Words of Encouragement:
“Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.” Proverbs 22:29
Our kids may never work for kings, but the education they are receiving will fare them well throughout their lives! All to God's glory!
EEL - we used the game I have, Who has? to review some of the things we've been learning. Fast and easy! Then we went into Simple Structure with Declarative (.) and Exclamatory (!) purpose in S-Vi sentence pattern. We quickly showed how changing the end mark of the sentence changes its purpose. We learned that the 'i' in Vi stands for Intransitive - meaning that the verb action IS NOT transferred to something else.
Jesus wept.
S - Vi
Simple Declarative sentence
Jesus wept!
S - Vi
Simple, Exclamatory sentence
We also learned about Nouns and Pronouns today too - charts E and F. Chart E can be sung to She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain. Don't forget SPIDO PONA for the different nouns! Pronouns replace nouns and there are 5 different kinds - we learned these in Foundations Cycle 2 English Grammar (Chart F). Be sure to review these. Having them in mind as we parse sentences will make them easy to spot and label.
We also tackled our first ATS today, tasks 1-3. I would suggest using the sentences available in your weekly EEL information. There are a total of 5 sentences - 3 basic and 2 advanced. All the instructions and information are in your week 3 materials. Don't feel like you need to do each sentence daily. You can do the same sentence multiple times to gain some confidence in parsing. Once the kids have gotten the hang of working with the ATS, I believe they will find it fun and engaging! If your kids are comfortable doing more with the ATS, there's no reason to hold them back! I just wouldn't go too fast if your child seems to be struggling. Slow and easy learns the grammar!
HOMEWORK: Moms - read lesson 4. Encourage your kids to do their charts!! Kids - charts, charts, charts!! Don't forget our chart challenge! 3 more weeks until we have our snowball fight and we find how many more charts we need to do to double them and get a Sonic treat!
MATH - we started this time with some kids completing multiplication fact frenzy sheet and the rest rolling 3 dice, using any operation to get an answer and writing down just the answer: Mental Math. After that, we played N2K as a class and wrote equations on the board. We used all the operations to include parentheses, exponents and square roots. I hope the idea of N2K is beginning to clear up. The more we play, and with practice at home, it will become a fun game!
IEW - we gathered in our groups and shared our essays and our KWO. I heard many, many encouraging words and praise from all the groups! I've heard from many of you that your child enjoys KWO, uses ly adverbs well, and wrote an entire paper because they wanted to! This excites me! With the knowledge and understanding how essays/papers should be written, as our kids grow and move on, writing papers won't be a chore or something to dread!
We played MadLibs to review who-which clauses. It was fun! And all moms got a little love from their kids! :)
We briefly discussed Alliteration - 3 or more words close together all beginning with the same sound.
Dank, dreary, dismal day. Mom's marvelous, magnificent meatloaf. Silly, sweet and soft sheep.
Just some ideas. These will bring interest to your kids' papers. Use them accordingly!
We wrote the beginnings of the KWO for Lesson 5, The Boston Massacre. The text has 3 paragraphs. Don't stress if only 1 paragraph is completed. Use this as more practice in our dress ups (ly adverbs, w-w, title rule, alliteration, 5 senses). Can't wait to hear what the kids come up with!
HOMEWORK: Moms - read lesson 6 - Unit 3: Story Sequence Chart. We will practice this next week with our new source text. Help kids with their KWO. Kids - complete your KWO and write your essay if possible!
MOMS - please don't forget P&P this coming Monday evening, September 18 at 6 pm in the annex. We will watch Unit 3 of TWSS. Bring your TWSS notebook, something to write with and on and come ready to learn! If you want a hot beverage (tea/coffee) PLEASE bring your own cup!! Thanks! Many thanks to Natalie and Alecia for providing ambience and food!
If you ever have any questions, please let me know. Thank you for sharing with me weekly the gains your kids are making. God is doing a mighty work in our class this year! All for His glory!
Blessings,
M
