02/22/22: Teacher Training Day (No school on campus for students)
02/24/22: Watch D.O.G.S/Pizza Lunch/Spirit Day!
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'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:
We're skipping the review lesson 12 because I don't like it haha! So this week we're doing Lesson 13, which practices spelling words in which the base words do not change when ed, er or ing are added. Have students practice finding the "base word" in each spelling word.
Spelling:
We're skipping the review lesson 12 because I don't like it haha! So this week we're doing Lesson 13, which practices spelling words in which the base words do not change when ed, er or ing are added. Have students practice finding the "base word" in each spelling word.
watching
checking
finishing
learner
bending
cleaned
sorted
missed
singer
guessed
teacher
walker
remembered
following
tossed
turning
wishing
landing
leading
catcher
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 6 introduces Latin numbers 1-10, plus 100 and 1000. Many English words are made using Latin numbers so this is a helpful tool for deciphering tricky English words. Have fun working with your student to try to figure out some of the derivatives or find some that aren't listed. Also, why do September through December not match the number they're named after? This is a fun history excursion :-) This is a good time to cover Roman Numerals (I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, M=1000).
What to bring to school:
-Little Pilgrim's Progress
-Horse and His Boy
-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
Lesson 6 introduces Latin numbers 1-10, plus 100 and 1000. Many English words are made using Latin numbers so this is a helpful tool for deciphering tricky English words. Have fun working with your student to try to figure out some of the derivatives or find some that aren't listed. Also, why do September through December not match the number they're named after? This is a fun history excursion :-) This is a good time to cover Roman Numerals (I=1, V=5, X=10, L=50, C=100, M=1000).
unus - one
duo - two
tres - three
quattuor - four
quinque - five
sex - six
septem - seven
octo - eight
novem - nine
decem - ten
centum - one hundren
mille - one thousand
Derivatives: unicorn, unit, unity, union, unique, universe, university, dual, duet, duo, triangle, trio, triplets, quarter, quartet, quadruplets, quintet, quintuplets, semester, September, sextuplets, October, octopus, November, December, decade, decimal, decimate, cent, centennial, centigrade, centipede, centurion, century, percent, mile, millennium, milligram, million
Memory Work:
Continue memorizing the Doxology:
Gloria Patri, et Filio,
Continue memorizing the Doxology:
Gloria Patri, et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.
Amen.
Glory to the Father, Son,
Glory to the Father, Son,
and Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
it is now and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
What to bring to school:
-Little Pilgrim's Progress
-Horse and His Boy
-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
