Math for Week of November 9-13, 2015

Before we move on in our math book, we are going to spend more time on long division.  If your child is still struggling with their multiplication facts, please help them at home.  Many of the children have to think too long about the facts and then they forget what step in the division process they are on.  Several of the students that I thought would not have trouble with division are struggling.  If you could go over multiplication facts every day, this will help your child.

Lingua Latina: Nov. 9-13

Monday: Chapter 6 Quiz

Friday : We will discuss our quizzes and any mistakes we made and then watch our Chapter 7 introduction video. 




Don't forget to study your 2nd Declension Endings!

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	-us = noun	-i=nouns
Genitive	-i = of the noun	-orum = of the nouns
Dative	-o = to/for the noun	-is = to/for the nouns
Accusative	-um = the noun	-os = the nouns
Ablative	-o = by/with/from the noun	-is=by/with/from the nouns

History, Literature, Bible: Nov. 9-13

Memory Verse: Recite on Nov. 17th

Luke 2:49-50

He said to them, “Why were you searching for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” But they did not understand what he said to them.

History
Monday - Council of Chalcedon, we will be discussing the 4 ecumenical councils that met during this time to establish what the church believed and would teach and we will create banners stating what each council established.
Tuesday- St. Benedict and Monasticism, we will read our introduction card and complete the corresponding worksheet.
Wednesday - I will give you a review packet over St. Jerome, Chalcedon and St. Benedict. You will work on filling in the answers to help you study.
Thursday - Study and History Jeopardy
Friday - Jerome, Chalcedon and Benedict Test

Literature
Monday - Spelling Quiz - Goaded, Blithe, Durst, Lair, Direful, Turgid, Sinews, Liege, Baleful, Laved
Canterbury Tales power-point presentation. We will learn about the the author, Geoffrey Chaucer and a little more about the background of these stories. You will also get a copy of the first 18 stanza's of this book to memorize as a class. I will read it to you in old English and you will be memorizing modern English.
Tuesday- Read the "Nun's Priest's Tale" on pages 26-32
Wednesday - Chapel
Thursday - Class discussion of this story, fill in the characters we have met on a chart I will give you and describe what we know about them.
Friday - Comprehension Questions for "Nun's Priest's Tale"

Spelling Words for this week:
Pilgrimage, Gout, Laxative, Foreknowledge, Cloistered, Apoplexy, Loathsome, Nag (noun), Instinctively, Distaff.

Bible
Tuesday - Recite Memory Verse: Luke 2:46-47, Flight to Egypt Quiz
Wednesday - Jesus as a Boy, read the introduction card and complete the corresponding worksheet
Thursday - Bible reading, we will read Luke 2:39-52 and put events listed on our worksheet in order according to when they occurred.

November Events

Is it really November already? Amazing!

Food Drive 

This helps stock the shelves of food pantries here in Central Texas. 

4th graders are“WHITE” FOOD (i.e.Pasta, rice,cereals, pancake mixes, canned/boxed potatoes)

There are boxes at the front of the school, by the office where we can drop off our foods. We need these turned in by Tuesday, November 17th. 

Fire Up Facebook

For the month of November, we are firing up our Facebook page.  We will have a contest and a gift giveaway at the end of the month. The gift giveaway will be posted in November.   Here is how you can earn points to win the contest.Each point that you earn will go into a drawing for a giveaway prize.  Winner will be announced on Dec. 4^th. 

Every time you         something, you earn 1 pt. (One per comment)

When you   on a post, you earn 2 pts.

Every time you   a post, you will earn 5 pts.

When you   you earn 10 pts.

Operation Christmas Child 

Your child should have gotten home this afternoon with their OCC box to stuff with wonderful gifts for a child from somewhere around the world. 

Please make sure you read the information on what is appropriate for the boxes and how to wrap certain items. 

For example: Soap needs to be double bagged in sandwich bags so if you put any hard candy in the box it will not reach its destination tasting like Ivory soap. 

Box Tops for Education

The school accepts box tops year round, so if you did not get any turned in to win the popcorn party, you can still gather them and help to contribute to our school in this way. 

Biology November 2-6, 2015

This week we will continue working with microscopes.  We will also examine the potato slices and look at samples from each under the microscope.  Gross yet fascinating!

History, Literature, Bible: Nov. 2-6

Memory Verse: Recite on Nov. 10th

Luke 2:46-47

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers.

History
Monday -  Project 2, St. Jerome Art Study, you will be looking up information as to why St. Jerome is often depicted with a skull and/or a lion in paintings and writing 2 paragraphs explaining why.
Tuesday - Review for St. Jerome Quiz
Wednesday - Chapel
Thursday - St. Jerome Quiz
Friday - Students will have a reading about the Council of Nicea and then read their introduction card on the Council of Chalcedon and complete the corresponding worksheet.

Literature 
Monday - Spelling Quiz: Astonishment, Modestly, Courteous, Reverence, Entreated, Twilight, Glittering, 
Precious, Grappling, Twain, Abide, Bestowed
We will read chapters 9-10 and then you will complete your last set of comprehension questions. 

Tuesday - Students will create a character analysis from our Beowulf story and then draw an illustration of their favorite scene from this book.
Wednesday - Chapel
Thursday - We will create a plot pyramid based upon the information we have collected and remember from this story.
Friday - Plot pyramid on Beowulf continued.

Spelling for this week:

1. Goaded
2. Blithe
3. Durst
4. Lair
5. Direful
6. Turgid
7. Sinews
8. Liege
9. Baleful
10. Laved

Bible

Tuesday - Recite memory verse: Matthew 2:14-15
Flight to Egypt Bible Reading, we will read Matthew 2:13-23 and complete the corresponding worksheet about fulfilled prophecies.
Wednesday - We will be creating a timeline based on all our lessons thus far showing the Old Testament prophecies that have been fulfilled in the coming of Emmanuel (God with us).
Thursday - Flight to Egypt Review

Math for Week of November 2-6, 2015

This week in Math we will do an experiment to see how long it will take to tap a desk one million times.  What would be your guess?  10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour?

We will also review dividing (traditional method)

And we will learn how to interpret remainders when we divide-