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!
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:
Lesson 11 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?
Spelling:
Lesson 11 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?
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 going to move on to the Doxology:
Gloria Patri, et Filio,
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
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 going to move on to 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
