Essentials Week 21 (2017-2018)

In Class...

EEL

• Reviewed through an Easter egg hunt
• Placed the sentences found in the eggs on charts on the board that were like charts B, G, and M
• One board was for declarative sentences.  One board was for interrogative sentences.
• We categorized the sentences by structure and pattern.
• New (and last structure)--Compound-Complex
• last piece of our grammar/Chart A puzzle!
• reviewed what it takes to make a compound sentence and what it takes to make a complex sentence
• discussed how we already know the parts to a compound-complex sentence; we just need to put them together
• reviewed visual reminders of sentence structure (houses and a family)
• Verbals
• Only touched on this briefly, because of time
• Infinitives 
• Reviewed Foundations definition
• one of the 5 verb principle parts, so it still maintains it's verb-ness
• acts as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun--so can do any of their jobs in a sentence (i.e. SPIDO PONA noun usages)
• Used myself as an example--I am a woman.  I can be a mom, a teacher, a friend, a tutor, a wife, etc., but I am still a woman.  Verbals are that way.  They may be acting like a noun in a sentence, which means they can take on the noun usages and adjectives, but they are still verbs.  So, they can also take direct objects and adverbs like a verb.
• Diagrammed a compound-complex sentence with infinitives (similar to practice sentence 1 in this week's lesson in the EEL). 

Math

• Played Multiplication Fact Relay Races
• Played Number Neighborhood

IEW

• Students shared 1 paragraph from their FOH papers
• Reviewed what is expected for Faces of History
• 3-5 paragraph paper, written in 3rd person, following Unit 8 guidelines, due next Tuesday, April 3
• Presentation for Faces of History night (April 12) can be as simple the original paper read aloud or as elaborate as a presentation written on notecards or paper and given in the 1st person
• Presentations should be 2-5 minutes 
• Reviewed Introductions and Conclusions
• Introductions have 3 parts
1. attention grabber (handout from a few weeks ago is a good resource)
2. background information (introduce your subject)
3. state your topics/thesis statement
• Conclusions have 3 parts
1. restate topics (repeat/reflect thesis)
2. tell which topic is the most significant and why (Why is this person still remembered?  What can we learn from his/her legacy?)
3. final clincher (It may repeat/reflect the attention grabber, but it does not have to.  It needs to sum up entire paper.  The title of the paper will come from this.)

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

• Review all charts as needed.
• P and Q are the new charts for this week.
• Practice charts B, G, M, and Q with a fun game like we did in class, using the sample sentences and trying to place them in the right places.
• Complete at least 1 ATS per day.  
• This week's practice sentences are set up wrong, in my opinion.  The easiest ones to do are 2, 3, and 5.  1 and 4 include verbals that might be above the heads of 1st year students.
• Optional--Editing exercises and Spelling List in EEL

This website is a great place to get your grammar and diagramming questions answered!

Math

• Practice and work on speed and accuracy of math facts through games and whatever method works for you and your student.

IEW

• Complete your Faces of History paper
• Should be 3-5 paragraphs long, including an introduction and conclusion
• Should be written in 3rd person
• Turn in a marked copy with a checklist on Tuesday for feedback and a clean final copy for the end of year published book.
• This project is not meant to be stressful, but fun!  
• It is part of the Unit 8 curriculum, but as with any other unit--modify to fit your and your student's needs!
• Try to get your presentation ready
• This can be as simple as reading the paper directly, or you can cut parts out of the paper or even rework it into a 1st person presentation.  This is entirely up to you!  Just be sure it fits into the 2-5 minute time frame!
• Practice--your child should be comfortable reading/presenting.  Have them practice several times.  They can do this in front of the family, in front of their toys, the dog, whoever will be a captive audience!
• If you are choosing to do a visual, be sure it is ready as well.

Reminders...

• Be sure to read your lessons for next week--Week 22 in EEL Guide and Unit 9 in the TWSS 

• We will begin covering Unit 9 in class this next week.  This is a fun unit on critiques and literary analysis

•  Faces of History--Thursday, April 12, 6:30pm
• I will be sending out a potluck sign up in the next couple of days.
• Be sure to be inviting friends and family!

• We will begin this week with having our students who are "graduating" to Challenge teach us a sentence during our EEL time.  Remember these can be any sentence of your choosing.
• Week 22 (April 3)--Ceci
• Week 23 (April 10)--Lauren
• Week 24 (April 17)--Elora

My Prayer for you this week...

I hope you are starting to see some "harvest" from your hard work during this school year!  Teachers, you have do a superb job with your Essentials students this year!  When we look back at how far they have come, it is nothing short of remarkable!  God has been our help and our strength, and He has seen us through!  The end is in sight!  Keep up the great work through these last few weeks!