Dear Families,
My Becca will have surgery on her knee Monday, the 21st. We are sad because her high school basketball career is over. Her attitude is good and I'm proud of her. Thank you for praying for her. Her head injury is fine. Please pray for the surgeon Monday at noon.
We are buying a goat and two chickens for a poor family. I'm so proud of your generosity and hard work. I'm hoping World Vision will send us a picture of the family we've helped. I'll post whatever they do send me.
There is some reading I want you to do over the holidays. Please finish the Teddy Roosevelt book if you haven't already. Also, please read GANDHI, Young Nation Builder by Kathleen Kudlinski over the holiday as well. We'll analyze the book and have some activities from it on the day we return.
Merry Christmas, sweet students. I love you each and will miss you. Mr. Tkach and I were outside last night and it was cold and the stars were out. Find time to do that and get still and quiet and think about God entering the world as a baby over 2000 years ago . . . . .
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Tuesday in Review and assignments for 12/15/09
Good Morning!
Only one more Trinity day in 2009. I introduced a Christmas project to the children and they will need your help.
When the Mansell family visited our class and spoke of their life in poverty in Ethiopia before being adopted, we were all touched. I brought a catalog to show my students from World Vision. It gives the opportunity to help the truly impoverished by buying seed, chicks, goats, a portion of a water well, etc. We want to each bring in a monetary donation and pool our funds and buy a gift from this catalog.
My STRONG encouragement to the children was to earn the money they bring in. We discussed ways--raking for neighbors, dog-walking, tasks over and above their usual chores. We even read about the Widow giving sacrificially in the New Testament. Jesus new her heart and recognized she gave the most because it was of great sacrifice. It would be great if the students could actually "break a sweat" and experience sacrificial giving. This would dove-tail perfectly with our discussion in lit of Teddy Roosevelt's character trait of diligence. Although he was frail, he diligently worked to improve his physical condition. Even if your child is weary of raking or whatever, remind them of the Godly character trait Teddy exhibited and to be diligent and remember the poor they are helping to care for.
Whew! All that to say please help you child to earn money this week to bring in next Tuesday and we'll select a gift from the World Vision catalog. You can go online to worldvisiongifts.org to see about this organization if you are not familiar with it.
We discussed the genre of biography. We did an exercise about interviewing famous people and then planned categories of questions. We broke into groups and formulated questions and presented them to the class. My plan is to have a person to interview next time and for the children to carry out the interview.
After neglecting them, we got out our maps and played a game to review the states and capitals. "I'm thinking of a state and ___________________is its capital" They did pretty well. The states out west need the most work, I think.
History was painfully dry and boring. Just ask Mrs. Irvine who was my most excellent helper. We skimmed the top if two long chapters via our magic carpets.
I want the children to teach again next time. We are starting WWI which will be split by the Christmas holiday--we'll learn more about it when we get. Please have the children present a report on the following topics:
Woods and Mills: Weaponry used in WWI (include all kinds: guns, planes, tanks, gas)
Spencer: Explain and make an illustration of trench warfare
Amelia: How/why did the war start and who was originally involved.
Talia: How did America get drawn in and what effect did that have.
Chloe: Woodrow Wilson during the war and the League of Nations
Again, please do not stress. If you have an old World Book set from your childhood, I think those are great sources. Your report can be as short as half a page or less. Illustrations are always helpful. The children seem to really enjoy presenting to each other and I like encouraging that.
I thought of having a Christmas party just for our class. I know there is one for all of TCA that evening but I'm not sure I'll be able to attend and I don't know if all the HHI folk will make it back. Each child could bring in a treat and we can enjoy eating together. I could think of some activities for us to do. Do we want a gift exchange? E-mail me your thoughts by tomorrow and I'll pull it together.
Enjoy this season and take good care of each other!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read ch 29 in Bible
2. We did not press on into week 13 memory work. I want the chldren to review the first 12 weeks.
3. Finish reading Teddy Roosevelt, if possible. Several moms told me the reading is difficult. If you cannot finish it, get as far as you can. You can finish it over the holiday and we'll have another book to read during that time as well.
4. read/skim ch. 20 in SOTW. Complete reports about WWI.
5. complete lesson 10 activities in Latin and on Monday, write the vocab from lesson 11 three times each.
Only one more Trinity day in 2009. I introduced a Christmas project to the children and they will need your help.
When the Mansell family visited our class and spoke of their life in poverty in Ethiopia before being adopted, we were all touched. I brought a catalog to show my students from World Vision. It gives the opportunity to help the truly impoverished by buying seed, chicks, goats, a portion of a water well, etc. We want to each bring in a monetary donation and pool our funds and buy a gift from this catalog.
My STRONG encouragement to the children was to earn the money they bring in. We discussed ways--raking for neighbors, dog-walking, tasks over and above their usual chores. We even read about the Widow giving sacrificially in the New Testament. Jesus new her heart and recognized she gave the most because it was of great sacrifice. It would be great if the students could actually "break a sweat" and experience sacrificial giving. This would dove-tail perfectly with our discussion in lit of Teddy Roosevelt's character trait of diligence. Although he was frail, he diligently worked to improve his physical condition. Even if your child is weary of raking or whatever, remind them of the Godly character trait Teddy exhibited and to be diligent and remember the poor they are helping to care for.
Whew! All that to say please help you child to earn money this week to bring in next Tuesday and we'll select a gift from the World Vision catalog. You can go online to worldvisiongifts.org to see about this organization if you are not familiar with it.
We discussed the genre of biography. We did an exercise about interviewing famous people and then planned categories of questions. We broke into groups and formulated questions and presented them to the class. My plan is to have a person to interview next time and for the children to carry out the interview.
After neglecting them, we got out our maps and played a game to review the states and capitals. "I'm thinking of a state and ___________________is its capital" They did pretty well. The states out west need the most work, I think.
History was painfully dry and boring. Just ask Mrs. Irvine who was my most excellent helper. We skimmed the top if two long chapters via our magic carpets.
I want the children to teach again next time. We are starting WWI which will be split by the Christmas holiday--we'll learn more about it when we get. Please have the children present a report on the following topics:
Woods and Mills: Weaponry used in WWI (include all kinds: guns, planes, tanks, gas)
Spencer: Explain and make an illustration of trench warfare
Amelia: How/why did the war start and who was originally involved.
Talia: How did America get drawn in and what effect did that have.
Chloe: Woodrow Wilson during the war and the League of Nations
Again, please do not stress. If you have an old World Book set from your childhood, I think those are great sources. Your report can be as short as half a page or less. Illustrations are always helpful. The children seem to really enjoy presenting to each other and I like encouraging that.
