Submitting Comics

You all are doing such a great job at your comics, we need to clean up how we keep things in order on the Pixton site though. So I've created a little tutorial to put here on the blog and I will do a print out for you as well so you have a hard copy.

1. When you log in, check any messages and active projects. Here is where you will find each new assignment for the bible lesson we have studied for the week.

Under Active Projects, you can see the newly created Project assignment. Click the green "Go to Project" button.

2. When looking at the new Project assignment, click the green "Create Comic" button to start your assignment.

3. Create your comic using the scriptures for the lesson, then click the green "Save and Submit" button.








4. Title your comic under the same name for the bible lesson that week. Make sure you scroll under projects and find the correct Project to submit it to. Then click the green "Submit Now" button and you are good to go!

LITERATURE and HISTORY: Week of December 3-7

Last week was a great success!  Thanks for working so hard!  Let’s keep working this way and decide before we leave for Christmas whether we want to keep it going in January.

As it was last week, I will be available to help you with any questions you may have.  You must stay busy the whole time, and if you do finish the day's (or week's) work, I have some extension activities I need help with--especially creating our Columbus bulletin board downstairs.  You can work ahead on assignments for the rest of the week.  We also have some BIG projects to discuss and get started:  Santa Craft Day—we will write and perform a short play about the appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe to Saint Juan Diego; Gifts to make for your parents; Las Posadas to learn, practice, and do on the last day of school for our Christmas Party; and a Gala Craft to decide on.  Whew!

Your schedule for the week is below.   DUE dates and TEST dates are included.

MONDAY, Dec. 3	Activity/Assignment	DUE Date
Large Group Time   LGT	Progress Reports—take home for parent signature.  Spelling/Vocabulary Test Go over new spelling words and assignments for week Discuss Chapter 10 Treasure Island (TI) Listen to Chapter 11 TI; fill in Follow the Story (FtS) chart Discuss NOTES III and pages 44-57 from First Voyage Choose a sailor’s letter and read aloud to class Grammar explanation using Monday’s example in         Columbus’s Grammar Tell Mrs. Horner your book report choice for TI	Wednesday TEST Mon., Dec. 10 TODAY
My Individual Time   MIT	1.  Turn in Explorers layered book 2.  Turn in last wk’s spelling/vocabulary cursive writing papers 3.  Read Chapter 12 TI;  fill out FtS chart 4.  Write spelling words in cursive 2 times (trace1, write1=2) 5.  Answer your sailor’s letter as if you were Columbus—seal 6.  Read pages 58-70 from First Voyage; answer questions on NOTES IV	3. Due Tuesday 4. Due Mon, Dec. 10 5. Due Tuesday 6. Due Tuesday

TUESDAY, Dec. 4	Activity/Assignment	DUE Date
LGT	Discuss Chapters 11-12 Treasure Island (TI) Listen to Chapter 13 TI; fill in Follow the Story (FtS) chart Discuss NOTES IV and pages 58-70 in First Voyage Read your letter aloud  from Christopher Columbus to sailor Learn to sing the Salve Regina	Chap. 10-12 charts      due today Due Wednesday Due today Due today
MIT	1.  Read Chapter 14 TI;  fill out FtS chart 2.  Read pages 71-87 from First Voyage; answer questions on NOTES V 3.  Today’s sentence analysis from Columbus’s Grammar 4.  Finish writing spelling words 2 times in cursive	Due Wednesday Due Wednesday Grammar packet due Friday Due Monday, 10th

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 5	Activity/Assignment	DUE Date
LGT	Discuss Chapter 14 Treasure Island (TI) Listen to Chapter 15 TI; fill in Follow the Story (FtS) chart Discuss pages 71-87 in First Voyage and NOTES V Watch film on Columbus and John Cabot Fill in Explorers Chart—Columbus and Cabot (catch up)	Chap. 13-15 charts      due today Due today
MIT	1. Read Chapter 16 TI; fill FtS chart 2. Read handout on John Cabot and fill in layered book chart 3. Today’s sentence analysis from Columbus’s Grammar 4. Work on definitions for vocabulary spelling words from cursive handout	1.  Due Thursday 2.  Due Mon, Dec. 10 3.  Grammar packet due Friday 4.  Due Mon, Dec10

