1st Semester Week 5!

Week 5 was rather quiet...we missed our Emma and Ryan! It was a packed day nonetheless, and the highlights for me included:

- USA blank paper assessment
- Research papers (as always) - starfish, tardigrades, praying mantis, oh my!
- Latin! I think we can really have some fun with 3rd Declensions, so I'm excited for this week's exercises

Here is what you need to know for this week (in addition to following your guide):

Cartography challenge: Ok, now is the time to start practicing cumulative drawings AT LEAST once a week. To motivate you all, I proposed a CHALLENGE:

-Diligently do your cartography work 4 days this week, and include at least one drawing of Canada, USA, and Central America.

- By Sunday, let me know via email or google hangout that you've done the above.

- If I hear from EVERYONE (except Emma 😀), I will make homemade brownies with whipped cream for class on Monday! Woohoo!

One more cartography note: Don't feel discouraged if you are not where you want to be with your map copying! It is not too late to really rock this strand, I promise! But, you must devote time to map copying every. single. day. So let's say you feel a bit behind with both Canada and the USA. Well, you need to work them into your map practice each week. Think about it. If you just work some review time into your week, and truly stick with it, you will have many more opportunities to improve on those maps that you feel you're lacking in. So:

- Spend 20-30 minutes on the newly introduced map, then spend 20 minutes each day drawing a cumulative map. yep, every day! Listen to some peaceful music, sit outside in the sunshine, and just. do. it. 10-15 minutes on drilling/quizlet/geography notebook!

-Another option would be to devote one day a week to review in cartography. Work your new map 3 days, and then spend the 4th day doing cumulative drawing and drilling of locations.

Math: Make sure to bring at least one problem to walk through with the class!

Rhetoric: We will stick with blue and pink highlighting, and MEMORIZE THOSE CATECHISMS (check quizlet link for catechism review). We will eventually have time for a game :).

Exposition/Composition: Complete the Arrangement outline for Essay 2. Make sure your ANI chart has 15 items in the A and N columns! WATCH THE LTW VIDEO ON SORTING if you have any questions at all!

Latin: 3rd declension. Fun!

-I urge you to watch the Visual Latin videos on CC Connected (login, go to 'Classical Learning Center' under the Challenge tier, then hover over 'Learning Center' at the top of the page and click on 'Grammar (Latin)', then 'Latin Nouns', and watch the 3rd declension videos).

- Then click on the 'quizlet and stuff' link and watch the different latin resource videos there. There is so much help available to you, but you must put in the work and seek that information out. Then you have take the info and put in the hard work of memorizing and doing the exercises. I believe in you and know you can do it!

- Feel free to send me questions via google hangout or email, or have your teacher mom text me. I want you to succeed and soar!

Research: Work on improving in the areas you've assessed yourself as 'needing to do better next time'. Practice? Longer, more organized papers? Drawing a picture? Hand motions and eye contact?

Can't wait to hear those 'fish' related presentations next week.

I will liberally distribute rubber bands for all signs of 'stretching' yourself this week. This will look different for each of you, but I will be looking closely for signs of individual successes. You've got this!