Week 21

Hello Masters families,
Another good day with a tremendous effort by all of our presenters on their review work. All of the students displayed strong mastery of the grammar, everyone is working hard at home and the results are shining through clearly. The last three weeks of the semester we will focus our presentation time on the end-of-the-year "On the Spot" review game show. Parents, each student placed a script with their review question for the "skit" in the front of their binder. Please encourage them to practice their lines this week so we can have fun rehearsing next week.

Binder Update:
Yesterday we added several new items to each student's binder, please use these items to encourage your child to take on some independent drill and review during this busy time of year.

NEW ITEMS: Copywork Sheets for Weeks 19-24 (this includes blanks for them to write out the presidents and focused maps for reviewing), History Sentence drill sheets for sentences weeks 19-24, "On the Spot" lines for end-of-the-year program (please have them practice these this week)

OTHER DRILL SHEETS: Latin, History sentences, Math Formula Drill Sheets, Geography Map Checklist for drill and practice, Copywork Sheets for Weeks 1-24

I hope these sheets will serve as helpful tools in your homeschool to encourage your rising 6th grader or Challenge A students to practice some independent drill and studying.

Memory Tips and Techniques for Week 21:
Presidents: Use the audio CD song and the Copywork Drill Sheet to learn the presidents.
History Sentence: Tell me about the end of the Cold War... We took about ten minutes in class to review the history sentences pertaining to the Cold War so the students understood the meaning and the historical significance of this week's sentence. I was hoping to help them make connections between the previous weeks' grammar and see the story and progression of history in semester 2. Use the fill-in-the-blank drill sheets and the Audio CD to drill and practice.
Geography: We identified and labeled the Central America locations this week on the maps. We also identified Cuba's role in the Cold War.
Latin: Pluperfect Tense - We used the Audio CD and the drill sheets to review the Pluperfect Tense. HINT: PLU rhymes with BLUE "I'm a wearin' blue" - "Amaveram blue
English: A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses together. I reminded the students about the School House Rock song and drew a train on the board with 3 cars for words, phrases, clauses to help them remember the definition. Use the grammar songs by Mrs. Varnell to help as well.
Math: We practiced writing the Associative Law for Addition and Multiplication on the math drill sheet located in their binders. There are blanks for them to write the formula out 3 times each.

Have a wonderful week, hopefully I will see you all on Week 22!
Love,
Mrs. Gaines