MFW: RTR AND LEARNING GOD'S STORY WEEK 25
This week we will learn about The Black Death, France and England at War, Joan of Arc, Henry V, Battle of Agincourt, The Rise of the Burgundy, and learn about the game of Bocce. Will discuss the story of David and Goliath, King Solomon, and the divided kingdoms: Israel and Judah. Also learn about our planet Earth and the moon, and learn more about water.
BOOKS
Few of the books we used this week.
BIBLE
Memory Verse: Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
~Proverbs 29:25
~1 Samuel 17:4, 8-11, 16, 24-26, 31-45, 48-50
~1 Samuel 18:1b, 3-12
~1 Kings 3:5-14; 4:29-34
~Philippians 2:5-11
~Luke 22:39-65
~Luke 22:66-23:25
~Luke 23:26-56
~Luke 24
Bible Reader Card: Apostle Judas Iscariot
David fights Goliath Bible Reader Card
Read about basket weaving and observed several different types of baskets we use in the house.
King David and David calms King Saul Bible Reader Cards
LANGUAGE ARTS
Latin words for the week: ARBOR, ARBORIS (tree) and TEMPUS, TEMPORIS (time).
Handwriting their memory verse for the week.
Quotation marks and reading practice.
Proof reading and correcting quotation marks and more reading fun.
Learning and identifying apostrophes.
Filling in the blank on his David and Goliath worksheet and reading practice.
Learning about the er and est ending and more reading fun.
Placing the letters in alphabetical order and then matching the lower case letters with upper case letter, or like he says "Putting the babies with their mommy."
Reviewing the Rr and Mm sound and filling in the blanks on his A Very Wise Man Worksheet.
MATH
100 Chart, Number of the day (97-100), calendar, and weather chart.
Review work this week.
Word problems and compound units review work.
Subtraction worksheets
Subtraction worksheet, identifying numbers, and counting by 10s.
K wanted to help D today with his math, of course I let her. He loved his sister helping him complete his worksheet.
Completed their pizza pie chart.
Reached 100s days of school this week, we celebrated by taking the kids to Chick-fila (no pictures of that), their favorite fast food.
TIMELINE
D added King David, King Solomon, and Israel and Judah to his timeline.
K added Black Death (Plague) to her timeline this week.
Read about Jesus is Arrested, The End of the World, The Plague, The Black Death, and Nationalism and the Renaissance.
Discussed how Jesus is tried by the Priest, A new way of living, Jesus is tried by the Romans, and living in a town.
France and England at War, The Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc, and the Rise of the Burgandy.
Reviewed the story of Jesus is Crucified, Jesus is Risen, and Jesus is taken up to Heaven.
SCIENCE
Learned about water power, powering machinery, and made a experiment to demonstrate water getting stronger. Used a water bottle poked 3 holes on the side of it and then taped the holes. Filled the bottle with water and then un-taped the holes to see which hole would have the most pressure.
Made a water wheel using what we had on hand, 2 paper plates, egg carton, and a skewer. D loved this experiment and wants one that won't damage when it gets wet. I have a video of the experiment working but for some reason can't seem to download it.
This week we studied our planet Earth and the Moon, how God made it a perfect distance from the sun, it has a perfect rotation, perfect design, perfect mass, and perfect atmosphere.
K added Earth and the Moon to our planet line.
Seeing how even though two objects may be the same size it doesn't mean their mass is the same.
Understanding the Seasons Experiment
Earth has the perfect tilt.
Earth has the perfect magnetosphere, and read about different spacecrafts that study the our planet.
Learned about using a compasses, couldn't make one of our own since we didn't have the materials, but K used the compass on her phone to demonstrate where North, South, East, and West are.
Found a neat picture of how small the earth to the sun on Space Spot Instagram page.
ART
Lesson 135: The Crucifixion
Lesson 136: Lamentations
Lesson 123: Touring the Picture Gallery
Art Card 11: Towboats along the Yotsugi-Dori Canal No. 33 in One Hundred Famous views of Edo By: Ando Hiroshige.
MUSIC/VIDEOS
Listened to the Story of Beethoven
Listened and identified the percussion instruments (kettle drum, bass drums, cymbals, tambourine, triangle, and xylophone) in "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra".
Watched the episode of Joan of Arc from the "Who What Show"
Watched a video on YouTube on how to play Bocce Ball and then enjoyed playing the game.
We watched several short clips on the earth and moon on our Brain Pop App.
FIELD TRIP/EVENTS
Had a great game of snowball fight with the neighbors.
CONCLUSION
This week we learned about The Black Death, France and England at War, Joan of Arc, Henry V, Battle of Agincourt, The Rise of the Burgundy, and learned about the game of Bocce. Discussed the story of David and Goliath, King Solomon, and the divided kingdoms: Israel and Judah. Also learned about our planet Earth and the moon, and learned more about water. Had a blast in the snow again and just being together as a family, now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.
GOD BLESS!
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