Fall Back on Sunday November 7: Get an extra hour of sleep

 Hello, Friends.

It is time to set you clocks back one hour to standard time. The best ways are to set your clocks back before you go to bed or to rely on your computer and/or cell phone to set your time for you. Don't forget to set the time in your car! I always panic when I hop in my car to go somewhere and suddenly I am too early or too late!

If you are reading this Sunday. Go catch an hour nap to catch up with the rest of us!

What Are We Reading?

• Leadership and Self Deception
• Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict
• Economics 5th Edition by Thomas Sowell (audiobook)

Our Kids' Conversation Meeting has a great reading list (all of which have movies and series to watch on PBS, YouTube, and other video sources):

• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen 
• Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Lucy não gosta...
• Miss Marple books by Agatha Christie (and you can watch the series, here is one episode)

Yankee Doodle

We talked about The song Yankee Doodle. Have you learned this song? Are your kids singing this song in school? This nursery rhyme song has roots in the American Revolutionary War. Read The Story Behind the Song from the Kennedy Center to learn the history and crafting of this classic American song. 

And since we all know the tune, why not sharpen our English language skills?

The Preposition Song (Sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle)

Verse 1:

Aboard, about, above, across

Against, along, around

Amid, among, after, at

Except, for, during, down

Chorus:

Under, underneath, since, up

Like, near, past, throughout, through

With, within, without, instead

Toward, inside, into, to

Verse 2:

Behind, below, beneath, beside

Between, before, beyond

By, in, from, off, on, over, of

Until, unto, upon

American Sign Language: Monday, 5:30-6:30, Zoom

Sentence writing is our jam! This year all of our classes are building our skills with sentence writing. You may wonder why this works when learning a new language (more than just word flash cards). For adults, this a great way to memorize. Adults are extremely efficient learners! We learn best in context and when we use information or skills. What better way to learn than by creating sentences? 

November 8: Join the conversation and add to your vocabulary.

International Bible Study: Tuesday, 9:30-10:30, Zoom

This week we read and talked about Ephesians 2. This wonderful chapter Paul writes:

 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

So, as you plan your week, you can be sure that your plans are good.

November 8: We are talking about Ephesians 3.

International Friends: Tuesday, 10:30-12:00, Zoom.

We planned for our cooking and talked about how we liked to cook our turkeys. In Turkey, turkeys are stuffed with rice and cranberries for Christmas. This may be the perfect dish for Thanksgiving here in the U.S.! We could start a new tradition this year.

November 8: Zoom over to learn how Carolyn prepares a turkey and we talk about preparing the classic dishes.

 Afternoon Conversation: Wednesday, 4:30-6:00, Zoom.

November 9: Shhhh. Private lessons!

English Classes: Thursday, 9:30-12:00, Zoom.

November 10: Prepare your sentences using J, K, L words.

Kid's Conversation: Friday, 4:30-5:00, Zoom.

November 11: Bring your five sentence stories or five sentences about yourself.

excel: the best

hop in: get in

is our jam: is what we like to do and probably excel at