BB 2019-02-08

BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XI, ISSUE 21

FEBRUARY 08, 2019

 

FROM THE OFFICE

 

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:

  • Monday, 2/11:  HS Boys basketball game (time and location TBA)
  • Tuesday, 2/12:  Wrestling practice @ Ebenezer Church, Hillsborough.  Leave Bradford at 5:15 and return at 8:00 pm.
  • Wednesday, 2/13:  HS Girls basketball game, 5:00 @ ORMA
  • Thursday, 2/14:  Wrestling club
  • Friday, 2/15:  
    • Teacher work day – NO SCHOOL
    • HS Girls basketball game (potential), 6:00 @ ORMA

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

  • Monday, 2/18:  President’s Day – NO SCHOOL
  • Thursday, 2/21:  
    • PE Basketball field trip, 1st – 8th grade (more details to come)
    • HWY 55 night!
  • Monday, 2/25:  Chess Club commences for 4th – 6th grades  (1st – 3rd grade: in April)
  • Tuesday, 2/26:  Volleyball Spring Training commences for 5th – 11th grade girls (see e-mail for details)
  • Friday, 3/1:  Reading Day (Dr. Seuss day!)
  • Friday, 3/8:  OPEN HOUSE: Spread the word!  
  • Tuesday, 3/12:  Spring XC Training commences, 5th – 11th graders (more details to come)

 

FROM THE TEACHER’S DESK

 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Luther)

Bible
  • This week TK learned about the man who had no friends.  They learned about the life of Zaccheus and how he lived a dishonest life of stealing money.  When he met Jesus his life change, he repented and paid back those he stole from 40 times more than the amount he stole.  What a wonderful story to learn about the love of God and his impact on people.
  • The students got to enjoy the warm weather and apply the lesson by traveling to a large sycamore tree on Bradford’s campus to read the story, sing the song,  and act it out.
Theme Adventure
  • This week TK had a fantastic time at the Rodeo Roundup where they celebrated the 100th day of school with Kindergarten and First Grade.  The TK students traveled to different stations where they got to lasso a bull, sing around a campfire, eat trail mix, throw (rubber) snakes into boots, shoot (darts) at targets, play a cowpoke version of corn hole, have a potato sack race, race on horses, and so much more.  Much fun was had by all.
Literacy
  • TK students continue to work on the identification of lowercase letters.  
  • For more of a challenge, TK worked to create helpful signs of their own, reminding themselves and others to wash hands.  
  • TK students practiced writing the number 7 and letter A.  Once mastery was shown TK students learned how to create a triangle.
Math
  • TK worked to identify and order the numbers 0-20.  
  • The students learned to count on and find the total number of objects.  

 

Arts and Sciences
  • TK students enjoyed a fun science experiment that demonstrates germs on their hands.  They enjoyed using glow-in-the-dark paint and a special light that would make the ‘germs’ glow.  After washing the glowing spots away, TK got to examine their hands again to see if they were able to scrub off all the germs that were once on their hands.  

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera & Mrs. McDorman)

Language Arts
  • We continued our study of the /H/ sound at the beginning of words.
  • Introduced three new  special exhibit words; for, he, put.
  • Began reading the next primer: The Dog, the Hog, the Rat, the Ram, the Hen and the Big, Big Din
  • Studied two new target sounds: hard /C/ (as in “cat”),  /K/

 

Students should be gaining confidence and fluency in their reading. Please continue to review special exhibit words. Help your students look for these words in books, magazines, on signs, and even on billboards!

