Bible: Feb 25-Mar 1

Monday: Merchants Driven from the Temple, reading card and corresponding worksheet

Wednesday:  Read John 2:13-17 from our bibles and compare the scripture with facts that were listed on our reading card.

Friday: TEST TEST TEST!!! Your review is written down in your prayer journals. Make sure you take those home to test yourself!

LITERATURE & HISTORY February 25-March 1

Hello, Students!

I am so proud of the work you did last week.  You learned so much!  These are skills that you will be able to use the rest of your lives.  I am excited about seeing your Colonial dolls, dressed in costumes YOU designed and created with your own hands! I am looking forward to hearing  you read your character sketch of your character from The Witch of Blackbird Pond!  We will have only two and a half hours on Monday to finish your doll costumes in class.  If you need more time, you will have to take them home and finish them there on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

Those of you who have finished your clothes and the other parts of the project can present your book report on Tuesday and receive 10 extra points for being finished early.  Those of you who need an extra night at home to finish will not lose any points, and must present them on Wednesday.

The rest of the week, we will finish studying Roanoke (I mean it this time!), and will begin studying the Jamestown Colony.  To find out more about Jamestown, link to:
www.historian.org/local/jamstwnva.htm#aa2

We won't begin another novel until next week, so each night, you will need to read 30 minutes from a book of your choice.  We will have new spelling words this week--and you will need to be able to write the definitions of each from memory for your test.

Friday is COWBOY DAY and we will have fun activities that will kick off our study of Texas history during the month of March.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Your assignment chart link for the week is below, as well as links to any papers you will need to work on during class this week.

Assignment chart for this week
Questions and Picture Activity Chart for Chapters 2-4

SPELLING and VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, March 4

These words come from our History textbook

For this test, you must be able to WRITE THE DEFINITIONS from memory!

1.  embark      =          to set off (as on a trip)

2.  gaudy         =         showy and brightly colored

3.  peril           =          a danger or risk

4.  privateer    =          a pirate with a government license

5.  abundance     =      plenty

6.  paradise     =          a perfect place of great beauty

7.  ballast        =          something heavy, carried in a ship, to make it more stable

8.  estuary       =          a body of water where the mouth of a river meets the sea

9.  misperception  =    an error in the way things are seen

10.  yeoman    =          small farmer who cultivated his own land

LITERATURE & HISTORY February 18-22, 2013

Hello, Students!

This week, we will have a fun time learning some "colonial" skills--but skills that can help you in the future!

Monday, of course, is a day off for you, and I will be meeting with most of your parents to tell them  how you each are doing!

Tuesday, we will finish Roanoke by finally watching the A&E show, America Unearthed.

Wednesday is our field trip to Hancock Fabrics where you will use your costume designs to choose your fabric for your colonial character doll.  (Permission slip is below for those of you who won't be able to attend Conferences.)

Thursday,  you will be learning to thread a needle, sew on a button, and make a running stitch.

Friday, you will learn to sew a seam on the sewing machine!

Remember that on Tuesday, you have several things due:
     There will be a spelling test over last week's words.
     You must bring in your Colonial Doll (with no costume)
     You need to have finished reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Chapters 20 and 21.
     You will turn in your last page of Character notes for Chapters 17-21.
     You will have a quiz over Chapters 17-21.

Your written Character Sketch is due, typed and proof read, this Friday, February 22.

This coming week, you will have no spelling words to study, and will be reading each night for 30 minutes from a book of your choice.

Have a wonderful weekend--the weather is beautiful!

Below are the links to the schedule for the week, and some sewing instructional videos you will see in class.

Weekly Schedule
How to Write a Character Sketch with rubrics
Sewing Videos
Permission slip for Hancock Fabrics

Lent: Growing Closer to God!

