Week 17 Bowling and Beautiful Impressions

Hello Masters families,
Another week is flying by and what a wonderful Tuesday we shared. From the bowling to the rapid review the students were engaged and doing their best to soak up knowledge and make the most of every minute. A great big thank you to the moms that helped with the CC store and cleaned up in the end. You are such a blessing to me each week.

Congratulations to all of the students as you filled the Memory Marble jar to the very top!!! Next week we will enjoy a pizza lunch together, it should be a fun day to party and celebrate all that you have learned together. Thank you again moms for helping to organize and make the most of this for the kids.

Presentations: All of the presentations on Tuesday were well prepared and practiced. It is encouraging to see the students choose topics they find interesting and watching them delve in deep to learn more about them. I am learning each week during our presentation time. Next week students may choose any of the history sentences to research and share with the class. Remember to use the outlines provided in your child's binder as a guide if needed. Students, practice presenting and making eye contact while presenting from your outlines. Use expression and enthusiasm as you share what you have learned. You may get creative and dress up as a historical character, act out a part of history, or just share some little known facts about the topic you choose. This will be your last formal presentation of the year and for some of the students it will be our last presentation as a Foundations student, so have fun with it!

Presenters for Week 18: Caleb, Carlyssa, Jonathan, Harrison, Mollie, Sam

Memory Tips and Techniques for Week 17:
History Timeline: The Monroe Doctrine - sweep both hands in front of you, Traveling the Erie Canal - Row your boat, Jacksonian Democracy - ride your horse, The Cotton Gin Establishes the South - Turn a crank on the cotton gin, Slavery in the South - hands behind you in handcuffs, The Cherokee Trail of Tears - use your finger to make a tear on your cheek, Remember the Alamo - point to your brain and then lasso, Westward Expansion - make a W with your fingers and then spread hands wide apart
History Sentence: Tell me about the leaders of WWII... In your student's binder there is a handout to accompany their history sentence this week. On the front is a picture of all of the historical leaders in the sentence grouped into AXIS and ALLY leaders. I covered the background on each of these leaders to help them remember each of them. On the back there is a fill-in-the-blank review sheet for them to use as they learn the history sentence this week. We also listened to the history sentence song on the audio CD.
Science: What is Newton's 2nd Law of Motion? Force equals mass times acceleration. The students enjoyed learning this science grammar through application during our science experiment on bowling. The focus on God's impact (force) in our lives was a great lesson for the students to think about how we let worldly vs. Godly things influence our lives. This is so important for our children at this important developmental phase of their life. Even as adults it is a great reminder of where our force in life should come from each day. Protecting our hearts and looking to God for our strength is a lifelong pursuit.
Math: The Circumference of a Circle is 2 times Pi(3.14) times the radius. I emphasized to the students that there are 2 C's so that can help them remember the formula begins with the number 2. This hint has always helped my girls remember the difference between the area of a circle and the circumference of a circle.
English: A NOUN names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea. To learn this definition we listened to the grammar song provided by Mrs. Varnell.
Latin: 1st conjugation FUTURE tense HINT: In the FUTURE I will buy a bow (Amabo). We filled in our Latin charts and listened to the audio CD.
Geography: Central Europe - We labeled the following locations with their first letter on both the colored and the blank map. Austria, Hungary (side by side), former Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic and Slovakia), Switzerland (just look above the Alps), and Germany (the rivers run through it)

Thank you masters families for another blessed week. Continue to fill out your Learning Logs each week as you drill, draw, practice, and prepare for each week. We will open the CC store again on March 1st. Don't forget PIZZA next week for lunch, way to go Masters students! We will practice our end-of-the-year game next week, "On the Spot" so determine what your favorite subjects are and get ready to be put "On the Spot" during review time. If your child is planning to do the History Peg Dates for the year please let me know as I plan a special recognition for their additional work. Have a wonderful week!

Blessings,
Mrs. Gaines