02/01/22: First Day of Black History Month!
02/01/22: Moms in Prayer (9-10 am)
02/10/22: Spirit Day!
02/14/22: Happy Valentine’s Day!
02/15/22: Moms in Prayer (9-10 am)
02/22/22: Teacher Training Day (No school on campus for students)
02/24/22: Watch D.O.G.S/Pizza Lunch/Spirit Day!
Link for map for Little Pilgrim's Progress:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/John_Bunyan%2C_The_Road_From_the_City_of_Destruction_to_the_Celestial_City_1821_Cornell_CUL_PJM_1038_01.jpg
Bible:
We're currently reading stories from the Children's Bible and discussing. I want students to learn to be comfortable asking questions about the Bible and thinking about the ideas and talking about them. Sometimes we may not know the answers to their questions, but we can model what to do in that situation (look it up, ask someone we trust, be patient with not knowing all the answers but look forward to asking God in person one day!). Use maps to find where the events are taking place.
Math:
Math skills are not progressing as they should be. This causes difficulty and mistakes in multiplication and especially division. Students are still using their fingers to count or are counting in their heads. Addition and Subtraction math facts should be memorized by now, and Multiplication tables up to the 4's should be almost memorized. Have your student complete the math facts sheet of 100 problems (in the old binder or using the ones I sent), seeing how many they can complete in 5 minutes and then finishing the rest after the 5 minutes are up. This is to be done daily. If this doesn't seem to be sufficient or isn't working for your student (everyone's different!) then try other strategies - perhaps flashcards or reciting the times table families or computer games reviewing the math facts. Memorization of the basic facts are essential for success in math.
Bible:
We're currently reading stories from the Children's Bible and discussing. I want students to learn to be comfortable asking questions about the Bible and thinking about the ideas and talking about them. Sometimes we may not know the answers to their questions, but we can model what to do in that situation (look it up, ask someone we trust, be patient with not knowing all the answers but look forward to asking God in person one day!). Use maps to find where the events are taking place.
Math:
Math skills are not progressing as they should be. This causes difficulty and mistakes in multiplication and especially division. Students are still using their fingers to count or are counting in their heads. Addition and Subtraction math facts should be memorized by now, and Multiplication tables up to the 4's should be almost memorized. Have your student complete the math facts sheet of 100 problems (in the old binder or using the ones I sent), seeing how many they can complete in 5 minutes and then finishing the rest after the 5 minutes are up. This is to be done daily. If this doesn't seem to be sufficient or isn't working for your student (everyone's different!) then try other strategies - perhaps flashcards or reciting the times table families or computer games reviewing the math facts. Memorization of the basic facts are essential for success in math.
We've begun basic division, which I've explained to the students is the friend function of multiplication - just like addition and subtraction work together and are the "reverse" of each other, so are multiplication and division. I described the way the division problem looks on paper like this: There is a house and inside the house are all the "marbles" you have to share with someone. Standing at the door of the house are your friends who would like marbles. You do a "reverse Santa" (thanks, Braydn for this funny way of describing it!) and put the amount of marbles each friend will get onto the roof.
Spelling:
Lesson 10 (test Tuesday in class) works on spelling words with various ways of spelling the "f" sound. The sound of "f" is usually spelled with "f", as in after. It can also be spelled with "ff", as in stiff. Sometimes the "f" sound is spelled with "ph", as in photo and graphs. The "f" sound can also be spelled with "gh", as in cough and laughs.
Spelling:
Lesson 10 (test Tuesday in class) works on spelling words with various ways of spelling the "f" sound. The sound of "f" is usually spelled with "f", as in after. It can also be spelled with "ff", as in stiff. Sometimes the "f" sound is spelled with "ph", as in photo and graphs. The "f" sound can also be spelled with "gh", as in cough and laughs.
Lesson 11 (starting Wednesday) works on spelling words with silent letters. Practice saying the words aloud with your student and then comparing the sound of the words to the spelling of the words. What letter is silent?
Lesson 10:
photo
graphs
laughs
cough
trophy
roughly
enough
alphabet
shelf
after
stiff
elephants
giraffe
geography
nephew
phase
orphan
dolphin
phony
autograph
Lesson 10:
photo
graphs
laughs
cough
trophy
roughly
enough
alphabet
shelf
after
stiff
elephants
giraffe
geography
nephew
phase
orphan
dolphin
phony
autograph
Lesson 11:
ghost
thumb
known
often
folks
wrist
halfway
listen
knuckle
comb
wrecks
flight
honest
island
Wednesday
numb
wrench
crumb
soften
answer
Latin/Grammar:
This lesson's a review! We're going over all of the vocabulary learned in Lessons 1-5, as well as both the verb and noun charts (Latin Sayings will be worth bonus points!). I have only listed the Latin here. Have your student look back in the lessons for the English translation if they can't remember. Daily vocabulary writing will be both Latin and English, but only 1x/day instead of 3x because there are so many words.
Memory Work:
We are memorizing the "Sanctus" or "Trisagion" (thrice holy) prayer, spoken to God by the angels in Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8, and by the people calling out to Jesus in Matthew 21:9 and Mark 11:9, quoting Psalm 118:26.
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria Tua.
Hosanna in Excelsis!
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
What to bring to school:
-Little Pilgrim's Progress
-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
-Exploring Arithmetic 3
-Spelling Workout D
-Latina Christiana
-The World of Mammals
-The Golden Children's Bible
-Copybooks (we have four currently)
Thank you for your patience and faithfulness!
Mrs. Chien
Latin/Grammar:
This lesson's a review! We're going over all of the vocabulary learned in Lessons 1-5, as well as both the verb and noun charts (Latin Sayings will be worth bonus points!). I have only listed the Latin here. Have your student look back in the lessons for the English translation if they can't remember. Daily vocabulary writing will be both Latin and English, but only 1x/day instead of 3x because there are so many words.
Verbs:
adoro
ambulo
amo
clamo
judico
laboro
laudo
libero
navigo
occupo
oro
paro
porto
pugno
specto
supero
voco
Verb Chart:
-o -mus
-s -tis
-t -nt
Nouns:
agricola -ae
aqua -ae
culpa -ae
femina -ae
filia -ae
fortuna -ae
fuga -ae
Gallia -ae
gloria -ae
herba -ae
Hispania -ae
Italia -ae
luna -ae
Maria -ae
memoria -ae
mensa -ae
nauta -ae
patria -ae
puella -ae
regina -ae
Roma -ae
sella -ae
silva -ae
terra -ae
unda -ae
via -ae
victoria -ae
vita -ae
Noun Chart:
-a -ae
-ae -arum
-ae -is
-am -as
-a -is
Memory Work:
We are memorizing the "Sanctus" or "Trisagion" (thrice holy) prayer, spoken to God by the angels in Isaiah 6:3 and Revelation 4:8, and by the people calling out to Jesus in Matthew 21:9 and Mark 11:9, quoting Psalm 118:26.
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria Tua.
Hosanna in Excelsis!
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of Your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
What to bring to school:
-Little Pilgrim's Progress
-The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
-Exploring Arithmetic 3
-Spelling Workout D
-Latina Christiana
-The World of Mammals
-The Golden Children's Bible
-Copybooks (we have four currently)
Thank you for your patience and faithfulness!
Mrs. Chien
