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 February 22
Spelling test Friday.
Over the next two weeks, we will be spending much of language arts time rehearsing for our class play. Remember that lines are to be memorized by Friday!
Mr. Sikkema Grammar Four
Posted by SikkemaNote: This week will be a little out of the ordinary due to play rehearsals. The scripts went home last week, and I just want to remind you to be sure your children are practicing their lines at home. Thank you!
Here is a look at next weeks material for February 22-26.
Math: In math we will learn how to round decimals and the four functions of decimals. Be prepared to complete up to Exercise 16.
Latin: Latin Test on Chapter 20 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 review our lessons on the American Revolution, in order to prepare for our History Quiz on FRIDAY.
Literature: In Literature we are returning to our Elson readers. We will also continue reading from the Silver Chair. Be sure your children are getting their cereal box books read at home, as they will present next week. Thanks.
Bible: In Bible this week we will review the lessons from the quarter.
Further Information:
Independent Reading: Your children should have come home with our 3rd quarter reading project. We will be forming a breakfast club to share our independent reading. Most students have told me their book title, but if they have not please be sure that they have one by February 1. Please make sure that your children are completing a book from our book list for the project. If you would like another copy of the list please email me.
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”, “Girl with the Flaxen Hair”, 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).