Week Eleven

Hello Families,



It's hard to believe that the last week of the semester is approaching. On Tuesday we will have a full hour of review, so use some time before then to brush up and prepare! Make sure to record all of your practice sessions/map labeling so that you can get credit in the store. Hand your logs to me before opening if possible so that I can add up your cash.



Also remember that I would LOVE to hear everyone say Ephesians 6:1-12 to me if possible! There will be a prize for everyone who can do this.



We had fun this week with playing Around the World. Everyone did a fantastic job. Presentations were enjoyable to hear as well as we learned more about Gabe, Peytra and Meredith and Katie. The personal touches on each student's poster was my favorite thing to see.



Grammar-



Math: We sang the cubes to the Battle Hymn of the Republic and the kids were quick to catch on!



Science: Solar System Bodies- Asteroids, Meteors, Meteoroids, Meteorites, Comets--- Apparently this information went completely by the wayside on Tuesday, so don't be surprised if they're confused! To distinguish the 'M's', meteoroids are above the Earth's atmosphere, meteors are like shooting stars entering the atmosphere, and meteorites actually land on Earth.



Geography: I changed the order of the items in Eastern Europe to hopefully help with memorization.

Ural Mountains, Siberia, Volga River, Moscow, Constantinople/Istanbul

Ural Mountains Separate Very Many Countries (from eastern Russia)

Have a very restful weekend with much family fun!

Blessings,
Mrs. Shaw

Week 10

My apologies for posting so late, sweet people. My folks have been in town this week for Westover's Missions Week and we have been busy catching up with them. I had to come to work today to get a 'break', and now that I have caught five babies am sitting down to play computer catch up.

My favorite thing about Tuesday was watching the kids enjoy their well-deserved ice cream sundaes and rattle off weeks and weeks worth of information while playing Trivial Pursuit. We didn't have enough time to finish, but Hope and Maren filled their pie and were so close to returning to the center of the board. Great game, everyone! We missed Meredith and hope she is feeling better by now.

The presentations were a joy to watch! We learned more about Maren, Ryan, and Hope. We'll look forward to hearing from Katie, Meredith, Gabe and Peytra this week. I loved seeing each student's creativity at work on the posters.

Work from the Week:

Science- The phases of the moon are: New, Crescent, Quarter, Gibbous, Full
The students were given a handout describing the moon phases with a chart on the back for recording the moon each night. This can be turned into me on the last week for extra Classical Cash. I originally said it would count towards Memory Marbles, so clarify this if you think about it.

Cash can be redeemed in the store on Week 12. Remember to record your drilling of material as well as map practices so that you can get credit for your hard work.

There will be a prize as well on Week 12 for students who can recite Ephesians 6:1-12 to me! Most weeks we are struggling to recall this passage, so I'm hoping the extra incentive will help.

Have a fantastic rest of the weekend and I hope to see seven healthy faces on Tuesday!

Love,
Mrs. Shaw

Week Nine

Hello Journeyman Families,

So sorry for the late post; time has gotten away from me this week.

The big news of the week is the filled Memory Marbles jar resulting in a class party on Tuesday! Come ready to play Trivial Pursuit as our review game while we celebrate all that we have learned. This will take place from 11:15ish until the end of our time. I will also have the class store open on Week 11, so turn any Learning Logs that you may have filled out this Tuesday so that I can add up your cash in time to shop.

We enjoyed presentations by Peytra, Gabe and Ryan this week- great job! I am looking forward to learning more about you all next week with the All About Me posters. If it works with your schedule, I believe we talked about Ryan, Maren, and Hope presenting next week (and Meredith presenting using a different perspective) and Meredith, Katie, Gabe and Peytra presenting on Week 11. If you need to switch weeks, that's fine too.

The sun prints in science looked fantastic! I think that even the ones that didn't have as much color contrast lightened up when drying. We talked about My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nachos for the planet order.

We also discussed thinking about an owl when remembering the Interrogative Pronouns... who, whom, whose, which and what.

And Cowboy Joe was helpful in the Pluperfect Rodeo as we asked him about his riding attire. Put on your best southern accent and ask:
You gonna wear your spurs? Yup, ahm-a wear um!

I think getting the ahm-a wear...whatever part down is the key with this tense, but if you want the remaining directive questions they are:
What about your favorite hat, Roscoe? ahm-a wear-'ros'
What about your vest? ahm-a wear ut
You gonna wear any animals? ahm-a wear a-moose
You gonna wear anything from your wife? ahm-a wear a-tis (kiss)
You gonna wear a piece of candy? ahm-a wear runt (Runts)


We sang our geography to Aladdin's A Whole New World, substituting Southeastern Asian World as our opening line and continuing:
The Arabian Sea-
India,
Calcutta
China
Philippine Islands

Have a fantastic family weekend!

Love,
Mrs. Shaw