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The third graders appear to love Latin! We have learned vocabulary for lessons 1-15 in our text Prima Latina. We've also been working on the Pater Noster (the Lord's Prayer in Latin), which many of them now know very well.
Here's a sense of the structure of our week:
On Tuesdays, we review and add more vocabulary words, most recently taking them from the Latin hymns we're memorizing. So far, they know "Veni, Veni, Immanuel" (O Come Immanuel) and "Adeste Fidelis" (O Come All Ye Joyful). We're currently working on the second verse for each of those songs. Songs are a wonderful and enjoyable way to pick up common vocabulary words and grammar in context. On Thursdays, we review using games and read a Roman myth.
We hope to show off our Latin at the Christmas program. If you want to quiz your children on their Latin, here are a few words from our list:
natus, regis, angelus, adeste, venio, video, triumpho, laetus, fidelis, laudo, clamo, ambulo, navigo, porto, oro, laboro, specto, amo, adoro, habito, judico, paro, libero, regina, stella, silva, terra, unda, aqua, cena, corona, mensa, veni, captivum, solve, qui, gemit, exsilio, privatus, Dei, gaude, nascetur
If you'd like to help your child finish memorizing the Pater Noster, here it is:
