meteors, and meteorites. Be sure to see our lab about these and have your student explain the differences. I had some pictures of meteorites for them to look at. For a history enrichment activity, we learned that the Zulu communicated with beads. The colors would carry a meaning and by stringing them in a certain order we could send a friend a message. A key of the meanings went home in their folders. Most made pins but some made bracelets.
It was a good day and I look forward to a great Friday. Please keep up the hard work--summer is almost here!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS: Grammar: 3rd: --review lesson 108 on page 272
--complete ex. A and Review and Practice
--review lesson 109
--complete ALL exercises ORALLY
--read lesson 111 on page 277
--complete Review and Practice
2nd:--read lesson 14 on page 268
--complete ex. A and B orally with mom
--read lesson 18 on page 276
--read lesson 19 on page 278
--complete "For You to Do"
--read lesson 6 on page 310
--complete "For You to Do" odd numbers only
Literature:--read pages 33--73
--boys: research gun powder and how it was made on the American frontier in 1795 in the Tennessee River Valley
girls: research the looms used at this same time and in this place
Look for pictures and simple explanations. Write down a few things you learned just to "jog" your memory as you report to the class on Friday. Nothing to turn in. Don't spend more than 30 minutes researching for this activity.
History:--read ch. 38
--complete map work
--optional color page
--answer review questions or complete a 2-part narration
Science:--show parents the lab page about meteors
--finish reports on "What I Find Interesting and What I Learned about our Solar System" (If you turned yours in to me, I'll have it back to you on Friday.)
--dress up you Solar System Folder so that it is worth keeping to show your children. You will receive a grade on how well you polished it up and presented it. I sent home some star stickers that you may use. You will turn it in to me Friday.
--be sure you've completed Space Lab #2 that was assigned last Friday
Latin: --review lesson 23
--complete all activites for this lesson
Bible:--read lesson 59
--answer review questions
It seems we had a busy day but somehow we finished early and had my room clean, The Witch of Blackbird Pond read, packed and downstairs for an African game before 1:45. We moved swiftly through the day. We missed Riddock and prayed for him. Many thanks to Mrs. Joy for helping us.
Bible was fun because we went outside and sang a song that matched our story and acted it out. We're all just about through memorizing the Pater Noster. We enjoyed a great treat when we went downstairs to the Wax Museum put on by the 4th/5th grade class. They did an amazing job and we all learned from them.
We returned to our classroom for history. After going over our questions, we listened to two books recommended in SOTW: Abiyoyo and Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions. We looked at some items that were brought from South Africa by my children while on mission trips there. We also visited Pastor Avera's study and looked at some pictures on line that they took while there.
Grammar was next. One thing good about Rod and Staff is the oral review before each lesson. Once again we plowed through three lessons. Some of these I've chosen to have the students just read (telephone manners, etc.) After lunch, we enjoyed a literature activity about our biography genre'. We read biographic facts about historic figures and our friends had to guess who we were. We went over our vocabulary and discussed Davy and his problems thus far. Once again, BE SURE that your definition fits in the context of the story. We'll do "funner" activities with our story next time.
In science, we had a great discussion about the differences in meteoroids, asteroids, meteors, and meteorites. Be sure to see our lab about these and have your student explain the differences. I had some pictures of meteorites for them to look at. For a history enrichment activity, we learned that the Zulu communicated with beads. The colors would carry a meaning and by stringing them in a certain order we could send a friend a message. A key of the meanings went home in their folders. Most made pins but some made bracelets.
It was a good day and I look forward to a great Friday. Please keep up the hard work--summer is almost here!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS: Grammar: 3rd: --review lesson 108 on page 272
--complete ex. A and Review and Practice
--review lesson 109
--complete ALL exercises ORALLY
--read lesson 111 on page 277
--complete Review and Practice
2nd:--read lesson 14 on page 268
--complete ex. A and B orally with mom
--read lesson 18 on page 276
--read lesson 19 on page 278
--complete "For You to Do"
--read lesson 6 on page 310
--complete "For You to Do" odd numbers only
Literature:--read pages 33--73
--boys: research gun powder and how it was made on the American frontier in 1795 in the Tennessee River Valley
girls: research the looms used at this same time and in this place
Look for pictures and simple explanations. Write down a few things you learned just to "jog" your memory as you report to the class on Friday. Nothing to turn in. Don't spend more than 30 minutes researching for this activity.
