Grammar School Spring 2008 Highlights
Kindergarten
- March is Amphibian and Reptile month
- Making a tent book as we learn about Abraham and Sarah
- Reading Froggy books by Jonathan London.
- Field trip to Purina Farms
- Experiments with eggs
- Making Pancakes
First Grade
- Memorizing Psalm 103:1-5 and Psalm 121
- Learning to write paragraphs
- Fable Festival in May
- Learning about famous Missourians (Mark Twain, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lewis & Clark, Harry S. Truman, Jesse James, etc.)
Second Grade
- Studying the ten plagues
- Writing our names in hieroglyphics
- Field trip to St. Louis Symphony
- Building sugar cube step pyramids
- Field trip to Art Museum to see ancient Egypt collection
- Ancient Egyptian feast
Third Grade
- Studying Ancient Rome and Paul's missionary trip in Acts
- Studying the circulatory system and digestive systems
- Reading Detectives in Togas and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
Fourth Grade
- Nature journaling at Claire Gempp-Davidson Conservation Area
- Field trip to Missouri Historic Mines viewing a large collection of rocks and minerals
- Wildflower walk and nature scavenger hunt at St. Francois State Park
Fifth Grade
- Field trip to F.B.I./Arch
- Introduction to debate and public speaking
- Compare/Contrast Synoptic gospels to 4th gospel
- Field trip to Scott Joplin House/St. Louis Symphony (Powell Hall)
Sixth Grade
- Overview of the American Civil War with a specific battle research and presentation project
- Field trip to Springfield, Illinois to visit Abraham Lincoln historic sites
- Reading The Hiding Place and Animal Farm
- Overview of Poetry Unit
- Diagramming all parts of speech plus adjectival and adverbial clauses
- Latin verb synopses - story translation from Julia (1925 edition)