                   

THURSDAY, Dec. 6	Activity/Assignment	DUE Date
LGT	Discuss Chapter 16 TI Listen to Chapter 17 TI; fill in FtS chart Watch film on Jacques Cartier	Due Friday
MIT	1. Read Chapter 18 TI; fill FtS chart 2. Read handout on Jacques Cartier;  fill in layered book chart 3. Today’s sentence analysis from Columbus’s Grammar 4. Finish definitions for vocabulary spelling words	1.  Due Friday 2.  Due Monday, 10 3.  Whole grammar packet due Friday 4.  Due Mon, Dec 10

FRIDAY, Dec. 7	Activity/Assignment	DUE Date
LGT	READING LOGS DUE Discuss Chap 17&18 TI with class.  Listen to Chapter 19 TI; fill in FtS chart Watch film on Sir Francis Drake & Champlain	Chap 16-18 FtS charts    due today Due Monday, 10th
MIT	1. Read Chapter 20 TI; fill FtS chart 2. Read handouts on Drake and Champlain;  fill in layered book chart and put in layered book 3.  Today’s sentence analysis from Columbus’s Grammar	1.  Due Monday 2.  Due Monday 3.  Whole grammar packet due today

SPELLING/VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, December 10
     * indicates that the definition for the word must also be learned--you will have to
       write the definition after you spell the word

1.         conversation

2.         certain

3.         current*         (must also be able to define as applies to the sea)

4.         presence 

5.         Gloria in excelsis Deo*—you must be able to spell in Latin, & translate to
                                                                   English        

6.         affirmation* (must be able to define)

7.         feigned*        (must be able to define)

8.         vessel    

9.         boatswain*    (must be able to define as applies to the sea)  This word is 
                 pronounced  [bo-sun]

10.       forecastle*    (must be able to define as applies to the sea)  This word is 
                 pronounced  [folk-sel]

11.       believed

12.       temperate*     (must be able to define)

13.       continent

14.       encouraged

15.       sovereign*    (must be able to define)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10th
   Spelling/Vocabulary TEST over words from this week
   DUE:  Cursive handwriting practice for words; Vocabulary definitions for words
   DUE:  Chapter 20 from Treasure Island with Follow the Story chart
   DUE:  Layered Book with BRITISH and FRENCH EXPLORERS page completed

VOCABULARY for Test on Monday, December 3

Here are the "agreed upon" definitions for the 9 spelling words you will have to match with their definitions:

testament:  written instructions telling what to do with a person's property
     after he/she dies

league:  a unit of measurement for distance, equal to about 3 miles

caravel:  a small, fast sailing ship of the 15th century

uncharted:  not mapped

reckoned:  counted or calculated (as in math)

amplitude:  abundance; more than enough

commencement:  a beginning or start

stationery:  writing materials such as paper and envelopes (remember:
     to write a letter you use stationery

stationary:  not movable;  staying in one place

Music Appreciation: Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi was born on March 4, 1678 in Venice, Italy. Antonio's father, Giovanni Battista, a barber before becoming a violinist, taught young Antonio to play the violin and then toured Venice playing the violin with him.

At the age of 15, Antonio began training to become a priest. At the age of 25, he was ordained a priest and soon after became known as the II Prete Rosso, "The Red Priest", because of his red hair. Due to his health, he left the priesthood in 1703 after only 3 years. But he was still able to pursue a career in music.
Vivaldi's music is joyful, almost playful, revealing his own joy of composing. In addition, Vivaldi was able to compose non-academic music which means it would be enjoyed by many people rather than just college professors. It was these qualities that made Vivaldi's music very popular.

Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, composed in 1723, is a set of four concertos for violin. It is his most popular work and is among the most popular works of the Baroque Era. For this composition he wrote sonnets to match each season.

