Four Seasons Christian Academy : MFW: CTG (4th and 8th Grade) Week 32

MFW: CTG (4th and 8th Grade) Week 32

This week we will read about Esther, Persia/Greece at War, the first marathon, Greek freedom threatened, Xerxes at war, Athens, perception in the sense of sight, and the sense of smell.

BOOKS

Some of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: Isaiah 40:27-29

Isaiah 40:21-26

Esther 1 and 2

Esther 3 and 4

Esther 5 and 6

Esther 7 and 8

Esther 9:24-28

Esther 10

Bible Reader Card: Esther

LANGUAGE ARTS

Worked on reading, spelling, comprehension, poems, Greek words, and Spanish.

MATH

Kids worked on addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, fractions, decimals, conversion units, graphs, and word problems. For some odd reason D's pictures won't download, joys of technology.

TIMELINE

HISTORY

Read about Esther and Mordecai, the days of Purim, Greek freedom threatened, the battle of marathon, the Persian threat, the Greco-Persian wars, Herodotus, and the first marathon.

SCIENCE

Learned about the depth perception in the sense of sight, the sense of smell, escaping gases, dropping coins, and several experiments.

ART

Lesson #103: Painting Vases

Lesson #95: Drawing Columns

Watched "Veggie Tales: Esther".

FIELD TRIPS

Ended the week going to several parks with my parents who came to stay with us during the weekend. Love when they come to visit, miss them, and hate living so far from them.

CONCLUSION

This week we read about Esther and Mordecai, the days of Purim, Greek freedom threatened, the battle of marathon, the Persian threat, the Greco-Persian wars, Herodotus, and the first marathon. Learned about the depth perception in the sense of sight, the sense of smell, escaping gases, dropping coins, and several experiments. Ended the week going to several parks with my parents who came to stay with us during the weekend. Love when they come to visit, miss them, and hate living so far from them. Now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

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