Week 18

Another great class today. A rowdy bunch today :) I usually don't have to do much disciplining, but I did today (hope I didn't scare anyone :)

Here is a review of what we did today:

History: We acted out the sentence and sang the song.

Latin: Song. We tried to get creative by having half the class go and the other half come in a little later. I think it sounded good LOL

English: Hand gestures
subject----like a submarine, one hand goes under the other.
direct object (remember there are 3 objects)--are goes straight out like you are going directly.
indirect object---arm goes out but in a wavy manner----going indirectly.
object of preposition----move hands away from each other since this is our long one.
possessive---give yourself a big hug.

Math: To the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
One foot equals 12 inches, 12 inches, 12 inches
One foot equals 12 inches
12 inches in a foot.

Geography: longest name is the smallest country----Luxembourg, shortest name is the largest country---USSR (former). Luxembourg is like a flea on Belgium. Ireland (think of being on the beach there ironing "iron land").

Time line: we went over the hand motions.

Fine arts: great painting again today playing with texture like Morisot!! This was our last week of great artists, I know everyone really enjoyed these projects! I am sure we will have lots of fun starting next week learning about composers and orchestra.

Science: Hand gestures: using a sign language "a" for "action", bring the other hand with an "a" together to be our equal and then for opposite have your "a" hands go away from each other.

Science lab: We got to see how force effected such things as playing tug of war, and throwing a ball at someone who is sitting on a skateboard. When two balls are dropped into our hands of the same size, but of different mass (i.e. a wiffle ball and a tennis ball) we noted that the ball with more mass felt different landing in our hands.

Well, believe it or not, we are half way through the second semester!! It is really flying by! I hope everyone has a great week and I look forward to seeing you all again next Tuesday!!
Blessings,
Stacey