I thought of having a Christmas party just for our class. I know there is one for all of TCA that evening but I'm not sure I'll be able to attend and I don't know if all the HHI folk will make it back. Each child could bring in a treat and we can enjoy eating together. I could think of some activities for us to do. Do we want a gift exchange? E-mail me your thoughts by tomorrow and I'll pull it together.
Enjoy this season and take good care of each other!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read ch 29 in Bible
2. We did not press on into week 13 memory work. I want the chldren to review the first 12 weeks.
3. Finish reading Teddy Roosevelt, if possible. Several moms told me the reading is difficult. If you cannot finish it, get as far as you can. You can finish it over the holiday and we'll have another book to read during that time as well.
4. read/skim ch. 20 in SOTW. Complete reports about WWI.
5. complete lesson 10 activities in Latin and on Monday, write the vocab from lesson 11 three times each.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
our day's review and assignments for next time
Dear Families,
We had a really fun day yesterday! I was so impressed with the students doing the teaching! The history reports were outstanding! Sorry, I'm not going to hand over any of my paycheck, though! We missed the Langehans very much and prayed for you. Spencer's brother, Ethan, joined us and Mrs. Victoria was our busy helper. Thank you.
Here are some things to ask your student about as they recount our day to you: How did Dr. Beaumont learn so much about the workings of the stomach back in 1822? Does God have favorites like Jacob did? What is the new chant to memorize in Latin? Why were the rebels in China called "the Boxers"? How is the name Carnegie pronounced in Pittsburgh, PA? What cruel practice was outlawed in China that kept girls feet small? What David-sized country defeated what Goliath-sized country for expansion in China? How many steps would Chloe have to take on the Oregon trail?
The inventions were awesome! We had a balloon launcher, a pair of safety shoes for around broken Christmas ornaments, a Christmas Box from the planet "Morf" (awesome that they worship Christ just like us!), an actual working pontoon boat for Webkins, a safety hammock for a pet bunny, and a cat mobile. The whole school came out to the courtyard at 1:45 and enjoyed our demonstrations.
Check you e-mail often this week. I'm working on an idea for my class for Christmas. Enjoy each other and work hard at your studies!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. read Chapter 27 in Bible
2. review and learn Week 12 memory work
3. share your invention with your family and read the first three chapters of Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt.
4. read/skim chapters 18 and 19 of SOTW
5. finish lesson 9 exercises in Latin and on Monday, Dec 7th write the vocab and meanings 3 times for lesson 10.
We had a really fun day yesterday! I was so impressed with the students doing the teaching! The history reports were outstanding! Sorry, I'm not going to hand over any of my paycheck, though! We missed the Langehans very much and prayed for you. Spencer's brother, Ethan, joined us and Mrs. Victoria was our busy helper. Thank you.
Here are some things to ask your student about as they recount our day to you: How did Dr. Beaumont learn so much about the workings of the stomach back in 1822? Does God have favorites like Jacob did? What is the new chant to memorize in Latin? Why were the rebels in China called "the Boxers"? How is the name Carnegie pronounced in Pittsburgh, PA? What cruel practice was outlawed in China that kept girls feet small? What David-sized country defeated what Goliath-sized country for expansion in China? How many steps would Chloe have to take on the Oregon trail?
The inventions were awesome! We had a balloon launcher, a pair of safety shoes for around broken Christmas ornaments, a Christmas Box from the planet "Morf" (awesome that they worship Christ just like us!), an actual working pontoon boat for Webkins, a safety hammock for a pet bunny, and a cat mobile. The whole school came out to the courtyard at 1:45 and enjoyed our demonstrations.
Check you e-mail often this week. I'm working on an idea for my class for Christmas. Enjoy each other and work hard at your studies!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. read Chapter 27 in Bible
2. review and learn Week 12 memory work
3. share your invention with your family and read the first three chapters of Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt.
4. read/skim chapters 18 and 19 of SOTW
5. finish lesson 9 exercises in Latin and on Monday, Dec 7th write the vocab and meanings 3 times for lesson 10.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dear Families,
What an amazing day we had!!! I sure hope you've heard some about it. It started with show-and-tell so you know it was great. We had a few visitors--Emily and Sarah Avera and Annie Martin. They were a great addition to our class. Many thanks to Mrs. Joy Avera for being out helper.
We hammered away at Latin and I was most impressed. Memorizing those chants is vital and it seems everyone has them down. Yeah! We've moved to the second conjugation and I actually feel I know what that means this year!
For lit, we went outside and pretended to be walking on the moving earth of Krakatoa. We tried to get out "mountain legs". After lunch, we brainstormed ideas for inventions. We will spend time next week creating inventions. Some children want to make one at home to bring in. That is fine. They can do both.
We added muscles to our bodies in science and listened to some facts from our book about muscles. We were able to connect this learning with our memory work about the three types of muscles from earlier in the year. Hooray for connections!
I have to get to the highlight of the day. My dear friend, Sharon Mansell, brought her precious family in to class to share with us. Stephanie Fowler's class joined us. Sharon and her husband, Mark, adopted six children from Ethiopia. They came in dressed in their traditional clothes and the oldest, Maddie, shared much about her life in Ethiopia--both in the orphanage and before when they were still with their Mom. Her tender story and her pure love for her Saviour shone through and there were very few dry eyes in the room. The children sang a couple songs for us then led us in prayer--Ethiopian style! Ask your child about it. The name of the six children are: Maddie, Eska, Bethlehem, Hattie Hope, Yordie, and Hoptamu. Two of Sharon's non-Ethiopian children joined us as well--Elaina and Jillian. Of course we had Ethiopian food to try and we ate it as the Ethiopians do. Ask your child how.
What fun it is to be part of a school that can expose our children to these kind of learning experiences.
I didn't even tell the children Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you each have a wonderful, relaxing holiday. I am traveling with my family to Texas for the week. I will see you in December!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 25 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Learn week 11 memory work. Here's a link for the hand motions for weeks 11--20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIDWS3rfJow
3. Finish reading our lit book. Bring in any boxes, cardboard tubes, misc. "stuff" to create an imaginary invention with next time.
4. For history, prepare to teach your section per my e-mail.
5. Complete lesson 8 exercises in latin. Don't forget to utilize the exercises in the back of the book. Also, I forgot to assign writing the vocab three times each for this lesson. It would probably still be beneficial to do so. On Monday, November 30th, write the vocab for lesson 9 three times each.
What an amazing day we had!!! I sure hope you've heard some about it. It started with show-and-tell so you know it was great. We had a few visitors--Emily and Sarah Avera and Annie Martin. They were a great addition to our class. Many thanks to Mrs. Joy Avera for being out helper.
