BB 2019-02-22

BRADFORD BULLETIN

VOLUME XI, ISSUE 22

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

 

FROM THE OFFICE

NEWS

Alamance County Spelling bee:  Support our 6th grader, Will Jones, as he represents Bradford Academy!

Rodeo Roundup Results:

  • 1st place:  Leiden
  • 2nd place:  Scrooby
  • 3rd place:  Plymouth
  • 4th place:  Austerfield

UPCOMING

NEXT WEEK:

  • Monday, 2/25 –
    • Williamsburg installment #3 due ($20)
    • Chess Club – 4th – 6th grades
  • Tuesday, 2/26 – Volleyball training commences – 5th – 11th grade girls
  • Friday, 3/1
    • Reading Day – TK – 6th grades
    • Mentor lunch – 7th – 11th grades

 

IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

  • Friday, 3/8 – OPEN HOUSE – Please spread the word and encourage friends to call the office to reserve a slot!  919-563-9001
  • Tuesday, 3/12 – XC Training begins – 5th – 11th grades
  • Thursday, 3/14 – Pi Day!
  • Friday, 3/15
    • TK will host Grandparents’ Day!  
    • 3rd Q ends.  Report cards go home
    • Reading Day for 7th – 11th grades
  • Mon, 3/18 – Fri, 3/22 – SPRING BREAK
  • 3/15 – 3/25:  Book sale at May Memorial Library – Check out their website for details!

 

FROM THE TEACHER’s DESK

 

GRAMMAR SCHOOL

 

Transitional Kindergarten (Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Luther)

Bible
  • This week TK students learned about the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with perfume.  The students were able to see the amazing power of God’s love transform the heart and life of someone who had made many bad choices.  The students observed Jesus’ defense and love Jesus showed the woman even in the face of harsh criticism from the Pharisees.
Theme Adventure
  • The students enjoyed creating a wax and watercolor resist art project.  This great piece will be a grand highlight of the upcoming Grandparent’s Day.
  • Next week TK will plant seeds for their spring garden!
Literacy
  • TK continues to identify lowercase letters.  
  • The students have been challenged to consider changes in stories and predict the impact they could make.  A change of setting or the addition of a character in a story could completely change the outcome of the story!
  • TK students were challenged to listen to and retain details of a story.  The students played a game where they were to note any changes to a story the teacher may sneak in a retelling.  
  • Classes were also introduced to two books by Dr. Seuss.  They spent time recalling similarities in the stories.
Math
  • TK students had their 8th math assessment this week.
  • The students continued their study of dimes and counting by tens.
  • Next week TK will learn about units of measurement and compare lengths of commonly found objects.

Kindergarten (Mrs. Rivera & Mrs. McDorman)

Language Arts
  • Reviewed vowels in the middle and beginning of one syllable words.
  • Introduced syllabication with two syllable words: ransack, attack, and combat. Students clapped out the syllables in their name to determine how many they had.
  • Reviewed all the letters sounds they have studied so far, and wrote sentences for words beginning with those letters. Students read aloud those sentences to the class.
  • Introduced new special exhibit words: by, or, been, me, has, are, call
  • Introduced the next primer Ben and His Pen by Emily Fischer, a story featuring one of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin.
Math
  • Adding two-digit numbers with regrouping using dimes and pennies; telling time to the half hour; using concrete and pictorial models to represent two-digit numbers; comparing two-digit numbers; identifying the place value of digits in a two-digit number; fact assessment 11; trading pennies for dimes; written assessment 16
History
  • No history due to the holiday.
Science
  • We have begun our study of mammals this week. Students learned the five things all mammals have in common. They are warm-blooded, breathe with lungs, give birth to live young, and have fur or hair. The platypus is still classified as a mammal even though it lays eggs, and                                                                 the bat is one mammal that can fly! God’s creation never ceases to amaze!
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and had our video lesson where we learned about different ways that we could make our own instruments! Then, as we colored and listened to the music of Rossini, each student came to the teacher’s work-station one at a time and made their own beaded shaker to take home!
Art
  • We continued working on our Justinian mosaics.
P.E.
  • We started working on some basketball drills. It’s important that they learn how to handle the ball well so they can hold onto it during a game. They aimed their passes accurately so they would not drop the ball. As they master this skill, they will be encouraged to pass the ball down low and then up high so they will feel confident in how they would handle the ball during a game. They dribbled the ball in a stationary position. Once they become proficient at dribbling, we will have them move around while dribbling the ball.  
Memory Work:
  • Isaiah 40:28 and review

 

1st Grade (Mrs. Campbell)

Language Arts
  • Phonics target sound: OU/OW (flour/flower)
  • Phonics primer: A Tale of Sir Galahad – vocabulary and reading comprehension

