Week 10: 11/16/17

Last week we learned a bit about the principles and characteristics of our great and revered leader, George Washington. We learn from his public life that he had many honorable qualities, but did you know he worked hard--even as a boy--to attain those qualities? George Washington knew from a young age that he wanted to be someone special and important, so he set to work early to reach that goal. One of the ways he did this was by practicing good etiquette (something we could all improve on these days). Here is a link to the actual guidebook that George Washington used, called Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/gdc/scd0001/2010/2010_01/20100519003wa/20100519003wa.pdf

Read through these and we'll talk about which ones were your favorites (or the funniest) in class.

Here's a funny video about the rules of civility that you might enjoy, too...

 

 

 

 

Assignments:

 

Devotional: I believe it's Madeline's turn again!

Opinion Paper: I'm missing a few opinion papers from last week, so if you did not turn yours in, please email it to me this week. I really don't want to have a backlog of papers to read at the end of the semester! The topic this week is What made George Washington a great man? How can you become more like him? Please be specific with your examples!

Parent Night: Please brainstorm 2-3 solid ideas for our class parent night presentation and be ready to discuss and vote on them when we meet again, November 30th.

Reading: Keep working on Being George Washington, due December 14th

Award Requirements:

• I hope you all used the break to work on these! A few tips: practice the Declaration for a few minutes several times a day and you'll have it down in no time! Also, something that helps me to memorize things quickly is to write it down/copy it 2 or 3 times--give it a try...

• Keep working on your Declaration of Independence journal...I really want to be able to take everyone on the field trip to the capitol (and out to lunch afterward!).

I hope you all had a wonderful break and a Happy Thanksgiving! -Mrs. Hellyer