This week we will learn about plants, the brain, nerves, parts of the brain, and controller involuntary actions. Julius Caesar, life in a Roman town, Roman houses, and lives in the Roman city. Talk about the Ides of March, Cleopatra and her son, Cicero and his adopted son, Mark Antony, Gauls, Geese, and Black Vultures. Learn what Proverbs means, Jewish calendar, sequences and patterns, perimeter, decimals, fractions, and Haydn. Also work on a lot of reading, handwriting, learn all about the recorder musical instrument.
BOOKS
Books of the week.
BIBLE
~Proverbs 1:2-4
~Proverbs 16:3
~1 Peter 2:17a
~Proverbs 18:10
Bought the "NIV Adventure Bible for Early Readers and the Devotions" for the kids, we love them both. I really like how for each book of the bible is has a small introduction to the book, the author, and what things you will learn in that chapter or book. The devotions talks about everyday things kids might face in their lives and discusses what the bible says about each situation.
Discussed what types of books are in the Old Testament and who wrote each book.
Commit your work to the Lord, and then your plans will succeed.
~Proverbs 16:3
Learned that ladybugs don't have noses and smell with their feet. Even though they have a mouth they taste with their antennae.
Show respect for everyone. Love your Christian brothers and sisters.
~1 Peter 2:17a
Our God wants us to be safe.
The name of the Lord is a strong fortress; the godly run to him and are safe.
~Proverbs 18:10
LANGUAGE ARTS
Latin words for the week: TRES (three) and QUATTUOR (four).
Learned about pronouns, subject pronouns, cursive writing, and latin writing practice.
More subject pronouns, cursive, and latin writing.
Worked on pronouns, object pronouns, and more cursive handwriting practice.
Handwriting and reading practice with subject pronouns.
Handwriting letters: Mm, Nn, Oo
More handwriting practice letters: Pp, Qq, Rr.
Handwriting practice Ss, Tt, Uu, and working on some spelling words.
More handwriting practice the letters Vv, Ww, and Xx and learning new spelling words.
MATH
Number of the day, calendar, and weather chart.
Adding their stickers to their 100 count pizza.
Decimal and Perimeter word problems.
Perimeter word problems and addition and subtraction decimal problems.
Finding the area of the shapes and adding decimals.
Searching for the perimeter and area.
Sequence and pattern problems
Pattern worksheet, number recognition, and counting.
Animal Pattern worksheet
Pattern with shapes, numbers, and letters worksheet.
TIMELINE
Added Julius Caesar and Haydn to our timeline.
HISTORY
Read about Ides of March, Julius Caesar, and Cleopatra.
Learned about Cicero and more on Octavius and his family.
Read about how the Republic comes to an end, the power of public speaking, and about cartouche.
Learned about Mark Antony, how a Roman house looks from the inside, about Gauls, Geese, and Black Vultures.
More details on Roman houses and cities.
Jewish Calendar
Kids played a Roman game: Odd or Even Game.
Life in a Roman town and learned what happened at the Roman games.
SCIENCE
We reviewed what we learned about last week on ants and worked on the ant's life cycle.
More on the ant's life cycle and the parts of an ant.
Inside soil experiment, he scooped up some dirt and poured it into the jar, then we added some water, and he shook the mess out of the jar.
We let the soil settle after a few hours to observe the layers.
Getting a closer look of what lives under debris outside.
Kids made their own little green house to observe the growth of a red bean.
This experiment was for next week but since I know it takes about a week before we are able to observe much decided to do it a week ahead.
Reviewed the life cycle of a bean plant.
Identified the parts of a plant and what plants need to survive.
Worked on memorizing two different lists, and seeing which two list was easier to memorize.
Did the Concentration exercise, a very fun activity with lots of laughter.
Printed a model of the brain from Ellen Henry Website, kids loved being able to see what each part of the brain does and wearing the brain hat. D said it made him smarter.
Wearing their model of the brain.
Learning about the Controller: the part of the brain that controls our breathing, blinking, sneezing, swallowing, beating of our heart, and other involuntary actions is the medulla.
Finding the paths that match the starting point of the nerve message in the brain and seeing which side of the body and brain is being used for each activity.
In this exercise they tested their ability to control movements on different sides of the body.
Working on learning about our brain and nerves, pulled out an Anatomy fold out I got a museum. It's very informative and the kids really have liked and asked a lot of questions how our body works.
Observed a Pine Leaf and Pine Stem under the microscope, always so interesting to see things up close.
They always enjoy observing things under the microscope.
ART
Lesson 124: Showing Depth in a Picture
Lesson 125: Foreground, Middleground, and Background
Some scissor practice for the grass and then used his finger to make little red ants for his "Close to the Garden" Science review from last week.
D colored what he saw while he was working on his Science experiment for "Plants and Soil".
After discussing how God made us each special and unique D drew things that were special to him.
MUSIC/VIDEOS
Watched a video on YouTube on the "History of Haydn", also made a short history page to go in her notebook.
Watched an episode of "The Who Was? Show Season 1 Episode 13" and "Brain Child Season 1 Episode 9".
Kids watched several episodes of "The Magic School Bus" and "The Magic School Bus Rides Again".
We started learning about the Recorder, using Usborne book "Recorder for Beginners". The kids are so excited to learn how to play the recorder.
Started learning the notes G, B, and A, which they quickly learned. We are also learning to play "Merrily we Roll Along".
Can't believe they already played a complete song "Merrily we roll along", we will continue to practice this song and try to add more new notes next week.
FIELD TRIP/EVENTS
While cleaning out the garage it started raining and of course the kids had a blast playing in the rain.
Love the bond these two have always had, she is so patient with him, and he looks up to his sister. We are truly blessed to have them as our kids. God truly gave us the best gift when he gave us them.
CONCLUSION
This week we learned about plants, the brain, nerves, parts of the brain, and controller involuntary actions. Julius Caesar, life in a Roman town, Roman houses, and lives in the Roman city. Talked about the Ides of March, Cleopatra and her son, Cicero and his adopted son, Mark Antony, Gauls, Geese, and Black Vultures. Learned what Proverbs means, Jewish calendar, sequences and patterns, perimeter, decimals, fractions, and Haydn. Also worked on a lot of reading, handwriting, learned all about the recorder musical instrument. Did many different activities to show how our bodies function and works. We've had a lot of fun this week and can't wait to see what adventures are in store for us next week.
GOD BLESS!
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