Cycle 1, Week 4 - Classroom Notes

(These are portions of notes taken from my weekly tutor letter home to families - if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer - but hopefully you'll find something useful!)

DURING NEW GRAMMAR​...

 

History:

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​Seven Wonders of the Ancient World are G P (make a pyramid with your hand), H G (both hand reach out and up, then lower down), T O A (use arms to make a "T"), S O Z (flex those are muscles!), the M (bring two hands together making "M" with hands), P L (one hand across body palm up, place elbow in palm to make a lighthouse), C O R (make winding road with hands). 

Geography: 

 The Hittite Empire 

Princess Jasmine (from the Arabian Desert) 

has friends in Asia Minor, twins named Hittusa/Hatti. 

They love their Turkey, Cyprus - even though he drives them batty! 

WE ALSO...

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  We talked about pollution 

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  We used our names to make an abstract drawing!

DID YOU KNOW?​

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An Open Letter to a Parent Considering Classical Conversations - Soon our community will being hosting Open Houses, Information Meetings, and even a Coffee Time for Moms interested in learning more about the Classical Model. This is an amazing opportunity to share with friends, family, and church members about Classical Conversations. I love this Open Letter on CC's Writer's Circle - but don't hesitate to pick up the phone or e-mail Director Karen or myself if you know someone interested in learning more about CC.

Thank You For Allowing Me To Be 

Part Of Your Homeschool Journey! 

BEST WISHES & HAPPY HOMESCHOOLING!

Cycle 1, Week 3 - Classroom Notes

(These are notes taken from my weekly tutor letter home to families - if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer - but hopefully you'll find something useful!)

It's Week 3 - Yippee! Thank you for coming to learn with me! 

DURING NEW GRAMMAR​...

History:

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​Greek and Roman god's - did I mention that Disney's Hercules is currently on Netflix (here is PluggedIn.coms review)? And here is a short explanation on how the planets got their names. 

Geography: 

 Sung to the tune of "Row, Row Your Boat" - Phoenicia, Israel, SEA OF GALILEE, Jordan River, Dead Sea, JUDAH is for me!

English:

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  Along, amid, among, around, at, atop - do you have any dancers at home who'd like to dance to the prepositions?

Latin:

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  1st Declension Noun Endings - Need a visual? There is a chart for that!

Science:

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What are some parts of an animal cell? There are lots of great EDIBLE ideas for this week -and don't forget to groove to the Cells, Cells Rap Song!

WE ALSO...

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  We talked about camouflage and temperature

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  Upside Down Drawing - here is a slide show about WHY WE DO IT!

Cycle 1, Week 2 - Classroom Notes

(These are portions of notes taken from my weekly tutor letter home to families - if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer - but hopefully you'll find something useful!)

It was our second week at CC! Due to tutor and student absences/sickness our classes combined this week - and it was a roller coaster (lots of twists and turns, but hopefully everyone had a good time).

DURING NEW GRAMMAR​...

History:

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​We learned the second half of the 

10 CommandmentsGeography: 

 

Assyrian Empire -  Red Sea "snail", Persian Gulf "club". Caspian Sea "looks like a crab claw", Black Sea "dragon with little wings", and Babylon by  Sumer!

WE ALSO...

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​VanCleave 

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​Mirror Image

DID YOU KNOW?​

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One of my favorite Youtubers is CCHappyMom - she creates geography songs and when I'm having trouble coming up with something for class her channel is one of my first stops. When doing geography at home I try and have my kids find the locations of both the world map and our Africa map - our first year through Cycle 1 I remember my oldest looking for the Nile River... in South America ;-) Oops!

WISHING EVERYONE A WEEK OF HEALTH,

HISTORY SENTENCES, AND HAPPY HOMESCHOOLING!

Cycle 1, Week 1 - Classroom Notes

(These are notes taken from my weekly tutor letter home to families - if you have any questions I'd be happy to answer - but hopefully you'll find something useful!)

DURING NEW GRAMMAR​...

Timeline: We​ sang and did hand motions


History: We used our fingers to represent the commandments
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Geography: We went on a adventure with a pirate named Euphrates!​




English: We chanted
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Latin: We echoed and marched
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Math: We sang, danced, yelled, and even did the robot
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Science: We met King Phylum and said his silly rhyme!

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4 Easy Review Games For Abecedarians

I just wanted to share for games that have worked well for review with my abecedarian class this year. All of the games I picked up at our local Goodwill or Thrift Store (double checking that all the pieces were there first) - but I've been surprised how well they work. We usually broke up into teams of 2 and then before each teams spin/turn they would answer a review questions (answering once on their own and then once as a class).

Chutes and Ladders: I believe someone has made review cards for CnL on C3 - for ours we just used Cycle 2 Memory Master Flashcards (they would spin and them the color they landed on related to a certain subject).

Candyland Train (one of their favorites): I had the kids take turns rolling and then after answering a review question (using the cycle summery in the Foundations Guide) they chose a candy token. Each teams goal was to collect one of each token.

Horton Hears A Who: Teams of two, one spinner and one Horton (switching off each turn). Before spinning I had them answer *2* review questions (because you lose a lot of time with the running around as Horton), then Horton followed the game as directed.

Who Shook Hook (another favorite): Teams of two, one spinner and one 'pirate.' Again I had them answer *2* review questions before spinning and trying to collect the treasure. With this one you may want to set up the map on a separate table as sometimes the reaching and pointing can lead to an unintended shaking of Hook 

Happy Reviewing!