Math
  • Doubles plus one math facts
  • Adding double digit numbers without regrouping using dimes and pennies
  • Reviewing odd and even numbers
History
  • Our kindergarten scholars got to hear an overview of the Middles Ages thanks to the fourth grade class. They sang of castles, kingdoms, barbarians, Justinian, and the black death. We discussed what it would be like to live in a castle. “The Song Of Roland,” an epic poem from that time period, documented the Code of Chivalry followed by knights. They were to fear God and maintain His church, serve the liege lord, protect the weak and defenceless, and respect and honor women. We were able to see God as benevolent, all-knowing, and all-powerful.Next week, we will discuss the feudal system.
Science
  • Due to illness, many students missed our science discussion last Friday, so we spent time reviewing the constellations, discussing the five types of stars, and finishing our solar system coloring books.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and had our video lesson about the subject of dance, it’s different styles, and how it is used with music. Then we warmed up our voices and sang a love hymn we know well called, “Jesus Loves Me.” We enjoyed the last part of class coloring and listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini.
Art
  • The students continued their mosaic of a chicken in the pot, and then began a mosaic of Emperor Justinian. These mosaic projects require patience, creativity, and fine motor skills.
P.E.
  • No P.E. due to Rodeo Roundup
Memory Work:
  • Romans 11:33-36

 

1st Grade (Mrs. Campbell)

Language Arts
  • Phonics target sound: OI/OY (soil/joy)
  • Phonics primer: Red Hood – vocabulary, reading comprehension, and art activities
Math
  • This week we practiced adding two-digit numbers using dimes and pennies, measuring to the nearest foot, and completed fact assessment on addition facts with sums of 13 and 14 along with a written assessment of concepts covered thus far.
History
  • Our class began reading Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin, the story of a young Quaker boy who loved to draw.
Science
  • No Science this week due to Rodeo Round-up on Wednesday.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and read our weekly praise verse together. Then, we spent some time enjoying coloring and listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini. We had a history of hymns about, “Jesus Paid It All,” and our music theory lesson was about measures and note stems. Finally, we spent the rest of class time warming up our voices and singing hymns based on love.
Art
  • We continued studying our featured artist, Claude Monet.
P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to have class. We talked about viruses and what we can do to stay healthy. We also played “virus tag.”
Memory Work:  
  • James 1:19-20

 

2nd Grade (Mrs. Jones)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We focused on reading comprehension again this week using the McCall-Crabbs workbook. These are short paragraphs that the students have to read on their own, then answer questions based on the reading. We also discussed the main parts of a story. The students had to create a setting, main characters and a summary then present those to the class before they began writing their own story.
  • Cursive: w and v
  • Grammar: First 20 states and capitals-test next week

The students edited each other’s stories checking for complete sentences and spelling errors.

Math
  • Subtracting two digit numbers
  • Writing numbers to 1000 using words
  • Adding and subtracting multiples of 100
  • Telling time to the minute
History
  • We learned about the Code of Hammurabi this week. It was interesting to compare several of Hammurabi’s laws with some of the laws of Moses. The students also got to try translating Cuneiform, which is the language the Code of Hammurabi was written in.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and read our weekly praise verse together. Then, we spent some time enjoying coloring and listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini. We had a history of hymns about, “Jesus Paid It All,” and our music theory lesson was about measures and note stems. Finally, we spent the rest of class time warming up our voices and singing hymns based on love.
Art
  • The students are having a wonderful time studying Monet and impressionism. This week we went outside to paint an impressionist landscape. The students were allowed to use sponges and q-tips to create their own masterpieces.  They experimented with blending several shades of blue together for the sky and several shades of green for the grass.
P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to have class. We talked about viruses and what we can do to stay healthy. We also played “virus tag.”
Memory Work:
  • Hebrews 11:1-10

 

3rd Grade (Mrs. Mitchell)

