In Class...
EEL
- Reviewed (board work) with a fun game of "Find Someone Who..."
- I think the kids had a great time, and I heard many repetitions of the memory work from the EEL charts!
- Played a fun game of Living Sentences.
- This is a challenge of a game, but I always enjoy it and think it really stretches our minds!
- Reviewed finding the sentence patterns in different sentences, particularly those with reflexive pronouns in the direct object and indirect object spots.
- Went through all 6 tasks on the Analytical Task Sheet for the sentence: "Consider her a good friend because she prays for you."
- Always remember to ask questions! I don't know if you aren't understanding something if you don't speak up! 😊
Math
- Allowed students to vote for our math game today. They chose SNAKE. It is always a fun one!
- I'd love to hear any ideas you have for fun math games or ones that you or your student would like to play again!
This is a fun one we haven't played yet this year, but it is easy to do at home!
IEW
- Students read their "hopes and dreams" papers in small groups.
- I thoroughly enjoyed reading their papers this week!
- Great job students & teachers!
- Introduced new sentence opener and decoration
- #6 sentence opener is a short sentence
- Must be only 2-5 words.
- "an occasional short sentence can pack a punch in paragraphs that otherwise have intricate and lengthy sentences."--A. Pudewa
- 3 Short Staccato Sentences Decoration
- similar to #6 opener in that it is short sentence of 2-5 words
- must be 3 together, in a row
- can double count as a #6 opener as well
- best to be all same length or of descending length
- Continued with Unit 7
- Lesson 23--Nationalism--The American Flag
- Brainstormed places where the American flag might be found
- Looked at pictures of some places where a flag is found
- discussed a few things a flag might see, think, etc. in those places
- talked briefly about personification and pretending to be the flag
- Briefly Introduced Faces of History and handed out resource packets
This is a funny video by the late Robin Williams on the American flag. He actually personifies the flag like what our students are to do on this assignment.
At Home...
**Remember--There is no way I can cover everything in our lessons in class. You will need to read the lessons to see what I didn't cover, so you can cover the entire lesson at home during the week. 😊**Also, don't forget about the separate blog post I made about what our day at home looks like.
EEL
- page 284-285 (286-7) in EEL--"At Home" section
- Review all charts and work towards mastery of all
- Analytical Task Sheet
- Try to complete 1 practice sentence each day
- Sentences 1, 2, 3, and even 4 this week are basic and easy enough for anyone
- Sentence 5 is definitely more advanced!
- Don't forget the answers to each of the sentences are in the lesson and laid out step by step.
- 2nd and 3rd year students should be doing tasks 5 and 6 (quid et quo)
- 1st years students who are moving on to challenge should try to do tasks 5 and 6, at least some parts of each sentence. Remember you can modify Quid et Quo to keep it simple. (i.e. just do adjectives this week)
- Other 1st year students can just be focusing on tasks 1-4 and mastering those
- Remember the section in Lesson 3 that gives all of the details for the ATS, and remember the steps are laid out for you on each sentence's page.
- Also, you can create your own sentences by simply changing part of speech for part of speech.
- Week 18 (and with our break) is a great time to assess your student! Suggestions for this are found on page 284 (286) in the EEL Guide
- Optional--Editing exercises and Spelling List in EEL
Math
- Practice and work on speed and accuracy of math facts through games and whatever method works for you and your student.
IEW
- Lesson 23
- This is only one paragraph, but what a fun one to do!
- Don't forget about vocabulary words!
- There are flashcards for these in the back of the student US history book
- Reminders:
- EZ+1---only require of your student what dress-ups, decorations, and sentence openers he/she can do on their own easily, plus one more as a challenge
- You cannot help too much!
- Model KWO, the writing structure, etc.
- Many times the KWO is the hardest part for our students. Help them get through that, and they can possibly write the paragraph on their own.
- Hands ON structure and style. Hands OFF content.
- Process over Product!
- With the break, feel free to just take a break!
- However, if you want to work on something, you can cover lesson 22 or 24 with your student, as these are both unit 7 lessons
- Or, you can begin the research part of Faces of History
- See the packet for information.
- Feel free to ask me any questions!
Reminders...
- Enjoy your break next week!
- Be sure to read your lessons for the week we return (March 6)--Week 19 in EEL Guide and Unit 8 in the TWSS (we will begin this unit, which is the Faces of History project on March 6) We will not be working out of the US History books for this unit.
- Our next Pudewa night is next Thursday, March 1, at Holly Collins home, at 6:30pm
- Faces of History : Be thinking about (and even discuss with your child) about the visual component of this project. We will vote whether to keep it as a part of it or not when we return from break.
My Prayer for you this week...
May you experience some stillness and our Lord's presence this week!
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