We hammered away at Latin and I was most impressed. Memorizing those chants is vital and it seems everyone has them down. Yeah! We've moved to the second conjugation and I actually feel I know what that means this year!
For lit, we went outside and pretended to be walking on the moving earth of Krakatoa. We tried to get out "mountain legs". After lunch, we brainstormed ideas for inventions. We will spend time next week creating inventions. Some children want to make one at home to bring in. That is fine. They can do both.
We added muscles to our bodies in science and listened to some facts from our book about muscles. We were able to connect this learning with our memory work about the three types of muscles from earlier in the year. Hooray for connections!
I have to get to the highlight of the day. My dear friend, Sharon Mansell, brought her precious family in to class to share with us. Stephanie Fowler's class joined us. Sharon and her husband, Mark, adopted six children from Ethiopia. They came in dressed in their traditional clothes and the oldest, Maddie, shared much about her life in Ethiopia--both in the orphanage and before when they were still with their Mom. Her tender story and her pure love for her Saviour shone through and there were very few dry eyes in the room. The children sang a couple songs for us then led us in prayer--Ethiopian style! Ask your child about it. The name of the six children are: Maddie, Eska, Bethlehem, Hattie Hope, Yordie, and Hoptamu. Two of Sharon's non-Ethiopian children joined us as well--Elaina and Jillian. Of course we had Ethiopian food to try and we ate it as the Ethiopians do. Ask your child how.
What fun it is to be part of a school that can expose our children to these kind of learning experiences.
I didn't even tell the children Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you each have a wonderful, relaxing holiday. I am traveling with my family to Texas for the week. I will see you in December!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 25 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Learn week 11 memory work. Here's a link for the hand motions for weeks 11--20: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
3. Finish reading our lit book. Bring in any boxes, cardboard tubes, misc. "stuff" to create an imaginary invention with next time.
4. For history, prepare to teach your section per my e-mail.
5. Complete lesson 8 exercises in latin. Don't forget to utilize the exercises in the back of the book. Also, I forgot to assign writing the vocab three times each for this lesson. It would probably still be beneficial to do so. On Monday, November 30th, write the vocab for lesson 9 three times each.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
I MISSED YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear Students,
I really didn't know I would miss seeing you as much as I do. Next Tuesday can't come soon enough. Mrs. Esther is a gifted teacher and a friend of mine and I'm glad you were all her students for a day (but only one day!). Many thanks to Mrs. Amy for being the helper.
I hope you are each enjoying The Twenty-One Balloons. Please begin collecting boxes and tubes and any such miscellaneous items to bring in the next two weeks. We will be making our own inventions in class! I hope you each enjoyed seeing the automatic cat feeder my friend is letting me borrow. I'll bring it again next Tuesday.
I want to try something different in history. This next week will be "flying carpets" as usual. However, the next class I want you guys to do the teaching! I'm going to give you each an assigned report to prepare and we'll read them in class. This will actually occur on December 1st because of the Thanksgiving break.
Don't forget that next class is show-and-tell ! ! !
Here's what to do for next time:
1. read chapter 23 in Bible
2. learn week 10 memory work
3. read Chapters 5--7 in The Twenty-One Balloons
4. read/skim chapters 14 and 15 in SOTW
5. complete Lesson 7 work in your Latin book
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
I really didn't know I would miss seeing you as much as I do. Next Tuesday can't come soon enough. Mrs. Esther is a gifted teacher and a friend of mine and I'm glad you were all her students for a day (but only one day!). Many thanks to Mrs. Amy for being the helper.
I hope you are each enjoying The Twenty-One Balloons. Please begin collecting boxes and tubes and any such miscellaneous items to bring in the next two weeks. We will be making our own inventions in class! I hope you each enjoyed seeing the automatic cat feeder my friend is letting me borrow. I'll bring it again next Tuesday.
I want to try something different in history. This next week will be "flying carpets" as usual. However, the next class I want you guys to do the teaching! I'm going to give you each an assigned report to prepare and we'll read them in class. This will actually occur on December 1st because of the Thanksgiving break.
Don't forget that next class is show-and-tell ! ! !
Here's what to do for next time:
1. read chapter 23 in Bible
2. learn week 10 memory work
3. read Chapters 5--7 in The Twenty-One Balloons
4. read/skim chapters 14 and 15 in SOTW
5. complete Lesson 7 work in your Latin book
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
assignments for 11/10/09
1. read chapter 10 in the Bible Story Book
2. review week 9 memory work
3. read the first 4 chapters of The 21 Balloons
4. read/skim chapter 12 and 13 in SOTW
5. complete all review pages before lesson 7 in the Latin Book (we'll watch /learn lesson 7 in class next week)
2. review week 9 memory work
3. read the first 4 chapters of The 21 Balloons
4. read/skim chapter 12 and 13 in SOTW
5. complete all review pages before lesson 7 in the Latin Book (we'll watch /learn lesson 7 in class next week)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
assignments for 11/3/09
Hello Trinity Families!
My computer is in the shop so Thomas is letting me borrow his laptop to post. We had a busy day Tuesday. We discussed the mill in the lit book that Uncle Jed repaired. Then we baked bread! I hope it made it home for you to sample. Many thanks to Mrs. Victoria, she was quite busy!
We dove deeper into the human body with some library books. Also, we traced ourselves and glued on our brains and hearts! We'll continue this over the next few weeks. In Latin, we did some reviewing and I plan to do even more next time. Please don't press on into Lesson 7. I know the children have already written those words three times. They will just be ahead when we do get into Lesson 7.
In history we flew our magic carpet to four different locations--the U.S., Japan, the Dutch East Indies, and the Ottoman Empire. Bible involved acting out the selling of Esau's birthright. (Acting out is our favorite activity!) It was a fun day and I think your children learned.
Be safe this weekend! Behavior was better, I'm proud of my students.
love to all. . .
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Chapter 19 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Review first 8 weeks of memory work.
3. Finish reading Shades of Gray.
4. read/skim chapters 10 and 11 in SOTW
5. review first six lessons in Latin. We'll review more in class and complete the review pages.
My computer is in the shop so Thomas is letting me borrow his laptop to post. We had a busy day Tuesday. We discussed the mill in the lit book that Uncle Jed repaired. Then we baked bread! I hope it made it home for you to sample. Many thanks to Mrs. Victoria, she was quite busy!
We dove deeper into the human body with some library books. Also, we traced ourselves and glued on our brains and hearts! We'll continue this over the next few weeks. In Latin, we did some reviewing and I plan to do even more next time. Please don't press on into Lesson 7. I know the children have already written those words three times. They will just be ahead when we do get into Lesson 7.