Language Arts
  • Reading:  We have enjoyed not only the story of Misty, but the simple brilliance of Marguerite Henry’s writing conventions as we followed the rise and fall of the action.  Her plot is relatable for 3rd graders, but complex enough to be believable.
  • Writing:  Brainstorming ideas becomes more and more enjoyable as we take a simple fable and embellish it with many forms of stronger writing.
  • Grammar: It takes much practice to learn all the capitalization and punctuation rules in chapter 11, fifty-four in all, with multiple examples in each rule.  We have plowed through these by way of a recitation game, editing practice of 2 kinds and general reminders in all of our subject areas. Slowly, but surely, we will see improvement.
Math
  • Subtracting whole numbers and money amounts with regrouping; practicing this skill with a checkbook ledger; ordering unit fractions; writing equivalent fractions using halves, fourths, eighths & sixteenths; measuring and drawing line segments using fourths of an inch.
History
  • Architectural Advances in Rome:  Students were reminded that all of history is God’s story and even the building of the Roman roads figured into His plan for the gospel to go forth in years to come.  We also examined the social structures of cities and briefly discussed how that impacts their economies.
Science
  • Chemistry:  Students explored chemical bonds by focusing on water tension and bonding.  We did several experiments in the kitchen. Be sure to ask about them.
Latin
  • Chapter 20:  Accusative case nouns;  The most common use of the accusative case in Latin is for direct objects.  This is a new concept, as we have not covered this yet in grammar. We reviewed all 3 declension ending charts from earlier chapters, focusing on nominative and accusative endings.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and read our weekly praise verse together. Then, we spent some time enjoying coloring and listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini. We had a history of hymns about, “Jesus Paid It All,” and our music theory lesson was about measures and note stems. Finally, we spent the rest of class time warming up our voices and singing hymns based on love.

 

Art
  • Students continued drawing presidential portraits from the tracings that they finished last time.
P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to practice different basketball drills.
Memory Work:
  • Psalm 19:9-10

 

4th Grade (Mrs. Hamilton)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We said a tearful goodbye to C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Students learned much about character development, descriptive language, and plot elements while reading this wonderful book. Thank you to all who contributed snacks for our Narnia party!
  • Writing: Students polished up their stories and poems for the Burlington Writers’ Contest; students also began working on analysis of the main characters from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
  • Grammar: We began pattern two sentences.
Math
  • Students learned to display data in various ways, reviewed the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percents, and began learning about area.
History
  • The Hundred Years’ War, Joan of Arc, and The Black Death: students researched a topic and presented their books to the class.
Science
  • We began learning about major mountain ranges. Students will be bringing home maps they will be studying for the next few weeks.
  • Geography test on Thursday, February 21: Mountains, Seas, Oceans, Canyons, Plateaus, and Volcanoes.
Latin
  • We completed our review of ordinal and cardinal numbers, Roman Numerals, and the genitive case.
Music
  • This week we had  prayer and decided to begin class with our recorders. We learned the fingering for High E, and learned the notes for Technique Time Exercise 1 and 2, as well as the song, “Aura Lee.” After we finished working on our recorders, we had a music theory lesson about measures and note stems. We finished class time coloring and drawing as we enjoyed listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini.

 

Art

  • Students continue to practice pen and ink, drawing animals and choosing a castle or cathedral to draw!
P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to practice different basketball drills.
Memory Work:
  • Matthew 5:1-16

 

5th Grade (Ms. Windes)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We have come to the end of Duel in the Wilderness, watching as Washington and Gist struggle to complete their mission. We talked and wrote about the themes of endurance, friendship, human limitation, hope, and trust as we finished the book.
  • Writing: Students made final changes to their stories and poems, and then got to read a couple to the class.
  • Grammar:  Singular and plural possessive nouns, linking verbs, predicate nouns and adjectives. Upcoming:2/12/19: Chant test for 19A and 19B.
Math
  • We had fun graphing points and drawing pictures on the coordinate plane, learned about finding the area, perimeter, and angle measures of parallelograms, and reviewed all the ways we have learned to manipulate fractions.
History
  • It has been a momentous week in history, learning about the men that came together during the Second Continental Congress to write and sign their Declaration of Independence from England in 1776!
Science:
  • We began studying about Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler.
Latin
  • Students reviewed the verb endings ‘re,’ ‘te,’ and ‘ne’ and practiced writing conversations in Latin.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and some students recited last week’s praise verse. Then, we spent some time coloring, drawing, and listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini. We had a history of hymns about, “Jesus Paid It All,” and our music theory lesson was about measures and note stems. Finally, we spent the rest of class time warming up our voices and singing hymns based on love.
Art
  • We continue to study portraits, this week focusing on drawing eyes and reviewing again the proportions of the face.
P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to practice different basketball drills.

