03/10: Spirit Day!
03/14-03/18: SPRING BREAK! (No school for students or staff)
03/22: Moms in Prayer (9-10 am)
03/27: Falcon Moms Meet-Up @ 4:00 pm (Main Street Social)
03/31: Spirit Day/D.O.G.S/Pizza Lunch
Bible:
03/14-03/18: SPRING BREAK! (No school for students or staff)
03/22: Moms in Prayer (9-10 am)
03/27: Falcon Moms Meet-Up @ 4:00 pm (Main Street Social)
03/31: 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 5's should be memorized and memorizing the 6'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 14 practices spelling words in which the base word drops its final e to add ed, er or ing. Have students practice finding the "base word" in each spelling word and note the loss of the e. We test on Lesson 14 words Tuesday and start Lesson 15 on Thursday. Lesson 15 words are still using base words and adding ed, er, and ing but focus on ones where the final letter is doubled for one of two reasons: 1) When a short vowel word ends in a single consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before adding an ending that begins with a vowel (e.g. humming), and 2) In words with two or more syllables, the final consonant is usually doubled if the last syllable has a short vowel followed by a single consonant (e.g. outfitted). Have students note the short vowel (now might be a good time to review all of the long and short vowel sounds) at the end of the base word.
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 5's should be memorized and memorizing the 6'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 14 practices spelling words in which the base word drops its final e to add ed, er or ing. Have students practice finding the "base word" in each spelling word and note the loss of the e. We test on Lesson 14 words Tuesday and start Lesson 15 on Thursday. Lesson 15 words are still using base words and adding ed, er, and ing but focus on ones where the final letter is doubled for one of two reasons: 1) When a short vowel word ends in a single consonant, the consonant is usually doubled before adding an ending that begins with a vowel (e.g. humming), and 2) In words with two or more syllables, the final consonant is usually doubled if the last syllable has a short vowel followed by a single consonant (e.g. outfitted). Have students note the short vowel (now might be a good time to review all of the long and short vowel sounds) at the end of the base word.
Lesson 14:
coming
loved
raking
served
proved
sharing
traded
mover
saved
giving
rider
dancer
promised
surprising
bouncing
writing
sliced
reduced
pictured
comparing
Lesson 15:
beginning
humming
dropped
sitting
slipping
joggers
grabbing
bobbing
tripped
padded
skimming
scrubbing
winners
outfitted
wrapped
clapping
dragging
chatting
quitter
trimmer
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 7 introduces a new noun chart to begin memorizing. One of the vocabulary words is an adverb, not a noun or verb. See if students can figure out which word isn't a noun or verb. 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 7 introduces a new noun chart to begin memorizing. One of the vocabulary words is an adverb, not a noun or verb. See if students can figure out which word isn't a noun or verb. 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.
Christus -i - Christ
deus -i - god
discipulus -i - student
gratia - ae - grace
hora - ae - hour
Jesus - Jesus
legatus -i - lieutenant/envoy
servus -i - slave/servant
villa -ae - farmhouse
semper - always
Derivatives: deity, disciple, discipline, gracious, gratitude, horoscope, hourglass, delegate, legate, servant, service, servile, villa
Second Declension Noun Chart:
servus servi
servi servorum
servo servis
servum servos
servo servis
Memory Work:
We're going to start 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
We're going to start 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
