Ancients Week 34

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Grammarians

PreK-4th graders

  • Memorize: “In 395 AD Rome split east and west, then the Roman Empire fell to a Visigoth conquest. The emperor exiled and the rule of law overturned. In 410 AD the city of Rome burned.”

  • Learn about the fall of the Roman Empire.

  • Memorize all subjects through song, motions, pictures, games, etc.

  • Read The Story of the World, Vol. 1, Chapters 41-42 and do the activities in the activity guide.

  • Draw the continents and oceans by hand. Draw a zoomed map of Europe at the time of the Fall of Rome: Goths, Vandals, Alemanni, Franks, & Lombards.

  • Learn about the split of the Roman Empire, then its fall.

  • Memorize “Specific Gravity is the ratio of the density of a substance to the density of a standard, water for liquids and air for gases.”

  • Learn about Hypatia.

  • Memorize the Classifications of Triangles: Acute, Right, Obtuse, Scalene, Isoceles, Equilateral!

  • Practice this Greek vocabulary with motions:
    δέ but
    οὐκ not
    γάρ for
    ὅτι that
    εἰ if

  • Memorize these irregular verbs

    • put-put-put

    • see-saw-seen

    • show-showed-shown

    • take-took-taken

    • tell-told-told

    • think-thought-thought

  • Investigate verbs on Grammar Revolution.

  • Have a wonderful summer of learning more about any of these topics, and don’t forget to keep up with Reading, Writing & Math.  We look forward to hearing a presentation on something you’ve learned next fall!

 

Writing Club (3-5th)

  • Grammar Week 34 sentences - We finished these in class today!

  • Chronos Capstone

    • Work on your oral presentation of your research paper and your tri-fold boards for our End of the Year Celebration this Saturday, June 10.

  • Create a final draft of our poem The Ancient World on page 204 in IEW book.  Use that as the first page of your portfolio of essays on the ancient history this year!

 

Dialecticians

5th-8th Graders

 

From our session Thursday 5/25/17 - Carefully read the WHOLE list, then get started.

  • Your Chronos Capstone topic is looking good. Time to edit and prepare your presentation for June 10!

  • Memorize: “In 395 AD Rome split east and west, then the Roman Empire fell to a Visigoth conquest. The emperor exiled and the rule of law overturned. In 410 AD the city of Rome burned.”

  • Learn about the split of the Roman Empire, then its fall.

    1. Khan Academy has a good video.

    2. A list of causes.

  • Read Augustine of Hippo.

    1. Here’s a sample of a very clear text. Not too long (you can skip the introduction down to page 37.

    2. What does Harry Potter have to do with Augustine?

  • Read about Hypatia:

    1. Clear and quick, be sure to follow the links to each specific topic: http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/ws499/technology/culture_site_example/index.htm

    2. MacTutor biography

    3. Ginny Adair wrote a biography

  • Grammar Week 33 sentences - question confirmation & label each word in the sentence, structure, purpose & patterns for each, and diagram (attached). Check your work (and learn what’s going on).

    1. In 395 AD Rome split east and west, but then the Roman Empire fell to a Visigoth conquest. The emperor was exiled and the rule of law overturned. In 410 AD the city of Rome burned.

    2. Since the The Vietnam War ended in 1975, when did it begin?

    3. The Berlin Wall falls after Communism fails in Eastern Europe?

    4. Why did Gorbachev resign and why was Communism outlawed?

    5. After September 11, the day the World Trade Center was attacked, the US declared war on terror?

    6. Who invented the global internet and ushered in the Information Age?

  • Greek on Tuesday: Great job in the Chronos Greekiest Geek Challenge last week!  Here are the last 5 vocabulary words this year!  We’ll start Elementary Greek 2 in the fall.

δέ but

οὐκ not

γάρ for

ὅτι that

εἰ if

  • Math Club on Wednesday: Complete the Arithmetic topic on Khan Academy.

  • Book Club on Tuesday: Read some great books this summer!

  • MAKE: History on Tuesday: Reassemble a pot like an archaeologist!

  • Drawing out Arithmetic: Construct Euclid’s Elements Proposition 4.1!

  • Art Appreciation on Wednesday: Go to a museum this month!

  • Writing Club on Wednesday:

    1. Keep working through Wordly Wise this summer to increase your vocabulary.

    2. Memorize the irregular verbs:

      • put-put-put

      • see-saw-seen

      • show-showed-shown

      • take-took-taken

      • tell-told-told

      • think-thought-thought

    3. Do a final draft of your Speed Story we did in class.  Be sure to include all dress-ups & openers.

MAKE: Science on Wednesday: Make your own Astrolabe!

Jocelyn's presentation

Jocelyn's presentation

Cooper's Capstone

Cooper's Capstone

Drawing Out Arithmetic

Drawing Out Arithmetic

Gino's presentation
The Stamp Store

The Stamp Store

Book Club

Book Club