Hello Families!
I'm sorry to be late posting. Life with a graduating senior is a whirlwind of activity. I'll try to do better.
We had a great day yesterday. We had show-and-tell AND still got to all subjects. Yeah! We spent alot of time looking at pictures and talking about JFK's assassination. We didn't take much time with MLK since we will read a biography about him. The book reports were outstanding!!! I'm so proud of everyone and the work they put into that.
I am trying to pull together a field trip for next Tuesday. I've e-mailed you my tentative plan. The Penn Center staff did get back in touch with me. Visiting the museum and having a guided walking tour will cost a total of $8 per person. I have a query into Nicole and Alice to see if there is any funding to defray that expense and will let you know. I plan for us to have class as usual including lunch in the morning. We'll leave Trinity at noon and return at 3:00. I do not think there is anything to have spending money for.
We had some questions about our work on the Latin Review. I plan to get in touch with an expert and will e-mail the answers later this week.
Enjoy the beautiful springtime.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 57 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice and learn Week 23 memory work.
3. Read the first 6 chapters of Martin Luther King, Jr.
4. Review our probability lab with you parents.
5. Read Ch. 37 and 38 in SOTW.
6. Finish the Unit 4 Review in Latin. Write the vocab words for Lesson 23 three times each.
7. Review the features of the U.S. from the CC book. Go back to the mountains in lesson 11 and move through lesson 23. I want us to be able to point our their names and locations on a blank map by the end of the year.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Happy Easter!
Dear Parents,
I enjoyed the day with your children today. We're reading an excellent book and I enjoy discussing it with them. We looked at a map of Berlin that I hope made it home. Several of the sites in our book are shown on the map. We saw a picture of the wall being constructed and discussed writing from different perspectives. In history we learned that Castro closed schools in Cuba for eight months and sent all teachers and students into the countryside to teach the peasants to read. We made books similar to the ones used. His goal was to abolish illiteracy in Cuba. For fun we stood toe to toe and had staring contests. The first one to blink was a communist!
Latin is proceeding well. Mr. Tkach, (Thomas) was in my room after school and said he was impressed with the chants we're learning and that there were many his students don't know. We drilled the features on the US map. My goal is for us to not only be able to name all the rivers, canals, trails, etc. but to point them out on a blank map. We were actors in Bible and had fun improvising. We'll have two probability labs in science when we return.
Many thanks to Mrs. Irvine for her help, today. Please enjoy our break and I will see you in April. The first day back is show-and-tell!
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 55 in the Bible Story Book.
2. learn week 22 memory work
3. finish Escape to West Berlin.
4. read chapter 36 in SOTW
5. complete lesson 22 in latin
6. work on memorizing the names and locations of all our geography features from the Classical Conversations book.
7. Read a book over the break of your choice. Below is a link to a book report form that I want you to use to write a book report about your book. It is geared for 4th graders but I want you 3rd graders to give it a try,too.
I enjoyed the day with your children today. We're reading an excellent book and I enjoy discussing it with them. We looked at a map of Berlin that I hope made it home. Several of the sites in our book are shown on the map. We saw a picture of the wall being constructed and discussed writing from different perspectives. In history we learned that Castro closed schools in Cuba for eight months and sent all teachers and students into the countryside to teach the peasants to read. We made books similar to the ones used. His goal was to abolish illiteracy in Cuba. For fun we stood toe to toe and had staring contests. The first one to blink was a communist!
Latin is proceeding well. Mr. Tkach, (Thomas) was in my room after school and said he was impressed with the chants we're learning and that there were many his students don't know. We drilled the features on the US map. My goal is for us to not only be able to name all the rivers, canals, trails, etc. but to point them out on a blank map. We were actors in Bible and had fun improvising. We'll have two probability labs in science when we return.
Many thanks to Mrs. Irvine for her help, today. Please enjoy our break and I will see you in April. The first day back is show-and-tell!
love to all,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read chapter 55 in the Bible Story Book.
2. learn week 22 memory work
3. finish Escape to West Berlin.
4. read chapter 36 in SOTW
5. complete lesson 22 in latin
6. work on memorizing the names and locations of all our geography features from the Classical Conversations book.
