Week 18

Oops! I am a little late this week in listing what we did. I guess you could say "Life happened" and that would be the short version of my week! Thank you for your patience! I have attachments I will be emailing to parents with the updated Timeline Motions as well as ALL of our Memory Work (songs/chants/motions, etc.) for English and Geography. I will send Science soon.

Thank you to all the parents each week for making this class so much fun. The way you guys all pitch in and help keep the children on task and learning is truly wonderful.

History: Tell me about the formation of the United Nations.
In 1945 (flash 4, then 5 fingers),
after the League of Nations (bring both fists together)
failed to prevent (two thumbs down)
WWII (flash W, W, then 2),
American president (hand over chest, stand at attention)
Roosevelt (ASL "R")
British Prime Minister (sip tea)
Churchill (make fingertips touch, like steeple)
and USSR President (hammer, like for the flag)
Stalin (draw moustache with fingers)
began the United Nations (ASL "u", then "n")

Math: One foot equals 12 inches
We held up one foot for "ONE FOOT" and then big step down for "12 INCHES." We repeated this several times.

Geography: Europe (We joked that this was "Leftover Europe" b/c the countries were so scattered)
We sang the following several times, then found the countries on the map:
Lu-Lu-Lu-Lu-Luxembourg,
Be-Be-Be-Be-Belgium,
I-I-I-I-Ireland,
USSR

English Grammar: 5 Kinds of Nouns
We snapped our fingers (or patted leg) and sang the following:
DIrect Object
INdirect Object
Subject - Possessive
OBject of PREPosition, 5 Kinds of Nouns

Science: What is Newton's 3rd Law of Motion?
For every action there is an equal and opposite REACTION (said higher pitch, as we bounced off a wall).

For Science Lab, we experimented with balls hitting, then bouncing back. The children also enjoyed turning spoons into a catapult and slinging split peas as far as they could - one child had his "Go to outerspace!" What fun :)

Latin: Future Tense
We sang the song to Hallelu, Hallelujah
amabo
ambis
amabit
amabimus
amabitis
amabunt
Future Tense

Fine Arts - we just finished our last week with the Great Artists. I have enjoyed observing each child's personality shine through - some take their time, some know what they want to do and get it done quickly. Some have pictures only they understand. But each is an artist. And remember: Turn your mistake into a masterpiece!

This LAST six weeks (can you believe it?!?!?) will be spent learning about the Orchestra. I am looking forward to this topic!

See you Tuesday!