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Quarter Four

Hello Parents,
Here we are at the beginning of quarter four, and we find ourselves in all-new territory. As you know by now, we will be conducting our classes remotely for a while. Latin lessons will be included with your students' grade level packets. I want to make it clear that these lessons/worksheets should take no longer than 10 minutes each. Some of the activities will be creative, so if your student is engaged they may want to spend more time on the activity. However, they are not expected to spend more than 10-15 minutes on each lesson.
I know we may all be going a bit stir crazy in our newfound situation. With that in mind, I have attached some links to free, online resources your students may be interested in. They do not all meet Great Hearts' pop-culture-free standards. However, as an extra-curricular resource they are informative, entertaining, and thematic with our quarter. Again, these resources are optional. 

 Crash Course Kids Astronomy (and Roman myths)
These videos have little to do with Latin, but they do cover some good background material for our quarter's theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZffhapfOgg&t=94s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbzCA0Lgf3Y&t=2s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBIS17Va9sA

Myths for Kids
This channel has a lengthy playlist of Greek Myths. While not Roman or Latin, they differ in names only. While these are made for kids, Greek and Roman myths contain monsters, death, and violence. This is all extremely toned down in these videos. However, I urge you to use your discretion.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT_N5y7Jjvn8n8vxfPj_7NaYUusKymL-q

Tour of Ancient Rome (in Latin!)
These videos are very unique. Magister Craft leads the viewer through a Minecraft model (which is surprisingly accurate) of Ancient Rome. What I think is so extraordinary about these videos is that he conducts the tour entirely in Latin. While our K-2 students will struggle to understand the sentences, they can keep their ears open for words they know. The videos alone give a very interesting and detailed look at Ancient Rome.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHnbUCTWGHHB0dBJdPpmIlprpJDV5Een7

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