7. Read a book over the break of your choice. Below is a link to a book report form that I want you to use to write a book report about your book. It is geared for 4th graders but I want you 3rd graders to give it a try,too.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Happy St. Patrick's Day! and assignments for 3/23/10
Good Evening!
We had a good, and somewhat of a calm day. Many thanks to Spencer's mom, Mrs. Victoria, for helping us. We were able to have a few activites outside because of the great weather.
For Geography, we are really concentrating on the land forms that are identified in the Classical Conversations book after the states and capitals. This is a challenge, but the last map in that book has all of them identified for us. Science was a probability lab from the CC book, too.
We discussed Communism in history as we learned about the Korean conflict. I encouraged my students to ask their parents who they thought was right when Gen McArthur was relieved of command--him or Pres. Truman. The lit read is also a good source to spur conversations about communism. The activity we did in lit involved learning about the genre of realistic fiction. These works include detailed descriptions so we went outside and had to make an accurate representation of a scene. It was a good exercise. We played a game in history to study Ho Chi Minh and his teachings. We spent a good amount of time reviewing chapters 20 and 21 memory work. Latin received a strong portion of our morning and your students are doing great (usually better than their teacher at grasping these latest lessons).
Be sure and wear green tomorrow and enjoy learning together.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read ch. 53 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Learn week 21 memory work and practice week 20 as well.
3. Read chapters 5--8 in Escape to West Berlin.
4. Describe our Probability lab in science to your parents.
5. I will not be covering ch. 34 in SOTW in class. I will leave it up to you as to how you cover it at home. Read ch. 35 for next week.
6. Complete lesson 21 in Latin. Here is my suggestion for dividing the work.
Wed: ex. B
Thurs: ex. C
Fri: ex. D, E, and F
Mon: ex. G and write lesson 22 words three times each.
7. Review that map at the end of the Classical Conversations book several times this week. We want to work toward not only being able to name the land forms but locate them on our blank maps.
We had a good, and somewhat of a calm day. Many thanks to Spencer's mom, Mrs. Victoria, for helping us. We were able to have a few activites outside because of the great weather.
For Geography, we are really concentrating on the land forms that are identified in the Classical Conversations book after the states and capitals. This is a challenge, but the last map in that book has all of them identified for us. Science was a probability lab from the CC book, too.
We discussed Communism in history as we learned about the Korean conflict. I encouraged my students to ask their parents who they thought was right when Gen McArthur was relieved of command--him or Pres. Truman. The lit read is also a good source to spur conversations about communism. The activity we did in lit involved learning about the genre of realistic fiction. These works include detailed descriptions so we went outside and had to make an accurate representation of a scene. It was a good exercise. We played a game in history to study Ho Chi Minh and his teachings. We spent a good amount of time reviewing chapters 20 and 21 memory work. Latin received a strong portion of our morning and your students are doing great (usually better than their teacher at grasping these latest lessons).
Be sure and wear green tomorrow and enjoy learning together.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read ch. 53 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Learn week 21 memory work and practice week 20 as well.
3. Read chapters 5--8 in Escape to West Berlin.
4. Describe our Probability lab in science to your parents.
5. I will not be covering ch. 34 in SOTW in class. I will leave it up to you as to how you cover it at home. Read ch. 35 for next week.
6. Complete lesson 21 in Latin. Here is my suggestion for dividing the work.
Wed: ex. B
Thurs: ex. C
Fri: ex. D, E, and F
Mon: ex. G and write lesson 22 words three times each.
7. Review that map at the end of the Classical Conversations book several times this week. We want to work toward not only being able to name the land forms but locate them on our blank maps.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
WHEW! and assignments for 3/16/10
Good Evening!
Our day was packed! Ask your student about folk dancing, thank you notes, rutabagas, snakes, their pancreas, little red books, and performing Friday night!
Enjoy your week and I will see you Friday at the Open House. Watch for e-mails concerning a meeting place to prepare for our performance.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Ch. 51 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice History Memory Sentences through week 19 at least twice before Friday. Do not press on into week 20. We did in class, but I want them to concentrate on our performance material for the Open House.
