K-2 Art and Science

Hello moms,
   
     I hope your girls are enjoying their art and science classes  :)

    Each week in art class, we will be looking at 3 museum works of art and talking about the pictures and the artists. During the second part of the class we will work on art projects. During the music portion of the class, Jenny will be teaching a Bible verse set to music.  The girls have already done Beautifully, and Jenny has emailed you how you can take it a step further if you would like (if you'd like to play them on the piano, learn them with your family, sing them on the way to co-op?)

      In science, we will be exploring 30 different parts of science with "Miss Frizzle" on the PBS show "Magic School Bus." Then we will delve deeper into each area with books and worksheets.

     It would be helpful for each child to bring a pocket folder for each subject, with a pencil and pen in their backpack (or a little bag?)
   
      Looking forward to a great year,
                Cindy

History Grade 6 - Week of Sept. 16

Hello Happy Homeschoolers!

I hope the assignment sheet I handed to your students for History is clear. We already did the reading, map work, literature reading & timeline work for Lesson 6. All that's left for Lesson 6 is the creative writing activity.

Then, for each lesson, you'll see a checkbox for each activity that is assigned and an x for each activity that is not assigned. I thought this would be an easy way for them to visually see exactly what needs to be done for each lesson and if they're check-off-the-box types they can easily do that and see how quickly they make progress on their History lesson for each day.

If you have a question, please contact me -- you can click below to make a comment (It will either say No comments or ## Comments - just click there to comment). Blogger will then send me the comment and, when I answer it, you'll get an e-mail telling you my response. The advantage of this is that if I've been particularly confusing about something and you both have the same question, the second person to visit the blog will find the question and answer already there. (This may not be a big deal for this class, but for some of the bigger classes, this could save the teacher from sending out 5-6 answers to the same question.)

I'm looking forward to working with this group of students -- I really enjoyed the class yesterday!

Writing/Literature Grades 3/4

In this class we will be discussing the literature assigned each week, and using the handbook (Write on Track) to use and improve the students' writing skills. We will share about what the girls have written in their journals. Additional work will be assigned from the SkillsBook according to each girl's needs which will benefit her individually.

I have previously distributed the booklist and the assignment to accomplish before our first class. I will be emailing each of the moms with these handouts as an attachment which you can disregard if you still have yours.

It was made known to me that there are two editions of the handbook (Write on Track). I have already been working with the 1996 edition. I am sorry for the confusion this will cause if you have the newer version. Esther has both versions and compared them and says: "The two editions seem to vary mostly in layout, resulting in slight difference of page numbering -- they're mostly just a few pages off -- but occasionally they've taken a sub-section and completely relocated it." I do apologize for this. If you have trouble doing the homework for the first class, just do the best you can and the girls and I will inspect the books together on Monday. Each week when I give out the assignments I will make sure the girls all have the correct page numbers.

I am looking forward to meeting you and your daughters. May God bless you all!

In Him,
Jenny Zaloum

History Grades K-2

I am looking forward to teaching Ancient History to your girls this school year.  As I was looking through the curriculum I noticed that there is a lot you can do with the material.  I plan to do a combination of map work, narration/illustration, craft and game activities.  I found the narration and illustration book combo in Canada, therefore, you do not need to purchase them (hope you haven't already).  Since we will be doing several craft projects in class I will need a $15 supply fee for the full year. 

 

The 2013-2014 syllabus is complete and therefore, I will hand it to the kids on the first day of co-op.  The syllabus seems like a lot, but I may take away what is needed as we go along or if lacking time in the classroom.  

 

Yes, there will be homework due on the first day.  Intro. and Chapter 1 pgs.1-13 have to be read and Student Pages 1,2 have to be completed.  In class, we will do our first narration and map work.  The children will need crayons, pencils and their 1.5 in. binder.

 

I hope and pray that the class will be a fun and interactive learning experience for the girls.

 

Blessings,

Linda

History Grades 3/4

In preparation for the first day of Co op, would you please read (you may want to do this with your child in the beginning to be certain that she is comprehending the material) Christopher Colombus, pages 1-7, in the American Tales Reader. 

 

You do not need to do anything in the Activity Guide.  However, please have your child bring it to our first class.

Would you also please send her with a folder with pockets?  Thank you.

 

I'm looking forward to the 18th.


Maria Kriesel

Botany - Science 5/6

For Botany, the students need their Exploring Creation with Botany book and the corresponing Notebooking Journal.

Before the first day, please have your child read Lesson 1: page 1-5, 8-11.  You do not need to do the "Try This!" on page 9 or the "Paper Towel Activity" on page 10. 