Here in the Episcopal church we are getting ready for the season of Lent. Today in my class we did a little preparation so the children are prepared for Ash Wednesday. During Lent, we do things to help us to know God better and the life of God's son, Jesus. Sometimes we spend extra time in prayer or in reading the Bible. Some people make the choice to give up something like television or chocolate. Years ago, people did not eat rich foods such as butter, eggs, or sugar during the Lent season. This brought about the tradition of Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday as some call it, to eat all those things you wouldn't allow yourself to eat during this season.

The children and I also talked about the story of Jesus in the Wilderness from Matthew 4:1-11. See if your child remembers the 3 temptations of Christ.

All the children are coming home with a little pipe cleaner pretzel. If you would like to see the story and tradition they learned about, you can retell the story below to your child or have them tell it to you.

Angelo and the Pretzel

A long time ago, there was a monk in Italy named Angelo. Angelo worked in the monastery kitchen baking bread.

One morning, Angelo began to bake the day's bread. Since it was Lent, he didn't put any butter, eggs or sugar into the dough.

While the bread was in the oven, Angelo sat down to think and pray. The children in his parish didn't seem to be learning their prayers. He wished he could come up with a clever way to help them remember. As Angelo thought, he rolled a leftover piece of dough between his fingers.

In his day, the children were taught to fold their arms across their chest when they prayed. Angelo kept on thinking as he rolled that piece of leftover dough.

Suddenly, he had an idea! Angelo twisted the rolled piece of dough into the shape of praying arms.

He put the dough on a pan and baked it. Angelo got busy cleaning the kitchen and let the dough bake too long. But when he tasted it, he decided it was delicious.

"I will call this treat a 'pretiola' (preh-zi-o-la) which means 'little reward,'" he said. "My treat will be a reward for the children who learn their prayers."

That afternoon, Angelo baked an entire batch of pretiolas. When the children came to the bakery to visit him, he gave the pretiolas to those who knew their prayers.

Before long, all the children began to remember their prayers, and they ate batch after batch of pretiolas.

And that's the story of a monk named Angelo and the very first pretzel.

LITERATURE & HISTORY February 11-15

Good Sunday, Students!

I have missed you and will be back tomorrow.  My husband is doing very well since his procedure, and we appreciate your thoughts and prayers.

This will be a fun week!  We will be finishing our Gala Project, and taking it for a spin around the neighborhood for some photo ops!  Ash Wednesday is this week, with Chapel at 12:00 noon instead of Wednesday morning.  Thursday is Valentine's Day.  Our party will be from 12:00-12:45 in the Math/Science room downstairs.  And we will be theorizing about Roanoke, the Lost Colony, and learning about how to write a Character Sketch and create a costume out of fabric.  Where else could all of these things happen but at CCS?

Your weekly schedule can be linked to here, and below, are your other assignment handouts for this week.
WOBBP Quote #5--Done in class Monday
WOBBP Quote #6--Done in class Thursday
Character Journals Chapters 13-16--Due Tuesday, 12
Character Journals Chapters 17-21--Due Tuesday, 19
How to Write a Character Sketch with Rubric for Book Report
Making Clothes for your Doll

Roanoke Research Packet
America Unearthed film notes and theory

Your new spelling and vocabulary words for a test on Tuesday, February 19 are below.
You will need to spell the words correctly and match them with their definitions.
For extra credit, you can use the words in a sentence that deals with WOBBP.

1.  abate = to lessen in amount, to diminish

2.  arduous = difficult to do

3.  concoction = a combination of ingredients

4.  docile = easy to teach

5.  flouting = openly disregarding (as in a law or rule)

6.  gaunt = thin and bony, haggard

7.  infidel = heathen or pagan

8.  magistrate = a justice of the peace or judge

9.  poultice = a hot, soft, moist mass of an herb or medicine that is placed on an open wound or sore

10.  rue = to wish undone; to regret

11.  serenity = tranquility or calmness

12.  sundry = various

13.  taut = tightly stretched or tense

14.  treadle = a foot pedal, as on a spinning wheel

15.  vigil = a watchful staying awake during the night

VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY

Dear Parents and Students,

It appears that I spoke too soon regarding the Valentine Party.  We are having one!