3. Finish Otis Spofford and read chapters 1-4 in Escape to West Berlin.
4. Read ch. 33 in SOTW.
5. Complete Lesson 20 in latin and write lesson 21 words three times each. Here is a suggested break down for the week. NOTE: This is a challenging lesson--be sure to work diligently on the new material.
Wed: exercises B and C
Thurs: exercises D and E Go over this several times
Fri: exercises F and G
Mon: write lesson 21 words three times each.
Practice ALL the latin chants several times before Friday night.
Our day was packed! Ask your student about folk dancing, thank you notes, rutabagas, snakes, their pancreas, little red books, and performing Friday night!
Enjoy your week and I will see you Friday at the Open House. Watch for e-mails concerning a meeting place to prepare for our performance.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Ch. 51 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice History Memory Sentences through week 19 at least twice before Friday. Do not press on into week 20. We did in class, but I want them to concentrate on our performance material for the Open House.
3. Finish Otis Spofford and read chapters 1-4 in Escape to West Berlin.
4. Read ch. 33 in SOTW.
5. Complete Lesson 20 in latin and write lesson 21 words three times each. Here is a suggested break down for the week. NOTE: This is a challenging lesson--be sure to work diligently on the new material.
Wed: exercises B and C
Thurs: exercises D and E Go over this several times
Fri: exercises F and G
Mon: write lesson 21 words three times each.
Practice ALL the latin chants several times before Friday night.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
assignments for 3/9/10
Dear Families,
We had a busy but fruitful day. Many thanks to Mrs. Karen for helping us and to Mrs. Stephanie for being our guest speaker. She told us of her training and work with the mentally challenged and was able to relate to Corrie ten Boom's love of working with these special people. As a college student, she traveled and was able to hear Miss ten Boom in person!
It is very late so please ask your student all about our day. The History reports were great. I don't plan to share my paycheck this time either--even though you did a great job teaching two chapters.
We are planning to recite our Latin chants and our History sentences/songs at the Open House. We worked on that today and I think we can be ready.
Enjoy each other and I will see you next Tuesday!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Lesson 49 in the Bible.
2. Practice week 19 memory work. Also, review all our History Sentences at least twice this week.
3. Finish reading Twenty and Ten. Begin reading Otis Spofford through ch. 3.
(A refreshing, light break after such heavy "reads" lately!)
4. Read ch. 32 in SOTW.
5. Complete Lesson 19 in Latin. Suggested daily breakdown:
Wednesday: exercises B and C
Thursday: exercises D and F
Friday: exercises G and H
Monday: Write Lesson 20 words and meanings 3 times each.
Please practice saying all the chants clearly and from memory at least twice this week.
We had a busy but fruitful day. Many thanks to Mrs. Karen for helping us and to Mrs. Stephanie for being our guest speaker. She told us of her training and work with the mentally challenged and was able to relate to Corrie ten Boom's love of working with these special people. As a college student, she traveled and was able to hear Miss ten Boom in person!
It is very late so please ask your student all about our day. The History reports were great. I don't plan to share my paycheck this time either--even though you did a great job teaching two chapters.
We are planning to recite our Latin chants and our History sentences/songs at the Open House. We worked on that today and I think we can be ready.
Enjoy each other and I will see you next Tuesday!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Lesson 49 in the Bible.
2. Practice week 19 memory work. Also, review all our History Sentences at least twice this week.
3. Finish reading Twenty and Ten. Begin reading Otis Spofford through ch. 3.
(A refreshing, light break after such heavy "reads" lately!)
4. Read ch. 32 in SOTW.
5. Complete Lesson 19 in Latin. Suggested daily breakdown:
Wednesday: exercises B and C
Thursday: exercises D and F
Friday: exercises G and H
Monday: Write Lesson 20 words and meanings 3 times each.