 

Math

  • This week we practiced adding three or more single-digit numbers, identifying the associative property of addition, naming a fractional part of a set, and identifying and creating congruent shapes.  We also completed a fact assessment on sums of 15, 16, 17, 18 and a written assessment.
History
  • The adventures of Benjamin West and his cat Grimalkin continue to spark laughter in our classroom.  We will finish up this book next week and begin a study of George Washington.
Science
  • Students observed physical changes in states of matter as we melted a solid (ice) to a liquid, then evaporation and condensation.  We also continued memorizing our States of Matter song – perhaps you’ve heard your child singing it at home!
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and several of the students recited last week’s praise verse by memory to receive a prize at the end of the day! Then, we enjoyed coloring and listening to the beautiful music of Rossini. We had a music history lesson about the life of Rossini, our quarterly composer, and had just enough time to sing, “Be Thou My Vision,” before class-time was finished.
Art
  • We continued our study of Monet by reading Katie and the Waterlily Pond.
P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.
Memory Work:  
  • 2 Corinthians 9:6,7

 

2nd Grade (Mrs. Jones)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We continued to read about Mary and Jean’s adventures on Baby Island. This week they discovered a cave and debated the pros and cons of moving in. The girls are still desperately searching for water for themselves and the babies.
  • We discussed the different parts of a story and filled out a book report using these parts. Each student will present their book report to the class on Friday, March 1st.
  • Cursive: We have learned almost all of the lower case letters. This week we worked on z and s.
  • Grammar: States and capitals test 2, Coding sentences using SN V/P1
Math
  • Reading and writing Roman Numerals
  • Rounding to the nearest ten, hundred and thousand
  • Multiplication facts (0, 1, 2, 5, 7, 10)
  • Adding and subtracting fractions
History
  • This week we focused on learning about the Ancient Egyptian mummification process in preparation for our Mummification Day. Each student created a canopic jar, death mask, amulet and sarcophagus for their mummy. On Friday we dressed up as Anubis and mummified a baby doll.
Latin
  • Chapter 13 review-Test on March 5th. A study guide will be coming home on Tuesday.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and several of the students recited last week’s praise verse by memory to receive a prize at the end of the day! Then, we enjoyed coloring and listening to the beautiful music of Rossini. Finally, we had a music history lesson about the life of Rossini, our quarterly composer, that lasted the rest of class-time.
Art
P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.
Memory Work:
  • Hebrews 11:1-12

 

3rd Grade (Mrs. Mitchell)

Language Arts
  • Reading:  Detectives in Togas – Students are following the rise and fall of action throughout each chapter as we get to know our characters better.  This is whetting our appetites for mysteries.
  • Writing:  We began a keyword outline and brainstorming for a 3 paragraph story of Damocles and the King.
  • Grammar: Students have diligently, and yes, tediously been learning rules about capitalization and punctuation.  They know this will pay off for many years to come.
Math
  • Multiplying a 2-digit number by a 2-digit number; reading a thermometer using the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales; estimating temperature; reading temperature below zero on a thermometer; locating negative numbers on a thermometer; assessment
History
  • Reign of Julius Caesar
  • Memory: Roman Emperors song
Science
  • This week we learned about mixtures and solutions, some of which can be separated back into mixtures and some which cannot.  We also sampled a tasty snack mixture.
Latin
  • Chapter 22 – Prepositional phrases in Latin are easy once you’ve studied them in grammar.  Students are also enjoying translating in our new Libellus books, which track with our history cards and give us new and interesting information.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and several of the students recited last week’s praise verse by memory to receive a prize at the end of the day! Then, we enjoyed coloring and listening to the beautiful music of Rossini. Finally, we had a music history lesson about the life of Rossini, our quarterly composer, that lasted the rest of class-time.

 

Art
  • We spent one last week on Presidential portraits.
P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.
Memory Work:
  • Review of Psalm 19:1-12

 

Upcoming:
  • Tues., 26th:  3:00 p.m. Meet at the Mebane Library to pick out non-fiction books.
  • Wed., 27th:  Science test – the spelling test will be included in this test.
  • Thurs., 28th:  History, Latin (Next week is a review chapter for Latin so I am pushing the chapter 22 test out and will include both chapters.)
  • Friday, 29th:  Reading Day – We will enjoy a full day of reading books!