In history we flew our magic carpet to four different locations--the U.S., Japan, the Dutch East Indies, and the Ottoman Empire. Bible involved acting out the selling of Esau's birthright. (Acting out is our favorite activity!) It was a fun day and I think your children learned.
Be safe this weekend! Behavior was better, I'm proud of my students.
love to all. . .
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Chapter 19 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Review first 8 weeks of memory work.
3. Finish reading Shades of Gray.
4. read/skim chapters 10 and 11 in SOTW
5. review first six lessons in Latin. We'll review more in class and complete the review pages.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
assignments for 10/27/09
Dear Families,
I'm sorry to be posting my blog so late. We had a good Tuesday.
I am concerned about behavior and kindness to our friends. I will be addressing this with the children next time. I will contact any of you individually if I feel there is a need.
We acted out some history events. Ask you child which South American country they played. We tasted some yummy oatmeal and then some watery gruel like Will (from our lit book) had to eat. We went outside and hauled a bucket of water like Meg had to do every day. We began our study of the human body and colored our brain and looked at pictures from my ancient World Book encyclopedia. We had some technical difficulties so we didn't go far in our memory work. I plan to not go further next time and spend a week in review of the first eight weeks.
Fall is a busy time at my house. As always, I appreciate you and your children praying for me as I lay plans for our class.
Until Tuesday. . .
Much love to all. . .
Mary Ann
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. read chapter 17 in Bible
2. review week 8 memory work
3. read chapter 6--11 in Shades of Gray
4. skim/read chapter 8 and 9 in SOTW
5. complete lesson 6 exercises in latin. On Monday, write the latin words and their translation from lesson 7 three times each.
I'm sorry to be posting my blog so late. We had a good Tuesday.
I am concerned about behavior and kindness to our friends. I will be addressing this with the children next time. I will contact any of you individually if I feel there is a need.
We acted out some history events. Ask you child which South American country they played. We tasted some yummy oatmeal and then some watery gruel like Will (from our lit book) had to eat. We went outside and hauled a bucket of water like Meg had to do every day. We began our study of the human body and colored our brain and looked at pictures from my ancient World Book encyclopedia. We had some technical difficulties so we didn't go far in our memory work. I plan to not go further next time and spend a week in review of the first eight weeks.
Fall is a busy time at my house. As always, I appreciate you and your children praying for me as I lay plans for our class.
Until Tuesday. . .
Much love to all. . .
Mary Ann
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. read chapter 17 in Bible
2. review week 8 memory work
3. read chapter 6--11 in Shades of Gray
4. skim/read chapter 8 and 9 in SOTW
5. complete lesson 6 exercises in latin. On Monday, write the latin words and their translation from lesson 7 three times each.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
a brief recount of our day and assignments for 10/20/09
Good Afternoon!
Since I took up so much of your time with my e-mail, this will be short. Ask your student about our day. Here are some phrases to jog their memory: Robert E. Lee's character, important civil war battles and where they mostly occurred, listening to the Rebel Yell!, presenting our map to the school, can our Mom have the faith necessary to save us, Addie, the struggle within ourselves between doing right or wrong, etc.
For next time:
1. Read chapter 15 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice memorizing Week 7 memory work
3. Read Chapters 1--5 of Shades of Gray.
4. Read/Skim chapters 6 & 7 of SOTW. (As I get your responses to my e-mail, this may change.)
5. Complete Lesson 5 in your Latin book. (Again, I'll let you know over the weekend but you may need to write lesson 6's vocab and meanings 3 times on Monday October 19.)
Make good use of this dreary weather and get lots of quality reading done!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
Since I took up so much of your time with my e-mail, this will be short. Ask your student about our day. Here are some phrases to jog their memory: Robert E. Lee's character, important civil war battles and where they mostly occurred, listening to the Rebel Yell!, presenting our map to the school, can our Mom have the faith necessary to save us, Addie, the struggle within ourselves between doing right or wrong, etc.
For next time:
1. Read chapter 15 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice memorizing Week 7 memory work
3. Read Chapters 1--5 of Shades of Gray.
4. Read/Skim chapters 6 & 7 of SOTW. (As I get your responses to my e-mail, this may change.)
5. Complete Lesson 5 in your Latin book. (Again, I'll let you know over the weekend but you may need to write lesson 6's vocab and meanings 3 times on Monday October 19.)
Make good use of this dreary weather and get lots of quality reading done!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
assignments for 10/13/09
Good Morning!
We had a busy Tuesday! Many thanks to Mrs. Victoria, Spencer's mom, for assisting us yesterday. Thanks to Amelia, also, for the cookie snack!
We had some great discussion during Bible time and had fun acting out the confusion that must have occurred at the tower of Babel when their languages were changed. We were treated to a performance over in the choir suite by some actors representing slaves. Mrs. Fowler arranged this and it was moving. They taught us some Negro Spirituals and taught us about Praise Houses and the codes hidden in the spirituals they sang.
We spent time rolling the dice and reviewing our memory work. We are not doing as well lately. Be sure to work on the week assigned at home. We seem better at the older ones than with the more recent ones. I still have a hope that we can present the Veritas cards memory work to the whole school at some future point. Perhaps the history sentences as well.
For literature we talked about how much of what Robert E. Lee was taught by his mother came straight from scripture. We discussed how we can deny self and consider one another more highly than we do ourselves. Not easy at any age, but especially hard for children. We asked God to help us to do so this week. We also tasted some boiled meat and potatoes as was served at West Point while Lee was there. I did not have any soup with cockroaches or bread pudding with mice!
In lit we started a project of making a large map of the south--we are going to mount it on a board and make small figures from clay to go on it. We will locate the major battles of the war. Hopefully it will be ready to show at our meeting next week. We spent a great deal of time on Latin. I plan to devise a new way to write the words and meanings because the children are frustrated. It may be as simple as a bigger piece of paper. There was alot of info in this lesson and I will probably review some of it before moving on to the next one.
We did not get to our maps due to the length of the slave presentation. I will double up our time with them next week.
Please don't forget our 3:00 meeting next time. If you can't make it, I will be sure you get a good summary of what we discussed. Enjoy teaching your children this week!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read ch. 13 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice memorizing Week 6 memory work. Reminder: I do not cover Latin or English in class.
3. Finish reading the Lee book.
4. The schedule I was given for SOTW calls for us to press onto chapter 6. However, I am going to wait and spend another week on the Civil War. We'll omit or touch lightly on a future chapter.