Since I will be out the remainder of the week, there won't be much time to put up a sign-up sheet.
Would you mind sending me an e-mail  letting me know what you would like to bring, and what you would prefer the students eat for lunch?


I don't know many of the details yet--when our party begins,when they will eat lunch--but I did get the message
that Mrs. Lin won't be fixing hot lunches that day.  So we need:


CUPS, NAPKINS, PLATES for 9 people

LUNCH food--we can take up 5$ per child and order out, or several parents can provide something lunchy--let me know what you would prefer

DRINKS--no sodas, but Gatorade would be great

DESSERT--a small cake, cupcakes, brownies, or heart shaped cookies

Thanks for helping, and I'm sorry for the late notice and misinformation!

Jill

Bible: Feb. 4-8

Memory Verse: Matthew 4:18-22

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Immediately they left their nets and followed him. And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them. Immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.

Monday: Jesus calls Andrew and Simon Peter- introduction to Jesus calling his first disciples. Reading cards and corresponding worksheet. We will then read from the Gospel of Matthew and find facts that are mentioned in the bible passage that are not on our cards.

Wednesday: 8:00 AM Chapel, come early!!!! We leave shortly afterward for the Rodeo! Wear "rodeo friendly" footwear.

Friday: Disciple Fishing Game

LITERATURE & HISTORY February 4-8, 2013

Happy Superbowl Sunday!  I hope you are enjoying this  beautiful weather, and that your team wins!

This week, we will be continuing to read The Witch of Blackbird Pond and will study The Lost Colony of Roanoke.  It is fascinating and very mysterious!

Below, you can link to this week's schedule of assignments, as well as many of the handouts you will be getting this week.  Don't forget to study for tomorrow's spelling test.  Tomorrow, you will also receive your 4 week progress report, which needs to be signed and returned to me by this Friday.  You will also get a "newsletter" to give to your parents about upcoming events.

This week's assignment schedule
Reading Logs for February 1-14
Questions for Chapter 36 & 37  in History book
Roanoke Research Packet
Article What Happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
Article What Happened to the Lost Colony? (theories)
Character Journals for Chapters 13-16
Character Journals for Chapters 17-21
What is a Husking Bee?
The Connecticut Charter
Quote for WOBBP 3 Chapters 10-11
Quote for WOBBP 4 Chapters 13-14

Your spelling words and vocabulary for this week are below.

SPELLING and Vocabulary for TEST on Monday, February 11

Learn to spell these words, and be able to match each with its correct definition.

1.  allotted = assigned or apportioned

The students were each allotted five minutes to present their reports.

2.  arrogant = haughty or prideful

The young man was arrogant to his servants.

3.  banished = sent away

Hannah and her husband were banished because they were Quakers.

4.  blithely = carefree or heedless

The girl blithely ignored the way the community felt about her.

5.  constable = policeman

The constable kept the prisoner in a cage in his yard.

6.  cordial = warm and genuine

Mercy was always cordial to visitors.

7.  decorum = proper polite behavior

The judge expected decorum in his court.

8.  devious = not straightforward, shifty or crooked

The men thought up a devious scheme for taking the Charter.

9.  gnarled = twisted or knobby

Hannah’s hands were gnarled from years of hard work.

10.  hapless = unlucky

The hapless young men were caught breaking windows.

11.  ingenious = clever or inventive

There have been many ingenious inventors in our history.

12.  papist = a Roman Catholic sympathizer

The Puritans accused many others of being papists.

13.  precarious = dangerous or risky

Kit knew that going to Hannah’s was a precarious decision.

14.  tryst = an appointed meeting

The Sons of Liberty agreed on a tryst to throw the tea overboard.

15.  unorthodox = not orthodox; not conforming to the usual beliefs

Kit is one of the most unorthodox characters in the novel.