Thursday, April 5, 2012

Classical Education Co-Op Cycle 3 Year End Program

Fri. Apr. 20, 2012
Program 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Community Center

Invite friends and family. Also, anyone interested in joining us next year.

To Bring:
• Oral Report (Have a visual aid to share and make this your best oral report of the year.)
• Photographs of Semester 2 to share as we mingle (on poster board, or scrapbook, etc.)
• Narnia Props
• Artwork and Projects from Semester 2 (Georgie O'Keeffe canvass & Periodic Table are home.)
• Friends
• Lite Refreshments- Red,White & Blue Cupcakes & snacks

We have a room in the Community Center from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Welcome and Intro
Pledge of Allegiance

History
Week 23- Preamble
Week 16- Immigrants
Week 15- Theodore Roosevelt
Week 14- Vanderbilt

Latin
John 1:1- AK
John 1:2 and 3- TL
John 1:3 and 4- BW
John 1:5- JW
John 1:6- CL
John 1:7- SL

Scriptures
John 1:1-7 AK
Romans 1:16 BW

Oral Reports
BW - Benjamin Franklin
AK - Molly Pitcher
SL - Betsy Ross
TL - George Washington
MS - Benjamin Franklin
CL - The American Flag

Geography- Show on map
Week 22- Deserts - JW
Week 15- Great Lakes - TL
Week 19- Trails - SL

Science
Week 13- What is the atomic number- Boys
Week 14- What is an element- Girls
Week 15- What are the parts of an atom- CL

Grammar
Week 4- Verb Forms - All
Week 16- To shake - All
Week 14- To break - All
Week 17- To go - All

Math
Week 19- 5,280 - EL
Week 22- Commutative Law - TL

US Presidents Song

Song to memorize the US Presidents

Chronicles of Narnia 15 min. Play
(Not a regular Classical Conversation program item. Optional Afternoon Enrichment Class)
Written by Ben

Orchestra Song Narnia Celebration
The Orchestra Song for Semester 2 Cycle 3

Sing:
Violins- All
Clarinet- All
Violins (girls) and Clarinet (boys) together.
Trumpet - All
Horn - All
Drums - All
All together:
Violins (JW and AK)
Clarinet (TL)
Trumpet (SL and EL)
Horn (CL and MS)
Drums (BW)

Refreshments and Clean up

How exciting! Do your best, and we are proud of you all!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

CC- Cycle 3 Week 21

Listen to: Claude Debussy- La Mer

Whole Tone Scale Used in dream sequences on TV and radio. Click Link to listen.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Classical Education Co-Op Fieldtrips 2011-12 Ideas

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Olympic Heights Performing Arts Theatre Boca Raton, $11 to $26 a ticket

May 18, 19, 20, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012

7:30 pm get tickets!

Saturday, May 19, 2012

2:30 pm get tickets!

7:30 pm get tickets!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

2:30 pm get tickets!

www.starsintheuniverse.com

March 2-4th: New Presbyterian - Faith & Freedom Weekend - Banquest, Seminars, Concerts

Saturday, March 3 - Admission is Free

Pompano Beach High school Auditorium

Liberty Unleashed Experience - 4:30 p.m.

• Liberty Bell Replica

• Constitution Plaque Display

• Valley Forge Scene

• Educational Displays

Backstage Pass - 6:00 p.m.

• Reenactment of Patrick Henry’s Give Me Liberty Speech

• Lecture: Defender of Liberty - George Washington

• Tim Zimmerman & The King’s Brass Dress Rehearsal

Classical Education Co-Op Cycle 3 Fun Links

The Must List:

Song to memorize the US Presidents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcavffcQxug

The Timeline Cards Semester 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev_VJiA1bN8&feature=channel

The Timeline Cards Semester 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIDWS3rfJow

Week 19:
The Orchestra Song for Semester 2 Cycle 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xTAUr4zXfI&feature=related

Week 20:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, 4th movement,

The Just Because List:

Goofy songs for Semester 2 Cycle 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcQK6BuRhrM&feature=related

Meg Ryan singing The Orchestra Song on You've Got Mail
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=XwqmFBttKW8

PRESIDENTS:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/History/presidents/Presidents_menu.htm

Learn fascinating facts about 20th Century Presidents. Each quiz selects 20 trivia facts at random from a total set of 340, offering unlimited play.

Handwriting Practice: Type in what you want.
http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/

Audio CD's on American History- Free
http://archive.org/details/american_history_librivox

CC Week 19, Cycle 3

This semester we are concentrating on the Orchestra- Romantic & Modern Arrangements

The Orchestra Song

Enrichment Learning: Quizlet for Romantic / Modern Period & Instruments

PRESIDENTS:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/History/presidents/Presidents_menu.htm

Learn fascinating facts about 20th Century Presidents. Each quiz selects 20 trivia facts at random from a total set of 340, offering unlimited play.

CC Week 20, Cycle 3

Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 4th movement

Focus on this song:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, 4th movement,

Best of the Russian Romantic Composers

Also a good listen:
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
St.Petersburg Philharmonica Conductor Erol Erdinç

I found the following on www.squidoo.com, and linked Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty.

Study the Master of Romantic Music -- Tchaikovsky

Remember the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies? Even if you think you don't, I'mpositive that you do! Listen to this midi file and you'll instantly recognize the tune. That famous piece was written by Tchaikovsky as part of The Nutcracker ballet.

Peter Tchaikovsky lived from 1840 - 1893 and is considered one of the great Romantic composers of Western music. He took passionate and fanciful tales such as Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty and set them to beautiful music that was usually performed in ballets. Because most children are familiar with the stories of Tchaikovsky's music, he is a great musician to begin your habit of composer study.

