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