Week 20

Hello Masters families,
Only four more weeks to go and we are celebrating reaching some awesome goals. On Tuesday we completed the entire timeline and finished the last of the helping verbs! What an exciting year we are having. The energy and enthusiasm was high and we charged through all of our new grammar and "Geography Jeopardy" review. Each week as we are reviewing specific subject areas and I will be trying to give tips to help with any difficult memory work in each subject. At our home we are working hard to master this material and we run into bumps in the road every week, so if we share the same struggles it would be great to share the solutions. If you have any ideas or suggestions for what you are doing at home to master certain facts, please share it during our review time.

Next week our review focus will be TIMELINE. Please bring your trouble spots, we may be able to work through them as a class to help and encourage one another.

Please remember all of our families in prayer as we work toward the end of the year and celebrate all we have learned together this year. I pray that they know they can do all things through Christ who strengthens them, Philippians 4:13.

Thank you Elisabeth, Maddie and Addie for your well prepared presentations. I love to see their growing confidence each week as all of the students are becoming "veteran" presenters. Elizabeth you inspired all of us to get out the gardening tools and start the plantings of spring! You clearly showed us organized steps and exhibited good volume and eye contact. Maddie, your expository speech on Korean martial arts fascinated all of us. You demonstrated with great skill and effectively used your visual aid. You also handled the questions with poise and confidence. Addie, we were all intrigued by the book Zorgamazoo. The excerpt you shared with us was very poetic. I am sure you have encouraged others to try this book. You showed a good tempo and volume. Excellent work presenters!

MEMORY TIPS AND TECHNIQUES FOR WEEK 20:

History Timeline:
Wright Brothers and Other Inventors: Extend your arms out to either side as if airplane wings.
The Great World War: Hold your hands out to either side of your body for "great". Make a circle over your head for "World War".
Roaring Twenties: Do a fun dance step like the Charleston.
The Great Depression: Press both hands down and look sad"depressed".
World War II, the Biggest War: Make a circle with your arms above your head for "World War" then hold 2 fingers in front of you for "II". Hands out to either side of you even greater than for the Great World War - as far as your arms can reach.
The Cold War, Korea, and Vietnam: Hug yourself while shivering.
The Space Race: Put hands together and arms upward like a rocket shooting upward or pretend to take a space walk.
Modern American: Touch your shoulders with each hand as if saying"I am Modern America" or pretend to make cell phone call or play your video games.

History Sentence: We learned about and discussed the history of the Mexican Revolution. Have fun with this sentence sing and dance a little as you memorize it.

Latin: 3rd declension noun endings- Remember the tune is to "BINGO" because there are three consonants B, N, and G in his name-0. I also shared that you can remember the singular starts with various because Bingo could be any one of various breeds of dogs. The plural begins with "ACE" because he was an ace #1 award winning dog. We are using whatever works at our house, so if this helps you go for it!

English: Shall, will, can are the last of the helping verbs! YEAH! Continue to memorize the helping verbs and the linking verbs by singing the songs in your take-home folder.

Math: 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters Sing to the tune of "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain"
One inch equals two point five four centimeters, yes it does!
One inch equals two point five four centimeters, yes it does!
One inch equals 2.54, one inch equals 2.54, one inch equals 2.54 centimeters, YES IT DOES!

Geography: Mesoamerica - Here is a History/Geography sentence to help you learn the locations this week.
Sites of the Mesoamerican civilizations still exist today. MEXICO CITY (known by the Aztecs as Tecochtilan) near LAKE TEXCOCO and the city of OAXACA were once controlled by the AZTECS. On the Yucatan Peninsula, ancient Mayan Temple ruins are found at CHICHEN ITZA and MAYAPAN.

Science: We learned the Latin and Greek roots for the parts of the atmosphere and I introduced a couple of methods to memorize the material. There were many groans when I introduced the tune for this memory song(The Barney theme song), but without question it works! I still know it from 3 years ago so here it is if it helps you :).
What are the parts of atmosphere?
I love you, you love me
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere
we're a happy family
Thermosphere and Exosphere, now we all are done.
with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you
These are the parts of the atmosphere.
don't you say you love me too!
OR
We also learned to point to parts of our body to memorize the layers of the atmosphere and tie them to their Latin and Greek roots.
What are the parts of the atmosphere? atmos in greek means vapor
Troposphere - point to your toes and turn them in - tropos in Greek means turning
Stratosphere - cover your knees with your hands - stratum in Latin means a covering
Mesosphere - point to your waist, the middle of your body - mesos in Greek means middle
Thermosphere - point to your head/hot head - thermos in Greek means heat
Exosphere - take your hat off (outerwear) - exo- is the greek prefix meaning outer
Review root word Sphere - Sphaira is the Greek root and Sphaer is the latin root meaning ball or around the globe

Classical Cash Opportunities:
Science - Color and return the science sheet for cash.
Fine Arts - Finish coloring and return the Classical musician sheet on Handel.
Learning Logs - As Memory Master, Excellence, and Power are approaching be sure to record all of the memory drilling you are working on at home it will add up quickly.
Math Sound Off- Practice your lines and record it on your log for extra cash.

I will be opening the CC store for business on week 21 so prepare for fun! See you next week!

Blessings,
Mrs. Gaines