 

4th Grade (Mrs. Hamilton)

Language Arts
  • Reading: Students continue to enjoy Claudia and Jamie’s adventures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in our new read, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
  • Writing:  We began learning the essential elements of a research paper, after which students came up with a series of concept questions and hypotheses in preparation for our next massive writing project–a research paper on a subject from the Middle Ages.
  • Grammar: Pattern two sentences, linking verbs, and editing punctuation, capitalization, and subject-verb agreement errors.
Math
  • This week we learned about exponents and square roots, reducing fractions, finding the greatest common factor, and the properties of geometric solids.
History
  • John Wycliffe and John Huss–students learned about the first English translation of the Bible, the Lollards, and the beginnings of the Moravian church.
Science
  • Students began learning about fossils and rocks by focussing their attention on the Grand Canyon and erosion. Students were astonished at the two vastly differing views of the Canyon’s formation.
  • Geography test on Thursday, February 28: Mountains, Seas, Oceans, Canyons, Plateaus, and Volcanoes.
Latin
  • Chapter 20: Third declension i-stem nouns.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and several of the students recited last week’s praise verse by memory to receive a prize at the end of the day! Then, we focused on working on our recorders. We played what we worked on last week for the teacher, and then learned the fingering for G sharp. We will practice, “Technique Time,” this week as our song. We spent the rest of class-time on a music history lesson about our quarterly composer, Rossini.

 

Art

  • Students continued work on their pen and ink castles and cathedrals!
P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.
Memory Work:
  • Matthew 5:1-18

 

5th Grade (Ms. Windes)

Language Arts
  • Reading: We continue to get to know Kit, the courageous, kind, and lonely girl from Barbados who has landed in her new home in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. We discussed mood and symbolism as we read the first couple chapters.
  • Writing: The students returned to poetry this week for a short interlude before diving into historical research papers.
  • Grammar:  The class focused on predicate adjectives and the adverb questions this week.
Math
  • We learned how to diagram fraction problems, work with the customary and metric system for measuring capacity, find the area of a triangle, and use compasses to bisect an angle.
History
  • In history, we continued to study the scope of the Revolutionary War; after a victory at Saratoga, the French sent help. The war continued at a slow pace, moving South where they fought the last major battle at Yorktown.
Science:
    • Students completed their Astronomy assessment

 

  • Stellar presentations are due on Monday, February 25 or Monday, March 4.

 

  • Three-College Observatory Field Trip: Thursday, February 28th at 6:30pm
    • Confirmation email (depending on the weather and clear skies!) will be sent on Thursday, Feb. 28th by 4:30pm
    • Meet directly at the Observatory
Latin
  • We continued to practice our 4th declension chant as well as declining nouns in the 4th declension and identifying to which declension a noun belongs.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and several of the students recited last week’s praise verse by memory to receive a prize at the end of the day! We enjoyed some time drawing and listening to the music of Rossini. Then, we used the rest of class-time to complete a  historical worksheet about the life Rossini, our quarterly composer. We turned-in the worksheet at the end of class for a grade.

 

Art
  • Students continued working on their grid line portraits.
P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.

 

Memory Work:

  • Philippians 2:14-15
  • Upcoming: Next week, each of the students will recite all of Philippians 2:1-16!

 

6th Grade (Mrs. Garrett)

New Testament Survey
  • After taking an assessment of I John, the students created study guides for the New Testament books. The students will continue to review the books through Philippians, focusing on the key words, verses and important aspects of each book.
Literature
  • The students looked carefully at the concept of theme this week, and continued reading their missionary biographies.
Math
  • Creating graphs proved to be quite a challenge this week for the class. Bar graphs, percentages, degrees and pie charts allowed the students to see the results in clearly. Ratio word problems and rate word problems provided applicable math scenarios for the students as we discussed tipping at restaurants, interest rates and compounding interest.
History
  • Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver were both the center of study this week as the class examined leadership in the South after the Civil War.
Science

The results of the students’ experiments were evaluated and improved upon this week as they shared their data and results for washing dishes in a variety of ways.

Writing/Grammar
  • Summarizing the life of George Washington Carver using action verbs only proved to be quite a challenge for the class. Strong verbs allowed the students to practice their writing skills and think beyond the norm.
Latin
  • We focused this week on translating, continuing to practice and brush up on parsing nouns and verbs, identifying noun jobs, and putting translations in the correct order.
Music
  • This week we began class with prayer, and several of the students recited last week’s praise verse by memory to receive a prize at the end of the day! We enjoyed some time drawing and listening to the music of Rossini. Then, we used the rest of class-time to complete a  historical worksheet about the life Rossini, our quarterly composer. We turned-in the worksheet at the end of class for a grade.
Art
  • Mimicking Monet’s San Giorgio painting gave the class an insider’s perspective on impressionistic techniques.
Logic
  • Analogies and Generalizations were the fallacies covered this week.
P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.
Memory Work:
  • I John 1-2:12, The History Song, Flander’s Field Poem

 

LOGIC & RHETORIC SCHOOL

 

Dr. Byrd

10th Bible Survey
  • The Lord challenged us in our study of Hosea with His great love for sinners. He says, “Come and let us return to the Lord.” (Hosea 6:1) Students are working on their book review due at the end of the month. We are close to finishing our survey of the Old Testament.

