Hello All...

There was lots of energy in our room yesterday! Whoa! I can tell that Spring is in the air. Let’s try to encourage the children to stay focused and lower their vocal volumes so we can more easily move from one topic to the next. We have four more weeks!!

Here is some info for next week...

--be on the lookout for pirate gear...eye patch, bandana, big loop earring, etc. Let’s not get any pirate costumes, instead we can wear blue jeans and big white shirts on the night of the program. Please do not be financially burdened by this. I have lots of blue bandanas and probably an eye patch or two somewhere around. Dollar tree may have some stuff too.

--be thinking about how we will present the prepositions...do we want to use posters...do we want to act out what we can.

--I will get the ship and put it in my car to use as our prop.

IMPORTANT MEMORY MASTER, POWER, OR EXCELLENCE INFORMATION!

--Those children that are interested in Memory Master should be reciting to parent and another adult. When you are ready for me to work with your student, let me know and we can arrange a time. I am pretty sure that you should be ready to recite memory work to me by or on Week 23 giving Cynthia a week or so to work in time with her.

--Those children that are doing Memory Power or Excellence can arrange a time with me as well.

--If you have any questions, please let me know. If I do not have an answer, I will check with Cynthia.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your school week. I love, love, love your children and am blessed to have spent time with them...even when they are chatty!!

Blessings,

Debbie (or Mrs. Black)

Hello All...

What great fun we had on Tuesday with the Valentines! I apologize for keeping you all so late...just not enough time in the morning!

Just a quick reminder that our presentations for the next two Tuesdays will be on an Essentials topic. You can choose to read one of your papers, or do a presentation on a paper topic. You can have one visual, but it is not necessary. The visual should, of course, relate to the topic.

Remember those presentation skills! I will be evaluating them with my checks!

ALSO...

We will be studying the orchestra and classical music for the last 6 weeks. I thought we might move, but we are not. We will continue to meet in the kitchen. Our beautiful classical music should not disturb the pastor’s study like our tin whistle music!

Love to you all! Have a great weekend!

Debbie (or Mrs. Black depending on who is reading the text!)

Week 9 - Mrs. Black's Masters

Hello All...

We had a wonderful time Tuesday morning. It is hard to believe that we only have 3 more weeks together until Thanksgiving! 2012 is flying by.

News Flash.......News Flash.......News Flash.......News Flash........

NO PRESENTATIONS TO PREPARE FOR. I WANT TO DO ANOTHER ACTIVITY TO DEMONSTRATE THE INFLECTION AND PERSUASION WE LEARNDED THIS WEEK.

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Remember to keep studying and reviewing...A jeopardy game with the other Masters' Class will be on the 12th week.

YAY!!!!! We filled the marble jar, so we will have a celebration next week while we review. We will have our review early. Bring is 12-14 items of your favorite treat. I will bring water and paper products.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Black

Week 22

Hello Everyone,

It is such a beautiful day outside! I just wish it were warmer! (I am pretty sure I am suffering from Spring Fever. Are you?)

There was some confusion about the presentations for this past Tuesday, so no one was ready. It worked out well because we had more time to review and practice our "Atoms Family" presentation.

Presentations for Weeks 22 and 23 were going to be persuasive speeches wih the presentation focus being "persuading without notes". Week 24 is suppose to be about anything the student wanted to present. I AM CHANGING THESE! Week 23 and 24 will be Impromptu on any topic of the students choosing for no more than 3 minutes. (This should ease the burden of those working on their Memory Mast., Memory Ex., and Memory Pow., as well as our poster!)

I will be available for hearing from Memory Masters/Excellence/Power on Tuesday, March 13th from  12:00 - 4:00. I will also be available on Tuesday, March 20th 12:00 - 2:00. If we do not get finished that day, I can meet with folks during the remainder of Week 24. I know that some of you are in Essentials, but we can still proof during that time with parental permission. 

Please keep working on your atom posters being sure that the letter on the back is positioned right for the flip over at the end. If you need a new yellow poster, I got them at Dollar Tree. Bring them to class on Tuesday. Your singing was great and it sounded like most of you knew the song...keep singing! Lastly, get sunglasses! It will be really cool with all of us wearing them. I'll get some too! I am getting the funny glasses with a mustache and big nose for us to wear as we enter as professors!

I put the Trivial Review game away and made notes about where everyone was...Keep studying. Each group had one piece of pie!

Lastly, our marble jar was full! GOOD JOB YOU MASTERMINDS!!! Bring in fruit for our Spring Fruit Fun day on Tuesday. I will bring in the plates and napkins...and water. It should be fun to see what you all come in with. It should be natural fruit!! Fruit Roll Ups are not real fruit!! :)

You all have an awesome week...
Blessings,
Mrs. Black

So much to do...So little time! :)

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

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