We have begun practice for Grammar School Basketball. Our season will begin the week of Jan. 7th. We will have a schedule to post on the website the first week of Dec. Get out there and shoot, pass, and dribble. We’ll see you on the court. Coach Vardeman
Grammar 4 Blog
Grammar/Spelling/Writing
Posted by lwatsonFor the week of March 15-19
No spelling test this week!
We’ll spend our class time finalizing our preparations for the class play-
Performance Wednesday for the student body
Performance Friday for parents and grandparents
Mr. Sikkema Grammar Four
Posted by SikkemaWelcome back from your Spring Break! I hope everyone had a relaxing week and is ready to get back down to business. The first week of our last quarter will be taken up with play practice. Is everyone practicing their lines at home?
This week…
Math: Math will be lighter than normal due to play practice and grandparents day. We will work throughout the week on reviewing the addition and subtraction of decimal numbers.
Latin: Latin Test on Chapter 22 this Wednesday. Please continue to review your vocabulary words each night as future quizzes will involve previously learned words, as well as the conjugations of previously learned verbs. Also continue to review the grammar concepts we learn with each chapter as our sentence translations will be growing in complexity.
History: In history we will take a look at important American symbols as well as the Constitution. Please work on memorizing the Preface to the Constitution with your children.
Literature: In Literature we are returning to our Elson readers.
Bible: In Bible this week we will look at the story of Esther.
Music with Mrs. Still
Posted by cstillMARCH IN GRAMMAR OF MUSIC CLASSES
Here are some highlights of our planned studies for the month of March:
- Our composers in focus this month are Frederic Chopin of Poland and Claude Debussy of France. We are focusing on some of their beautiful piano pieces. We will hear Chopin’s “Minute Waltz”, his “Raindrop Prelude”, and several of his preludes, mazurkas, and nocturnes. We will enjoy Debussy’s “Clair de Lune”, “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk”, and “Arabesque 1″.
- Our folk songs this month will have a nautical theme – “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean”, “Cockles and Muscles”, “Blow the Man Down”, and other songs of the sea. How fitting after our recent “Pirates” musical!
- News by Grade Level: All students in K through 6 will share music and recitations at designated moments throughout the Grandparents Day on Friday, March 19. K-garten will listen to “Carnival of the Animals” over the weeks ahead. Grammar 1 will be learning “Eerie Canal” to tie in with their history studies and will be listening to “Peter and the Wolf”. Grammar 2 will take time in the weeks ahead to learn about Verdi’s opera set in Egypt, “Aida”. G3 will continue to learn about medieval and renaissance music and will continue recorder studies. G4 and G5 will resume recorder studies and will work on music for their Texas and frontier themed plays for Grandparents Day.
If you have questions, please contact me at cstill@liveoakclassical.com.
Science with Mrs. Younger
Posted by mrsyoungerMarch 1 to 5, 2010
We read about terminal velocity on Monday, and about centripetal force on Wednesday. On Friday, we will head outside and see centripetal force in action with flying cups filled with water.
Because these students have so many wonderful questions, I set up a “question box” for them to submit questions of all sorts (must be science related).