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Latina Christiana for February 22nd
Finish Lesson 14. Complete drill sheets, and take tests for Lessons 13 & 14. Review vocabulary from Lessons 1-3. I’ll test your memory for these on Friday. Everyday you can, go through the recitation according to these cue words: -o, voco sum, eram, ero -a, -ae, mensa -us, =i , servus -um, -i, donum case names and functions
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Shurley English 6 for February 8th
Please finish Chapter 21, Lessons 1-4 in your Shurley English 6 books. For composition, complete Lesson 5, “The Fisherman Piping.” Be sure to include hydrographia, mimesis, and topographia in your final copy. Don’t forget to italicize your fods and put the correct fod name in parenthesis after it. For example: The children played for hours jumping in the foaming waves of the ocean which crashed against the shore (hydrographia).
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Latina Christiana for February 8th
Please finish Lesson 13 and prepare for quiz. Also, review daily (if possible) vocabulary from Lessons 6-10. I’ll use flashcards from these lessons to quiz you on Friday.
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Chemistry and Physics, 3rd – 6th grade
Reading Begin reading Electrifying our World. We will have a special speaker, Derek McGill, teaching our class. With this being his area of expertise, I believe this Friday will be a very interesting class! It would be great if the kids have some previous knowledge before his presentation on Friday. So, feel free to read the entire chapter, if you’d like. Science Fair For this week, our goal is to begin gathering your resources and request any library books you may need. We need to have everything together by the start date in two weeks (meaning a question, resources, and supplies). I would like for them to read about their…
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Shurley English 6 for February 8th
For this week finish Chapter 20, Lessons 2-4. For Composition we will start Lesson 5, “The Fisherman Piping.” (Note: We are skipping Lesson 4.) Complete the three plot components, variations part 1, and the outline. The four main points of the outline are given below: I. The Fisherman to the seashore A. B. II. The Fisherman piped A. B. C. III. The Fisherman fished A. B. C. IV. The Fisherman reflected A. B. Note to parents: I will be out of town on Friday, so two of my teenagers, Scarlett and Mary-Esther, will be teaching the class. If you feel it is needed, please encourage your student to be extra…
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Latina Christiana for February 8th
Please finish work for Lesson 13. You will have a quiz on 13 to take home with you Friday. Also, review vocabulary for Lessons 1-5. Scarlett and Mary-Esther will “quiz” you with flashcards from these lessons. Have a great week!
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Elementary Chemistry and Physics
Some aren’t getting my emails. So, here’s what I emailed everyone for this week. Reading Begin the Thermal Energy chapter. Science Fair – Date: April 5 This week in class, we will begin discussing the scientific method: Question, Hypothesis, Procedure, Data, Conclusion. Please read over the first part, “Question” with your child (see below). I want to make sure they really understand this concept as they develop a project for the science fair. For those who have already decided a topic, please come to class ready to share your “Question.” For those who haven’t decided a topic, this guidance in developing a question may be helpful. For the undecided,…
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Shurley English 6 for February 1st
Can you believe that our next Friday is in February? Finish Chapter 19, Lessons 2-4. Make sure you understand the difference between a Predicate Nominative and a Direct Object. Turn in your Final Copy for “The Fox and the Grapes.” Be sure to include 2 figures of description (FODs) and label them in your paper by underlining or italicizing the FOD and then putting the name of the FOD in parentheses after the FOD.
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Latina Christiana for February 1st
I can’t believe that when we meet next it will be February! Before you take the Review Test II, make sure you know Unit II’s Latin sayings, vocabulary (English to Latin), and grammar forms. Take Review Test II
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Shurley English 6 for January 25th
Happy MLK Jr. day! Your parents permitting, you may take an English break today! For the week, finish chapter 18, lessons 1-4. Don’t forget to consistently review your vocabulary. The questions in the vocabulary section of your tests are worth 2 points each, and you can easily drop a letter grade if you’re not careful. For Composition, there is no writing assignment, but you will have a quiz on the following terms (figures of description or FODS): Anemographia, Dendrographia, Ethopoeia, Astrothesia, Chorographia, and Chronographia. The quiz will be matching😀
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