Please practice saying all the chants clearly and from memory at least twice this week.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A Great Day! Assignments for 3/2/10
Dear Families,
I'm not sure why I feel the day was such a success but I do. It seemed the children were really focused and we had meaningful learning! The day started with a very informative guest. Mr. McCoy of Lowcountry Horology visited our class to inform us about the profession of watchmaking. He was awesome. He went into the history of keeping time and told us about watchmaking during the time of Casper ten Boom. He brought samples and tools that we were allowed to handle. He was great. His shop is in a small building next door to the Barber shop that is across from the Bi-Lo shopping center near Paris Island. Several students want to pay him a visit. Many thanks to Mrs. Victoria for being our helper. We enjoyed having Spencer's little brother and sister with us today, as well.
I shared some of my Dad's stories from his time in the Marines in the South Pacific. Our discussion did get political as I defended out country's actions during WWII. Try drawing out from your child what he/she learned today. You can correct any misconceptions I may have imparted. We read a book about a Japanese/American girl being sent to a camp from her home in California. I explained my understanding of the rationale behind this policy. I also distributed information about the leaflets we dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the bombs were dropped. We also planted our Victory Garden. The plan is for it to live at everyone's house each week. We'll play that by ear. It went home with Chloe today.
We are about finished with our unit on the human body and I am considering ways we can show off our knowledge. Latin went extremely well--your students are amazing. If they could each do the work at home, I know they could be soaring above the group in the next class older than us. For those putting in the effort, it really shows--keep it up!
We pressed on in memory work and tested ourselves on states and capitals.
Enjoy each other this week and call anytime with questions or concerns.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read lesson 47 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice Week 18 memory work.
3. Finish reading Corrie and read first two chapters of Twenty and Ten. Be sure to read the Preface page and About the Author at the end.
--in conjunction with this reading, research what a DP is. Research the Biblical Account of the Holy Family fleeing into Egypt in all four Gospels. Be ready to tell all you know about it.
--Don't read ahead! Speculate about the relationship between Henry and Janet.
4. In History you're going to be the teachers again! Please read the following assigned sections of Chapters 30 and 31 of SOTW and be ready to thoroughly present/teach the information contained in your pages.
Woods--1st section of Ch. 30, pages 329--332
Spencer--2nd section of Ch. 30, pages 332--336
Amelia--Ch. 31, pages 339--1st 4 lines of 341
Talia--Ch. 31, starting with the first paragraph on page 341 through 343.
Chloe--2nd section of Ch. 31, pages 345--349
Mills--Help Woods by illustrating his pages.
5. Complete Lesson 18 exercises in Latin. Suggested breakdown for the week:
Wed--exercises B and C
Thurs--exercises D and E
Fri--exercises F and G
Mon--exercise H and write lesson 19 words and meanings 3 times each
I'm not sure why I feel the day was such a success but I do. It seemed the children were really focused and we had meaningful learning! The day started with a very informative guest. Mr. McCoy of Lowcountry Horology visited our class to inform us about the profession of watchmaking. He was awesome. He went into the history of keeping time and told us about watchmaking during the time of Casper ten Boom. He brought samples and tools that we were allowed to handle. He was great. His shop is in a small building next door to the Barber shop that is across from the Bi-Lo shopping center near Paris Island. Several students want to pay him a visit. Many thanks to Mrs. Victoria for being our helper. We enjoyed having Spencer's little brother and sister with us today, as well.
I shared some of my Dad's stories from his time in the Marines in the South Pacific. Our discussion did get political as I defended out country's actions during WWII. Try drawing out from your child what he/she learned today. You can correct any misconceptions I may have imparted. We read a book about a Japanese/American girl being sent to a camp from her home in California. I explained my understanding of the rationale behind this policy. I also distributed information about the leaflets we dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki before the bombs were dropped. We also planted our Victory Garden. The plan is for it to live at everyone's house each week. We'll play that by ear. It went home with Chloe today.
We are about finished with our unit on the human body and I am considering ways we can show off our knowledge. Latin went extremely well--your students are amazing. If they could each do the work at home, I know they could be soaring above the group in the next class older than us. For those putting in the effort, it really shows--keep it up!
We pressed on in memory work and tested ourselves on states and capitals.
Enjoy each other this week and call anytime with questions or concerns.
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read lesson 47 in the Bible Story Book.
2. Practice Week 18 memory work.
3. Finish reading Corrie and read first two chapters of Twenty and Ten. Be sure to read the Preface page and About the Author at the end.