History:--read ch. 38
--complete map work
--optional color page
--answer review questions or complete a 2-part narration
Science:--show parents the lab page about meteors
--finish reports on "What I Find Interesting and What I Learned about our Solar System" (If you turned yours in to me, I'll have it back to you on Friday.)
--dress up you Solar System Folder so that it is worth keeping to show your children. You will receive a grade on how well you polished it up and presented it. I sent home some star stickers that you may use. You will turn it in to me Friday.
--be sure you've completed Space Lab #2 that was assigned last Friday
Latin: --review lesson 23
--complete all activites for this lesson
Bible:--read lesson 59
--answer review questions
Friday, May 1, 2009
Our Friday and assignments for 5/5/09
Dear Families,
We had a busy day and were glad Chloe surprised us by returning one class period early. Many thanks to Mrs. Kristin Miller and Mrs. Dominique for helping us today. We enjoyed a Bible activity with Mrs. Esther's class in the church yard and heard the story of the beginning of the Church. In Latin we attacked another lesson. That's two for this week. The children are doing well with memorizing the Lord's Prayer--I'm very proud of them.
In history, we heard our narrations, and listened to a book on Sojourner Truth and heard a folktale from the old South called The Talking Eggs. We covered a lot in grammar. I plan to finish the book but this may mean we only touch briefly on some of these remaining lessons. A lot of them are about writing and Trinity is planning to have more writing instruction built into the schedule next year.
As we closed out Oliver Twist, we discussed question 10 in the back of the book. Even though things turned out well for Oliver, we know that in real life it does not always seem that way. I taught them about Romans 8:28 and hit once again on the truth that our awesome God can take what is bad and hurtful and He never wanted to happen and somehow pull something good from it. It was a heavy discussion. I gave several examples and ended with: as horrible as slavery was, the Africans heard the Gospel as they attended church with their masters. The likelihood of that many hearing it while in their native tribes in Africa was slim. You may want to draw your children out and further discuss this.
In science we completed the dot-to-dots of the constellations and then began pulling our folders together. I will follow with an e-mail describing exactly how I want them put together. I hope you each have a great weekend and continue to work hard for only 3 more weeks!
I love my students!
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd: review lesson 104 on page 264
--complete "Using Words of Similar Meaning"
--complete Review and Practice on pg. 265 (see lesson 16,17, and 18 on page 47 for help)
--review lesson 106 on page 268
--discuss the exercises with Mom (nothing to complete)
--review lesson 107 on page 270
--complete "Studying a Description" orally with Mom
--complete "Describing a Place"
2nd: read lesson 18 on page 334
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 19 on page 336
--complete all of page 337 orally with Mom
--read lesson 23 on page 344
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 12 on page 264
--do exercises orally
--read lessons 13, 14, 16, 17 beginning on page 266
Literature:--complete the vocabulary worksheet before reading. Be sure the definition you write down makes sense in the context of our book.
--read pages 11--32 of Davy Crockett
History:--read chapter 37
--complete map work
--optional color page
--answer review questions or complete a two part narration
Science:--complete Space Lab # 2 in your science book. The directions were sent home in your folder. This is not due until Friday.
--look through the folder we put together in class. In the e-mail I will send you will be a list of all the pages you should have. (I think most of us had all of them.) If you are missing any or you want a chance to do a neater job, e-mail a list of the pages you want me to copy for you. My plan is to have them copied and hand them to you Tuesday.
Latin:--review lesson 22 on page 108
--complete page 109
Bible:--read lesson 58
We had a busy day and were glad Chloe surprised us by returning one class period early. Many thanks to Mrs. Kristin Miller and Mrs. Dominique for helping us today. We enjoyed a Bible activity with Mrs. Esther's class in the church yard and heard the story of the beginning of the Church. In Latin we attacked another lesson. That's two for this week. The children are doing well with memorizing the Lord's Prayer--I'm very proud of them.
In history, we heard our narrations, and listened to a book on Sojourner Truth and heard a folktale from the old South called The Talking Eggs. We covered a lot in grammar. I plan to finish the book but this may mean we only touch briefly on some of these remaining lessons. A lot of them are about writing and Trinity is planning to have more writing instruction built into the schedule next year.
