04/14: Spirit Day!
04/15: NO SCHOOL (Good Friday!)
04/17: Happy Easter! He is RISEN!
04/19: NO SCHOOL
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 (I have had no students take me up on this offer yet, for any of the times families).
Spelling:
Lesson 17 words are still using base words and adding endings, but focuses on adding comparative endings er and est, where the base word ends in y. Have students practice identifying the base word and what happens to it when the ending is added.
angrier
angriest
happier
happiest
easier
easiest
earlier
earliest
funnier
funniest
prettier
prettiest
lonelier
loneliest
heavier
heaviest
fancier
fanciest
juicier
juiciest
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 9 introduces a slight variation of the Second Declension Noun chart, used for nouns with neuter gender (a grammatical gender, not applicable to living creatures). We have three noun charts now - one for words that end in "a," one for words that end in "us," and one for words that end in "um." 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.
bellum -i - war
donum -i - gift
frumentum -i - grain
imperium -i - command/empire
oppidum -i - town
proelium -i - battle
regnum -i - kingdom
signum -i - sign/standard
telum -i - weapon
verbum -i - word
Derivatives: bellicose, belligerent, rebel, donate, donation, donor, emperor, empire, imperial, imperious, reign, signal, signature, design, insignia, verb, verbal, verbose, adverb
Second Declension Neuter Noun Chart:
donum dona
doni donorum
dono donis
donum dona
dono donis
History/Geography:
Easter is coming! Let's walk through "Holy Week", the week leading up to Easter. What was happening on each day? I'd like students to make some sort of visual representation of the events of the week, perhaps as a comic strip, mural or map (following Jesus around the city perhaps?), or, if they're not feeling very creative, just a few sentences explaining what happened would suffice. Pictures can be hand drawn or cut out and glued. Murals can be done in a stained glass style, with pieces of colored paper. All of these are suggestions, not rules - I just want the students to spend time immersed in and thinking about the events leading up to Easter Sunday. They will be turning in whatever they've been working on in class on Thursday, to show the class what they've been learning. Here is a website with some information, but please feel free to research however you like: https://www.understandchristianity.com/timelines/events-holy-week/
Memory Work:
Continue memorizing the Latin hymn/prayer, "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God), which is taken from the exclamation of John the Baptist in John 1:29.
04/19: NO SCHOOL
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 (I have had no students take me up on this offer yet, for any of the times families).
Spelling:
Lesson 17 words are still using base words and adding endings, but focuses on adding comparative endings er and est, where the base word ends in y. Have students practice identifying the base word and what happens to it when the ending is added.
angrier
angriest
happier
happiest
easier
easiest
earlier
earliest
funnier
funniest
prettier
prettiest
lonelier
loneliest
heavier
heaviest
fancier
fanciest
juicier
juiciest
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 9 introduces a slight variation of the Second Declension Noun chart, used for nouns with neuter gender (a grammatical gender, not applicable to living creatures). We have three noun charts now - one for words that end in "a," one for words that end in "us," and one for words that end in "um." 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.
bellum -i - war
donum -i - gift
frumentum -i - grain
imperium -i - command/empire
oppidum -i - town
proelium -i - battle
regnum -i - kingdom
signum -i - sign/standard
telum -i - weapon
verbum -i - word
Derivatives: bellicose, belligerent, rebel, donate, donation, donor, emperor, empire, imperial, imperious, reign, signal, signature, design, insignia, verb, verbal, verbose, adverb
Second Declension Neuter Noun Chart:
donum dona
doni donorum
dono donis
donum dona
dono donis
History/Geography:
Easter is coming! Let's walk through "Holy Week", the week leading up to Easter. What was happening on each day? I'd like students to make some sort of visual representation of the events of the week, perhaps as a comic strip, mural or map (following Jesus around the city perhaps?), or, if they're not feeling very creative, just a few sentences explaining what happened would suffice. Pictures can be hand drawn or cut out and glued. Murals can be done in a stained glass style, with pieces of colored paper. All of these are suggestions, not rules - I just want the students to spend time immersed in and thinking about the events leading up to Easter Sunday. They will be turning in whatever they've been working on in class on Thursday, to show the class what they've been learning. Here is a website with some information, but please feel free to research however you like: https://www.understandchristianity.com/timelines/events-holy-week/
Memory Work:
Continue memorizing the Latin hymn/prayer, "Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God), which is taken from the exclamation of John the Baptist in John 1:29.
What does this prayer have to do with Easter?
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
English translation:
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
English translation:
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, Who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Here is a recording of Agnus Dei: https://youtu.be/YVowLNuV4Zk
Here are some links to recordings of "Pie Jesu," a longer prayer/hymn that contains these phrases:
https://youtu.be/X0XIIEbb6gc
https://youtu.be/HRM1yotDgB8
(that last one the singer was performing on America's Got Talent!)
Here's another version. Why does the video part that goes along with the singing look like a war or something bad happened? What does this have to do with the words of the song?
https://youtu.be/N12zCiY-xWk
What to bring to school:
-Little Pilgrim's Progress
-Prince Caspian
-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
Here are some links to recordings of "Pie Jesu," a longer prayer/hymn that contains these phrases:
https://youtu.be/X0XIIEbb6gc
https://youtu.be/HRM1yotDgB8
(that last one the singer was performing on America's Got Talent!)
Here's another version. Why does the video part that goes along with the singing look like a war or something bad happened? What does this have to do with the words of the song?
https://youtu.be/N12zCiY-xWk
What to bring to school:
-Little Pilgrim's Progress
-Prince Caspian
-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
