Hello all...
My children and I are schooling outside today! It is beautiful...but windy! There are some items of business that I want to attend to today with the blog...
***practice the Atoms family song
***try to find a lab coat or two and bring to class this Tuesday (I will bring what I have.)
***bring a pair of sunglasses
***decide what subjects (if you haven't already) that you are going to recite for Memory Excellence and Memory Power and PRACTICE-PRACTICE-PRACTICE!!
***Memory Master candidates should be PRACTICING as well!
***If you have any questions about Memory Anything...write them down and I will have Alison answer them
***If you have not already paid, bring in $1 to cover the cost of the T-shirts that we will be making on Tuesday.
***CC Yearbook orders are due on February 28th. The cost is $22. Make checks payable to Amber Scavo. You can give her the check or put it in her folder in the "Pink Box".
A special thank-you to all the parents that made our Pizza Party such a success! I have the greatest Master Students and the most wonderful Master Moms in the whole world. There is a lot going on right now, so write down questions about anything you have, and I will get the answers. We will "plow" through all this stuff together.
Blessings for a great weekend!
Mrs. Black
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Week 19 was a blast!
Hello Masters and Families,
This past week was lots of lovin' fun with our Valentine's celebrations. I am really enjoying the sweet treats that came my way...and the coffee...and the sweet wishes! Did you enjoy it too? I hope so.
WEEK 20--please bring money for pizza. Our probability lesson will have a pizza topic, and it will be fun to follow it up with a pizza lunch. $3 per person should cover the cost. I will bring the drinks. Let's plan to eat together in the room or the kitchen (if we can), so we have lots of time to visit. Mrs. Harrell's Masters class may be eating pizza too, so we may be able to be all together. FUN!!!
Weeks 20 and 21 bring a new presentation topic and focus. The presentation topic is "Demo Day"--similar to the "Teach It" days we just had. Bring something in to demonstrate...teach a game, how to make something, a song, etc. The presentation focus is the use of a visual aid, which you all are doing very well. Please keep presentations at 3-5 minutes. I am going to have to stop the presentation if it is over 5 minutes. Practice your presentation at home having it end at the 3-4 minute mark, so you can answer questions for the last minute. So...another presentation skill I will be looking for these weeks is staying focused on your material.
Even weeks Presenters: Rachel, Maren, Mary Blake, Anna, Grace
Odd week Presenters: Rebekah, Macy, Joseph, Cara, Hope
Remember, if you do not have a presntation ready on your assigned week, we may not have time to have you present the next week. You can just wait until your scheduled time.
Be sure to study your memory work each day. Study Geography...we are going to review with the big map again.
Your folk art looked terrific! Have a great week!!
Blessings,
Mrs. Black
This past week was lots of lovin' fun with our Valentine's celebrations. I am really enjoying the sweet treats that came my way...and the coffee...and the sweet wishes! Did you enjoy it too? I hope so.
WEEK 20--please bring money for pizza. Our probability lesson will have a pizza topic, and it will be fun to follow it up with a pizza lunch. $3 per person should cover the cost. I will bring the drinks. Let's plan to eat together in the room or the kitchen (if we can), so we have lots of time to visit. Mrs. Harrell's Masters class may be eating pizza too, so we may be able to be all together. FUN!!!
Weeks 20 and 21 bring a new presentation topic and focus. The presentation topic is "Demo Day"--similar to the "Teach It" days we just had. Bring something in to demonstrate...teach a game, how to make something, a song, etc. The presentation focus is the use of a visual aid, which you all are doing very well. Please keep presentations at 3-5 minutes. I am going to have to stop the presentation if it is over 5 minutes. Practice your presentation at home having it end at the 3-4 minute mark, so you can answer questions for the last minute. So...another presentation skill I will be looking for these weeks is staying focused on your material.
Even weeks Presenters: Rachel, Maren, Mary Blake, Anna, Grace
Odd week Presenters: Rebekah, Macy, Joseph, Cara, Hope
Remember, if you do not have a presntation ready on your assigned week, we may not have time to have you present the next week. You can just wait until your scheduled time.
Be sure to study your memory work each day. Study Geography...we are going to review with the big map again.
Your folk art looked terrific! Have a great week!!
Blessings,
Mrs. Black
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Hello Masters and all...
It was exciting to mix the colors in science this week. You all seemed to really enjoy it too! If you have some time this week, mix some at home. Try to make secondary and tertiary colors. Beginning Week 19, we will be working with Probability, and we will continue this through Week 24.
I am so glad that you enjoyed the wordsearch with our music. Romantic and Modern Classical music really have a different sound. But, we all agreed that we heard alot of the same instruments. I will bring another wordsearch for you to take home and turn back in for marbles. Not sure what the topic will be yet! It will be a surprise! We will be starting something new with Fine Arts, as well. We will begin to learn about Great Artists and paint pictures using some of their methods. You may want to bring in one of your dad's big old shirts to use over your clothes!
