Fun Facts & Memorization Grades: 3-6 Course Description: “Fun Facts” uses songs, games, and activities to help students memorize facts and concepts that they will need in their elementary years and beyond. Each week we will learn a new catechism question/answer (from the New City Catechism), as well as a new song that will introduce a set of facts. During the remainder of the class we will review songs, play games, discuss content, and do activities that reinforce what’s being learned and memorized. Each class culminates in a snack and quiet activity as we listen to the class playlist — followed by a raffle prize winner (tickets are earned by doing homework and learning the facts). A new addition to this class: To encourage at-home memorization, students will be tested each month on the chosen list of the month (for example: labeling a US map, reciting the books of the Bible, labeling the planets, listing the presidents, filling out a portion of the periodic table, etc.). For homework, students will be required to review songs, memorize a catechism answer, and spend 20 minutes on a learning app that will help them memorize and label states, countries, and presidents. You will not need to purchase any curriculum outside of these apps. This class and the younger Fun Facts class have very little overlap. Thus students are welcome to take both or take only one class without taking the other. Below are examples of facts/concepts we will memorize: Social Studies Facts about ancient civilizations State capitals Presidents The Gettysburg Address Historical events like the Boston Tea party Preamble to the Constitution Science Scientific method Periodic table Muscle groups Bone groups Body systems Classification of living things Bible New City Catechism questions 27-52 10 commandments The books of the Bible Psalm 23 12 Tribes 40 events of Scripture Paul’s missionary journeys Math Skip counting 6-9 Prime numbers Order of Operations Steps for dividing fractions Steps for long division Types of angles and lines English Helping verbs The 8 parts of speech Preposition words Pronouns Adverbs Linking verbs Cost Per Semester: $260 Textbook, workbooks, or materials needed for class: All materials will be given. The only purchase will be the at-home learning apps. Payment Methods: Venmo: @lucas-pace Check made out to: Heather Pace Email: [email protected]
Bio: Heather Pace is a homeschooling mother of 6. She’s a pastor’s wife and has been partnering with her husband in ministry at Compass Bible Church since 2005. Heather was educated at Biola University where she majored in Intercultural studies and minored in Bible. She also earned a teaching credential in elementary education. Before motherhood, Heather taught 6th grade at Saddleback Valley Christian School. She now has the privilege of teaching her kids, teaching at PC Prep, and teaching kids, teen girls, and women at her church. In her spare moments she enjoys writing, and she blogs at Truth4Women.com.
09/05/2024, 09/12/2024, 09/19/2024, 09/26/2024, 10/03/2024, 10/10/2024, 10/17/2024, 10/24/2024, 10/31/2024, 11/07/2024, 11/14/2024, 11/21/2024, 11/28/2024, 12/05/2024, 12/12/2024, 12/19/2024, 12/26/2024, 01/02/2025, 01/09/2025, 01/16/2025, 01/23/2025, 01/30/2025, 02/06/2025, 02/13/2025, 02/20/2025, 02/27/2025, 03/06/2025, 03/13/2025, 03/20/2025, 03/27/2025, 04/03/2025, 04/10/2025, 04/17/2025, 04/24/2025, 05/01/2025, 05/08/2025, 05/15/2025, 05/22/2025
Participants must be entering grades 3 to 6.
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 17
Registration starts on 02/26/2024 and ends on 05/01/2025.
Please contact Pacific Cross Preparatory if you have any questions.