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 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. Spelling Test Tuesday over Lesson 16 words. We'll begin Lesson 17 on Thursday.
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 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. Spelling Test Tuesday over Lesson 16 words. We'll begin Lesson 17 on Thursday.
Lesson 16 (test Tuesday):
tries
carried
worries
burying
satisfied
relying
denies
copied
emptied
hurrying
cries
buries
multiplied
replies
supplied
drying
petrified
frying
applied
scurrying
Lesson 17 (start Thursday):
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.
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:
Let's look a bit at Latin choral hymns. A lot of old church music is sung in Latin. Some of it we can understand or figure out now! Why are there so many old church songs in Latin? If you're interested, you could research this a bit (hint: many of the songs were written/arranged during the Middle Ages or even later, after the Roman empire had ceased to exist - why were they still using Latin? What countries used Latin during the Middle Ages? The other common language was Greek - why and in what countries?). If you are more interested in listening to beautiful music, I would suggest that you look up some Latin choral songs to listen to. These songs were originally sung in large cathedrals (churches) with excellent acoustics. What does this mean? Can you find any songs recorded while sung in a large cathedral? Here's some links to get you started:
Talk about the songs you listen to. Do they sound "weird"? In what way? Do you like the way they sound or not? If you're interested, you could listen to some other music from the same time period or from other countries to compare. What sounds do you like or not like in the music you listen to? If you prefer music composed today, what do you prefer about it?
Memory Work:
Begin 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.
Begin 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:
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 are some links to recordings of "Pie Jesu," a longer prayer/hymn that contains these phrases, that might be helpful to sing aloud as you memorize the prayer:
(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:
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
-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
