Thursday, January 10, 2013

CC Resumes Next Week!

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!  We have had quite a break!

Just a few things about Tues:

Presentation: "Interview with tutor."  I will have questions ready to ask your kiddos.  No need to prepare.  Just let them know that I will be paying attention to a few things - standing up straight & being still, paying attention to each question, and speaking loud & clear to their audience (the other students).

Art: For the next 6 weeks, we will be studying different artists, and making our own art that mimics the style and art form of each artist.  We will go upstairs every Tuesday morning at 10am, and we will do our 30 min art segment with Mrs. Logan's class.

Latin: We will be cycling back through all of the same Latin information as last semester, which will be great review for the kids!!


That's all for now!  If I think of anything else, I'll post it.  If not, see you all on Tuesday!
-Haley :)

Monday, October 15, 2012

One more thing...

Don't forget to bring your tin whistles tomorrow.  We will be using them for the next 6 weeks (weeks 7-12).

Thanks!
Hi everyone,

Hope you have all been well over the last couple of weeks.  As you know, I was out last week (week 6).  I'm not sure if Stephanie said why, but I lost a very close friend on Monday night, so I was not in the best condition to teach.  As I'm grieving the loss of my friend, I found out on Friday that my aunt passed that morning.  Needless to say, this week has been a rough one for my family, friends, & myself.  I am still trying to decide if I should come tomorrow, so I probably won't make my decision until this evening.  I'm going to do my best, as I pray for strength & endurance.  So if you all would please keep us in your prayers, we would be very grateful.

Don't forget to bring your ice cream sheets tomorrow!  Also, presentation is "Show & Tell!"  The kids should bring something in a bag and be prepared to give clues, and the class will try to guess what is in the bag.

Thank you guys, and I hope to see you all tomorrow.
Haley

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Week 4 Overview

I want to thank you all for being so patient with me in getting in the habit of posting a blog in a timely manner. :)  


  • History: Timeline Cards #22-28, Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
  • Geography: Hittite Empire
  • English: Prepositions - before, behind, below, beneath, beside
  • Latin: 1st Declension Noun Endings
  • Math: Skip Counting 7's & 8's
  • Science: Some Parts of a Plant Cell


Our Science project was called "Oily Feathers", and in Fine Arts we learned about "Abstract Art".

GEOGRAPHY: The story we used for the Hittite Empire was - In ASIA MINOR, there was a TURKEY named HATTUSA/HATTI that wanted to take a trip to the ARABIAN DESERT, but settled for a vacation on the island of CYPRUS.

SCIENCE: The song was to the tune of the 4's skip counting. It goes like this:
Chloroplasts (4-8-12)
Cell Membrane (16-20)
Cell Wall (24)
Cytoplasm (28)
Nucleus (32)
Mitochondria (36-40)
Vacuole (44)
Golgi Bodies (48)
These are some parts of a plant cell (singing 4's is really great)


*The sheets we used did come from CC Connected, but Simone provided those, so I am not sure of the file name.  I would do a search for "plant cell".  Also, the name for the section file share is now called At Home Sharing Center



Presentation for week 5 is "Tell us your favorite joke.  You can use pictures or props."  Help them to work on Articulation this week.  They are doing so well...better & better every week!

See you on Tuesday! :)




Friday, September 7, 2012

Week 3 Recap!

Hey everyone!

I don't know about you guys, but I feel like week 3 was the best yet!!  Your kiddos are doing so well, and are getting more and more involved, and really LEARNING!  It's really exciting and rewarding to see. :)

Recap of Week 3:

  • History: Timeline cards #15-21, Greek & Roman Gods
  • Geography: Hebrew Empire
  • English: Prepositions - along, amid, among, around, at, atop
  • Latin: Noun Endings - 1st Declension
  • Math: Skip Counting 5's & 6's
  • Science: Some Parts of an Animal Cell
Our Science project was called "Blending" and in Fine Arts we learned about "Upside Down Images".

GEOGRAPHY: This is the story I used to go along with the Hebrew Empire - The lion of JUDAH lumbered slowly up through ISRAEL with JORDAN (R) the jaguar. Then they got thirsty and went back to get a drink in the DEAD SEA. “Too salty!” so they  used the PHOEN-ICIA to call the SEA  OF GALILEE to make sure it tasted better.

ENGLISH: We got the hand motions for the preposition song from a video on YouTube.  Just do a search for "Classical Conversations Preposition Song".  It should be the first one that shows up (not the first ad, the first actual search result).  It's a mom with 2 kids - one teenage girl, and a young boy standing in the grass.  Come to find out, I had been doing the motion for "about" wrong. ;) Sorry about that!

SCIENCE: We did a song for parts of an animal cell, and the file is on CC Connected.  They have renamed the section that used to be called File Share, and it is now called Classical Sharing Center.  Also if you haven't been on CC Connected today, they have updated their online tutorials!!  Yay!  Everything is up to date, and they have even added Timeline!  I'm really excited about that. :)

Ok back to science - the file is called "science c1 week3.mp3" by username haleyp, and no it's not me!  That actually caught me off-guard when I saw my name.  Haha.


Week 4 presentation is "Share a favorite bible verse."  Next week, I'm going to be paying close attention to volume - speaking with appropriate loudness so the audience can hear them (it's listed on the presentation schedule).

Again, review review review!  The date to bring in ice cream sheets is September 2nd (week 6)!  This is a really exciting day for the kids!  I made the mistake of forgetting Makenzie's sheet once last year, and she was devastated!  Needless to say, I went back & got the sheet from home. ;)  I'm not sure how it will be handled if they don't have their sheet...but to be on the safe side, don't forget it!

Thanks so much!  
Haley
504.715.2296

Monday, September 3, 2012

CC is Tomorrow!

Hi everyone!  I'm so excited for CC to be resuming!  I hope you have all recovered from Hurricane Issac.  I don't know the extent of each of your home damage, if any, but please know that I'm praying for each one of you, and also please let me know if there is anything you need, and I will do my best to help!

For presentation tomorrow, the topic is "Tell us about your family. - Share the names and ages of each member, where your family lives, your family's favorite activities, and anything else that makes your family unique. You may bring pictures of your family to show your audience."  Sorry it's so late in the evening!  Hopefully you all have a copy of the presentation schedule, and if you don't, please let me know.

We are going to be starting on Latin endings, and I found a really neat file on CC Connected.  It's printable flashcards to help with pronunciation.  It's by user NoGreaterJoy5 and there are 2 of them - 1 powerpoint file, and 1 pdf.  One is called - W3 and 4 Latin Noun Endings 1st Declension Flashca.pdf  and the other is W3 W4 Noun Ending Noun Ending 1st Declension Flashcards.ppt .  I will using them in class tomorrow.

Hope you all have a great night, and I'll see you in the morning!

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Class Tuesday the 28th has been cancelled

Hi all, CC will be cancelled this Tuesday due to the impending storm. When we return we will continue with week 3's information. We will make up the day at the end of this semester. I will be praying for all the families and please be safe. I will see everyone next Tuesday. Thanks!