Cycle 1 Week 21

Here is the material that we covered in class for week 21. 

Geography

We traced our contoured maps and began labeling the continents.  Next, the girls labeled their map points for Canadian Provinces.

Timeline

We learned the hand motions for this week's timeline cards.

History

We colored in our history sentences pages while listening to the memory work.

Math

While learning the associative law I substituted A, B, and C with an apple, banana, and carrot respectively.  To represent the parenthesis I used a bowl.  This gives the girls a visual representation of an abstract thought and can serve as a manipulative for them to work with while learning the law.

Science

I set the memory work to Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.

Artic Circle (head)
Tropic of Cancer (shoulders)
Equator (waist)
Tropic of Capricorn (knees)
Antarctic Circle (toes)

English

We started learning about Linking Verbs this week.  Each week we will add links to a chain with that weeks verbs on each link.  we also have a new song to help us remember the memory work.

Latin

We reviewed our fourth declension noun endings and sang along with the memory work CD.

Fine Arts

During morning assembly we practiced the Orchestra Song and enjoyed a special guest who taught us about the double bass.  In our class we danced to Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and continued working on out Orchestra Books. 

Experiment

We began our more in-depth study of minerals and how to identify them.  We also enjoyed listening to our special guest Brittaney Rudd who discussed with us the role of a geologist, their tools, mineral formation and how to use the tools to identify minerals.

I hope you are all having a blessed week!