This week the students listened and discussed Vivaldi's "Winter" from "The Four Seasons". Ask your child how many movements or sections "Winter" contained and the differences in tempo and mood. Below you can listen to this piece from YouTube with some really cool sand art to accompany it. The students are also being introduced to the theme from "Spring" from "The Four Seasons" as well via boomwhackers. We will do some breaking down of parts next week and put this together for our Spring concert.

Bible: Dec 3-7

Memory Verse:

“There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.  He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.”

John 1:6-8

Gospel Comic Updates: You now have a project "Jesus as a boy in the Temple" to submit your current comics to. Correct anything I have pointed out to you and edit your comics so they can be published this Monday. I have also created a personal category for each of you under your name for any personal comics that do not relate to our bible projects so that I do not have to search through all of your personal comics to find your bible assignments.

Monday: Read together and discuss "Ministry of John the Baptist" card then complete corresponding worksheet. Read and compare Matthew 3 and John 1:19-34. You will find similarities and differences between these two Gospel accounts, this is call "harmonizing" the Gospels. Since each Gospel has its own characteristics, we will go through these and find facts that match and facts that are different from one other accounts.

Wednesday: John the Baptist Chapel!!!

Friday: Finish any work left from our bible reading assignment on Monday. Hidden Object worksheet, here you will find 9 hidden objects in a picture, then you will write one sentence describing how this object is related to our lesson on John the Baptist.

In our Hymnal you can find a hymn specifically for this lesson and occasion which we will learn on Monday. Hymn 75 "There's a voice in the wilderness crying".

Bible: Nov. 26-30

Memory Verse: 

And when his parents saw him, they were astonished. And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father's house?”

(Luke 2:48-49 ESV)

I hope you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving break! We are going to jump back into our Gospel studies with Jesus as a young boy. You will be creating your first comic with this lesson. I will be having class in the math classroom so we are close to the computer lab. Most of your comic work will be done AT HOME, but if you have finished classwork while in bible class, then I may allow you time to go into the computer lab to do a little work. Remember that I will be logging online and either approving your work or sending it back to make improvements. Always check your messages from me so that you know what is needed. 

Monday: Jesus as a boy - reading cards and worksheet, read Luke 2:39-52 from our bibles then take a list of prepositional phrases and number them in the order that they occur in the scripture. 

Friday: Complete any classwork not finished on Monday and Computer Lab time. 

LITERATURE & HISTORY: November 26-30

Hello, Students!

I hope that you and your families and friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  We only have four more weeks of school before the first semester is over and we have our Christmas vacation!  There is so much to get done during this time, so I'm going to try a new class plan.

Each day when you get to history and lit class, you will know what has to be finished for you to stay caught up.  We will have a short time at the beginning of class when I will read a chapter of Treasure Island to you, or we watch a short film, or discuss our reading.  But the remainder of our time together is up to YOU to plan.  You will be working on:  your explorer layered book (Christopher Columbus) in history; reading the book, The First Voyage and taking reading notes; reading the novel, Treasure Island and filling out a plot/character chart for each chapter; practicing your new spelling words and their meanings, using cursive writing; completing Grammar with Columbus; and your book report for Treasure Island.

I will try and keep my part to no more than 45 minutes each day, which means that you will have over an hour to read your books and work on your assignments.  I hope that you will work hard so that you don't have homework every night.  Since we will be reading two books this week at the same time, you will really have to stay focused in class.  You will be able to count your individual reading during class for your 30 minutes for your reading log.

I will be available to help you with any questions you may have.  You must stay busy the whole time, and if you do finish the day's (or week's) work, I have some extension activities I need help with--especially creating our Exploration bulletin board downstairs.  You can work ahead on assignments for the rest of the week.

Your schedule for the week is below, and  you will also have a hard copy of this on Monday.  DUE dates and TEST dates are included below.

