Week 18

In Class....

EEL

• Undiagrammed a compound imperative sentence.
• We discussed later how imperative sentences are hard to make compound.  Looking back, this probably should have been diagrammed as a compound predicate, rather than a compound sentence.
• We are all learning together!  😊 

• Reviewed how to change the purpose and structure of an S-Vt-DO-OCN sentence.
• This was practicing task 5 from the ATS.

• Practiced writing sentences in the structures, patterns and purposes we have studied so far and including different parts of speech.
• A roll of the dice chose the elements for each sentence.
• Below is a picture of the chart I used for this activity.

IEW

• Shared Introductory (or favorite) paragraph from our first 4-paragraph papers.
• Listened for sentence openers and shared these with the whole class.
• Their papers were great, especially for the first ones for this unit!
• Teachers, you are doing a wonderful job!

• New Sentence Opener--"ing" (#4)
• page 167 in MHBW describes this well
• The -ing word must be an action word.
• The -ing phrase must be followed by a comma, and it must be in front of a complete sentence.
• The subject of that sentence must be doing the -ing'ing.

• Reviewed Unit 7 requirements
• Ideas come from brain
• Still must do KWO's
• 5W's + 1 (6 big) questions
• Write body paragraphs first, then add introduction and conclusion

• This week's assignment--prompt from MHBW page 163
• Read samples from the book Marco Polo by Demi.
• Read part of student sample from page 240-241 in MHBW
• Brainstormed ideas of what might be very different for a medieval era person coming into the 21st century and how they might describe what they saw

Math

• Played "Won"
• This is similar to SNAKE that we have played before.  Also called PIG.
• Played with partners
• 1st player rolls and multiplies dice together.  1st player then rolls again, multiplies, and adds that number to the previous number, keeping a running total of his/her score in his/her head.
• 1st player may stop at any time, write down his/her score, and pass the turn to Player 2.
• Player 2 then follows the same steps as Player 1.
• If a one is rolled during a turn, all points are lost from that turn, and play passes to the other player.
• Once 100 points are earned, that player earns a letter in "WON."  Once a a letter is earned, it cannot be taken away.
• If double ones (snake eyes) are rolled during a player's turn, all of his/her points for the current letter are lost.

At Home...

EEL

• Continue memorizing the charts, especially the ones from the Grammar Trivium Tables.

•  Complete tasks 1-4 on the ATS for at least 1 sentence per day 


• Tasks 1-6 should be done for second year students and those students moving on to challenge next year.

• Take some time this week or next to complete the "TEST for the past Eighteen Weeks" on page 284 (286 in the newer versions) of the EEL Guide

• Editing and Spelling exercises in EEL guide (optional)

IEW

• Complete Lesson 24 in MHBW
• Do 2-3 body paragraphs during 1st week
• Complete Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs during 2nd week

• Remember to include the checklist when you turn in your paper.  This helps me to know that you, as teacher, have put your stamp of approval on the paper.  
• Remember, I don't grade the papers.  You do.
• The checklist helps me to know what you are expecting of your child, so that I don't make a suggestion to them to change something when you have told them differently.

• Remember "easy + 1" for stylistic techniques (dress-ups, decorations, sentence openers)
• Whatever is almost natural for your child to include, expect that from them every time, plus one thing they need to learn to do.
• What you expect does not have to be in the order that we introduced them.  If because clauses are easy, but they cannot do -ly words, then because clauses are in their easy category.  Put -ly words as their "+1" until they get it.
• Don't hold them back just because we introduced things in a different order.  😊
• If you (or your student) wants to include the other stylistic techniques that we have covered in class, that is perfectly fine.  They will just need you to model that for them and walk them through it.
• Don't feel that you have to do this, though!

Reminders for Teachers...

• No class on February 28.  We will see everyone March 7!
• Read your lessons for next class.  Week 19 in EEL Guide.  Unit 8 in TWSS.
• Begin preparing for Faces of History 
• We will begin writing this paper in week 19 (the week we return)
• We will go over this some on Thursday night

Party and Pudewa

• This Thursday, February 23 at 6:00pm at the Baber's home (1009 East Steel Rd.)
• Bring your favorite party food to share (if you'd like) for our last Pudewa videos of the year

My Prayer for you

 How many of us have mornings/days like this?  How many of us are stressed/done/ready for the year to be over?  It is easy to become weary this time of the year.  Especially with our break this week, it would be very easy for us all to give up.  Let's not give up, though!  You, teachers, are doing wonderful things!  God is working through you and is working in your children!  He's probably also working in you as well.  I know He is me!  Homeschooling has a way of being a tool that God uses to teach us parents as well as our children!  This week, I'm praying for strength and perseverance as we head into the final stretch (the last quarter) of our CC/Essentials year!  Take some time this week and look back over how far your student (and you) have come this year.  I think you'll be amazed!  

• "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."  Galations 6:9