As we closed out Oliver Twist, we discussed question 10 in the back of the book. Even though things turned out well for Oliver, we know that in real life it does not always seem that way. I taught them about Romans 8:28 and hit once again on the truth that our awesome God can take what is bad and hurtful and He never wanted to happen and somehow pull something good from it. It was a heavy discussion. I gave several examples and ended with: as horrible as slavery was, the Africans heard the Gospel as they attended church with their masters. The likelihood of that many hearing it while in their native tribes in Africa was slim. You may want to draw your children out and further discuss this.
In science we completed the dot-to-dots of the constellations and then began pulling our folders together. I will follow with an e-mail describing exactly how I want them put together. I hope you each have a great weekend and continue to work hard for only 3 more weeks!
I love my students!
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd: review lesson 104 on page 264
--complete "Using Words of Similar Meaning"
--complete Review and Practice on pg. 265 (see lesson 16,17, and 18 on page 47 for help)
--review lesson 106 on page 268
--discuss the exercises with Mom (nothing to complete)
--review lesson 107 on page 270
--complete "Studying a Description" orally with Mom
--complete "Describing a Place"
2nd: read lesson 18 on page 334
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 19 on page 336
--complete all of page 337 orally with Mom
--read lesson 23 on page 344
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 12 on page 264
--do exercises orally
--read lessons 13, 14, 16, 17 beginning on page 266
Literature:--complete the vocabulary worksheet before reading. Be sure the definition you write down makes sense in the context of our book.
--read pages 11--32 of Davy Crockett
History:--read chapter 37
--complete map work
--optional color page
--answer review questions or complete a two part narration
Science:--complete Space Lab # 2 in your science book. The directions were sent home in your folder. This is not due until Friday.
--look through the folder we put together in class. In the e-mail I will send you will be a list of all the pages you should have. (I think most of us had all of them.) If you are missing any or you want a chance to do a neater job, e-mail a list of the pages you want me to copy for you. My plan is to have them copied and hand them to you Tuesday.
Latin:--review lesson 22 on page 108
--complete page 109
Bible:--read lesson 58
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
A Great Tuesday and assignments for 5/1/09
Dear Families,
We had a great day. Many thanks to Mrs. Kathy Heape for helping and to Mrs. Stokes for helping last week (I forgot to mention her then). Also many thanks to Mrs. Stokes for generously keeping us stocked with delicious snacks.
We did miss Chloe but know she is taking advantage of some great learning experiences. We'll be glad to have her back next Tuesday--we prayed for you today! Sarah left us early so the afternoon was "slim".
Bible was loads of fun. We acted out our story--complete with real fish cooking on the "shore", bread to eat, a fish net, boat, etc. Peter was asked by Jesus if he really loved him three times. Ask your student about our discussion of this. In Latin, I'm putting in two lessons this week so we did alot of the work in class today.
History was tough. Slavery is just painful. Please ask you student to open up about our discussion. (I was very protective of them and explained that they would learn more in depth about this difficult subject in later years.) We discussed a time when we had done something wrong and how we just don't like thinking about it. We compared this to thinking about the slavery period in American history. We read two great books: Big Jade, and Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Both of these were recommended in SOTW. I chose not to read one recommended about Sojourner Truth because of the harshness/punishment described. We also did the mapwork in class. It's in their folder and some completed their color page.
We plowed through two grammar lessons. We will probably attack 3 a class until school ends. I promise to adjust the homework level so it shouldn't increase over what we've been doing. In Literature, it seems all are enjoying this book. We watched more of the musical Oliver. We'll finish it next time.
We relaxed during science and enjoyed a book about what's beyond Pluto. We got a little silly and practiced the song in their book to remember the order of our planets. All of them can recite them. We finished the day playing a game from SOTW about the different abolitionists. I sent home the page of game cards just FYI. We didn't have much time with the game.
