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Several weeks ago, I posted my Pronoun Packet free download, which covered 6 weeks of pronouns (Weeks 3-8). I primarily made only those 6 weeks of pronouns because I wanted to visualize them in rel…
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Share Wildflower Ramblings! I am thrilled to bring you a list of living books, by week, for American History that can be used with Classical Conversations Cycle 3. I love the relationships and community that my family has been so richly blessed with from our Classical Conversations community. It has taken me a while to...
Hello friends! Thank you for your patience. I know many of you have been waiting quite a few weeks for this list to be posted. We’ve been busy since the end of CC with many travels and are no…
This post was written on November 5, 2011. Our first year of Essentials has proven T-O-U-G-H. It would have been a challenge even if we hadn’t been battling all the noise from the ongoing construction. In the process of learning how to implement Essentials in our own home, I have discovered some ways to make […]
*** Also available as part of Duffy's Black Death Package: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Duffys-Complete-Black-Death-Depth-Study-Package-1560411 *** This is a PowerPoint, Poster and Worksheet set used to introduce students to the hierarchical structure of Feudal England and Manorialism, from the Conquest (1066) to Black Death (1347). I've used a variant of this PowerPoint for the last three years with Grade 8 History students at my high school: it has remained engaging for the students and seems to explain the hierarchy well, so I continue to reuse it every year! Before starting this series of slides, my students will have covered the Battle of Hastings; generally I follow it with The Black Death. Topics covered: - Feudal Pyramid with information slides on King, Nobility, Knights, Peasants, Craftsmen and the Church. - William I (the Conqueror) - briefly. - Domesday Book - briefly. - Manor / Manorialism systems - Everyday life for the peasants including farming, yearly calendar, living conditions. Included in the ZIP File is: - PowerPoint, including animated step by step guide to the Feudal Pyramid, information slides, and a section on Manorialism - PDF of the complete Feudal Pyramid to print as a class poster. - 3 page Worksheet to compliment the Slides: I have my students complete the worksheet while they listen, stopping to ensure they keep up. This is an engagement tactic. I've also included a list of useful websites on Feudalism, which may be handy for new educators. Australian Curriculum connection: Year 8 History: Medieval Europe Depth Study (c.590 – c.1500) The way of life in Medieval Europe (social, cultural, economic and political features) and the roles and relationships of different groups in society (ACDSEH008) *** I'd love any feedback on the quality of my products and requests for changes. Contact [email protected]! Please also visit http://duffystirling.wordpress.com for more free resources. *** Feudalism Pyramid of Power by Duffy Stirling is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
Week 12 History Sentence: Tell Me About the Muslim Empire HISTORY SENTENCE 1. Print memory work slide (see file). 2. Practice song with hand motions (see file). 3. Parent reviews “history highlights” (see file) for background. 4. Glance through “Muslim Empire Activities (see file) for activities your children would find interesting; note especially the activity with food coloring-in-water and the ability to connect it with the geography map, below. Hand Motions W12: Tell me about the Muslim Empire Muslim use two hands to make a dome over your head (like a mosque) Muhammad sign language “M” worshipped bow down Ottoman sign language “O” expanded hands together, palms touching. Spread out as in expanding weakness make your whole body wither as if growing weak westernization make sign language “w” with both hands. “Do the twist” with hands holding out “w”s in time to the music Week 12 Geography: Muslim Empire GEOGRAPHY 1. Print geography slide (see file). 2. Use graphic in following link (http://jfortunato.weebly.com/whi8-study-resources.html) with above-mentioned activity in history. (Coloring in water, spread of Islam.) Week 12 Math: Teaspoons and Tablespoons MATH 1. Post visual teaspoon/tablespoon chart (see file). 