Monday 12/13 - Ls 60 (1-29)

Tuesday 12/14 - Review

Wednesday 12/15 - Test (up to Ls 55)

Thursday 12/16 - Bingo...no homework

Friday 12/17 - Christmas Math

Enjoy the holidays!

~Mrs. R~

CHRISTMAS PROGRAM

Our Christmas Program will be on the evening of Tuesday, December 14! YOU will be singing, so be sure to come and bring your familiy!


Upper School, please meet in the music room at 6:15, start time - 6:30 PM

Upper School (1st - 6th) Dress for "Masters In This Hall"

Dress Attire in Red or Green colors, have them look "Christmasy", chapel attire is allowed
Boys must wear dress slacks
Girls may wear a Christmas dress if they would like to
No t-shirts, No Tennis Shoes, No Jeans

See you there!

LITERATURE: Homework, December 6-17

We are nearing the end of the adventure of Bilbo and the Dwarves to “There and Back Again” (which is actually the sub-title of The Hobbit.) I hope you have loved this story as much as I have! I feel as if I have just spent the last month in the coolest place. . . that doesn’t really exist!

Your assignments (reading and spelling) for the next two weeks are below.

For MONDAY, December 6—You should come to class having read Chapters 13 and 14. Be ready to discuss these 2 chapters before you get to work on your project. HOMEWORK: Reading—Read Chapter 15 for Tuesday. Spelling—write your spelling words three times each using Modern Manuscript. Due on Tuesday.

TUESDAY, December 7—Discuss Chapter 15; work on Project. HOMEWORK: Reading—Read Chapters 16 and 17 for Thursday Spelling—write your spelling words as the shapes of the letters of the name of your favorite character in The Hobbit. Due Thursday. These will be added to our bulletin board, so do a good job!

WEDNESDAY, December 8—No lit class—we will be on our field trip to Austin.

THURSDAY, December 9—Discuss Chapters 16 and 17. Work on Projects. HOMEWORK: Reading—Read Chapter 18 and 19 (finish the book!) for Monday. Spelling—Study words for Spelling Test on Friday

FRIDAY, December 10—No lit class—we will be on our field trip to sing at the nursing home. Spelling Test will be at our 9:30 break. Turn in Reading Logs.

MONDAY, December 13—Discuss Chapters 18 and 19. Begin filling out the study guide for the last 9 chapters of The Hobbit. Test will be on Wednesday just before you begin your book report presentations on The Hobbit. There will be no spelling homework this week. No reading logs required.

TUESDAY, December 14—Work on Hobbit Projects; Study for test over Chapters 11-19 tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY, December 15—Test over Chapters 11-19. Begin book report presentations.

THURSDAY, December 16—Finish book report presentations.

FRIDAY, December 17—No lit class; Christmas party/lunch at 11:00. Early Dismissal at 11:45.

No reading homework over the holiday, but read for fun! No reading logs required—we will start new reading logs when we get back from our break. Have a Blessed Christmas with your families!

SPELLING/VOCABULARY WORDS for Friday, December 10

1. unexpectedly = something that happens suddenly

2. mouldered = decayed

3. noisily = in a noisy manner

4. prophecy (noun) = a prediction of the future

5. prophesy (verb) = to make a prediction of the future

6. unquenchable = unable to be quenched or put out

7. murmur = mumbling or muttering

8. imperishable = unable to perish, indestructible

9. recompense = payment for something done, reward

10. contrived = devised or schemed, fabricated

11. coveted = desired greedily

12. quarriers = those who work in a quarry

HISTORY: Cathedrals in Europe

Monday we will have a lesson over the development of Gothic Cathedrals. As society moved more and more away from Roman culture with the development of the Feudal System, the architecture of buildings began to change as well. You will learn what vaulting, ribs and flying buttresses are and what a clerestory is. Using your reading cards, you will read and complete the worksheet: Cathedrals in Europe.

Tuesday, we will have a reading packet and discuss what kind of people it took to construct such a building. You will then decide what kind of "apprentice" you would choose to be if you were on a building site for a cathedral. Would you want to be a mason, or maybe a mortar maker? We will use the reading packet: Cathedrals in Europe: Project 2

Wednesday, no class, Austin Field Trip!

Thursday, we will be creating our own stained glass window and reviewing for our test over Cathedrals on Friday.

Friday, Cathedrals in Europe Test

Mission: In the description of what we will be doing Monday, write down for me why architecture began to change. Also write down what day you will have your test over this lesson.

BIBLE: The Fall of Israel

King Nebuchadnezzer invades the land of Israel

In the book of Deutoronomy, it talks about the covenant made between God and his people. God had delivered his people out of Egypt and led them through the wilderness for 40 years. Moses lets the people know there will be a covenant (an agreement) between them and the Lord. We will be discussing this covenant in class to better understand why Jeremiah's message from God to the people seemed so harsh and what led him to later write the book of Lamentations.

From Wikipedia :

According to Jeremiah, the LORD declared that the covenant was broken and that God would bring upon Israel and Judah the curses of the covenant. Jeremiah’s job was to explain the reason for the impending disaster (destruction by the Babylonian army and captivity).

Monday, we will read  Deuteronomy 29, and discuss the agreement God made with his people and then discuss Jeremiah's message to them. We will then review for our Test on Tuesday.

Tuesday, The Ministry of Jeremiah Test

Wednesday, no class, Austin Field Trip!

Thursday, we will begin our lesson that carries on the story of God's displeasure with his people and how they end up in Babylonian captivity. We will be using our reading cards and completing the worksheet:
The Fall of Jerusalem

Friday, we will be using our Bibles to read II Kings 25: 1-21 then complete the "scrambled" worksheet:
The Fall of Jerusalem: Project 1 -Bible Reading

Mission: Write down what Wikipedia had to say about the Covenant between God and his people.