Enjoy your week and let's press on and finish well. Only seven more classes. :(
love,
Mrs. Tkach
P.S. I was late posting a blog after Friday. There was a little homework assigned. If you thought there was not, please go back to that blog and complete those assignments as well as the ones below.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd: review lesson 102 on page 260
--complete ex. A
--complete ex. B orally with Mom
--review lesson 103 on page 262
--complete "Finding Words in the Dictionary"
--complete Showing Different Meanings" orally with Mom
2nd:--read lesson 16 on page 330
--complete ex. A (write letter only--not the whole definition)
--complete ex. B orally
--read lesson 20 on page 338
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 21 on page 340
--complete ex. A
Literature: --finish reading the book
--complete "Simple Suggestions" page
History: --produce a narration on ch. 36
Science: --tell you parents about the Kuiper Belt and KBOs
--Start a report that will be due May 8th. It is to be titled "What I Find Interesting and What I Learned About our Solar System". No other parameters--just the student's own thoughts. This will go in our Solar System folder that, I promise, we'll pull pages and start next time.
Latin: --review lesson 21
--complete page 104 (If you didn't finish our class work do that as well.)
Bible: --read lesson 56
--complete review questions
We had a great day. Many thanks to Mrs. Kathy Heape for helping and to Mrs. Stokes for helping last week (I forgot to mention her then). Also many thanks to Mrs. Stokes for generously keeping us stocked with delicious snacks.
We did miss Chloe but know she is taking advantage of some great learning experiences. We'll be glad to have her back next Tuesday--we prayed for you today! Sarah left us early so the afternoon was "slim".
Bible was loads of fun. We acted out our story--complete with real fish cooking on the "shore", bread to eat, a fish net, boat, etc. Peter was asked by Jesus if he really loved him three times. Ask your student about our discussion of this. In Latin, I'm putting in two lessons this week so we did alot of the work in class today.
History was tough. Slavery is just painful. Please ask you student to open up about our discussion. (I was very protective of them and explained that they would learn more in depth about this difficult subject in later years.) We discussed a time when we had done something wrong and how we just don't like thinking about it. We compared this to thinking about the slavery period in American history. We read two great books: Big Jade, and Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Both of these were recommended in SOTW. I chose not to read one recommended about Sojourner Truth because of the harshness/punishment described. We also did the mapwork in class. It's in their folder and some completed their color page.
We plowed through two grammar lessons. We will probably attack 3 a class until school ends. I promise to adjust the homework level so it shouldn't increase over what we've been doing. In Literature, it seems all are enjoying this book. We watched more of the musical Oliver. We'll finish it next time.
We relaxed during science and enjoyed a book about what's beyond Pluto. We got a little silly and practiced the song in their book to remember the order of our planets. All of them can recite them. We finished the day playing a game from SOTW about the different abolitionists. I sent home the page of game cards just FYI. We didn't have much time with the game.
Enjoy your week and let's press on and finish well. Only seven more classes. :(
love,
Mrs. Tkach
P.S. I was late posting a blog after Friday. There was a little homework assigned. If you thought there was not, please go back to that blog and complete those assignments as well as the ones below.
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd: review lesson 102 on page 260
--complete ex. A
--complete ex. B orally with Mom
--review lesson 103 on page 262
--complete "Finding Words in the Dictionary"
--complete Showing Different Meanings" orally with Mom
2nd:--read lesson 16 on page 330
--complete ex. A (write letter only--not the whole definition)
--complete ex. B orally
--read lesson 20 on page 338
--complete ex. A
--read lesson 21 on page 340
--complete ex. A
Literature: --finish reading the book
--complete "Simple Suggestions" page
History: --produce a narration on ch. 36
Science: --tell you parents about the Kuiper Belt and KBOs
--Start a report that will be due May 8th. It is to be titled "What I Find Interesting and What I Learned About our Solar System". No other parameters--just the student's own thoughts. This will go in our Solar System folder that, I promise, we'll pull pages and start next time.
Latin: --review lesson 21
--complete page 104 (If you didn't finish our class work do that as well.)
Bible: --read lesson 56
--complete review questions
Sunday, April 26, 2009
assignments for 4/28/09
Dear Families,
I'm so sorry to be so late posting. I hope I haven't caused any problems with your homework with your students. The good news is there is a light homework load for Tuesday. It was prom weekend and I got indoctrinated in how much more there is to a girl going to prom than when it was one of my boys! Wow! Manicures, pedicures, hairstylist, endless pictures, pinning-on-boutenier lessons. . . She had a great, safe time so I'm back to real life this afternoon.
