Quarter 2 Week 2
Salvete, Spartanae Familiae!
4th Grade
This past week finished our Romulus and Remus stories and started talking about Grammatical Gender. We discussed how Latin uses Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter as categories for Noun endings, and we used our mini white boards to practice as a class.
Looking ahead: We'll start taking about verbs and their endings- finally putting our O-S-T chant to use. We'll also discuss Roman holidays and the different ways they celebrated on our early release Fridays.
5th Grade
This past week we started Chapter 3; Negotium. We talked about business in Pompeii and what daily life looks like in foro. After in class discussion we started translating our next story, which we'll continue into the next week.
Looking ahead:
New Vocabulary Alert! 5th grade received the first half of their Quarter 2 vocabulary, and they'll have their first Q2 quiz next week.
5B & 5D will have their quiz Wednesday, November 10th
5A & 5C will have their quiz Thursday, November 11th
6th Grade
This past week we started Chapter 8; Gladtiatores, and hit the ground running by translating Amphitheatrum. We also spent some time talking about the Gladiatorial shows and what they looked like in Pompeii. In grammar we encountered the accusative plural ending and have been practicing identifying it in our warm ups.
Looking ahead:
New Vocabulary Alert! 6th grade received the first half of their Quarter 2 vocabulary last week, and they'll have their first Q2 quiz Friday, November 5th.
We'll continue translating gladiatores next week, and we'll also wrap up our discussion of the Gladtiatorial games and the riot at Pompeii.
It's a quiet joy to be snug in the classroom as the months grow darker and the weather grows colder. On top of that, there is something about the autumn months that make studying an ancient language feel thematically appropriate.
As always, if you have any questions you may contact me at emily.riedlinger@greatheartswesternhills.org.
Cura ut Valeas,
Magistra Riedlinger
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