 

Also, while reading, please open to page 14-15 in the Journal.  Have the student write down anything--that is anything-- that is interesting from the lesson.  If they want to draw, there is a space to do that as well.  Finally, please answer the Review questions on page 16 of the Journal.  They can write the answers right in the Journal.

 

Looking forward to the 18th.

Maria Kriesel

Writing/Literature - Grades 5-6

[Esther's Note: Hi all! I'm posting a couple of e-mails I've gotten about the classes, just to get more stuff posted so we can all begin to see how this blog might help us all out. Here's the info from Yami on the Grade 5/6 Writing & Literature class.]

Hello ladies and fellow students of this year’s 5/6 grades Literature/Writing class. My name is Yami Lasval and I will be your teacher along with Maria Kriesel.  

As you all know we will be using Write Source 2000 as our handbook and the following list of book titles, which we will be reading this year.  I have selected them in chronological order to coincide with your America the Beautiful History class in the hopes that you can more easily make timeline connections with one another. 

There will be comprehension questions for each of the books which will have to be emailed back to Mrs. Kriesel, at; mkriesel@optonline.net  each Friday by 3pm.  

I am looking forward to meeting each of you and I am ready to enjoy reading and writing along with you.

The Sing of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates

Bound of Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen

All – Of – A – Kind Family by Sydney Taylor

Blue Willow by Doris Gates

Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

Witch of Blackbird by Elizabeth George Speare

Your first week’s assignments will be to

1)   Read “Using the Handbook” page iii

2)   Complete the scavenger hunt that I will be emailing you. (at the moment my     scanner is not cooperating)

3)   Read the first six chapters of The Sign of the Beaver.

If you cannot complete the reading assignment for the first co-op class, don’t worry too much about it, we will make adjustments as needed.

I am also attaching the comprehension questions for The Sign of the Beaver. [Esther's note: check your e-mail for this file, I haven't figured out yet how to post this...]

I am exited about this school year and I look forward to working with all of you!

Test

Hi everybody,

This is just a test to see if this works. If it does, I'll post about my 3-4 grade Literature class early next week. Have a great weekend, everyone!

In Christ,
Jenny Zaloum

History: Grades 5-6

What students need to bring to class
Map book, timeline book, the week's assignments

What they'll need at home, but don't need to bring to class
I don't think they'll need the text books (hardcover); they're heavy! If I change my mind about this along the way, I'll let you know.
Something to store papers in -- binder or folder; whatever you prefer.


The work that will be done at home for a typical week
Read at least 4 lessons.
Do Map & Timeline activities for each lesson.
Read Literature assignments from "We the People" any time they're assigned.
Do other activities I'll assign (2-3 short activities each week).


What you expect to do in class
Review highlights from the previous week's reading.
Take questions on map work, if any.
Discuss prepared assignments.


What needs to be done for the first class
Read lessons 1-5
Do the following activities at the end of the lessons:
L1: Map, Lit
L2: Map, Lit, Vocab
L3: Map, Lit
L4: Map, Timeline, Lit, Vocab
L5: Map, Timeline, Lit

Any long-term assignments you anticipate
none!

What to post...

When you're posting your basic beginning information, please include the following information:

The grade & subject of your class (This would make a good title for the post.)

What students need to bring to class

What they'll need for class, but don't need to bring to class

What needs to be done for the first class

What you expect to do in class

The work that will be done at home for a typical week

Any long-term assignments you anticipate

Any other information that you think will be helpful

Some of you have already typed this information up; perhaps you'd like to copy/paste that info or just post the file; I think that's easy to do!

So I'll go try to do it and see if it works!  :-)

Esther

Greetings!

Hello lovely ladies! I was hoping that I'd be able to write the e-mail inviting you to join this blog, but Blogger has sent the invitation off without me putting my two cents in. The thought is that this blog could be the one-stop place where all the information about the co-op is available. It's set up so each of us who are participating in the co-op can post. It is a closed blog, so no one else can view it. In case you're wondering, Maureen thought this was a good idea, and I'm considering that "official approval." I'd like this to be a place where we can each post information for the classes we're teaching in co-op. Anyone who has questions about your class can then respond in a comment, so you'll get an e-mail telling you that someone has commented on your post. You can respond with another comment or, if you think it's necessary, with another post. In the interests of streamlined communication, let's limit this to co-op information, OK? I don't have much blogging experience, so please don't consider me an expert. This is an experiment; it will be helpful if you all would participate (sorry, I guess that makes you guinea pigs) at least as far as posting basic beginning information about your class. Thanks! Esther