We had a great day on Friday. Ask your child to tell you about it. Ask about our pinata, how dating starts in villages in Mexico, the first poinsettia, and the Oliver musical we're watching.
Hope your Sunday is peaceful and restful. I will see you on Tuesday!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: None!
Literature: --read ch. 14--19
--answer #7 on page 146 in complete sentences on a clean sheet of paper
History:--read ch. 36
Science: --tell parents anything you learned about Pluto from our lab or the book I read to you
--color Pluto pages
Latin: --None!
Bible: --have your parent go to youtube.com. Search for the Don Francisco song "He Is Alive". Watch the video as he sings the song we listened to in class. Remember the song is sung from Peter's viewpoint.
--read Lesson 54
I'm so sorry to be so late posting. I hope I haven't caused any problems with your homework with your students. The good news is there is a light homework load for Tuesday. It was prom weekend and I got indoctrinated in how much more there is to a girl going to prom than when it was one of my boys! Wow! Manicures, pedicures, hairstylist, endless pictures, pinning-on-boutenier lessons. . . She had a great, safe time so I'm back to real life this afternoon.
We had a great day on Friday. Ask your child to tell you about it. Ask about our pinata, how dating starts in villages in Mexico, the first poinsettia, and the Oliver musical we're watching.
Hope your Sunday is peaceful and restful. I will see you on Tuesday!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: None!
Literature: --read ch. 14--19
--answer #7 on page 146 in complete sentences on a clean sheet of paper
History:--read ch. 36
Science: --tell parents anything you learned about Pluto from our lab or the book I read to you
--color Pluto pages
Latin: --None!
Bible: --have your parent go to youtube.com. Search for the Don Francisco song "He Is Alive". Watch the video as he sings the song we listened to in class. Remember the song is sung from Peter's viewpoint.
--read Lesson 54
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
reflections on today and assignments for 4/27/09
Whew! We had a packed day and it was great to be back with my students. Many thanks to Mrs. Tronda for being my able assistant.
We've decided to keep the same pace with Bible (3 lessons per week). Today we heard the story and did a Word Search to go along with it. In Latin, we got a good start in making our flashcards. They will finish these for homework and study for Friday's test.
In history, we had a fun competition to see who could record the most facts from a video on Simon Bolivar. We were all rewarded with chocolate (a major product of South America!) but Chloe was the grand prize winner of a huge Hershey's bar with around 30 facts. Everyone did a great job! In literature we did a fun kick-off activity in which we made up our own adventure stories using props we drew from a bag. Ask you student about it--we had a lot of fun. We tasted watered down gruel, which Riddock loved(?) and watched 30 minutes of the musical Oliver.
In science, we finally conducted our Neptune lab. I explained that we will pull all these pages together into a folder to create a Solar System Book. They will receive a grade on the book so I encouraged them to start looking over their pages. If they rushed or did some of them sloppily, I can make more copies for them to re do. I had a great project planned in which we would cook Peruvian Rice Pudding, but we ran out of time. I will probably do it on Friday even though we will have moved out of this chapter.
Lots of plans are being laid for next year. It is an exciting time for Trinity. Let us all pray for God's Wisdom over the planning and that we will know the decisions and paths He has for our school.
Much love to all. . .
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd: Look at lesson 77 to help review the B section on Review One. Complete section C and D of Review One orally.
--Complete Review Two on page 252 to turn in. Study any difficult sections so that you will be ready for Friday's test.
2nd: --complete Review Two of Unit Four on page 236. We will test on Friday.
Literature: --make a list of names for orphans using the letters of the alphabet. I included a sheet to do this on and explained the assignment in class
--read chapter 8 through ch. 13
History:--complete map work for ch. 34
--read chapter 35
--produce a narration on one of the sections of the chapter.
--complete mapwork for ch. 35
--optional color page
Science:--show parents our lab page. Explain how for 20 or so years out of Pluto's revolution around the sun, it is closer to the sun than Neptune.