 

Memory Work:

  • Philippians 2:10-11

 

6th Grade (Mrs. Garrett)

New Testament Survey
  • The class worked through Ephesians this week. The students took note of Paul’s emphasis on the heavenly riches given through Christ, as well as the application of how to live as a follower of Christ in light of His reality in the hearts of believers.  
  • The class reviewed the eleven New Testament books studied thus far, and took an assessment on the key words of each.
  • The students memorized and were assessed on I John 1-2:10.
Literature
  • The class continued to look at Jules Verne’s novel, and focus on the details of chapters 24-27.
Math
  • The powers of ten, fraction-decimal-percent equivalents, adding and subtracting mixed measures, unit multipliers and creating graphs.
  • The class also practiced adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimals for speed and accuracy.
History
  • The class continued to focus on the Transcontinental Railroad and took an assessment covering the builders, those who funded the railroad, the advantages. The students also looked at the specific locations, the timeline of this cross-country feat which changed the face of the nation, and the lives of many.
  • Using an atlas, the class mapped the start of the  two railroads and their meeting point in Utah.
Science
  • The immune system is an incredible miracle created and sustained by God. The class looked further at specific ways that bacteria can reproduce. The students also examined ways that we can slow or stop the growth of bacteria such as freezing, pasteurization and canning. In addition, the class discussed antibiotics; two in particular; streptomycin and penicillin.
Writing/Grammar
  • The class finished up their short stories for the Burlington Writer’s Contest and many were read aloud with great enjoyment. Everyone put forth their best effort and the plots were quite intriguing.
  • Spelling and vocabulary were both tested this week. The class took on a new list and will continue to review them over the next week.
  • The students wrote sentences to help cement the meaning and spelling of the spelling word list using linking verbs, predicate nouns and predicate adjectives.
Latin
  • After finishing our translation passage and answering questions about it, we began a new set of vocabulary and learning the third declension noun endings.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer and some students recited last week’s praise verse. Then, we spent some time coloring, drawing, and listening to the music of our quarterly composer, Rossini. We had a history of hymns about, “Jesus Paid It All,” and our music theory lesson was about measures and note stems. Finally, we spent the rest of class time warming up our voices and singing hymns based on love.
Art
  • Monet’s plein air painting inspired the students as they searched for a grand landscape or object of nature for their acrylic painting. They began the hard work of mixing colors and sketching out their landscape of choice.
Logic
  • Part to Whole, Whole to Part, and Equivocation were all topics of interest this week.
P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to practice different basketball drills.
Memory Work:
  • I John 1-2:10, Literary Devices Song

 

LOGIC & RHETORIC SCHOOL

 

Mrs. Byrd

Physics
  • We are learning about simple harmonic motion as it applies to springs and pendulums.  We are looking at how energy is exchanged and how these systems can be modeled by sine waves – an interesting overlap with precalculus class.
Precalculus
  • We concluded a study of right triangle trig and trig functions with a test on Friday.  Next we will begin a unit on sequences, series, and probability.
Geometry
  • The class took a test on Friday, wrapping up a study of right triangles.  Our next unit will be on surface area and will involve an area calculation project.  Be ready for your student to measure one of the rooms of your home. If you have a painting project schedules, let them tell you how much paint to buy.

 

Dr. Byrd

10th Bible Survey
  • We have studied the books of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Lamentations during this week. From our study we have learned to trust and hope in the Lord because His ways are  wise and good. He will keep us in perfect peace as our minds are stayed upon Him (Isaiah 26:3) and his mercies are new each morning- great is His faithfulness (Lam. 3:23).

Mrs. Dovan

8th Literature
  • This week we became familiar with our Macbeth scripts and began blocking out some scenes for an in-class play next Wednesday.  
8th History
  • Students have researched their ancestry and interviewed an older relative; this week they’ve been synthesizing that material to create their family origins project.  We also finished off The History of the Kings of Britain, distinguishing archaeological King Arthur from the King Arthur of Arthurian legend.  Legend and myth’s prevalence in our history readings has led to sharpening discussions about the understanding of a collective human experience and the way we regard the past.
8th Theology
  • We began Ephesians this week: an NT book full of doctrine packed into only 6 chapters.   We began with an introduction by Alistair Begg and reading / discussing chapters 1 & 2.

