Hello Journeymen Families!
Good afternoon from Uganda! I am writing from the large porch of our guesthouse while the breeze blows and Maren and Patricia are swinging on the hammock. Meanwhile our husband/dad is whitewater rafting down the Nile; we'll be happy to see him back in one piece and breathing this evening!
Ms Melissa said she had a fantastic time with all of you yesterday. It was great for me to get such a good report about all that you learned.
The time spent in science sounds like it went fantastic, learning about inertia and kinetic as well as potential energy.
Ms Melissa will give each one a memory marble for finishing his or her portrait and returning it on Tuesday.
Make sure to add timeline as part of your review at home unless you are confident through the week 15 cards as that will be part of review again next week.
Presentations next week are on a science question of your choice. Remember to put to use the important speaking techniques listed in the red folder. I'm not sure if the class was split into presentation groups; this semester we initially planned on Hope, Meredith, Ryan and (Maren) to present on the first week of a new topic, but something different may have been arranged on Tuesday. If you are unsure if you should prepare for next week, email Ms Melissa.
Looking forward to being back home and with you again at CC in two weeks!
Love,
Mrs Shaw
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Week Fourteen
Hello Families,
Live from Africa is the update from last week's class. Look how far away I had to go to get my act together? Maren, my husband, and I are doing well. We arrived in Uganda on Saturday afternoon, your time (late at night Africa-time). On Sunday morning we travelled the three hours from Entebbe to Good Shepherd's Fold, stopping in Kampala for lunch along the way to meet some of the GSF missionaries who brought Patricia along with them. What a great experience! I've been updating here if you are interested www.theshawsomeblog.blogspot.com
I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that Melissa will be filling in for me tomorrow as well as on February 1st. She has tutored this age in past years and is very familiar with most of the kids as well as the age group.
Everyone is up for a presentation on a timeline card tomorrow if you able to prepare one. Maren went last week and did a fantastic job on Creation, including discussing her favorite part of creation, the light, with some verses from Genesis 1:3-5.
Melissa will keep me posted on how class goes tomorrow and I will post again in the next day or two. I told her that the Memory Marbles jar will possibly be filled on Feb 1st, in which case we will have a party on the Tuesday I return. She will also pass out new copies of the Learning Log to those who need them so that the kids can continue to record drilling and map practice.
Maren and I will miss you all tomorrow! Have a fantastic day of learning.
Blessings,
Mrs Shaw
Live from Africa is the update from last week's class. Look how far away I had to go to get my act together? Maren, my husband, and I are doing well. We arrived in Uganda on Saturday afternoon, your time (late at night Africa-time). On Sunday morning we travelled the three hours from Entebbe to Good Shepherd's Fold, stopping in Kampala for lunch along the way to meet some of the GSF missionaries who brought Patricia along with them. What a great experience! I've been updating here if you are interested www.theshawsomeblog.blogspot.com
I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that Melissa will be filling in for me tomorrow as well as on February 1st. She has tutored this age in past years and is very familiar with most of the kids as well as the age group.
Everyone is up for a presentation on a timeline card tomorrow if you able to prepare one. Maren went last week and did a fantastic job on Creation, including discussing her favorite part of creation, the light, with some verses from Genesis 1:3-5.
Melissa will keep me posted on how class goes tomorrow and I will post again in the next day or two. I told her that the Memory Marbles jar will possibly be filled on Feb 1st, in which case we will have a party on the Tuesday I return. She will also pass out new copies of the Learning Log to those who need them so that the kids can continue to record drilling and map practice.
Maren and I will miss you all tomorrow! Have a fantastic day of learning.
Blessings,
Mrs Shaw
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Week Thirteen
Hello Journeyman families,
I apologize for the late recap of Tuesday. Apparently it's not only the kids who need to get back in the swing of things! It was a joy to see everyone again after the break, and to welcome our new student, Abigail, to our class.
Presentations next week will be by Hope, Meredith, Ryan and Maren. We will be focusing on timeline cards and will incorporate the skills of a good presentation we learned last semester (eye contact, confidence, voice control, gestures used properly, etc). Dressing up or bringing a visual aid are also an option but are not required. We reviewed in class who would be presenting next week, but since this is late notice if you would prefer to wait until the following week that is absolutely fine.
We began our day by playing a game of 'Will The Winner Lose?' where the whole class was able to demonstrate material from the first twelve weeks with ease. Great job! Thirty memory marbles were earned for the class.
We moved on to the science experiment and art, where fun was had by all. Our science time will remain at 10am this semester and art will be at 11am.
Memory Helps
If you're using the audio CD to help with the English grammar, remember to learn the complete definition of an adverb (as printed in the red folder).
Latin is a review of the present tense of amo. Hand motions are optional; use them if they're helpful.
In geography, remember to practice map labeling. We got a little rusty over break. I will bring additional copies of memory work/map work recording sheets next week. And for Abigail I will have a binder with material we have been using so far to help with our learning.
Have a great weekend with your families!
Mrs Shaw
I apologize for the late recap of Tuesday. Apparently it's not only the kids who need to get back in the swing of things! It was a joy to see everyone again after the break, and to welcome our new student, Abigail, to our class.
Presentations next week will be by Hope, Meredith, Ryan and Maren. We will be focusing on timeline cards and will incorporate the skills of a good presentation we learned last semester (eye contact, confidence, voice control, gestures used properly, etc). Dressing up or bringing a visual aid are also an option but are not required. We reviewed in class who would be presenting next week, but since this is late notice if you would prefer to wait until the following week that is absolutely fine.
We began our day by playing a game of 'Will The Winner Lose?' where the whole class was able to demonstrate material from the first twelve weeks with ease. Great job! Thirty memory marbles were earned for the class.
We moved on to the science experiment and art, where fun was had by all. Our science time will remain at 10am this semester and art will be at 11am.
Memory Helps
If you're using the audio CD to help with the English grammar, remember to learn the complete definition of an adverb (as printed in the red folder).
Latin is a review of the present tense of amo. Hand motions are optional; use them if they're helpful.
In geography, remember to practice map labeling. We got a little rusty over break. I will bring additional copies of memory work/map work recording sheets next week. And for Abigail I will have a binder with material we have been using so far to help with our learning.
Have a great weekend with your families!
Mrs Shaw
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