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
05/02/22 – 05/06/22: Art Show
05/05: Spirit Day!
05/06: Last Day of Elective Classes
05/06: Grammar Theater Performance Eve
05/07: Grammar Theater Performance (2:30)
05/10: Moms in Prayer (9-10 am)
05/11: 5th Grade M/W & T/Th Graduation (3:00)
05/11: Last Day of M/W Grammar School
05/12: Last Day of T/Th Grammar School
05/14: Fortis High School Graduation (3:00)
05/15: End of Year Mom’s Celebration (4:00)
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:
Addition and Subtraction math facts should be memorized by now, and Multiplication tables up to the 8's should be memorized and memorizing the 9'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 19 practices spelling words with vowel pairs ee, ea, oa, oe and ue, and with vowel digraph ea. In vowel pairs, two vowels come together to make one long vowel sound. The second vowel is silent. In vowel digraphs, two vowels come together to make a vowel sound that can be long or short. Practice going through the spelling words and noticing this pattern with your student (e.g., ea in eastern and reason - long e sound, a is silent vs. ea digraph in measure and meadow).
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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:
Addition and Subtraction math facts should be memorized by now, and Multiplication tables up to the 8's should be memorized and memorizing the 9'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 19 practices spelling words with vowel pairs ee, ea, oa, oe and ue, and with vowel digraph ea. In vowel pairs, two vowels come together to make one long vowel sound. The second vowel is silent. In vowel digraphs, two vowels come together to make a vowel sound that can be long or short. Practice going through the spelling words and noticing this pattern with your student (e.g., ea in eastern and reason - long e sound, a is silent vs. ea digraph in measure and meadow).
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eastern
breeze
clues
hoed
meaning
tiptoes
reason
treating
roasted
freedom
loaned
approach
measure
glued
instead
eagle
boasted
fleet
meadow
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 10 continues study of the 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.
auxilium -i - help/aid
caelum -i - sky/heaven
debitum -i - debt/sin
forum -i - forum/marketplace
gaudium -i - joy/gladness
peccatum -i - mistake/sin
praemium -i - reward
tergum -i - back
vallum -i - wall/rampart
vinum -i - wine
Derivatives: auxiliary, celestial, debit, debt, forum, gaudy, impeccable, peccadillo, premium, vine, vinegar, vineyard
Second Declension Neuter Noun Chart:
donum dona
doni donorum
dono donis
donum dona
dono donis
History/Geography:
After Jesus' resurrection and ascension into heaven ("ascension" is from the Latin verb, ascendo meaning "to rise, climb, move upward"), the disciples became missionaries! Let's look at the early church days. What are some of the places the disciples went to? Do some research and begin to make a map of the region, showing the spread of the gospel. For example, in my high school Western Civilization class, we recently read that Christianity came to Ethiopia in the 1st Century, so Bible times - who brought Christianity from Jerusalem, (where Jesus died, came back to life and ascended) to Ethiopia? Egypt? Italy? Spain? England? India? Be working on a map you can bring to school to share. Here's an example of a map (which, oddly, also shows the spread of Buddhism, which you don't have to):
Latin/Grammar:
Lesson 10 continues study of the 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.
auxilium -i - help/aid
caelum -i - sky/heaven
debitum -i - debt/sin
forum -i - forum/marketplace
gaudium -i - joy/gladness
peccatum -i - mistake/sin
praemium -i - reward
tergum -i - back
vallum -i - wall/rampart
vinum -i - wine
Derivatives: auxiliary, celestial, debit, debt, forum, gaudy, impeccable, peccadillo, premium, vine, vinegar, vineyard
Second Declension Neuter Noun Chart:
donum dona
doni donorum
dono donis
donum dona
dono donis
History/Geography:
After Jesus' resurrection and ascension into heaven ("ascension" is from the Latin verb, ascendo meaning "to rise, climb, move upward"), the disciples became missionaries! Let's look at the early church days. What are some of the places the disciples went to? Do some research and begin to make a map of the region, showing the spread of the gospel. For example, in my high school Western Civilization class, we recently read that Christianity came to Ethiopia in the 1st Century, so Bible times - who brought Christianity from Jerusalem, (where Jesus died, came back to life and ascended) to Ethiopia? Egypt? Italy? Spain? England? India? Be working on a map you can bring to school to share. Here's an example of a map (which, oddly, also shows the spread of Buddhism, which you don't have to):
In case you are curious, Voice of the Martyrs (https://www.persecution.com/) has a lot of resources, some for adults, but a lot for children as well, including the following book series and graphic novels of the early church:
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.
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
