Week 5 Again :)

Items of Business:

• Thank you Shaw Family for snack....YUM!! Next week Soots :)
• Upcoming Week 8 is Breakfast social.  Come on in as early as 8:30 for Chicken minis and fellowship.  Optional PJ Day 
• Also March 6th, Week 10, Foundations is having an 80's day.  I will leave up to the kids if they would like to participate in this one as well
• Week 15 is end of year "party" After researching Laser Tag, this was not a cost effective option.  The kids instead have voted for a trip to Hanes Mall in Winston Salem.  I am still in need of at least one other driver that can haul 8.  (or 2 drivers with smaller cars)
• Next week accountability sheets will be taken up.  I will be sending out individual emails again :)
• Check out Science section for a cool "brains" experiment
• I attached some helpful Latin sheets to your weekly email, if you cannot open them let me know

Math: We reviewed the test  (which went well) and introduced 3 lessons.  

Homework: 3 lessons, the 4th day is to be used to memorize properties

Latin: We worked more with verbs and introduced new vocabulary.  We talked about conjugating, but did not go too far down that rabbit hole yet.

Homework: Pgs. 109 - 119 purple book, ex. 120, 121, 126-129, 131 (This is a lot, please decide as teacher what your student will/will not do) Blue Book rule 164.  In PDF I am having John really work on memorizing pg. 104 - 105

Advanced: REVIEW!

Literature: We had a bunch of guests and boy did our class shine!!  They did such a great job with discussing our book, our guests were enthralled!  We really delved into how today's Christians need courage to stand up for our beliefs.  Please continues these discussions with your child ;)

Homework: See guide.

Science: We tested on lungs, reviewed mouth, and made a brain :)  Well , it weighed as much and had the same consistency as a brain!  (Smelled bad too LOL)  The brain experiment I wanted to do I am inserting here.  It involves cooking, so adult supervision is needed :)

Materials:

2 cups water

2 cups flour

4 teas. cream of tartar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 cup salt

red food coloring

Mix the water, salt, flour, and cream of tartar in a large bowl or blender until lumps disappear.  Then mix in the vegetable oil.  Put the entire mixture into a saucepan and "cook" it over low heat until it gets lumpy.  Pour the mixture out and let it cool.   Then knead and shape it into the form of a brain.  Don't forget to add wrinkles (gyri) to your brain.  Squirt in red food coloring for blood vessels.

Homework: See guide

Rhetoric: More wonderful discussion here as well.  We talked a bit about how the original Hebrew, Greek, and Aramaic does not always translate word for word into English.  We also touched on how sometimes the Bible is literal and sometimes it is figurative.  Enjoy that discussion :)

Homework: see guide

Geography: We played geography games

Homework: TEST ON ASIA NEXT WEEK