Please check Alma weekly for any missing work.
Coming Soon!
Wednesday, Oct 24 - 1st four minutes of Timeline Song due
Wednesday, Oct 31 - Pizza Day & Historical Dress-Up Day!
On Wednesday, October 31st, your student is allowed to dress in costume as a historical figure from our history time-period (Civil War to the Present).
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 Attentiveness. Kids of Integrity has wonderful resources to aid you in developing this virtue in your child.
Math:
Continue doing a 5 min warm-up with the Math fact sheet of your choice.
Work through Mental Math 17 this week.
Objectives:
1. Express a part as a fraction of a whole.
2. Find the whole when given the fractional part.
3. Solve two-step word problems involving fractions of a set.
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.
Spelling
Objectives:
1. Know five ways to spell the sound of /er/.
Composition
Objectives:
1. Write a three paragraph RD of Daedalus & Icarus myth.
Reading
Objectives:
1. Spend 30-45 min of independent reading per day
2. Engage in meaningful discussion over assigned text
Grammar
Objectives:
1. Identify conjunctions and interjections in sentences.
2. Identify and describe 8 parts of speech (noun ,verb, adjective, adverb,
pronoun,preposition conjunction, interjection).
3. Use homonyms correctly.
Latin:
Objectives:
1. Review 2nd Declension (masculine) noun endings
2. Learn Latin "To Be" verbs
3.Learn new vocabulary
History
Objectives:
1. Identify works of art from 20th century artists
This week's history card lists several 20th century art and literature movements. We will be looking at a few examples of the artists mentioned on Monday. However, there are so many more artists during this time period, many of whom produced beautiful works. If you would like a more complete listing and/or timeline, check out the art movement timeline on this website. 20th Century Art Timeline
Science
Infrared Radiation: electromagnetic waves that are given out by anything hot
Memory Work: Please spend 15 minutes per day working on the following memory work.
Poetry: Our second quarter poem is "Stopping By a Woods on a Snowy Evening". Additional copies here.
History Timeline: Find the Timeline Song here.
Geography: Southern Europe song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for labeling each country on a map.
Science:
