Week 8!

Hello Masters and families,

I sure hope you had a tremendous time getting to the "heart" of things this week! Thanks to Mrs. Dees for the super science activities that she supplies us with each week. We missed our resident dissector, Mrs. Matthews!

Rememer that our average resting heart rate was 79 bpm. That is a normal heart rate for a group our age. Now, here are the exercise heart rates for you to average... 94, 68, 121, 83, 101, 113, 114, 115, and 116. Bring in the exercise average for lots of memory marbles on Week 9.

You all played the tin whistle quite well this week. Keep practicing, trying to gently blow into the whistle making a sweet sound. We should be able to play "Mary had a Little Lamb" with few mistakes on Week 9. I found the Star Wars theme that we can learn to play. May the force be with us!

The presentations were interesting this week. I just loved hearing about places that you all visited and some of your family traditions. Thank you to Anna, Cara, Grace, Maren, and Mary Blake. I look forward to hearing from Joseph, Macy, Rebekah, and Hope. Rachel...you can present if you are ready. If not, you can jump back in on Week 10.

Please review each week all of our Memory Work. Since we have neglected to do so the last couple of weeks, I am planning on spending a little time at the beginning of class and at the end of class for review. This will be a great time to show off your memory skills, as well as your basketball skills! It will also be a great time to fill up that pitcher!

You all light up my life! It is such a blessing to be able to spend a little part of each week with you. When our time is up...I always wish we had more! You all have a great rest of the week...

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns...
Mrs. Black

 

What a busy day!

Hello All...

I can hardly believe we got through all we needed to on Tuesday! Picture day can be a crazy day, but you all held it together pretty well. I do so hope next week we can get our focus back, and our listening ears cleaned out! :)

Macy, Rebekah, and Hope presented their "Geography" information in different, yet interesting ways. Good Job, girls. I look forward to the rest of you presenting next Tuesday on "Family Traditions". We have some fun ones at our house, and I know that you all will come up with some to share with the class. The presentation focus for the next couple of weeks is poise. This involves not just how you are standing and what your hands and feet are doing, but also how calm and confident you are...even if something goes wrong. (I know that some of you have not presented on the Geography topic, so you can do this next week, and the Family Traditions one the next...then you should be all caught up!)

Please remember the following:

• Tin Whistle - We are definitely going to be playing some, now that we know the vocabulary and finger placement.
• large and small intestine colored and cut out. I only got about 3 of the students work back.
• if you can...I would love to see some art work.

The one thing that we did not get to last week was our review, so I am going to do it this next Tuesday. I have a fun basketball game planned involving teams. BE SURE THAT YOU STUDY ALL 7 WEEKS OF YOUR MEMORY WORK FOR THE GAME. I am soooooo ready to fill up that Memory Pitcher, so we can celebrate!

Week 6!

Hello Mrs. Black's Master Class...

Thanks for such a great week! We had so much to do that we stayed a bit late...didn't we? Hopefully, that will not happen many more times.

I really enjoyed the presentations this week. Cara, Rachel, Anna, Grace, and Maren shared lots of interesting facts. I look forward to Mary Blake, Joseph, Hope, Rebekah, and Macy sharing on Tuesday!

Remember to bring in the time that it took for the corn going in to come out! There are memory marbles to be had. Also, bring in those pieces of art. I can't wait to see what you created.

Lastly, remember to bring in your tin whistles. We will start learning to play on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend...
Blessings,
Mrs. Black