Week 12

Hi Masters families,
We had a wonderful Week 12! Thank you moms and students for the amazingly fun review game. I hope everyone enjoyed the game, I had a great time seeing how much material you have all mastered. Now is a wonderful time to start setting your goals about Memory Master, Excellence or Power. After the "Show What You Know" on Week 11 and the review game this week I know all of you can accomplish great things. Pray about your goals and try to decide now what you would like to aim for at the end of the year. Congratulations Becknall family on winning the million dollar prize, I hope you have time over the break to play and enjoy the "Homeschoolopoly" game.

Thank you to all of the families for the thoughtful gift card. I am looking forward to some shopping time over the break and I know just what I would like to get. You all are truly a blessing to me.

When we return in January we will have impromptu presentations for Week 13, so enjoy your break. However if you are working on your memory work, geography drawing, or any remaining papers from fall semester keep a record of it on your Learning Log and cash in when you return in January! I will provide additional copies of the Learning Logs to each student when we return.

Memory Tips and Techniques for Week 12:
History Timeline: Gutenburg (slap right hand with left and open like a Bible) Renaissance (painting) Inquisition (point in hand) Columbus("C" water motion) Martin Luther (hammer in 95 Theses) Magellan (make circle around with fist-earth) Ulrich Zwingli (make"Z" with hand) The Act of Supremecy (hands on hips)
History Sentence: Muslim (2 hands to make dome over head) Muhammed (sign language M) worshipped(bow down) Ottoman (sign language O) expanded (hands ogether palms touching. Spread out as expanding weakness (make your whole body appear weak) westernization (make sign language "w" with both hands)
Geography: Muslim Empire The Muslim Empire spread from Mohammed's birthplace(MECCA) to his hiding place (MEDINAH) to the nation's capital (BAGHDAD and DAMASCUS) to the world until it was stopped by Charles the Hammer in (TOURS).
Math: 1000 meters = 1 kilometer
Science: What are the plant systems? Photosynthesis (point to the sun), Respiration (breathe deeply), Transpiration ( Your feet are the roots, water goes up through your body to the undersides of your hands which are the leaves)
English: with (grasp one hand over fist) within (point into fist) without (open fist) We know our prepositions so give a shout!
Latin: 5th declension 5 FINGER WAVE Wave goodbye to the sailor for the song "A Sailor Went To Sea, Sea, Sea"

Have a blessed Christmas, may the light of Christ's love shine on you and surround you each day as we remember and celebrate the birth of our Saviour.

Love and blessings,
Mrs. Gaines