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Monday, Oct 30 - Historical Dress-Up Day
Monday, Oct 30 - Historical Dress-Up Day
Wednesday, Nov 15 - Thanksgiving Program
Monday, Nov 20 - Friday Nov. 24 - Thanksgiving Break!
In honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, we watched a short, fun video about Martin Luther. Luther nailed his 95 theses onto the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517. Here's the link: Martin Luther
Discipleship:
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence. Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience, this week focusing on trust.
Math:
In honor of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, we watched a short, fun video about Martin Luther. Luther nailed his 95 theses onto the door of the church in Wittenberg, Germany, on Oct. 31, 1517. Here's the link: Martin Luther
Discipleship:
Objective: Experience the joy of the Lord which comes from spending time in His presence. Start your homeschool day with prayer and Bible reading. Our Character Virtue of the month is Obedience, this week focusing on trust.
Math:
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the assigned Math fact sheet. If your child has mastered the current fact sheet, move on the next one. Do 5 min of Mental Math daily working through any of MM 1-18 this week.
Objectives:
1. Assess fractions and previously learned concepts.
2. Read & interpret bar graphs.
3. Solve problems using information from bar graphs.
Please complete all the work assigned for home days, including workbook and practice exercises, as well as math facts practice. Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance.
Composition:
Composition:
Objectives:
1. Create a Story Sequence Outline from a myth.
2. Write strong verbs and incorporate them into story.
3. Write a story with characters, setting, conflict, climax and resolution.
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Know capitalization and punctuation rules for a friendly letter.
1. Know capitalization and punctuation rules for a friendly letter.
2. Know the five parts of friendly letter.
3. Write a letter and correctly address the envelope.
Spelling
Objective: Spell words with the sound of /ee/ spelled ie.
Step 10 Spelling Test was returned on Monday. Please have your student correctly rewrite any misspelled words five times and return it to school on Wed. Continue to review phonogram cards.
Latin
Objectives:
1. Review and memorize the vocabulary words and the maxims for Ch6-9.
2.Be able to list the endings of all 1st Declension nouns & 2nd Declension masculine & neuter nouns
Listen to Latin chants daily to aid in memorization.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
History
Objectives:
Objectives:
1. Identify works of art from 20th century artists
2. Understand factors which led to the Great Depression
3. Know that Franklin D Roosevelt involved the government in recovery through the New Deal
Additional optional history resources:
The Kingfisher Illustrated History of the World: p678-679
Kingfisher History Encyclopedia: p404-405
Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History: p366-367
We are continuing our memorization of the US Presidents. For assessment, students will write all the presidents' first and last names. Due 2/21/18. If you'd like to make flashcards, here are some president picture memory cards.
Friction Memory Work:
Friction helps us
Get a grip
This force slows us down
So that we don't slip
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
History: All US Presidents There are several YouTube video songs. Here are two:
US Presidents to "America"
US Presidents
US Presidents to "America"
US Presidents
Timeline: You can find a YouTube video of the timeline song with pictures of the cards and dates on here.
Here is a YouTube demonstration the hand motions for the first 6 minutes. Timeline Song
Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History Card timeline-motions
Geography: We are continuing our study of Southern Europe this week. Additional maps found here.
All Geography songs and maps are found here.
Here is a video of the hand motions for the second 6 minutes of the song: Timeline Song
Lyrics and hand motions to accompany the timeline song :Classical Conversation History Card timeline-motions
Geography: We are continuing our study of Southern Europe this week. Additional maps found here.
All Geography songs and maps are found here.