--begin looking at your pages to see if they are in good shape. I can provide you with copies of any you want to re do. (More about this project soon)
Latin:--study lessons 16--20
--complete page 100
--finish making flashcards from page 98
--choose study method that best suits you: reviewing flash cards or completing page 99
--bring flash cards to class Friday
Bible:--read chapter 53
--draw a picture about the lesson. Do good work, not fast work! (Originally, I wanted a narration so make this picture nice.)
We've decided to keep the same pace with Bible (3 lessons per week). Today we heard the story and did a Word Search to go along with it. In Latin, we got a good start in making our flashcards. They will finish these for homework and study for Friday's test.
In history, we had a fun competition to see who could record the most facts from a video on Simon Bolivar. We were all rewarded with chocolate (a major product of South America!) but Chloe was the grand prize winner of a huge Hershey's bar with around 30 facts. Everyone did a great job! In literature we did a fun kick-off activity in which we made up our own adventure stories using props we drew from a bag. Ask you student about it--we had a lot of fun. We tasted watered down gruel, which Riddock loved(?) and watched 30 minutes of the musical Oliver.
In science, we finally conducted our Neptune lab. I explained that we will pull all these pages together into a folder to create a Solar System Book. They will receive a grade on the book so I encouraged them to start looking over their pages. If they rushed or did some of them sloppily, I can make more copies for them to re do. I had a great project planned in which we would cook Peruvian Rice Pudding, but we ran out of time. I will probably do it on Friday even though we will have moved out of this chapter.
Lots of plans are being laid for next year. It is an exciting time for Trinity. Let us all pray for God's Wisdom over the planning and that we will know the decisions and paths He has for our school.
Much love to all. . .
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: 3rd: Look at lesson 77 to help review the B section on Review One. Complete section C and D of Review One orally.
--Complete Review Two on page 252 to turn in. Study any difficult sections so that you will be ready for Friday's test.
2nd: --complete Review Two of Unit Four on page 236. We will test on Friday.
Literature: --make a list of names for orphans using the letters of the alphabet. I included a sheet to do this on and explained the assignment in class
--read chapter 8 through ch. 13
History:--complete map work for ch. 34
--read chapter 35
--produce a narration on one of the sections of the chapter.
--complete mapwork for ch. 35
--optional color page
Science:--show parents our lab page. Explain how for 20 or so years out of Pluto's revolution around the sun, it is closer to the sun than Neptune.
--begin looking at your pages to see if they are in good shape. I can provide you with copies of any you want to re do. (More about this project soon)
Latin:--study lessons 16--20
--complete page 100
--finish making flashcards from page 98
--choose study method that best suits you: reviewing flash cards or completing page 99
--bring flash cards to class Friday
Bible:--read chapter 53
--draw a picture about the lesson. Do good work, not fast work! (Originally, I wanted a narration so make this picture nice.)
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Happy Spring Break! Happy Easter!
Dear Families,
We had a great day on Friday! We're all ready for a break. I hope you were able to see our Indian Village and that your child's pieces came home safely. So ends our Sacagawea study. Please note the notes about each subject below. Ask you student what the pivotal event of all history is. Enjoy celebrating it with your loved ones.
See you after two restful, worshipful weeks!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: None. HOWEVER!!! When we return we will complete Review One (page 250 for 3rd graders and page 234 for 2nd graders). They will complete Review Two for homework and we'll have a test over Unit 4 on Friday, April 17th. Just wanted you to have a heads up in case you want to study some over the break.
Literature: Just before returning to class on 4/14, read pages 1--37 in Oliver Twist.
History: Just before returning, read ch. 34
Science: none
Latin: none
Bible: none
We had a great day on Friday! We're all ready for a break. I hope you were able to see our Indian Village and that your child's pieces came home safely. So ends our Sacagawea study. Please note the notes about each subject below. Ask you student what the pivotal event of all history is. Enjoy celebrating it with your loved ones.
See you after two restful, worshipful weeks!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
Grammar: None. HOWEVER!!! When we return we will complete Review One (page 250 for 3rd graders and page 234 for 2nd graders). They will complete Review Two for homework and we'll have a test over Unit 4 on Friday, April 17th. Just wanted you to have a heads up in case you want to study some over the break.
Literature: Just before returning to class on 4/14, read pages 1--37 in Oliver Twist.
History: Just before returning, read ch. 34
Science: none
Latin: none
Bible: none
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