Week Nine

Hello Masters families,
Well, after an exciting start to my day week nine was a blessing! I would like to put out a very special thank you to Susan Matthews for filling in as tutor for presentations and tin whistle. Also, to all of the moms who helped to set up the classroom on Tuesday morning, together you all blessed me and the students. Thank you Mrs. Varnell for your assistance with the JEOPARDY game board and in coordinating coverage for the class. Also, a BIG thank you from the whole class for ordering our pizza and having it delivered perfectly. It was alot of fun at lunch to see all of the students reap the reward of hard work and a job well done. The Memory Marble Jar has been emptied and we are on our way to Knowledge Celebration #2!

Kody and Maddie we missed you on Tuesday, we all hope you get well soon and that we will see you back on Week 10.

I am sure the presentations this week were excellent, I am very sorry I missed them. Next week, week 10, will be the last week of formal presentations for the semester. For weeks 11 and 12 we will be using our time and energy to focus on reviewing the grammar for weeks 1-12.
WEEK ELEVEN: In lieu of a presentation, on week 11 all students can choose one subject to "Show What They Know" for review/presentation time. Also, for an additional challenge there will be a mystery subject for each student to study, this will be revealed to each student next week.
WEEK TWELVE: On week 12 we will have fun with the review game, "Are You Smarter Than a Masters Student?" Some brave moms will team up with their children to play the game and we should all get a great review while we have fun! Any students who cannot play with a parent will be in the Masters class of experts and will get to participate in the game as well. FUN AND REVIEW FOR ALL!!! Moms, please let me know next week if you will be able to participate in the game so that I can prepare. Thank you for your help with this, I know the kids will love it!

Memory Tips and Techniques for Week Nine:
Timeline: We are adding motions to the timeline cards to help with memorization
Barbarian- Make a horned helmet with your hands
St. Jerome- "V" with fingers hit chest and then hand out
Council- "C" with one hand 3x
End of the Western- slash throat
St. Benedict- Praying hands
Justinian- hit hand with fist
Mohammed- halo over head
Pepin the Short- bend at knees
History Sentence:
Confucius- C on forehead, 551BC- hold up 5,5 then 1, to 479BC hold up 4, 7, and 9, Obedience- O with hand, Respect- salute like a soldier, Taoism/path- use both hands to make a winding path, harmony with nature- directing music with hands
Geography: Eastern Asia- A MONGOLIAN monkey loved a CHINESE chimpanzee and they got married in KOREA. They took a cruise to JAPAN and then sailed home across the YELLOW SEA where they lived happily ever after.
Math: 15's Skip Counting song and practice writing multiplication tables up to 15X15 Continue to practice reviewing 1's through 14's as well, we will play another round of Math Ball for our Multiplication Drills next week. I hope we will earn lots of MEGA Memory Marbles!
Latin: 4th Declension Noun Endings to the tune of "Here We Go Looby Loo" There are 4 O's in Looby Loo so this will remind you of the tune for 4th declension. Practice writing noun endings on your chart in the take-home folder.
Science: What are some parts of a plant? Leaves and Stems and Roots OH MY! Chant to the tune from the Wizard of Oz, "Lions and Tigers and Bears," Oh My!
English: Prepositions- Outside- point outside, over-arc over with your hand, past-rock a baby because you were a baby years ago in the "past", regarding, since-just keep rocking the baby

Week 10 the CC Store will be open for business, great work Masters students!

Optional Opportunities for Classical Cash:
Tin Whistle- Tin Whistle 10- Every time you practice your tin whistle for ten minutes have your mom initial your Learning Log for extra cash! Try the new rhythm sheets that I sent home with you this week.
Science Lab Sheet- Label and color your diagram of the parts of a plant.
Geography- Practice drawing the world with your instructional art paper on drawing a detailed map of the seven continents. Also, you can practice tracing the continents and tracing the map of Africa in your take home folder. Practice one each day and have your mom initial your Learning Log for extra cash.

What an exciting week, thank you all for your hard work and attention in class each week. You are all a blessing to me. Only three weeks left this semester, I look forward to seeing you all next week.

Blessings,
Mrs. Gaines