 

11th Elective – Intro to Drama

  • We are continuing through Hamlet.  I look forward to the students’ memorized monologues next week!

Mrs. Frueh

7th Grade Science:
  • We took our final astronomy test this week, which covered all the planets, their moons, and the non-planetary objects, such as comets, asteroids, meteoroids, and dwarf planets. Also, students were able to choose their topics for the culminating astronomy project. For this project, students will have the opportunity to teach an astronomy lesson on the topic of their choice. The students should begin researching their topic over the weekend.
8th Grade Science:
  • The students were able to perform three mini chemistry experiments this week with the purpose of observing the difference between an exothermic and endothermic reaction. The experiments also provided an opportunity to practice balancing chemical equations and classifying reactions. We’ll wrap up our chemistry unit next week with acids and bases.

 

Mr. Hamilton

7th Grammar/Comp
  • This week we focused on understanding the function of introductions and conclusions in academic papers.
9th History
  • Our big topics this week were the causes of the Civil War and understanding how the Civil War defined our young nation.
9th Literature
  • We ended our reading of Frankenstein with student presentations on various themes. We then picked up our next reading, Lincoln’s speeches.
9th Theology
  • We began this week with The Communist Manifesto, which we will read carefully and examine from a Christian point of view.
11th Philosophy/Apologetics
  • This week we examined the Christian worldview and distorted versions of it.

 

Mr. Johnston

8th Latin
  • We finished chapter 20 and will be having a test next week on vocabulary from the last five chapters.
7th Logic
  • We completed the chapter on the “red herring” fallacy and will be having a quiz next week.

Mr. Miller

7th Latin
  • This week the students had a quiz on the Latin personal pronouns.
8th Logic
  • We continued honing our understanding of the rules for determining validity of syllogisms. There will be a test on this material (and on counterexamples) next Tuesday.
10th Literature
  • We discussed Virgil’s Georgics this week and the allegory of Roman society behind the pastoral imagery.
10th History
  • We finished our reading of Livy’s account of Rome’s war against Hannibal. The boys are writing an essay about what Roman virtues are on display in the book, especially in the heroic figure of Scipio.
10th Rhetoric
  • We worked on finishing up our Burlington Writer’s Contest submissions this week.
11th Literature
  • This week we began reading stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron, which was an important influence on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
11th History
  • We began reading Erasmus’ classic work, The Praise of Folly, and also learned about the late medieval scholastic thought that provided a precursor to Renaissance humanism and the Reformation.
NT Greek
  • This week we continued reviewing present middle/passive verb endings, and the students had a quiz on noun and verb endings.

 

Mrs. Palmer

7th Art
  • This week we worked on two small watercolor landscapes.  The students seem to be getting the hang of watercolor and their pieces are coming along nicely!
8th Art
  • This week we worked on two small oil pastels studies.  One of a sunset and the other of a Garth William’s work.
9th Spanish
  • This week we have been working on our new vocabulary.  We learned how to use the verb ESTAR with emotions and certain conditions. We also will soon be presenting paragraphs to the class using our best accents and correct pronunciation.

 

Mr. Palmer

7th Pre-Algebra
  • This week we took a test and did test corrections. We then learned how to use proportions with similar triangles and how to find the missing number within a proportion. We also learned how to use ratios to determine unit price.
8th Algebra I
  • This week we took a test and did test corrections. We then learned how to add and simplify radicals. We also learned the  elimination (addition) method to solve a system of linear equations
7th/8th P.E.
  • This week we enjoyed the warm weather and went outside to do a basketball passing drill followed by a game of “Capture the Pumpkins.”
9th Intermediate Logic
  • This week we have been learning how to use the Conditional Proof. There have been plenty of practice problems and questions.

 

Mr. Davis

7th and 8th Grade Choir
  • This week the students worked on organizing songs for an end of the year celebration for upper school. Next week they will begin working on vocal parts for the songs that were chosen.
11th Grade Introduction to Church Worship
  • This week the students worked on worship music to lead for the upper school at a future date. They also helped Mr. Palmer and Mr. Davis organize worship and games for an upcoming field day for the upper campus.