August 2026

• Tuesday, Aug. 25

  • English Language Arts:

    • Oral Reading by Students: O Heavenly King

    • Classical Academic Press: Well-Ordered Language: Foundations: Completed Chapter 1A as a group, which introduced nouns and poetry. (skills/concepts: reading comprehension of a poem, identifying rhyming words in a poem, identifying nouns in the poem).

    • Identify all nouns in the text of the prayer “O Heavenly King.”

  • MATH

  • CHURCH HISTORY:

    • Discuss the question: What is history? Discuss different types of history (family history, church history, our nation’s history, etc)

    • Introduce the timeline mural on the classroom wall

    • Discuss that the history of mankind began with the creation and goes until now; read the creation account and put a creation image on the timeline; discuss how Geronda Ephraim is someone who lived among us in our time, yet is equal to the apostles (put images of Geronda Ephraim on the timeline)

    • Discuss that between creation and now, God became man and lived on Earth as the God-man (put an icon of the Nativity of Christ on the timeline)

    • Discuss that numbering of years extends in both directions from the birth of Christ (BC and AD); discuss how many years have passed from the birth of Christ until now (build that number with Math-U-See blocks)

    • Explain to the students that as we read about the saints this year, we will add their images to our timeline so that we can see when they lived in history.

• Wednesday, August 26

  • English Language Arts:

    • Paisano Tutoring Grammar Lesson: Singular and Plural Nouns worksheet: Understand the definition of a noun and generate singular and plural nouns for all categories of nouns (people, places, and things).

    • Identify all nouns in the apolytikion for Saint Kosmas.

  • MATH:

  • AMERICAN HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY:

    • Discuss different types of maps (a globe vs. a flat map)

    • Discuss where we live (on the globe and on the world map wall mural)

    • Introduce the study of American History; explain that part of our story about American history takes place in Europe, and therefore we want to understand where Europe is and where all the different continents are.

    • Lesson on the seven continents; All students receive a world map and are asked to color each of the continents a specific color, and also color the map key; Discuss which continents on the map each child’s family came from.

    • Begin the study of American History: Tuttle Twins America’s History, Volume 1 (1215-1776): Chapter 1. Every student received a copy of the history book to follow along in class as the teacher reads. The teacher pauses occasionally to explain or clarify ideas, and to give additional examples. Today’s lesson was about Marco Polo and his journey to China and the development of the Silk Road trade route. We discussed the question “what is trade?” and how trading works. We discussed what silk is, why some commodities are valuable, and how international trade began with Marco Polo.

    • We discussed how trade can be used in place of money, and we talked about how in the book By the Shores of Silver Lake (by Laura Ingalls Wilder, which we read last year) Pa traded his horses for land to own and build a house on, and traded work to get a cow so that his family could have milk. Students shared examples of trading.

• Thursday, August 27

  • English Language Arts:

    • Paisano Tutoring Grammar Lesson: Common and Proper Nouns worksheet: Review the definition of a noun and generate common and proper nouns for all categories of nouns (people, places, and things).

  • MATH:

  • CATECHISM: Topic: Feast of the Beheading of St. John (Aug. 29).

    • Teacher read aloud from Saint John the Forerunner: Prophet, Apostle, and Martyr and talked to the students about St. John to give the background for Gospel reading for the beheading of Saint John.

    • Students read aloud, in turns, the Gospel Reading for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist

• Friday, August 28

  • English Language Arts:

    • Paisano Tutoring Noun Lesson: Noun Review

    • Identify all nouns in the text of the Gospel Reading for the Beheading of St. John the Baptist.

  • CATECHISM: Topic: Upcoming Sunday Gospel (for Aug. 30).

    • Students read aloud in turns the upcoming Sunday Gospel

  • MATH

  • LEGO STEM