We meet again for Essentials in just one week! My family is all looking forward to seeing our BGCC family again...my kids were even a bit disappointed that we have to wait another week. (I, however, was so glad to have another week to get back into school!) 😄
Here are a few things to be aware of as you approach the next 12 weeks of Essentials:
❄️ There is no paper due this next week (in case you were making your child sweat!).
❄️ Although we've loaded 12 Grammar charts into our student's grey matter in semester 1, we only have 5 new charts between now and the end of the year! So expect a little slower pace on volume of information, and instead more time to review and put all the pieces together in our heads.
❄️ On the writing side of things, we have 7 papers for this semester, with the largest of these being our Faces of History Report. This is the report which is written about an historical person, and the student dresses in costume to recite a summary sentence of the person's life at our End of Year Celebration.
❄️ Please begin looking for an historical person from the medieval era who captures your studen's interest and whom your student could research and present.
❄️ Remember that it IS "the practice of composing a paper and using the dress ups" which gives our children tools for future writing. Don't be frustrated (or ashamed!) at papers which reflect grade-school age maturity...we expect this as the "training wheels" as our kids learn the basics. Believe in the end goal: graduates who are fluent in communication skills! ❤️ In the meantime we give opportunity and praise all the good things!
See you next week!
Bronwyn
Here are a few things to be aware of as you approach the next 12 weeks of Essentials:
❄️ There is no paper due this next week (in case you were making your child sweat!).
❄️ Although we've loaded 12 Grammar charts into our student's grey matter in semester 1, we only have 5 new charts between now and the end of the year! So expect a little slower pace on volume of information, and instead more time to review and put all the pieces together in our heads.
❄️ On the writing side of things, we have 7 papers for this semester, with the largest of these being our Faces of History Report. This is the report which is written about an historical person, and the student dresses in costume to recite a summary sentence of the person's life at our End of Year Celebration.
❄️ Please begin looking for an historical person from the medieval era who captures your studen's interest and whom your student could research and present.
❄️ Remember that it IS "the practice of composing a paper and using the dress ups" which gives our children tools for future writing. Don't be frustrated (or ashamed!) at papers which reflect grade-school age maturity...we expect this as the "training wheels" as our kids learn the basics. Believe in the end goal: graduates who are fluent in communication skills! ❤️ In the meantime we give opportunity and praise all the good things!
See you next week!
Bronwyn
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