03/31: Spirit Day/D.O.G.S/Pizza Lunch
04/02: Fortis Nerf Tournament (5-8pm)
04/05: Moms in Prayer (9-10 am)
04/14: Spirit Day!
04/15: GOOD FRIDAY! (No school for students or staff)
04/18: NO SCHOOL (Teacher Training)
04/19: NO SCHOOL (Teacher Training)
04/22-04/24: Fortis Family Spring Camping Trip (Parent-Organized)
04/26: Moms in Prayer (9-10am)
04/28: Spirit Day/D.O.G.S/Pizza Lunch
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 7's should be memorized and memorizing the 8's to have begun. 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. We are reciting the times tables (the 2's, 3's, 4's, etc.) in class aloud. Please add this to the daily routine at home as well. Students can earn candy for being able to recite the multiplication tables from memory to me in class.
Spelling:
Lesson 16 words are still using base words and adding endings like ed, es, and ing but this lesson focuses on words where the final letter of the base word is a y. If the y is preceded by a consonant, the y changes to an i before adding an ending, unless you're adding the ending ing. Have students practice identifying the base word and how it is spelled and figuring out why the y will or will not change to an i.
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 7's should be memorized and memorizing the 8's to have begun. 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. We are reciting the times tables (the 2's, 3's, 4's, etc.) in class aloud. Please add this to the daily routine at home as well. Students can earn candy for being able to recite the multiplication tables from memory to me in class.
Spelling:
Lesson 16 words are still using base words and adding endings like ed, es, and ing but this lesson focuses on words where the final letter of the base word is a y. If the y is preceded by a consonant, the y changes to an i before adding an ending, unless you're adding the ending ing. Have students practice identifying the base word and how it is spelled and figuring out why the y will or will not change to an i.
tries
carried
worries
burying
satisfied
relying
denies
copied
emptied
hurrying
cries
buries
multiplied
replies
supplied
drying
petrified
frying
applied
scurrying
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 8 continues using the new noun chart. We have two noun charts now - one for words that end in "a" and one for words that end in "us". In Latin, the endings of nouns indicate how many of it there are (singular or plural nouns) and what job it's doing in a sentence (subject, direct object, etc.). We are practicing subject and verb agreement - if a subject is plural, the verb must be plural, for example. Continue to model looking for and pointing out Latin roots in English words, Latin derivatives (words that come from Latin) with your student. It is fun to discover you can "figure out" hard English words because of Latin vocabulary.
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 8 continues using the new noun chart. We have two noun charts now - one for words that end in "a" and one for words that end in "us". In Latin, the endings of nouns indicate how many of it there are (singular or plural nouns) and what job it's doing in a sentence (subject, direct object, etc.). We are practicing subject and verb agreement - if a subject is plural, the verb must be plural, for example. Continue to model looking for and pointing out Latin roots in English words, Latin derivatives (words that come from Latin) with your student. It is fun to discover you can "figure out" hard English words because of Latin vocabulary.
animus -i - mind/spirit
aquila -ae - eagle
corona -ae - crown
fabula -ae - story
gladius -i - sword
ludus -i - game/school
mora -ae - delay
murus -i - wall
pecunia -ae - money
populus -i - people
Derivatives: animal, animated, aquiline, coronation, fable, fabulous, gladiator, gladiola, ludicrous, moratorium, mural, peculiar, pecuniary, popular, population
Second Declension Noun Chart:
servus servi
servi servorum
servo servis
servum servos
servo servis
History/Geography:
Joseph (my son) leaves Friday, April 1st for Papua New Guinea! He will be working with a team from YWAM Ships Kona that takes a ship around to different ports in Papua New Guinea, in Madang Province, and offers medical care and other assistance, while also sharing love and the Gospel of Christ. This type of job is called a missionary. Let's look at missionaries this week to learn more about what they do. Take this week to read the stories of some missionaries, and include the story of St. Patrick in your search - believe it or not, he was a missionary too! For an interesting read on how St. Patrick is actually connected to our memorization piece, "Be Thou My Vision," check out this article: https://www.bayviewbiblechurch.org/post/the-story-behind-be-thou-my-vision.
Memory Work:
Continue memorizing the hymn, "Be Thou My Vision" (best memorized by singing!):
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light
Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one
Continue memorizing the hymn, "Be Thou My Vision" (best memorized by singing!):
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art
Thou my best thought, by day or by night
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light
Be Thou my wisdom, and Thou my true word
I ever with Thee and Thou with me, Lord
Thou my great Father, and I Thy true son
Thou in me dwelling and I with Thee one
Riches I heed not, nor vain, empty praise
Thou mine inheritance, now and always
Thou and Thou only first in my heart
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art
Thou mine inheritance, now and always
Thou and Thou only first in my heart
High King of heaven, my treasure Thou art
High King of heaven, my victory won
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler of all
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heaven's sun
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler of all
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall
Still be my vision, O ruler of all
Still be my vision, O ruler of all
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
