MEMORY WORK:
Geography: We'll be memorizing the names and locations of the countries in South America for the next few weeks. A hard copy of this map can be found behind the "memory" tab in your child's binder. Additional maps, as well as MP3s of the corresponding song, are available at this link: Geography Resources.
Writing:
Clarification on Topic Sentences, Clinchers, and Dramatic Openers:
1. Dramatic Openers are placed (only) in the Introductory paragraph of a multi-paragraph essay.
2. The Conclusion paragraph should have a Clincher that repeats or reflects the words of the Dramatic Opener in the Introductory paragraph. The 2-3 words that repeat or reflect in the Intro and Conclusion should be highlighted. (This is why these two paragraphs are written together after the body of the essay has been completed.)
3. The Body paragraphs should each begin with a Topic Sentence.
4. The Clinchers (or last lines in each body paragraph) should reflect or repeat 2-3 words from the Topic Sentence in THAT paragraph.
This can be very confusing, and I wanted to make sure I clarified this to you before you get into writing the next personal essay on Religious Freedom. Many of the students did not understand which words should be highlighted and which Clinchers should go with each paragraph. The new concept of an Introductory and Concluding paragraph added a little twist to what they have been accustomed to doing. Thank you for helping them with this. I plan on meeting with each of them regarding this on Tuesday and will send home their Hopes and Dreams essay for your reference.
History:
SONGS FOR JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT:
"Follow the Drinking Gourd"
"Wade in the Water"
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
"Steal Away (to Jesus)"
"Go Down, Moses"
"This Little Light of Mine"
Students will memorize 28 key dates. The key dates have accompanying jingles that do not have to be memorized, but will help students memorize the dates and retain details about the events to which they correspond.
Key Dates:
1. Leif Ericsson Explores America - 1000
2. Columbus Sails to the Americas - 1492
3. Lost Colony of Roanoke - 1587
4. Founding of Jamestown - 1607
5. Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth - 1620
6. Salem Witch Trials - 1692
7. First Great Awakening - 1740s
8. French & Indian War - 1754-63
9. Boston Tea Party - 1773
10. Paul Revere's Ride - April 18, 1775
11. Declaration of Independence - July 4, 1776
12. The American Revolution - 1775-83
13. Constitution is Ratified - 1787-88
14. Industrial Revolution Begins - Late 1700s
15. Louisiana Purchase - 1803
16. Lewis & Clark Expedition - 1804
17. War of 1812 - 1812-1814
18. Monroe Doctrine - 1823
19. Underground Railroad - Early 1930s
20. Trail of Tears - 1830-1838
21. Fall of the Alamo - 1836
Poetry:
Psalm 139:1-18
For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.
1 You have searched me, Lord,
and you know me.
2 You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
4 Before a word is on my tongue
you, Lord, know it completely.
5 You hem me in behind and before,
and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
7 Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,”
12 even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a] God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand—
when I awake, I am still with you.