MONDAY:
     LARGE GROUP TIME (or LGT):
         Intro author and characters, story charts for Treasure Island;
         Listen to Chapter 1 of Treasure Island read aloud; fill in Following the Story chart;
         Watch short film on Christopher Columbus; use info for layered book;
         Grammar explanation using Monday's example in Grammar with Christopher
            Columbus.
    MY  INDIVIDUAL TIME:  (or MIT)
           *Read Chapter 15 in The History of US:  A Boy Named Christopher Has a Dream
           *Work on Christopher Columbus page in Explorers layered book;
                   DUE MONDAY, 3rd 
           *Read Chapter 2 in Treasure Island and fill out Following the Story chart.
                   DUE TUESDAY
           *Write your spelling words in cursive 2 times each (trace and write = 2)
                   DUE MONDAY, 3rd; 
                   SPELLING/VOCAB TEST MONDAY, 3rd

TUESDAY:   
    LGT:  Discuss Chapter 2 of Treasure Island with class
               Listen to Chapter 3 of Treasure Island read aloud;  fill in FtS chart;
                    DUE TODAY
    MIT:  *Read Chapter 4 of Treasure Island; fill in FtS chart; DUE THURSDAY
               *Read Preface (pp. 3-15) and Epilogue (pp. 88-91) from new book:
                    The First Voyage to America and answer reading comprehension
                    questions from packet; DUE WEDNESDAY
               *Complete Grammar MYTH/FACT summary sentence for Tuesday from packet;
                    DUE FRIDAY
               *Finish writing spelling words 2 times each in cursive
               *Finish Columbus page for layered book

WEDNESDAY: 
     LGT:  Discuss Chapters 3 & 4 of Treasure Island with class
                Listen to Chapter 5 read aloud; fill in FtS chart; DUE THURSDAY
                Discuss the Prologue and Epilogue of First Voyage;  turn in completed
                   questions.
     MIT:  *Read Chapter 6 of Treasure Island; fill in FtS chart; DUE THURSDAY
                *Read First Voyage pages 16-27; answer questions on NOTES I;
                     DUE THURSDAY
                *Complete Grammar MYTH/FACT summary sentence for Wednesday;
                     DUE FRIDAY
                *Work on looking up definitions for vocabulary spelling words and writing them
                      on cursive handout.  DUE MONDAY, 3rd 

           

THURSDAY:

     LGT:  Discuss Chapters 5 & 6 of Treasure Island with class; turn in FtS for
                    Chapters 4-6

                Listen to Chapter 7 read aloud; fill in FtS chart; DUE FRIDAY

                Discuss pages 16-27 from First Voyage;  turn in completed questions.

                Learn to sing the Salve Regina.

     MIT:  *Read Chapter 8 of Treasure Island; fill in FtS chart;  DUE FRIDAY

                *Read First Voyage pages 28-43; answer questions on NOTES II;
                  DUE FRIDAY

                *Complete Grammar MYTH/FACT summary sentence for Thursday;
                  DUE FRIDAY

                *Finish definitions for vocabulary spelling words

FRIDAY:

     LGT:  Discuss Chapters 7 & 8 of Treasure Island with class

                Listen to Chapter 9 read aloud; fill in FtS chart;  DUE TODAY

                Discuss pages 28-43 from First Voyage; turn in completed questions

                Get information about Treasure Island book report

                Go over writing assignment

     MIT:  *Read Chapter 10 of Treasure Island; fill in FtS chart; DUE MONDAY

                *Read First Voyage pages 44-57; answer questions on NOTES III;
                  DUE MONDAY
                *Complete Grammar MYTH/FACT summary sentence for today;
                  PACKET DUE TODAY
                *Write your letter to Christopher Columbus; DUE MONDAY

SPELLING/VOCABULARY for TEST on Monday, December 3
     * indicates that the definition for the word must also be learned--you will have
        to recognize it on a matching test.  All definitions should relate to sea travel.
1.  testament*
2.  Gospel
3.  character
4.  Christopher Columbus
5.  league*
6.  caravel*
7.  admiral
8.  uncharted*
9.  reckoned*
10. amplitude*
11. commencement*
12.  stationery*
13.  stationary*


MONDAY, DECEMBER 3rd
   Spelling Test over words from this week
   Cursive handwriting practice for words; Vocabulary definitions for words
   Chapter 10 from Treasure Island with Follow the Story chart
   Pages 44-57 from First Voyage and questions from NOTES III.
   Letter to Christopher Columbus