Week Two We're Moving Through

Hello Masters Families!

Congratulations on a fabulous week. I would like to comment on the enthusiastic participation from all of the students. I appreciate the movement, chanting, and reciting from all of you. Our class has a wonderful spirit and good attitudes which makes class enjoyable and productive for everyone. A special thank you to Mrs. Varnell for the new tables. They provide a large, comfortable working surface for all of our binder work, map work, art, and review games. I know we will enjoy them every week.

PRESENTATIONS: I am very pleased with the preparation and energy exhibited during our body movement presentations this week. We saw examples of excellent facial expressions and large, expressive body movements to portray a variety of topics from every day activities to sports and historic events. Excellent work, I am looking forward to the creative ideas for next week. Don't forget to record your planning and practices for presentations on your Learning Log throughout the week.

PRESENTERS FOR WEEK THREE: Mollie, Sam, Shawn, and Zachary


Looking ahead.... For all of those advanced planners the presentation topic for weeks 4 and 5 will focus on voice control. We introduced the topic today in class and next week I will demonstrate an example presentation.

Memory Tips and Techniques for Week Two Grammar:

History Timeline - We reviewed week one and introduced week two today in class. Work this week on mastering all sixteen cards. Each week I will incorporate motions to help the students learn their timeline cards. These are just suggestions, but for kinesthetic learners it can make all of the difference. Try to drill the students at home looking at the pictures and reciting and then take one or two cards away until they can recite them all from memory. At this time they can definitely use the motions to help cement the order and titles in their memories.

MINOAN CULTURE- Bull horns, CALL OF ABRAM - Megaphone with hands, GOD'S COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM- shake hands, HAGAR AND ISHMAEL - hand to forehead, SODOM AND GOMORRAH - look back over your shoulder, BIRTH AND SACRIFICE OF ISAAC - slit throat, THE MIDDLE KINGDOM IN EGYPT - slice right hand into middle of left, JOSEPH AS A SLAVE - two wrists crossed/tied in bondage

Peg Dates for Week 2: Joseph as a Slave 1898 B.C. The Twelve Tribes of Israel 1860 B.C.

History Sentence - Tell me about William the Conqueror... After the church split (make a church with hands then pull apart quickly) into Roman Catholic (left hand up palm out) and Eastern Orthodox (Right hand up palm out), William the Conqueror (hit left hand with right fist) defeated (punch punch) King Harold of England in 1066 (hold up 10 fingers then six fingers, six fingers), and started feudalism (hoe the fields).

Geography - European Countries - Spain, Italy, France, England, Czech Republic
Locate and Label on Colored and Blank Map

Geography Map Drawing - The students added instructions into their binder on how to draw a detailed map of the continents. Please progress at the pace your student shows readiness. Begin with the simple circles for continent placement in reference to the Equator and Prime Meridian. Next practice tracing the continents on the continent tracing sheet in their binder and then progress to the detailed drawing. We will remain at this stage for several weeks. Use these tools to practice as your time at home allows.

Science - What are three types of consumers? Herbivores (eat fruit) , Carnivores (take a bite out of your arm - meat), and Omnivores (eat fruit and arm)

When drilling the science fact practice repeating the question with the answer. The science questions have very important terms that need to be connected with the list/answer. For example, "What are three types of consumers? The three types of consumers are herbivores, carnivores, omnivores." We practiced identifying animals as herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. I was very impressed with the knowledge base that the class had about animals, great work!

Latin - 1st conjugation Present Tense We used three methods to drill the Latin today. Here are various methods to use at home: Sing the conjugation using the CC Audio CD, practice hand motions found in the red folder for kinesthetic and visual learners, and/or write the endings on the new chart placed in the Latin section of their binders.

English Grammar - A PRONOUN REPLACES A NOUN IN ORDER TO AVOID REPETITION. There is a pronoun drill sheet located in their binders that we will use in the coming weeks, this will overlap with their Essentials learning. We also enjoyed the grammar song from Mrs. Varnell. It really helps students to master this definition and emphasizes repetition, repetition, repetition.

Math - We introduced the 3's and 4's multiplication tables. Practice from 3x1 - 3x15 and the 4x1 - 4x15. The students had a blast and a thorough multiplication review with our 5 in a Row game. Congratulations Carlyssa on the victory! The class banked a total of 45 memory marbles and 6 MASSIVE memory marbles for Carlyssa's six in a row victory! Way to go Masters!

Thank you for another wonderful week. Students remember to record all of your drilling and map drawing/labeling on your Learning Log. I will collect them each week that you present. Any completed art projects or map drawings that you would like to share with me will earn the class additional Memory Marbles. Use this week to review week one and learn week two. DRILL, DRILL, DRILL! I look forward to seeing all of you next week.



Blessings,

Mrs. Gaines