Week 1 was FUN!

WEEK 1

Words of Encouragement: 

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Phil. 4:6-7(Philippians Flip)

Don't worry if you hear grammar that is unfamiliar to you, eventually it will be "old hat". Just relax, have fun, and let English Grammar begin to seep in.

EEL

OVERVIEW: We started our day off with INTRODUCTIONS & EXPECTATIONS. Right when the students came in, they had instructions to write their name on their own board, beautifully. We went around the room and introduced ourselves.

I shared a few expectations.

1.   Come in at 12:55, beads, board activity.

2.   Appropriately participate in class.

3.   Respecting your tutor/peers in words and actions.

4.   Work on your weekly homework to the best of your ability.

5.   Have fun!

NEW GRAMMAR: OVERVIEW of CHART A and B

We spent the majority of our time during EEL looking at the backbone of English Grammar. We spent plenty of time walking through each of these items, piece by piece. I tried to break it all down by using a map like visual. Words…sentences…paragraphs...

WORDS

8 P.O.S. – We identified all eight P.O.S. I just love that we are memorizing this in our Foundations English Grammar memory work.

SENTENCES

5 Parts of a Sentence: There are 5 things a sentence must have to be legit.

Think of  a hand: 

1.  Subject (noun)  2.  Verb (Predicate)  3.  Complete Sense  4.  Capital Letter 5.  End Mark

S& P (Think about salt and pepper shakers)

~ Subject: The subject is that part of the sentence about which something is being said. In other words...it's what or who the sentence is talking about. It is always a noun or a word acting as a noun.

~ Predicate: The predicate is that part of a sentence which says something about the subject. In other words...it's what the subject is doing. It is always a verb or verb phrase.

Tressa  [taught Essentials.]

MORE ON SENTENCES:
COMBO OF 3: Sentences are made up of three components: structure, purpose, and patterns. All these combinations make up 112 different sentences!!! (As seen on Charts B, G, M, P)

Structure – How a sentence is built

Simple    Compound   Complex    Compound-Complex

Purposes – the main intent or function of the sentence

Declarative (.)          Exclamatory (!)       Interrogative (?)     Imperative (.) (!)

Patterns –  how the words are organized in the sentence. 
S-Vi
S-Vt-DO
S-Vl-PN
S-Vl-PA
S-Vt-IO-DO
S-Vt-DO-OCN
S-Vt-DO-OCA

All this info is listed on chart A! Please make it a priority to copy this chart!

I also introduced all the sentence combinations. 112 Combos to be exact, which reminds me of all of the combinations of drinks offered at Sonic! 

Chart B is the list of all the possible sentences with the patterns and purposes using a SIMPLE structure. 
Chart G is the list of all the possible sentences with the patterns and purposes using a COMPOUND structure.
Chart M is the list of all the possible sentences with the patterns and purposes using a COMPLEX structure. 
Chart P is the list of all the possible sentences with the patterns and purposes using a COMPOUND-COMPLEX structure.

I shared the BEADS incentive and the 112 party!  The girls seemed excited about these goals.

 MATH

We sure did have fun playing with numbers. I started with a warm up with some good ol’ fashioned mental math strings. I started off slow and then added to the string to reiterate the idea. Work on these at home as much as you can! It is good for the brain!

5+5+5/5+5       2x2+2+2+2/2   (these were easier, I would love to have some of our 2^ndtour student come up with some strings to use in class)

We said goodbye to boardslam RIP.…... I introduced N2K. I went over the basic rules in the “How to Play Guide” and explained the vocabulary of the game. This is us trying out the roles of CONTENDER/CHALLENGER. Go Mrs. Gouldman!!

IEW

We took the first step to writing PARAGRAPHS during our IEW time. You gotta start somewhere. Each week we will focus on a structural aspect to writing and a stylistic technique. 

REVIEW: Nothing to review
NEW GRAMMAR:

I hope my visual image of STYLE (the perfect balance) and STRUCTURE (skeleton) helped the kids grasp the concepts of Structure & Style.

STYLE: IEW has three kinds of style: dressups, decorations, sentence openers. If you take a look at our fall schedule, you will see what is introduced each week.

Vocabulary

pillar, prosperity, transfixed, coax

resolve, endeavor, appalled, frivolous

STRUCTURE: KWO We learned that the first step in writing is writing a Key Word Outline. We looked at page13 in the SRP to see symbol ideas.

DIALECTIC:

STYLE: Nothing to flesh out.

STRUCTURE: We were able to flesh this new idea out by looking at the ROCKS paragraph. We outline a few sentences together and then separately did a sentence each. THEN We took a minute to reread it from our own words. It was a great exercise.

Students will utilize Lesson 1 at home using the Christopher Columbus paragraph. Focus on getting comfortable with creating a KWO.

MOMS, you are the teacher. You tweak and adapt any of this EEL and IEW as you see fit. You know your student's capabilities! Call/text/email if you EVER have any questions or concerns.