Any reading or research you do with your child on the Civil War would be great. I'll ask them about it next time.
5. Discuss the derivatives I gave you in class during Latin. Complete the sections we did not do in class. Don't forget the optional worksheets you have in the back of your book.
We had a busy Tuesday! Many thanks to Mrs. Victoria, Spencer's mom, for assisting us yesterday. Thanks to Amelia, also, for the cookie snack!
We had some great discussion during Bible time and had fun acting out the confusion that must have occurred at the tower of Babel when their languages were changed. We were treated to a performance over in the choir suite by some actors representing slaves. Mrs. Fowler arranged this and it was moving. They taught us some Negro Spirituals and taught us about Praise Houses and the codes hidden in the spirituals they sang.
We spent time rolling the dice and reviewing our memory work. We are not doing as well lately. Be sure to work on the week assigned at home. We seem better at the older ones than with the more recent ones. I still have a hope that we can present the Veritas cards memory work to the whole school at some future point. Perhaps the history sentences as well.
For literature we talked about how much of what Robert E. Lee was taught by his mother came straight from scripture. We discussed how we can deny self and consider one another more highly than we do ourselves. Not easy at any age, but especially hard for children. We asked God to help us to do so this week. We also tasted some boiled meat and potatoes as was served at West Point while Lee was there. I did not have any soup with cockroaches or bread pudding with mice!
In lit we started a project of making a large map of the south--we are going to mount it on a board and make small figures from clay to go on it. We will locate the major battles of the war. Hopefully it will be ready to show at our meeting next week. We spent a great deal of time on Latin. I plan to devise a new way to write the words and meanings because the children are frustrated. It may be as simple as a bigger piece of paper. There was alot of info in this lesson and I will probably review some of it before moving on to the next one.
We did not get to our maps due to the length of the slave presentation. I will double up our time with them next week.
Please don't forget our 3:00 meeting next time. If you can't make it, I will be sure you get a good summary of what we discussed. Enjoy teaching your children this week!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read ch. 13 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice memorizing Week 6 memory work. Reminder: I do not cover Latin or English in class.
3. Finish reading the Lee book.
4. The schedule I was given for SOTW calls for us to press onto chapter 6. However, I am going to wait and spend another week on the Civil War. We'll omit or touch lightly on a future chapter.
Any reading or research you do with your child on the Civil War would be great. I'll ask them about it next time.
5. Discuss the derivatives I gave you in class during Latin. Complete the sections we did not do in class. Don't forget the optional worksheets you have in the back of your book.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
A Calmer Tuesday and assignments for 10/6/09
Good Morning!
Thank you, Lord, for the coolness of fall! We had a really nice day yesterday. I hope you've heard some of what we did from your student. We were a bit less active and enjoyed reading and staying close to our classroom all day. Lately, we've been out and about the church grounds and neighborhood; so it was nice to stay close and calm and get more accomplished.
I'm sure you've heard about Addie. She's an American Girl and we are reading about her life as a slave and the escape she and her mother are making. We'll finish the book next time. Your children are spell-bound and so am I. This book is very well written and recommended in SOTW. I'm afraid I wrote the American Girl series off in my mind as frivolous and not serious and this book is proving me wrong.
We illustrated some scenes from our Bible readings and Mrs. Nuelle posted them on our wall. Stop in and see them next week. We listened to the story of the ark and discussed how it is a "type" of Christ. It was the only way to avoid destruction. It had one way in. It was sealed by God. These all represent what Christ provided for us on the cross. Food for thought!
We discussed how fortunate we are to live right here in the midst of history. I explained how I studied the events of the Civil War while growing up way over in Texas. In Beaufort County, we are able to walk outside and see and be where it all actually happened. We discussed the secession of the southern states, the Battle of Gettysburg, and watched a video about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
I think everyone but me was pleased when we bid farewell to Sandburg's Abe Lincoln. We went downstairs and sang "O to Grace How Great a Debtor" with my piano playing. This was a song he sang in church. We, also, discussed how the people of the frontier took what they learned from the Bible and applied it to their daily lives. We reasoned that we should do so, as well.
We enjoyed using our maps and quizzing each other about the locations and capitals of the states we've studied so far. The children continue to amaze me with their memory work. I'm contemplating an exhibition of their memorization of the Veritas cards at some time in the future when the whole school is gathered. I'm very proud of them.
We worked hard in Latin because the vocab list was long this week. They are attentive and I know I'm learning from this curriculum. It will be worth the hard work we are putting in.
Thank you for praying for my Joseph. His father was able to spend a few hours with him on Friday and talk with the staff in the infirmary. His shoulder should heal nicely with the use of a fancy sling and there doesn't appear to be a need for surgery. Thank you, again.
Students, let's work hard at our studies this week, as if we are doing it for our Lord. Honor your parents because they do much for you and . . .because God instructs you to. Remember to take what your learn from the Bible and apply it in your lives. Let us pray for one another and for Trinity. We all need God's help to live in a manner honoring to His name. (Too bad I can't pass a cyber offering plate because I sure got "preachy" didn't I?)
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 11 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice memorizing Week 5 memory work. For now, we will not be reviewing the latin or the grammar sections in class.
3. Read through page 53 (chapter 5) in the R. E. Lee book
4. Read the second half of chapter 5 in SOTW.
5. Review the derivatives I gave you in class. See if you and your parent can think of others. Complete sections B, C, D, E, and F of lesson 3 in your Latin book. It is highly encouraged in my teacher's manual that the students write each word and its meaning three times at the start of the lesson. We attempt to do this in class. However, my students are at all different levels in handwriting speed so many do not finish. I would like these to be finished at home.
Thank you, Lord, for the coolness of fall! We had a really nice day yesterday. I hope you've heard some of what we did from your student. We were a bit less active and enjoyed reading and staying close to our classroom all day. Lately, we've been out and about the church grounds and neighborhood; so it was nice to stay close and calm and get more accomplished.
I'm sure you've heard about Addie. She's an American Girl and we are reading about her life as a slave and the escape she and her mother are making. We'll finish the book next time. Your children are spell-bound and so am I. This book is very well written and recommended in SOTW. I'm afraid I wrote the American Girl series off in my mind as frivolous and not serious and this book is proving me wrong.
We illustrated some scenes from our Bible readings and Mrs. Nuelle posted them on our wall. Stop in and see them next week. We listened to the story of the ark and discussed how it is a "type" of Christ. It was the only way to avoid destruction. It had one way in. It was sealed by God. These all represent what Christ provided for us on the cross. Food for thought!
