Week 21

Fine Arts

As you listen to the third movement of Brahms Symphony #4 work on naming the instruments and the families they belong in.  Look and listen for the triangle, as this is an instrument that does not appear in any of Brahms other works.  Also continue to listen for the "Come and get your beans boys" theme.  Do you hear it more the more times you listen?  Do you hear fragments of the the theme?  How many different instruments do you hear play the theme?

Geography

You can find a song on CC Connected of the Central American Countries sung to the Mexican Hat Dance (uploaded by user name achisek).

This was my favorite version of a song for geography for this week and next.  

I had the privilege to student teach at the American school in Guadalajara, Mexico when I was in college.  We had the two weeks around Easter free to travel.  My favorite part of traveling was seeing all of the cultural dances and outfits.  Although it hasn't been that long ago, I wish it was during a time when I had an iPad or iPhone because I was unable to record all of the amazing sights, sounds, and smells.  But it is a wonderful memory!  Here is a version of the Mexican Hat Dance just for you to enjoy.

History

The CC Connected History resources I have been using in class and at home come from these users.

georgefamily02  -  Traceable history sentences in print and cursive for each week.

melodystroud - History sentences with pictures for each week.

bbanas - History sentence fill in the blank for each week.

We will probably stick to the CCC history snippet and copy work as our additional information for history for the rest of the year.

Math

CC connected user SommerA created the fill in the blank associative law worksheet I had in class.

We sang the associative law to the song Shortnin' Bread.  I downloaded the song from CC Connected, I just can't seem to find who uploaded it.  That was my favorite way to sing it.  

In class we explained what parenthesis look like and looked at them on the picture I had.  For my young children we will explain that they hold things together.  I will probably give them some simple addition problems using the associative law this week.  If we get ambitious we will dive farther into multiplication and practice some skip counting with it too.

Science and English

Both of these subjects were sung to songs uploaded on CCC by marykbry.  We just added simple hand movements to enhance the song.  Keep it simple!