There were some informative presentations! We all learned alot about sewing, the Chinese New Year, and puppetry. I look forward to what we will learn next week. Anna, you will be up first...thanks for being willing to wait. It will be an odd week. If you are not sure if you present, email me and I will let you know. Please try to keep the presentations to 3-5 minutes. I know it can be difficult with so much to share, but I think it will keep us on track a little better. (and you all know I need help with that) I apologize for going over again this week. I will do better.
Tuesday is Valentine's Day! Bags and stickers will be provided to quickly decorate a "mailbox" for all the Valentines that your fellow Masters bring in. If you bring in Valentine's Day cards, be sure to bring in one for each member of the class. Some of the parents are bringing in a small treat for our celebration. Our class list is:
Hope Agresti
Mary Blake Shupe
Joseph Dees
Cara Neely
Anna Lewis
Maren Shaw
Rachel Richardson
Grace Matthews
Rebekah Thomas
Macy Thurmond
Our review this week will focus on Geography, so be sure to pull out those maps and review-review-review! I think you all will have a good time with the map this week.
I pray that each of you have a wonderful week, and that God will bring us back together safe and sound!
Blessings,
Mrs. Black
I am so glad that you enjoyed the wordsearch with our music. Romantic and Modern Classical music really have a different sound. But, we all agreed that we heard alot of the same instruments. I will bring another wordsearch for you to take home and turn back in for marbles. Not sure what the topic will be yet! It will be a surprise! We will be starting something new with Fine Arts, as well. We will begin to learn about Great Artists and paint pictures using some of their methods. You may want to bring in one of your dad's big old shirts to use over your clothes!
There were some informative presentations! We all learned alot about sewing, the Chinese New Year, and puppetry. I look forward to what we will learn next week. Anna, you will be up first...thanks for being willing to wait. It will be an odd week. If you are not sure if you present, email me and I will let you know. Please try to keep the presentations to 3-5 minutes. I know it can be difficult with so much to share, but I think it will keep us on track a little better. (and you all know I need help with that) I apologize for going over again this week. I will do better.
Tuesday is Valentine's Day! Bags and stickers will be provided to quickly decorate a "mailbox" for all the Valentines that your fellow Masters bring in. If you bring in Valentine's Day cards, be sure to bring in one for each member of the class. Some of the parents are bringing in a small treat for our celebration. Our class list is:
Hope Agresti
Mary Blake Shupe
Joseph Dees
Cara Neely
Anna Lewis
Maren Shaw
Rachel Richardson
Grace Matthews
Rebekah Thomas
Macy Thurmond
Our review this week will focus on Geography, so be sure to pull out those maps and review-review-review! I think you all will have a good time with the map this week.
I pray that each of you have a wonderful week, and that God will bring us back together safe and sound!
Blessings,
Mrs. Black
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Hello there...
Hello Masters Students and Parents...
I apologize for not posting earlier. I have not been feeling well this week. Probably a head cold...lots of coughing and larygitis! It really gets me down not to be able to talk!!
Nice memory with the review game! You all are such good sports. We will do it again soon. Maybe on Tuesday.
This week starts a new topic for our presentations. For the next two weeks, you students will be the teachers. I want you to teach something to the class. It can be a school subject or a science experiment or an art project or a cooking project...use your imaginations. The presentation focus will be "knowing your material." I will be looking for how well you know what it is that you are teaching the class. This week we will hear from Rachel, Maren, Mary Blake, Anna, and Grace. The even week students.
Since we do not spend any class time with the Timeline Cards, be sure that you are practicing them at home, especially those of you that want to try for Memory Master, Excellence, or Power. Also, keep locating those geographical items on your maps.
I hope you all have a great couple of days until we see each other again.
Blessings,
Mrs. Black
I apologize for not posting earlier. I have not been feeling well this week. Probably a head cold...lots of coughing and larygitis! It really gets me down not to be able to talk!!
Nice memory with the review game! You all are such good sports. We will do it again soon. Maybe on Tuesday.
This week starts a new topic for our presentations. For the next two weeks, you students will be the teachers. I want you to teach something to the class. It can be a school subject or a science experiment or an art project or a cooking project...use your imaginations. The presentation focus will be "knowing your material." I will be looking for how well you know what it is that you are teaching the class. This week we will hear from Rachel, Maren, Mary Blake, Anna, and Grace. The even week students.
Since we do not spend any class time with the Timeline Cards, be sure that you are practicing them at home, especially those of you that want to try for Memory Master, Excellence, or Power. Also, keep locating those geographical items on your maps.
I hope you all have a great couple of days until we see each other again.
Blessings,
Mrs. Black
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