--in conjunction with this reading, research what a DP is. Research the Biblical Account of the Holy Family fleeing into Egypt in all four Gospels. Be ready to tell all you know about it.
--Don't read ahead! Speculate about the relationship between Henry and Janet.
4. In History you're going to be the teachers again! Please read the following assigned sections of Chapters 30 and 31 of SOTW and be ready to thoroughly present/teach the information contained in your pages.
Woods--1st section of Ch. 30, pages 329--332
Spencer--2nd section of Ch. 30, pages 332--336
Amelia--Ch. 31, pages 339--1st 4 lines of 341
Talia--Ch. 31, starting with the first paragraph on page 341 through 343.
Chloe--2nd section of Ch. 31, pages 345--349
Mills--Help Woods by illustrating his pages.
5. Complete Lesson 18 exercises in Latin. Suggested breakdown for the week:
Wed--exercises B and C
Thurs--exercises D and E
Fri--exercises F and G
Mon--exercise H and write lesson 19 words and meanings 3 times each
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
assignments for 2/23/10
Dear Families,
We had a HUGELY busy day! I hope some bread made it home to you. We worked hard but I'm afraid it was removed from the oven before its time. You might try finishing baking it at 425 degrees for 10 minutes or so. We did get an idea of how hard Sarah Pucket had to work to earn coins to help her family in the Great Depression. We missed Woods and prayed for you! Mills was in and out with doctor appointments. Many, many thanks to Mrs. Tronda for being our very busy helper.
We had a great discussion on WWII and the different effects from all over the country. The Hatchells brought in letters from the government (one even signed by FDR) about an Uncle killed in the war. We will continue the study next week. We will also plant a Victory Garden (the seeds were accidentally left at my home) next week. Ask your student why they came about.
I hope you each have a great week studying. See you Tuesday!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Ch. 45 in the Bible Story Book. Be ready to discuss how Moses showed meekness and a merciful heart.
2. We did not watch the memory work power point. However, we did learn the Veritas Cards for week 17. Please move on into the lesson 17 work this week. We will spend time in class on it as well as moving on into week 18 next week.
3. Read the first 7 chapters of the Corrie ten Boom book.
4. Show your parents the hand out from Spencer's book about the lungs. Finish the drawing on the second page.
5. Tell your parents about Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics and his German friend. Read ch. 29 in SOTW.
6. For latin do the review that follows lesson 17. Here's my suggested breakdown for the week:
Wednesday: Complete ex. A of the review
Thursday: Complete ex. B
Friday: complete ex. C
Monday: complete ex. D and E and write lesson 18 vocab three times each
We had a HUGELY busy day! I hope some bread made it home to you. We worked hard but I'm afraid it was removed from the oven before its time. You might try finishing baking it at 425 degrees for 10 minutes or so. We did get an idea of how hard Sarah Pucket had to work to earn coins to help her family in the Great Depression. We missed Woods and prayed for you! Mills was in and out with doctor appointments. Many, many thanks to Mrs. Tronda for being our very busy helper.
We had a great discussion on WWII and the different effects from all over the country. The Hatchells brought in letters from the government (one even signed by FDR) about an Uncle killed in the war. We will continue the study next week. We will also plant a Victory Garden (the seeds were accidentally left at my home) next week. Ask your student why they came about.
I hope you each have a great week studying. See you Tuesday!
love,
Mrs. Tkach
ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Read Ch. 45 in the Bible Story Book. Be ready to discuss how Moses showed meekness and a merciful heart.
2. We did not watch the memory work power point. However, we did learn the Veritas Cards for week 17. Please move on into the lesson 17 work this week. We will spend time in class on it as well as moving on into week 18 next week.
3. Read the first 7 chapters of the Corrie ten Boom book.
4. Show your parents the hand out from Spencer's book about the lungs. Finish the drawing on the second page.
5. Tell your parents about Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics and his German friend. Read ch. 29 in SOTW.
6. For latin do the review that follows lesson 17. Here's my suggested breakdown for the week:
Wednesday: Complete ex. A of the review
Thursday: Complete ex. B
Friday: complete ex. C
Monday: complete ex. D and E and write lesson 18 vocab three times each
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