2. Consider this song: “Totally 3rd grade” liquid conversion song, http://www.totally3rdgrade.com/lemonade_stand.html 3. Have fun playing with actual conversions (tablespoons, teaspoons, etc.) Name _____________________________ Date ___________________ Prepositions:Weeks 7-12 W A A T D U N D E R S U D S I A R M E W Q I G R K C I I L E T E J E I I H J N O N T O N I B K S O S N T J X L E U E O A K S B E N L I F S K F O N C G W E R R H N W P N E A H O D O F F A I M N T U A K S G O P E Q P E M R R Q G O S R U I O N R H N T T P D T I N T O P T D V N S G D S D F G Y I R U O H Q E E A H W I S O A P H R T N R E G A R D I N G T L T O E S Z O Z I T L E T C E I T A Y E I P U F T H L T H E T M G E R I D U G E A L Z V O N B A W D J B E O H H P E T E U S N I T S Y Y E L E I R T A L T T R A U Find the following hidden PREPOSITIONS: Week 7: in, inside, into, like, near, Week 8: of, off, on, onto, out, Week 9: outside, over, past, regarding, since, Week 10:through, throughout, to, toward, Week 11: under, underneath, until, up, upon, Week 12: with, within, without, SCIENCE/PROJECT 1. Post science memory work (see file) as well as plant diagram/photosynthesis slide (see file). 2. Consider adding hand motions (see file). 3. Parent reviews “science snippets” info (see file). 4. Read chapter containing info about photosynthesis (see file) by http://eequalsmcq.com/ClassicScienceLife.htm, mostly to be able to do fun activity related to photosynthesis (see file). 5. Read “classifying animals/plants” files—two for the student, two for the parent (see file). Week 12 – What are the plant systems? Hand motions: Photosynthesis – hands reaching toward sun and pulling it in Respiration – hands by your lungs squeezing/kneading motion Transpiration – hands pushing down and out toward feet
We had a lighter home-school week this week (which might make one think I would have time to blog more, but no). Some highs and lows to our week in our weekly run-down. Scholastic Report Looking at what did and didn’t get done on my planning sheet this week, the verdict is that we had solid school days Monday through Wednesday. The girls each got in two math lessons a piece. Counting peanuts into groups of ten. And eating several of them. We hit all of our Language Arts - Explode the Code, Handwriting, First Language Lessons, Writing with Ease. We read/listened to the audio of chapter 4 in Story of the World, learning about Ancient Egypt. We worked our our memory work for week 3 in Classical Conversations. Highlights of our memory work were learning the names of the Greek and Roman gods, the parts of an animal cell, and starting Latin noun endings. Typing up her notes for her CC presentation. A little appalled at the state of my desk in this picture so please avert your eyes from that! We finished (finally!) our recent lunchtime chapter book read-aloud, Little Town on the Prairie. There was some talk about jumping right into These Happy Golden Years, but instead we’ve picked up Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson. (He was also the author of Ben and Me which we’ve read-aloud and I’ve blogged here). B and I worked on her math and some letter recognition activities that I found in our school closet for her kindergarten. I’ve got the itch to pull out all our fall / apple books and do a lapbook with her so my hopes are to get that organized and lined up this weekend. Life Report We had a late night Monday night with the girls – unplanned – which set the tone for needing to slow down towards the end of the week. I had run to the store with a couple of the kids and got home right at bedtime. B came out to help me bring things in and closed the van door for me … unfortunately with one of her fingers still inside. My poor girl slammed it good and after calming her down and putting ice on it for about thirty minutes, T loaded her up and headed to the ER for an x-ray on it. : ( God again protected one of our kids (remembering last week’s update where the boy pulled his dresser over – I’m hoping this doesn’t become a weekly wrap-up theme!) The finger wasn’t broken – just very bruised. And as of this weekend, other than being a little stiff, most of her pain is gone. Although we would obviously not have wished this to happen to her, one perk was that she had a killer presentation at CC the next morning about her ER experience. : ) This was also a LATE night for the girls. B didn’t get home from the ER until almost 11pm, and at least one sister (the one she shares a room with) couldn’t go to sleep until she was back home. By Thursday they were all really draaaaaagging, so we had a very lite school day on Thursday and Friday of this week. I am feeling the need to shake our daily routine up a little bit now that the weather is a little cooler outside. The schedule I worked out for us has served us well the first six week of school, and I could probably keep using it, but I would like to be able to work in a morning walk each day. Still working out kinks, but we took a walk/bike ride on Wednesday morning before starting school and all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. On