For Wednesday, 11/28

Thursday

Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)

• Phonics Lesson 66
• Lesson 67 in Spelling, Reading, and Phonics 

Handwriting

• Lesson 8 Day 1
   

Grammar

• Lesson 47
• Study your grammar cards. (Someone left a few grammar cards sitting on the table.  If you are missing some, here is a link to the printout.)
• You only have to study the part 1 of the pronoun list!!

 

 

Science

• Create a diagram or a model of a plant using the four organs of a plant that you learned in class: flower, stem, leaves, and roots.  Bring it in when you come back to class!  Do your best and get creative!

 

Math

• We have been learning about shapes and patterns.  For those of you who did not finish the pages of shapes and patterns last week, you may want to go back and review them and be sure that the kids know the material. I would look at the following pages toward the beginning of the school day, and complete the test pages after working on a different subject.  The answers to the test are in the back of the book.  Use this as a guide to see what topics need extra help!
• Textbook pages 89-90
• Workbook page 149
• Test pages 89-96

History

•   Read Chapter 21
• Was Cyrus a good king?
• Can you tell me one of the fair things Cyrus did?
• What was King Croesus known for?
• Why did the Babylonians let Cyrus into their city?

  

 

Music

• Music 1
•  6 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands separate.
• You can TRY to play with it together, if you'd like.
•  8 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands together.

 

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Friday

Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)

• Lesson 68 in Curriculum Guide on Phonics/Reading/Spelling for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.

 

Handwriting

• Lesson 8 Day 2
  

Grammar

• Study "The Months" on page 78
• Study your grammar cards!  Study part 1 and part 2 of the pronoun list.

   

History

• Read Chapter 22
• Did the Greek cities all obey the same king?
• What did all Spartan boys grow up to be?
• What did they learn in school?
• What is a democracy?
• Did Athens think fighting was the most important thing for boys to learn?
• What happens to ignorant people who don't know the laws?
• Why is it important to be educated?

 

Math

• Test Pages 97-104

 

 

Music

• Music 1
•  6 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands separate.
• You can TRY to play with it together, if you'd like.
•  8 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands together.

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Monday

Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)

• Lesson 69 in Curriculum Guide on Phonics/Reading/Spelling for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide for each lesson.

Handwriting

• Lesson 8 Day 3
   

 

Grammar

• Study "The Months"
• Do lesson 48
• Study your grammar cards.  You can study parts 1, 2, and 3 of the pronoun list.

 

 

Math

• Textbook pages 91-94
• Workbook pages 150-153

 

Science

• Create a diagram or a model of a plant using the four organs of a plant that you learned in class: flower, stem, leaves, and roots.  Bring it in when you come back to class!  Do your best and get creative!

Writing

• For writing, I would like for you to write all about your Thanksgiving!  Check your handwriting, capital letters, and punctuation.  Make it great!

Music

• Music 1
•  6 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands separate.
• You can TRY to play with it together, if you'd like.
•  8 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands together.

 

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Tuesday

Abeka (Spelling/Reading/Phonics)

• Lesson 70 in Curriculum Guide
• Instruction on Phonics/Reading/Spelling for the lesson, with workbook pages listed in Curriculum Guide.   
• In class tomorrow, we will review spelling list #11. This is the list that you began at home on Thursday of last week, so we will be playing a review game with it in prep for their at home assessment.

 

Handwriting

• Choose a border sheet from the back of your handwriting book.  Either tear it out or make a copy of it.  Take the Bible verse from Lesson 8, Day 4, and copy it very carefully onto the border sheet.  Color it and bring it to class tomorrow!  This is like your weekly handwriting quiz, so do your very best!

  

Grammar

• Lesson 49
• Study grammar cards
• Study "The Months" poem on p. 78

 

Writing

For writing, I would like for you to write all about your Thanksgiving!  Check your handwriting, capital letters, and punctuation.  Make it great!

History 

•  Read Chapter 23
  
  • Were the Greeks monotheists?
  • Were they polytheists?
  • Does a polytheist believe in one god or many gods?
  • Why did Zeus start a war on earth?
  • Can you name any of the other gods from the story?

 

Math

• Extra Practice book pages 81-82
• Test pages 105-108

 

Science

• Bring in your plant diagram tomorrow!
• Read Chapter 5
• On the next page in experiment 4 in the lab book students should draw pictures of our flowers after the second week. 
• Plant A: receiving sunlight and water. 

• Plant B: receiving no sunlight or water.

 

 

Music

• Music 1
•  6 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands separate.
• You can TRY to play with it together, if you'd like.
•  8 year olds - Play Hot Cross Buns 10 times, with hands together.