Saturday, January 30, 2021

MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 24

   MFW:  RTR AND LEARNING GOD'S STORY WEEK 24

This week we will learn about Genghis Khan, Marco Polo, Russia, Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Ming Dynasty, Golden Horde, and the Forbidden City.  We'll also learn about Ruth, Noami, Samson, and King Saul.  Learn about Venus and how water can absorb different things.

BOOKS


Few books we used this week, not all are pictured here.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good man rewarded for his.  
~Proverbs 14:14 

~Ruth 2:1-3, 17-23, 4:13-17

~Judges 14:5b-6a; 15:4-5; 16:4-24, 26-30

~Philippians 2:5-11

~Luke 20:20-47

~Luke 21:1-4

~Luke 21:5-38

~Luke 22:1-38


Ruth and Naomi Bible Reader Cards 


Bible Reader Cards: Samson and King Saul

LANGUAGE ARTS


Latin words for this week:  TRANS (across, over, through) and DORMIO, DORMITUM (sleep).


Memory Verse handwriting practice.


More comma practice and lots of fun with compound words.


Proof reading a letter and more compound word fun.


These have improved so much with their reading this year.  K went from reading 1st grade level to now reading 4th grade level.  So thankful we are going in the right direction now after finding out she has dyslexia.  D is reading at 1st grade level from when we started he didn't read.  They make me so proud of their dedication and hard work. 


This week we did double the work one day due to me having to get a root canal and just too swollen to teach the kids.  D was more than happy to do double work and he did amazing.  


Fill in the blank and working on nk ending.

MATH 


Number of the day (93-96), 100 chart, weather, and calendar chart.


This week she has worked on lots of division.


Reviewed his number, with an identification game, and adding double digits.


He has worked on a lot of subtraction this week.

TIMELINE 


K added Marco Polo travels to China to her timeline this week.


D added Ruth and Naomi, Samson, and King Saul to his timeline this week.

HISTORY 


Read about Mongol Invaders and Explorers and Sailors.  


Learned about Genghis Khan Emperor of all Men, the Mongol Conquest of China, Marco Polo goes to China, the Forbidden City of the Ming, the Mongols rule China, and the Early Japanese People.


Marketing Marco Polo's Route on her worksheet.


The Rise of the Russians, the Rus come to Constantinople, and Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible.  


The Kingdom of Kiev, Russian, Mongol Invaders, and Russia and the Golden Horde.  


The End of the Age and the Lord's Supper

SCIENCE 


Studied everything on Venus this week.  Learning how hot it is, all the volcanoes it has, and how it never gets cold.


The book suggested to make a volcano using a thimble and butter but we decided to use our mini volcanoes.  Placed some baking soda mixed with dish soap inside the volcano, then the kids placed a few drops in their vinegar cup, once they poured the vinegar in the volcano it erupted.  Experiment the kids have always loved to do.


Mixing Experiment 


Mixed several different items we have in our kitchen into several containers of water: mixed cinnamon, salt, grape juice, flour, and oil.  Kids enjoyed trying to mix the oil with the water and then seeing it float on top of the water.

ART


Lesson #118 St. Luke


Lesson #119 Drawing Florentine Towers 


Lesson #120 Designing a Tower 

MUSIC/VIDEOS


Listened to Mozart #5 Quartet for oboe, violin, viola & violoncello in F Major.


Also listened to Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra track #2 and paid extra attention to the brass family.  


Brain Pop App all about Venus


To go with the story of Ruth we watched "Veggie Tales Duke and the Great Pie War".  


Watched "Who What Show episodes on Marco Polo and Genghis Khan". 

FIELD TRIP/EVENTS 


Nothing exciting this week except for some appointments we had, one being K going to the dermatologist to get a rash on her elbow checked out.  


D finally got his hair cut, it was really long.  

That goes for all the excitement we had this week.  Now next week we are expecting lots of snow so I already know what we all will be doing after school.  

CONCLUSION 

This week we learned about Genghis Khan, Marco Polo, Russia, Ivan the Great, Ivan the Terrible, Ming Dynasty, Golden Horde, and the Forbidden City.  We also learned about Ruth, Noami, Samson, and King Saul.  Learned about Venus, all the volcanoes that are on the planet, and how the whole planet is hot all the time.  Also did experiments to show how water can absorb different things.  Now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.  



MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 1


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MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 19 

MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 20

MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 21






MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 23

   MFW:  RTR AND LEARNING GOD'S STORY WEEK 23

This week we will learn about Yang Chien, Mongols, Ming Dynasty, Yamato Dynasty, China, Japan, Korea, Samurai, the first people of Australia, and the long journey of the Maori.  Also learn about the planet Mercury, diptych, Jericho, and Samuel.  Will do several experiments of water and learn about the properties of water.  We are in for a busy week of learning and fun.

