Be sure to walk up the stairwell by the chapel to see many G4 students’ spring-themed poetry!  (Poetry is also displayed in our classroom)

Because we only have three “regular” class days this week, we’ll be writing like crazy to finish our story summary paragraphs on The Cay.  NO spelling this week.

Here are some highlights of our planned studies for the month of May:

• We will review all of our composers from the year throughout this month.  We will also review all the music theory concepts we have learned through games and other activities.  This will prepare us for the “music” section of the Academic Decathlon in which the Houses of Galena, Quartz, Azurite, and Amethyst will compete!

• NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE:  The Spring Choral Concert for Grammar 2, Grammar 3, Grammar 4/5, and Logic/Rhetoric choir will be Tuesday night, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. Participation for students in these classes is mandatory.  In the unusual event that a family emergency prevents a student from being at the concert, parents must clear this absence with the Head of School, Alison Moffatt.  Ball games are not considered acceptable reasons for missing the concert.  CONCERT DRESS IS REQUIRED.
• Each grade level will have a special unit study this month, in many cases to tie in with topics studied in the core classroom.

JK – Peter and the Wolf
K – Peter and the Wolf and “Vivaldi’s Ring of Mystery”
G1 – Peter and the Wolf and American Patriotic Music (including Sousa)
G2 – Verdi’s opera “Aida” set in ancient Egypt
G3 – Gustav’s “The Planets”
G4/5 – Musical stories and tunes from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars of America

If you have questions, please contact me at cstill@liveoakclassical.com.

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).