4th-6th Grade Co-op Week 11

Religion-
We discussed the upcoming 2nd Sunday of Lent in which Mother Church gives us some encouragement by reading the Transfiguration. Christ encouraged Peter, James, and John by showing Himself in some of His divine glory, rather than keeping it hidden in His human form. We talked about keeping our eyes on the prize: heaven! But to keep in mind that we can not have the crown without first having the cross. There would be no Easter if there was no Good Friday. We also talked about offering up our Lenten penances for the good of others, to help us stay on track. It is easier to pass up temptation if you keep that intention in mind. I told the children to look up to St. Francis of Assisi, who is a prime example of someone who embraces his cross.

Latin-
The children were blessed to have Mrs. Rolling come in and teach Latin! She livened up the class with some songs to help them review 1st declensions and 1st conjugations.

English-
We discussed possessive form and I read aloud some sentences. The children would name the noun that has possession and what it possessed.

Science-
We went over each characteristic of an amphibian as the children drew out the life cycle of a frog.

History-

We very quickly and briefly discussed the ending of The Odyssey and Penelope's competition for the suitors who wanted to marry her. She agreed to marry anyone who could string her husband's bow and shoot it through 12 axes- a task that she knew only her husband could do. Then the children had a fantastic demonstration on bows by Mr. Durgin. After that, they were given a chance to string a bow made by Mr. Rolling. Whoever could string the bow, could also shoot the bow! Three students were able to string it and then competed for the bow in a shooting contest. Congratulations to Z. Durgin, I. Cummings, and C. Powell! A big congrats to I.C. who won the competition and took the bow home. Thank you Mr. Rolling and Mr. Durgin!!