Mrs. Dovan

8th Omnibus
  • A short week in Omnibus. We began the long-awaited Two Towers and have continued in our study of Ephesians.  Currently, the theme of unity permeates both texts, as submission to the greater cause brings far more reward than a life of self-satisfaction.

 

11th Elective – Intro to Drama
  • We have moved on from Elizabethan drama to the spectacle of 19th and early 20th century drama.  We’re beginning with Shaw’s Pygmalion, introducing themes with Ovid’s original story  and then reading Act I where Shaw depicts class distinctions of Victorian England.

 

Mrs. Frueh

7th Grade Science:
  • The students have worked very hard this week putting the finishing touches on their astronomy presentations as they prepare to teach their lessons next week.
8th Grade Science:
  • We wrapped up our final chemistry unit on bonding and chemical equations with a culminating unit exam. The students are very excited to dive into our study of physics next week as we prepare to investigate the science of motion.

 

Mr. Hamilton

7th Grammar/Comp
  • This week we continued working on academic writing, focusing on transitions between sentences and paragraphs.
9th History
  • We had a fascinating week in history, examining Abraham Lincoln’s life, presidency, and famous speeches, as well as the transformation of the American West.
9th Literature
  • We spent the week taking a careful look at President Lincoln’s most well-known speeches, noting his command of language and his effective use of rhetorical devices.
9th Theology
  • We spent more time this week examining the issues of slavery and war from a Christian point of view. We also discussed and analyzed American progress and its treatment of minority groups in the 19th century.
11th Philosophy/Apologetics
  • This week we examined the role of natural theology and took a closer look at ontological arguments.

 

Mr. Johnston

8th Latin
  • We are working on chapter 21.  Remember to review vocabulary regularly!
7th Logic
  • We have started discussing fallacies of presumption.

Mr. Miller

7th Latin
  • This week we studied the difference between “hic” and “ille/iste” demonstrative pronouns.
8th Logic
  • We introduced the idea of immediate inferences and how certain statements can be changed into other logically equivalent statements.
10th Literature
  • .We began reading books from the Apocrypha this week, starting with Tobit. We found it to be a very amusing, at times odd, story which contains some interesting themes characteristic of Second Temple Jewish thought.
10th History
  • We started our next historical account: Josephus’ The Jewish War, which conveys the events of the war between Rome and the Jews in the first century A.D.
10th Rhetoric
  • This week we got back into rhetoric by looking at how  words and sentences can be formed in a way that is poetic in terms of the rhythm or meter of the syllables and, in this way, rhetorically effective.
11th Literature
  • We finished our reading of Boccaccio’s Decameron with some very memorable stories and discussed the effect of the work overall in relation to the author’s purpose in writing it.
11th History
  • We our nearing the end of Erasmus’ Praise of Folly, and focused this week on his criticisms of theologians and the religious leaders of his day.
NT Greek
  • This week we continued studying the future tense by looking at the difference between the root and stem of verbs and how this can lead to forms of the verb in the future that look very different.

 

Mrs. Palmer

7th Art
  • We finished up our small scale studies and have moved on to our watercolor finals.  Students will imitate the master, Winslow Homer, using watercolor to achieve lucidity and flow in this piece.
8th Art
  • We finished our small scale studies in oil pastel.  Students began working on their final oil pastel which consists of art based on a recent Omnibus read.
9th Spanish
  • This week we continued on with present progressive tense.  Students are grasping this. We then began direct object pronouns and determined when to use them and how to structure them. We also did some review with past vocabulary and past tenses.  It has been a full week! Students will be presenting their personal paragraphs to the class on Tuesday.

 

Mr. Palmer

7th Pre-Algebra
  • This week we reviewed for a test, took the test, then began learning how to calculate the volume and surface area of a right cylinder.
8th Algebra I
  • This week we reviewed for a test, took the test, then began factoring the difference of perfect squares.
7th/8th P.E.
  • This week we had our basketball PE field trip. Thank you to everyone who helped make it a lot of fun.
9th Intermediate Logic
  • This week continued working with the rules of inference and replacement. There is always something new to learn with them.

Mr. Davis

7th and 8th Grade Choir
  • Due to President’s Day, the students did not have class.
11th Grade Introduction to Church Worship
  • This week the students worked on an ongoing project of addressing theological issues related to lyrics in modern worship songs. They also continued to work on their skills in leading worship.