Studying Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky lived during the Romantic period of music. That's after the Baroque and Classical but before Modern music. Romantic music tends to be fanciful, imaginative, and passionate. Composers were beginning to gain fame and the paying audiences that went along with fame. With a broad market for their music, Romantic composers had the freedom to express themselves how they chose instead of catering to the desires of wealthy princes and kings. Up until this time, no one had created fantastical music about fairies and wicked witches! But Tchaikovsky did!

Some of his most famous pieces, and ones that you'll want to include in your study are:

The Nutcracker Suite
Swan Lake
Romeo and Juliet
The Sleeping Beauty
the 1812 Overture
Symphony #6 - the Pathetique
the Piano Concerto in Bb.

You can find free midi files (listen online or download) at Classical Midi Connection. (I find the site a bit odd. Look for the part that says, "Right-click here and select "save as" to download file, or left-click to play it on your own default MIDI player." That's where you'll actually get to the midi file.)

Or there are a few MP3 files (better quality than midi files) at Encyclomedia. (Please be aware that this site may have some unseemly links on the right hand side.)Karadar Classical Music also has a few free music files. And the BBC offers some selections in both excerpt and full tracks.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Classical Education Co-Op What to Buy- Cycle 1

We are utilizing the following curriculum:
Foundations — Classical Conversations, Cycle 1, 2012-13

Here's a link to their website bookstore.

MUST HAVE:
1. You'll need the latest edition of the Foundations Curriculum Guide. (1 per family)
(I have the 3rd edition, and we try and see what changes they made... I hate buying things I already have.)

2. Veritas Press History Cards- all sets. (They now are selling the Classical Conversations version of the History Cards. As I have already purchased the Veritas Press cards, and they still work great for us, we will continue to use them, and NOT be utilizing the CC History Cards.)
• Old Testament/ Ancient Egypt
• New Testament/ Ancient Greece
• The Middle Ages
• Explorers to 1815
• The Explorers 1815 to Modern

3. A Tin Whistle (1 per child)

4. Trivium Tables- Geography Cycle 1 (1 per child)

Trivium Tables: Geography Cycle 1

Item# FS051

$10.00

This convenient resource provides everything students need to preview and review geography! Each laminated table lists the geography terms for the current Foundations cycle, map keys, and a large blackline master for students to trace, color, or copy as they learn. Tables fold to fit conveniently in a notebook or tote, so they go where you go!

Geography Cycle One includes World and Africa maps.

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NICE TO HAVE: (I think it's a MUST HAVE too.)
1. Audio CDs
2. iPad App OR Cycle1 Memory Resource CD
3. Cycle 1 Memory Cards *** This is a must if you are hosting a Co-Op.

Foundations Audio CDs

Cycle 1 Audio CDs

Item# FS101

$35.00

(These work great in your car, and you can download them to your computer and make your own playlists.)
This portable resource has gotten even better! In addition to math, history, Latin, English, timeline, science, and presidents songs we now bring you a history timeline tune, books of the Bible, and scripture memory tune! Weekly and subject summary formats.

Weekly CD includes tracks organized by week.
Subject CD includes tracks organized by subject.
Timeline CD includes tracks for new CC Classical Acts and Facts History Timeline cards.
Extra tracks on Timeline CD include overviews of Foundations, Essentials, and Challenge programs.

AND

Foundations, Cycle 1, ipad App (about $7)
They just released the ipad App for Cycle 3 in February 2012.
I'm sure it won't take long for Cycle 1 to come out!
See link for Cycle 3.

OR

Cycle 1 Memory Work Resource CD (about $30)
This is going to be re-released soon. Get the most current version.

Cycle 1 Memory Work Resource CD contains Foundations Cycle 1 Memory Work to animated PowerPoint© slide shows. A “must have” resource for Foundations parents and tutors. Includes animated slideshows with creative audio for history, geography, science, math, Latin and English grammar.

This resource is designed to aid in weekly preparation for parents and tutors, and weekly review for students.

AND

Memory Cards Cycle 1

Cycle 1 Memory Cards pdf

Item# FS005

$15.00

Do-It-Yourself Memory Work Flashcards (PDF file format)

This download is an economical alternative to purchasing the pre-made memory work flash cards. Create your own cards using this downloadable file and save a few dollars! Use for individual review, instant jeopardy-style review for home or class, and more.

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Co-Op Afternoon Classes Must Have:

Exploring Creation- Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Fall Semester)

Lab Kit is $71 + shipping. (FYI: We'll divide this among all the families)

Exploring Creation- Land Animals of the Sixth Day (Spring Semester)

Lab Kit is $69 + shipping. (FYI: We'll divide this among all the families)

One Notebook per person- for the entire school year.

Sketch Notebook 8 1/2 x 11. w/ horizontal lines

(You could get this Sketch Notebook instead, as it's the same thing.)

Sketch Notebook 8 1/2 x 11 w/ horizontal lines

Story of the World Vol. 1, Ancient Times

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Challenge A Must Have:

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Workbook

It Couldn't Just Happen

Bible Based Writing Lessons, IEW (Institute for Excellence in Writing)

Student Resource Notebook

You can also download the Student Resource Notebook here at the IEW website and print yourself for $15.

Words Aptly Spoken: Children's Literature

Item# AS035

$18.99

Spring Semester we will be reading literature and then writing a paper on what we read.

Books we will be reading (Nice to have) Some you can get at the library:

http://www.classicalconversationsbooks.com/chli.html

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Challenge A:

Nice to Have:

I will be spending a few minutes diagramming sentences in class each week. If you'd like to practice more at home, this is where we're getting the information from. These are excellent reference tools, and can be used with any curriculum as a quick reference. I consider them "A Must Have" also.