We discussed how fortunate we are to live right here in the midst of history. I explained how I studied the events of the Civil War while growing up way over in Texas. In Beaufort County, we are able to walk outside and see and be where it all actually happened. We discussed the secession of the southern states, the Battle of Gettysburg, and watched a video about Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
I think everyone but me was pleased when we bid farewell to Sandburg's Abe Lincoln. We went downstairs and sang "O to Grace How Great a Debtor" with my piano playing. This was a song he sang in church. We, also, discussed how the people of the frontier took what they learned from the Bible and applied it to their daily lives. We reasoned that we should do so, as well.
We enjoyed using our maps and quizzing each other about the locations and capitals of the states we've studied so far. The children continue to amaze me with their memory work. I'm contemplating an exhibition of their memorization of the Veritas cards at some time in the future when the whole school is gathered. I'm very proud of them.
We worked hard in Latin because the vocab list was long this week. They are attentive and I know I'm learning from this curriculum. It will be worth the hard work we are putting in.
Thank you for praying for my Joseph. His father was able to spend a few hours with him on Friday and talk with the staff in the infirmary. His shoulder should heal nicely with the use of a fancy sling and there doesn't appear to be a need for surgery. Thank you, again.
Students, let's work hard at our studies this week, as if we are doing it for our Lord. Honor your parents because they do much for you and . . .because God instructs you to. Remember to take what your learn from the Bible and apply it in your lives. Let us pray for one another and for Trinity. We all need God's help to live in a manner honoring to His name. (Too bad I can't pass a cyber offering plate because I sure got "preachy" didn't I?)
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 11 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice memorizing Week 5 memory work. For now, we will not be reviewing the latin or the grammar sections in class.
3. Read through page 53 (chapter 5) in the R. E. Lee book
4. Read the second half of chapter 5 in SOTW.
5. Review the derivatives I gave you in class. See if you and your parent can think of others. Complete sections B, C, D, E, and F of lesson 3 in your Latin book. It is highly encouraged in my teacher's manual that the students write each word and its meaning three times at the start of the lesson. We attempt to do this in class. However, my students are at all different levels in handwriting speed so many do not finish. I would like these to be finished at home.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
assignments for 9/29/09
Dear Families,
My son was injured yesterday and is in the infirmary at The Citadel. He separated his shoulder while playing intramural flag football. Please pray for him. I mention this to make excuse for a short blog as well as a late one.
We had a packed day and I hope your student will tell you all about it. Mrs. Victoria was my helper and worked very hard for us. Thank you! Please remit $9 to Tronda for the awesome maps and make sure they come to class each time. Also, please be sure the latin book comes to class each week as well.
I'll be in touch. . .
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. read lesson 8 and 9 in the Bible Story Book
2. practice memorizing Week 4 memory work
3. finish reading the Lincoln book
4. read the first half of ch. 5 in SOTW (we will spend two weeks on this chapter)
5. Discuss derivatives and see if you and your parent can think of any others besides the ones I gave you in class. Complete sections B,C, and E of lesson 2 in your latin book. Read and review sections D and F. Optional: In the back of the book (I don't have a student book so I don't know page numbers.) are additional worksheets that go with each lesson. Use these at your discretion.
My son was injured yesterday and is in the infirmary at The Citadel. He separated his shoulder while playing intramural flag football. Please pray for him. I mention this to make excuse for a short blog as well as a late one.
We had a packed day and I hope your student will tell you all about it. Mrs. Victoria was my helper and worked very hard for us. Thank you! Please remit $9 to Tronda for the awesome maps and make sure they come to class each time. Also, please be sure the latin book comes to class each week as well.
I'll be in touch. . .
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. read lesson 8 and 9 in the Bible Story Book
2. practice memorizing Week 4 memory work
3. finish reading the Lincoln book
4. read the first half of ch. 5 in SOTW (we will spend two weeks on this chapter)
5. Discuss derivatives and see if you and your parent can think of any others besides the ones I gave you in class. Complete sections B,C, and E of lesson 2 in your latin book. Read and review sections D and F. Optional: In the back of the book (I don't have a student book so I don't know page numbers.) are additional worksheets that go with each lesson. Use these at your discretion.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday's Events and Assignments for 9/22/09
Good Morning!
We had a great day learning yesterday. We talked about God's Word and the stories of creation. Anyone answering questions correctly were treated to giant "Smarties". We enjoyed brownies from Spencer as we celebrated his birthday. Mrs. Hatchell was our helper and worked very hard. Thank you!
We began our latin books and I'm excited about this curriculum. I know that I'm learning from how the material is presented and I hope our students will as well. We had a little difficulty getting the DVD player and TV situated but should have those bugs worked out for next week.
We talked about showing respect to St. Helena for allowing Trinity to operate in their building. I saw great improvement in our hall behavior and I'm very proud of the students for that.
The children are still astounding me with their memory work. Everyone's favorite is the Veritas Cards. I enjoy those as well. We launched into our Abe Lincoln book and I find that overall we are disappointed in the choice. I take full responsibility because I chose the book and fought to keep it on our list. Hopefully the children will be a bit more interested after yesterday's activities and discussion. Even if it's not one of our favortites, I know the students will benefit from being exposed to this work of literature. In conjunction with the book, we were each put in stocks for various crimes. Many thanks to my husband for constructing them for us. We also sat and listened to the water at the courtyard fountain and relaxed and thought of young Abe's mom doing so with him when he was a baby. Lastly, we practiced running backwards to throw off any Indians that might pursue us.
In history, we discussed David Livingstone and looked at some pictures of him and his family. We then proceeded to act out the difficulties of traveling the rivers of Africa with our treasured animals to be dropped off at various ports. Ask your student what we used for a 'boat' and what we said was the waterfall we had to get past. It was a fun activity. We also had a painting activity to represent how Afghanistan was a buffer between Russia and India. Ask your child about that as well.
For a science activity, we saw a drop of water and how it acts as a magnifier.
I'm still working on geography because I want to take that subject well past just memorizing the states and capitals. Mrs. Hatchell has located a blank map of the U.S. that is 17" by 22". We could laminate it and use wipe-off markers so that we could use it all year. The goal I'm reaching for is for the students to be able to draw the US map and label the states with capitals. The cost for the map is $6.95 and I think Staples would charge $3 or so to laminate them. Please e-mail me your thoughts on this additional expense. Here is the web site: http://www.geomatters.com/search/results.asp?S=blank+US+map. I would like each student to have their own.
Please be sure your student brings their latin book and the literature book we're studying to each class.
I hope you each have a great week with your children--I'm enjoying my time with them very much!
Until Tuesday. . .
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Chapter 4 in SOTW. I will no longer be doing maps from SOTW in class. If anyone does not have the activity book and wants copies with directions to complete this activity at home, please let me know.