Thursday, I escaped for a good chunk of the day! I have now warned my husband that I might need these “teacher development days” every six weeks or so! : ) A college acquaintance was in town giving a workshop on Thursday morning and I attended that. After checking with my friend who was staying with the girls, I found she could stay a little longer and I got to have lunch with T. By myself. With no interruptions. I have to fess up on myself – I give the girls a hard time about talking to me non-stop when I get one of them one-on-one to myself, but I think I did the same thing to T on our lunch date. : ) Much needed shot in the arm for Mama. Breakfast : oatmeal, coffee, reading through Matthew with the girls, and one of our history timeline cards from CC. So far this addition to our schedule is working well! (We were doing this reading before, just upstairs in the schoolroom). And with that we’ve wrapped up another week of school. It’s hard to believe that today is the first day of autumn, too! Today looks to be a normal Saturday around these parts, albeit with mid-seventy degree temperatures. I’ll take that! We have soccer for B this afternoon, a quick grocery run and stop at Staples, and our family pizza and movie night tonight. Typically that’s our Friday night activity, however, T hosted a music team get-together/rehearsal here last night and it was a loud, late night with a house full of musicians. : ) Happy Saturday. Linking up with Kris and Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers!
Here is a day in the life of yours truly as a CC Abecedarian tutor. Abecedarians are the 4 and 5 year olds.8:30 – arrive at our CC location to write out all the memory work on the whiteboard…
This is a massive list of resources I have on my bookshelf to supplement our studies throughout the year while in CC's Cycle 2 Foundations.
In Class... EEL Board Work--True/False questions and Undiagram an interrogative sentence New Part of Speech--Conjunctions Chart H 5 types of conjunctions--will learn them throughout year correlative (co-relative=2 words always go together) relative pronouns--also on pronoun chart (F) these begin who/which clauses subordinating conjunctions www.asia.wub for main ones coordinating conjunctions FANBOYS Did a cheer to help remember Also sang these, along with the definition of conjunction to "Father Abraham" Foundations, Cycle 2, weeks 21-22 compound subjects and verbs are diagramed with a "rocket ship" Looked at Chart A and how much we have covered so far this year. It is a lot in just six weeks! New Sentence Structure--Compound 2 independent clauses (house diagram) combined using a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) Must have a comma before the FANBOYS Diagrammed with the FANBOYS on a "chair" in between the clauses New Sentence Pattern--S-Vt-Do Direct Objects are nouns/pronouns and must follow verb; answer who/what Transitive verbs transfer action from subject of sentence to the direct object Diagrammed like the pattern is shown on chart A When studying chart A, it is a good idea to have your child mark the diagram lines as well as the abbreviations. (Thanks Jennifer B.!) Conjunction Junction! Math Played Battleship with partners www.nationalnumberknockout.com IEW Read our papers within our table groups Silly Sentences at tables Dressed-up boring sentences with at least 3 given dress-ups or decorations New Structure--Summarizing a Reference (Unit 4) "Some-a-rize" Key words for outline come from interesting, important, or relevant facts NOT from each sentence! 5 to 7 facts (lines) in Key Word Outline Still only 3 words per line Topic Sentence is Roman Numeral "I" in KWO Clincher Sentence just write clincher on KWO (no need for key words) when writing sentence in paragraph, remember rule: "The clincher sentence MUST repeat or reflect 2-3 key words from the topic sentence." At Home... EEL page 108-109 (110-111) in EEL page 109/111 is a test/proof for the first six weeks This is great to do sometime over break to see where your student is and see where there might be areas you need to work on. Remember, mastery is not expected for 1st or 2nd year students! Study Chart H (conjunctions) Also study chart G (compound sentence structure)--we ran out of time for this, but it is important! Continue practicing all charts learned so far (A through F) Work on the vocabulary words and definitions at the beginning of each lesson covered so far. Analytical Task Sheet Try to complete 1 practice sentence each day Sentences 1 and 2 are the only true basic ones this week You can change the words in the sentence to create new ones (if you feel confident), or you can use the history practice sentences I sent out by email a couple of weeks ago or ones on CC Connected. Remember