BOOKS


Few of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse:  Like a city whose walls are broken down, is a man who lacks self-control.
~Proverbs 25:28

~Joshua 6:6-10a, 12-17, 20

~1 Samuel 3:1-10

~Philippians 2:5-11

~Luke 18:18-43

~Luke 19:1-27

~Luke 19:28-48

~1 Corinthians 13:1-8a

~Luke 20:1-19


Bible Reader Cards:  Samuel and God Calls Samuel.

LANGUAGE ARTS


Latin words this week:  TERRA (land) and BONUS (good).


Working on compound words and commas.


Abbreviations and learning where to place commas.


Forming compound words and proof reading several different sentences making sure the commas are in the correct place.  


Handwriting practice their memory verses.


Changing the ending of words to ies, forming a sentence, and filling in the blank for his Samuel worksheet.


Learning about Joshua and the wall and filling in the blank.


Reviewing the oo and u sound, drawing pictures that go with the sentences, and reading some of his sight words.

MATH 


Number of the day (89-92), 100 chart, calendar, and weather chart.


Dividing decimals and reducing to nearest decimal place.


Subtracting and dividing decimals.


This week we reached day 90 and added 10 black beans to another stick.  Then he counted by 10 to 90.


Adding and subtracting worksheets.


Adding and subtracting in groups of 3 numbers.


He really enjoyed the House Game:  you take 3 different numbers and write down different ways you can add two of those numbers together.  Once he completed all his worksheets he asked me to make up some more for him because it was a lot of fun.

TIMELINE 


D added Jericho and Samuel to his timeline this week.

HISTORY 


Read about Dynasties of China and the Cost of Following Jesus. 


Learned about Peter Waldo and the Waldensians, and Yang Chien Unites North and South.


The Tang Dynasty, Mongols rule China, Samurai: Japanese Knights, and Japan-Land of the Rising Sun.  


Land of the Samurai, the far east and African developments, the Tang Dynasty, Song of Dynasty, Japanese culture, and Japan's feudal system.


Story of Jesus and the humble and Jesus enters Jerusalem.


Read about the people of the Pacific, the bottom of the world, the first people of Australia, and the long journey of the Maori.


While reading about Samurai's K colored in her worksheet.


Learning and writing a Haiku.  

SCIENCE 


Reviewed the water cycle and read about vanishing water.


After discussing the water cycle the kids made their own rain.  Filled a mason jar 2/3 full then placed some shaving cream on top of the water till it was a bit out of the jar.  The kids then picked what food coloring they wanted to mix in their little cup of water.  


Condensation experiment: filled a jar with ice and waited about an hour to see the water droplets on the outside of the jar.  Picture (left side) doesn't show the condensation on the outside of the jar.   Evaporation experiment:  placed some water on a plate and marked it with a marker, then checked back every few days to check the level of water, by the 3rd day the water had evaporated a lot, by day five there was no water on the plate.  


More water experiment to show evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.  Pour hot water into a mason jar and placed a plate with ice on top of the jar.  


Evaporation experiment by observing the steam from boiling water.


This week we started learning all about Mercury, the planet closest to the sun.  


Lesson this week has focused on the planet Mercury.  


Made some sand cloud dough to represent the surface of Mercury, then the kids would drop rocks on the sand to observe how craters are made on the planet.  


While I read more on Mercury the kids made their own version of Mercury with craters using  pencils and their fingers. 


Cut out two circular pieces, one for the Moon and the other for Mercury.  The kids would hold up the Moon in front of the light to show what an eclipse would like with the Moon in front of the sun and an at an angle have Mercury in the background.  When the moon is between the sun and Earth, it can cause a solar eclipse but when Mercury it's in front of the sun doesn't because it is closer to the sun.


Learned about a trip across the sun, spacecraft to Mercury, who named Mercury and the Messenger: 10 years in Space.  

ART


Lesson 122: Painting a Diptych


Art Card 9: Tahitian Landscape by Paul Gauguin

MUSIC/VIDEOS


Listened to Mozart: Rondo for piano in A Minor


D listened to Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra track #2.


To go with our lesson on Jericho we watched the movie "Veggie Tales: Gideon Tuba Warrior".


Watched a short clip on Mercury the closest planet to the sun. 

FIELD TRIP/EVENTS 


Didn't go anywhere this week (which is our normal now) but decided to make some Chinese rice, white rice, and potstickers to go with our studies of China and Japan.  


For snack we enjoyed some Japanese cookies "Hello Panda with chocolate and strawberry filling".

CONCLUSION 

This week we learned about Yang Chien, Mongols, Ming Dynasty, Yamato Dynasty, China, Japan, Korea, Samurai, the first people of Australia, and the long journey of the Maori.  Also learned about the planet Mercury, diptych, Jericho, and Samuel.  Did several experiments of water and learn about the properties of water.  We had a busy week of learning and fun.  Now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.  



MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 1


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MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 7






MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 19 

MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 20

MFW: RtR and Learning Gods Story Week 21