2. Work on Week 3 memory work. Reminder: On youtube there is a video of the Classical Conversations group in Lake Norman and their hand motions. These are the ones I use in class with your children.
3. Read through chapter 19 in Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Optional: Read through the Wilderness Road hand out. It was referenced in our book. Also, you might enjoy laughing at the lingo matching activity we did in class
4. Read lesson 7 in our Bible Story book.
5. For Latin, complete all parts of Lesson One--exercises A,B,C,D, and E. Usually we will complete A in class but because of equipment difficulties we were unable to do so. Here are the derivatives for the students to fill in (we discussed these in class)
1. Puerile
2. Puerile
3. Liberty ("liberi" is related to the Latin word for "free")
4. Salvation, Salve
5. Value
6. Amateur, amiable
They do not need to list derivatives for numbers 7 through 10.
Also for Latin, they brought home a sheet we worked on in class. We wrote each vocabulary word and its meaning three times. If they did not finish, they should do so at home. We'll do this every week.
We had a great day learning yesterday. We talked about God's Word and the stories of creation. Anyone answering questions correctly were treated to giant "Smarties". We enjoyed brownies from Spencer as we celebrated his birthday. Mrs. Hatchell was our helper and worked very hard. Thank you!
We began our latin books and I'm excited about this curriculum. I know that I'm learning from how the material is presented and I hope our students will as well. We had a little difficulty getting the DVD player and TV situated but should have those bugs worked out for next week.
We talked about showing respect to St. Helena for allowing Trinity to operate in their building. I saw great improvement in our hall behavior and I'm very proud of the students for that.
The children are still astounding me with their memory work. Everyone's favorite is the Veritas Cards. I enjoy those as well. We launched into our Abe Lincoln book and I find that overall we are disappointed in the choice. I take full responsibility because I chose the book and fought to keep it on our list. Hopefully the children will be a bit more interested after yesterday's activities and discussion. Even if it's not one of our favortites, I know the students will benefit from being exposed to this work of literature. In conjunction with the book, we were each put in stocks for various crimes. Many thanks to my husband for constructing them for us. We also sat and listened to the water at the courtyard fountain and relaxed and thought of young Abe's mom doing so with him when he was a baby. Lastly, we practiced running backwards to throw off any Indians that might pursue us.
In history, we discussed David Livingstone and looked at some pictures of him and his family. We then proceeded to act out the difficulties of traveling the rivers of Africa with our treasured animals to be dropped off at various ports. Ask your student what we used for a 'boat' and what we said was the waterfall we had to get past. It was a fun activity. We also had a painting activity to represent how Afghanistan was a buffer between Russia and India. Ask your child about that as well.
For a science activity, we saw a drop of water and how it acts as a magnifier.
I'm still working on geography because I want to take that subject well past just memorizing the states and capitals. Mrs. Hatchell has located a blank map of the U.S. that is 17" by 22". We could laminate it and use wipe-off markers so that we could use it all year. The goal I'm reaching for is for the students to be able to draw the US map and label the states with capitals. The cost for the map is $6.95 and I think Staples would charge $3 or so to laminate them. Please e-mail me your thoughts on this additional expense. Here is the web site: http://www.geomatters.com/search/results.asp?S=blank+US+map. I would like each student to have their own.
Please be sure your student brings their latin book and the literature book we're studying to each class.
I hope you each have a great week with your children--I'm enjoying my time with them very much!
Until Tuesday. . .
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Chapter 4 in SOTW. I will no longer be doing maps from SOTW in class. If anyone does not have the activity book and wants copies with directions to complete this activity at home, please let me know.
2. Work on Week 3 memory work. Reminder: On youtube there is a video of the Classical Conversations group in Lake Norman and their hand motions. These are the ones I use in class with your children.
3. Read through chapter 19 in Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Optional: Read through the Wilderness Road hand out. It was referenced in our book. Also, you might enjoy laughing at the lingo matching activity we did in class
4. Read lesson 7 in our Bible Story book.
5. For Latin, complete all parts of Lesson One--exercises A,B,C,D, and E. Usually we will complete A in class but because of equipment difficulties we were unable to do so. Here are the derivatives for the students to fill in (we discussed these in class)
1. Puerile
2. Puerile
3. Liberty ("liberi" is related to the Latin word for "free")
4. Salvation, Salve
5. Value
6. Amateur, amiable
They do not need to list derivatives for numbers 7 through 10.
Also for Latin, they brought home a sheet we worked on in class. We wrote each vocabulary word and its meaning three times. If they did not finish, they should do so at home. We'll do this every week.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
OOPS!
An assignment I forgot: Please read the first ten chapters of Abe Lincoln Grows Up. Also, if you child is captivated by this story and wants to read further, please don't keep them from doing so because of my assignment. The activities and discussion we'll have in class will only be from the assigned pages. However, I just can't bring myself to telling a child "Stop reading."
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
The "Whirlwind" and next week's assignments
Good Morning!
Our day was definitely busy! We are so glad to have Spencer with us. Welcome! Also, many thanks to last week's volunteer, Mrs. Hatchell, and to yesterday's, Mrs. Nuelle and Gigi (Mrs. Nuelle's mom).
I hope you've had an accounting of yesterday's activities from your student. We baked steak and kidney pie which was a favorite of Robbie and Peter from our literature book. The whole second floor inhabitants were put out with us for the lingering kidney smell, but we pressed on. Most everyone tasted it for the first and last time. An interesting side note--Gigi is a Brit and kidney pie was a common dish for her before arriving in the States. She and Mrs. Nuelle were able to contribute to our discussion greatly. Yeah, God!
We had an outstanding guest speaker--a nurse! Mr. Kenny Campbell visited us and spoke on the history of nursing and his experiences as a nurse. He works at Beaufort Memorial and has a son, Christian, at Trinity. He was most informative. A rabbit trail--he warned us about the many golf cart accident victims he sees in the ER. Not four-wheelers, mini-bikes, etc.--golf carts. Y'all be careful!
We walked over to another part of the church to get internet access. We visited a site where we got to hear a recording of one of the survivors of Balaklava in the Crimean War. He was a trumpeter and played the charge that sent many into their death. GoogleTrumpeter Landfrey and look for the result by the gutenbergproject. I found it most fascinating--the children were less impressed, I think, but indulged my excitement.
The rest of our day was consumed with reading from a library book about Commodore Perry's visit to Japan, reviewing last week's memory work and being introduced to this week's work. We all received our latin books--be sure to bring them each week. We'll begin learning from them next week.