the section in Lesson 3 that gives all of the details for the ATS, and remember the steps are laid out for you on each sentence's page. Optional--Editing exercises and Spelling List in EEL Don't feel that you always have to simply write the charts to practice. Get creative! Math Practice Number Knockout at home Practice and work on speed and accuracy of math facts IEW Lesson 9 from the US History Based Writing book Follow this lesson as closely as you can/would like to. I don't teach from this book (other than reading the source text) on purpose. I leave all of the great teaching helps and ideas in the USHBW lessons for you to use at home! There are some great ideas in there! The text on "The First Thanksgiving" is to help you teach the topic-clincher rule. It is a great resource! You are only doing one paragraph. The idea is to take the 2 paragraphs and summarize them into one. Don't forget about vocabulary words! There are flashcards for these in the back of the student US history book Optional--Bring a completed paper to turn in and share on Tuesday This should be a marked copy with a signed checklist if you want feedback. Should also have a clean (and even illustrated) copy for the published student book Optional--If you are continuing to do school throughout break and would like more writing to do, don't forget about the blackline masters download in the front of the USHBW book. There is another source text that goes along with the one in lesson 9 that would work great for additional practice. Reminders... Be sure to read your lessons for the week after break--Week 7 in EEL Guide and Lesson 10 in USHBW book. Our next Pudewa night is not until the end of October, but make plans to join us on October 26! My Prayer for you this week... "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory." Proverbs 24:3-6 May you remember not only the premise and philosophy behind Classical Education, but may you also be encouraged by each other ("wise guidance" and "abundance of counselors"). I love how we are all in this together, encouraging each other, learning from each other, and supporting each other! Have a great break!
How to combine Sonlight with Classical Conversations for a wonderful, enriching homeschool curriculum. Create the perfect Morning Time with CC & Sonlight.
The Classical Conversations Challenge I program already has a robust line-up of materials required for the seminars. At first, I didn't think there would be much more in the way of extra resources to recommend. As I thought back through all that I learned in Challenge I, I realized that there are more helps I…
A friend of mine asked if I would write a post about integrating the Classical Conversations history memory work and The Story of the World...
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Color and write ALL OF CYCLE ONE MEMORY WORK with these beautiful 5th edition coloring pages. These coloring pages are excellent resources to supplement (CC) Classical Memory Work. Purchase all 3 Complete Packs and receive 20% off with code ALL3YIPPEE. ****PLEASE DO NOT CHECK OUT AS A GUEST! ETSY PROTECTS THE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD SO WELL IT'S DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO RETRIEVE YOUR FILES INSTANTLY. CHECKING OUT USING AN ACCOUNT ALLOWS YOU INSTANT DOWNLOAD AND SAVES THE FILES IN CASE YOU NEED THEM IN THE FUTURE.**** Color and write ALL OF CYCLE 1 MEMORY WORK with these beautiful 5th edition coloring pages. These coloring pages are excellent resources to supplement (CC) Classical Memory Work. DOWNLOAD INSTANTLY............................................................ COMPLETE PACKS INCLUDE...................................................... Total of 5 pages of coloring for each of the 24 weeks of memory work, 123 pages in total. Write and color the TIMELINE Write ENGLISH Write and color LATIN Color and trace GEOGRAPHY Color HISTORY Color SCIENCE Color MATH HOW IT WORKS........................................................................... You will receive a high-resolution PDF file with all the beautiful images INSTANTLY! Purchase, wait for the email from Etsy, download, print, and start coloring! Print, color and ENJOY! This is a digital item for INSTANT download! Please use as much as possible, print, and enjoy - however this is only for personal and classroom use. Do not share the digital files or sell. DETAILS........................................................................................ The files are 123 pages and too large for Etsy. So, I broke each Complete Pack into 3 PDF's. When downloading and printing make sure to get both files 1 of 3.pdf 2 of 3 and 3 of 3.pdf. As mentioned above there is the "Complete Pack" with all the images as designed. PRINTING...................................................................................... Print black and white, double-sided. First "...1 of 3", then "...2 of 3" and "3 of 3". I suggest printing on a laser printer at home for the highest quality and most economical price. Then 3 hole punch and put it in a binder or bring it to a local print shop and have them coil bind it. *** FINAL NOTE: Complete Pack with EXTRA FILL IN THE BLANKS. I had available a complete pack with extra fill in the blanks for older students. I found it wasn't used much and moms often were confused. IF YOU WANT a version of this complete pack with white spots blotting out some of the content so your older kids have more work to do then please email me after purchase and I will send them. Blessings! *** It is truly an honor to share what was an educational doodle, turned passion with you. I am overwhelmed to know how many people these coloring pages bless. I hope they bring joy, wonder, curiosity, and depth to your child's education. Hey, maybe even yours. You better believe I have a copy for myself. Blessings! Amy BY PURCHASING AND DOWNLOADING THIS ITEM YOU AGREE TO ABIDE BY THE TERMS LISTED BELOW. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION All images, designs, and listing text © 2021 Amy Snider Design. All designs are the property of Amy Snider Design and are for personal use only. Do not distribute these digital files or the printed documents for commercial use or share with a third party. You do not have permission to take any portions of this artwork and add to other creations and distribute or sell. Thank you for honoring these Copyright rules. AMY SNIDER DESIGN IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH OTHER CLASSICAL CURRICULUM These coloring pages are intended to compliment and expand upon the factual general knowledge material presented in classical memory work guides and is not approved or endorsed by any classical education organization. To find the approved supplemental materials refer to your classical education website.
CC Cycle 1 Weekly Resources for supplementing history, science, geography, math, English, and fine arts from the Classical Conversations Foundations program. CC Cycle 1 Weeks 1-24.
Recklessness can be a bad thing in a commander, getting the people beneath them killed by an excess of innovation and risk taking. But so can the opposite
It’s so easy to go crazy with all the fantastic ideas being pinned for Classical Conversations Cycle 1! I have to narrow it down. These plans are to give an idea of what one might do in one w…
We love studying Ancient History and it’s been a joy blending together our Charlotte Mason and Classical Conversations approach for the coming year. Though it is quite the struggle to find An…
Our top tips for thriving in Classical Conversations Challenge A. Learn from our experience and make your year a bit easier!
We love studying Ancient History and it’s been a joy blending together our Charlotte Mason and Classical Conversations approach for the coming year. Though it is quite the struggle to find An…
Classical Conversations: Cycle 3–Games and Videos! I shared my Ultimate List of Books for Cycle 3 a few w
This is a helpful sentence diagramming guide to give students several examples of different diagramming scenarios. Click here to view and print.
I found this cute caricature poster of the U.S. Presidents created by Jason Pruett. Click here for a FREE larger printable image. I'm going to have to go with Taft, Teddy Roosevelt and Hoover as my faves. How about you? Roadtrip! Take a Virtual Trip to Washington, D.C. Take a roadtrip to our nation's capital! This suitcase activity book covers the following DC locations with reading passages and activities: * The White House * The Capitol Building * The Smithsonian Institution * The National Archives * Washington Monument * Jefferson Memorial * Lincoln Memorial * Vietnam Veterans Memorial All in a fun foldable suitcase! This suitcase activity book is available in my TPT store here. Enjoy!
Are you studying logical fallacies with your kids? If you're not, you should! This printable logical fallacy poster from YourLogicalFallacyIs.com can help.
Share Wildflower Ramblings!Here is a list of The Good and the Beautiful history resources that can supplement Classical Conversations Cycle 1 history memory work. I tend to get a bit overzealous with my reading choices with the children. We are on a continuous cycle of read alouds — and while I’d love to always align...
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JMT sez, "I can't remember the last time I diagrammed a sentence, but this breakdown of the Preamble to the US Constitution is almost beautiful in structure. Very awesome." Indeed.…