Here is what I'd like for the students to accomplish to be ready for next class:
1. Read chapter 3 in Story of the World.
2. Work on memorizing the information in Week 2 of Cycle Three.
3. Read Chapter 5 in the Story Bible. We worked for a little while on some questions from the Bible lesson. I sent them home unfinished for your students to work on if you have time. They do not need to be returned to me.
Enjoy your children this week and please contact me with any questions or concerns.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
Our day was definitely busy! We are so glad to have Spencer with us. Welcome! Also, many thanks to last week's volunteer, Mrs. Hatchell, and to yesterday's, Mrs. Nuelle and Gigi (Mrs. Nuelle's mom).
I hope you've had an accounting of yesterday's activities from your student. We baked steak and kidney pie which was a favorite of Robbie and Peter from our literature book. The whole second floor inhabitants were put out with us for the lingering kidney smell, but we pressed on. Most everyone tasted it for the first and last time. An interesting side note--Gigi is a Brit and kidney pie was a common dish for her before arriving in the States. She and Mrs. Nuelle were able to contribute to our discussion greatly. Yeah, God!
We had an outstanding guest speaker--a nurse! Mr. Kenny Campbell visited us and spoke on the history of nursing and his experiences as a nurse. He works at Beaufort Memorial and has a son, Christian, at Trinity. He was most informative. A rabbit trail--he warned us about the many golf cart accident victims he sees in the ER. Not four-wheelers, mini-bikes, etc.--golf carts. Y'all be careful!
We walked over to another part of the church to get internet access. We visited a site where we got to hear a recording of one of the survivors of Balaklava in the Crimean War. He was a trumpeter and played the charge that sent many into their death. GoogleTrumpeter Landfrey and look for the result by the gutenbergproject. I found it most fascinating--the children were less impressed, I think, but indulged my excitement.
The rest of our day was consumed with reading from a library book about Commodore Perry's visit to Japan, reviewing last week's memory work and being introduced to this week's work. We all received our latin books--be sure to bring them each week. We'll begin learning from them next week.
Here is what I'd like for the students to accomplish to be ready for next class:
1. Read chapter 3 in Story of the World.
2. Work on memorizing the information in Week 2 of Cycle Three.
3. Read Chapter 5 in the Story Bible. We worked for a little while on some questions from the Bible lesson. I sent them home unfinished for your students to work on if you have time. They do not need to be returned to me.
Enjoy your children this week and please contact me with any questions or concerns.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Our First Day and Assignments for 9/8/09
Good Evening Families!
We've all survived our first day of what I believe will be a great school year. I hope you have each heard highlights from your student. Here's some questions to prompt them as they report: Where did your class go? What did you buy? How'd you make a picture that winks? Why did you make a picture that winks? What did you memorize? What is so great about an Enfield rifle? What does the SS on the Salvation Army uniform stand for?
God blessed us with a great field trip. I know this to be true because I was sloppy in preparing for it. The people at the Salvation Army couldn't have been nicer and treated us very well. We got to see the food bags that they hand out to the needy. The Captain spoke with us about his duties and his uniform and some history of the Army.
I want and need input from each of you as we get use to our new program. My opinion is that things went very well for a first day. Here is what I'd like for you to work on for next Tuesday:
1. Work on memorizing all the material for Cycle 3, Week 1. This was introduced in class today. I plan to review it with games before I introduce the second weeks information next Tuesday. I visited YouTube.com and entered Classical Conversations of Lake Norman. There is a teacher there with hand motions that help me memorize the info and I will be using them with your student in class.
2. Read The Drummer Boy's Battle for next week.
3. Read Chapter Two in Story of the World.
4. Read Lesson 3 in the Children's Bible Story Book.
The curriculum committee and I have just about finalized the lit list. The next three books are as follows: Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Carl Sandburg, Robert E. Lee Southern Hero of the Civil War by Mona Kerby, and Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder. I'd like to ask you to promptly procure the Abe Lincoln book as I hope you'll be able to start reading it after next Tuesday's class. We'll spend several weeks studying and reading it. The Robert E. Lee book was not as easy to find but we can obtain used copies on half.com. Let me know if you have difficulties. All three books are in our county libary.
I should have the Latin books ready for distribution by next time.
I truly consider it a privilege to come along side you as you take the responsibility of educating your children. I do not take lightly that you have entrusted them to me for a day each week. As always, I covet your prayers as I plan how we'll spend our time together learning. Remember to sit back and watch them some this week. You'll burn pictures into your memory that will be priceless some day!
Until next week. . .
love,
Mrs. Tkach
We've all survived our first day of what I believe will be a great school year. I hope you have each heard highlights from your student. Here's some questions to prompt them as they report: Where did your class go? What did you buy? How'd you make a picture that winks? Why did you make a picture that winks? What did you memorize? What is so great about an Enfield rifle? What does the SS on the Salvation Army uniform stand for?
God blessed us with a great field trip. I know this to be true because I was sloppy in preparing for it. The people at the Salvation Army couldn't have been nicer and treated us very well. We got to see the food bags that they hand out to the needy. The Captain spoke with us about his duties and his uniform and some history of the Army.
I want and need input from each of you as we get use to our new program. My opinion is that things went very well for a first day. Here is what I'd like for you to work on for next Tuesday:
1. Work on memorizing all the material for Cycle 3, Week 1. This was introduced in class today. I plan to review it with games before I introduce the second weeks information next Tuesday. I visited YouTube.com and entered Classical Conversations of Lake Norman. There is a teacher there with hand motions that help me memorize the info and I will be using them with your student in class.
2. Read The Drummer Boy's Battle for next week.
3. Read Chapter Two in Story of the World.
4. Read Lesson 3 in the Children's Bible Story Book.
The curriculum committee and I have just about finalized the lit list. The next three books are as follows: Abe Lincoln Grows Up by Carl Sandburg, Robert E. Lee Southern Hero of the Civil War by Mona Kerby, and Shades of Gray by Carolyn Reeder. I'd like to ask you to promptly procure the Abe Lincoln book as I hope you'll be able to start reading it after next Tuesday's class. We'll spend several weeks studying and reading it. The Robert E. Lee book was not as easy to find but we can obtain used copies on half.com. Let me know if you have difficulties. All three books are in our county libary.
I should have the Latin books ready for distribution by next time.
I truly consider it a privilege to come along side you as you take the responsibility of educating your children. I do not take lightly that you have entrusted them to me for a day each week. As always, I covet your prayers as I plan how we'll spend our time together learning. Remember to sit back and watch them some this week. You'll burn pictures into your memory that will be priceless some day!
Until next week. . .
love,
Mrs. Tkach
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