Thursday, August 15, 2024

MFW: RtR (5th Grade) and AHL (9th Grade) Week 3

 MFW:  RtR (5th Grade) and AHL (9th Grade) Week 3

This week we will be learning about what happened to the Ice Age, early people groups, what really happened to the dinosaurs, Sumer, the step pyramid, the lost pyramid, Seneferu, Egypt and Mesopotamia.  Read about Dead Sea Scrolls, Judas Maccabeus, Hanukkah, Roman cities, God's secretaries, bloody fingerprints, candles, holly berries, festival of lights, Herod, future King of the Jews, Philippi, Antony, Octavian, Horace, and Cleopatra.  

BOOKS

Some of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Genesis 32-44

Genesis 1:26-27

Genesis 32:28, 12:2, 13:16, 15:5

Acts 7:9-10

Job 40: 15-24

Romans 5:12-14

1 Corinthians 15:21-22

Acts 17:24-28

Isaiah 45:18

John 1:3

Matthew 7:24

Mark 10:45

Luke 10:27

John 3:16

Acts 1:8

LANGUAGE ARTS

Learned about synonyms, antonyms, writing, cursive, spelling, Greek, Spanish, and reading.










MATH

Worked on fractions, decimals, word problems, conversion units, identifying commutative, associative, distributive, and inverse equations.






HISTORY

Learned about the Dead Sea scrolls, bloody fingerprints, candles and holly berries, the festival of lights, Herod, future king of the Jews, Philippi, Horace, Antony, Octavian, and Cleopatra.  Read about life in the Roman city, Pompeii, gardens, mosaics, frescoes, most people in the empire, fountains, the peristyle, statues, slaves, town houses, and country villas.  Also read about what happened to the Ice Age, the dinosaurs, the step pyramid, the lost pyramid, early people groups, the medium pyramid, the bent pyramid, the red pyramid, early civilizations, and Sumer.















TIMELINE

none this week

SCIENCE

Learn about how our body monitors its temperature, how our body automatically responds to a stimulus, the Chemistry of life, building blocks of Chemistry, water, and several experiments.  



Experiment: Body Regulation


Experiment: Body Response


Experiment: Blinking



Model of an Atom


Model of water H2O


Experiment: Capillary Action 

Stages of Water: liquid, water, and solid.

ARTS

Kids did several crafts and art work while I read their lessons, helps them focus on what I'm reading them.  







Lesson #126 One-Point Perspective

FIELD TRIP

We went for several walks, enjoyed the outdoors, D took more pictures, didn't go anywhere special this week.

CONCLUSION

This week we learned about the Dead Sea scrolls, bloody fingerprints, candles and holly berries, the festival of lights, Herod, future king of the Jews, Philippi, Horace, Antony, Octavian, and Cleopatra.  Read about life in the Roman city, Pompeii, gardens, mosaics, frescoes, most people in the empire, fountains, the peristyle, statues, slaves, town houses, and country villas.  Also read about what happened to the Ice Age, the dinosaurs, the step pyramid, the lost pyramid, early people groups, the medium pyramid, the bent pyramid, the red pyramid, early civilizations, and Sumer.  Learn about how our body monitors its temperature, how our body automatically responds to a stimulus, the Chemistry of life, building blocks of Chemistry, water, and several experiments.  Had a very busy week of learning, now looking forward to next week week to see what adventures are in store for us. 

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Friday, August 9, 2024

MFW: RtR (5th Grade) and AHL (9th Grade) Week 2

MFW:  RtR (5th Grade) and AHL (9th Grade) Week 2

School flow has been good so far, we got into the swing of things quite easily, which has made this school year start great.  This week we will learn about Julius Caesar, Cicero, Roman cities and homes, the Ides of March, Cleopatra and her son, Mark Antony, Gauls, Geese, and Black Vultures.  Also read about Haydn, the brain and its functions, Cain's wife, Noah's Ark, why there is suffering and death, and how the animals spread over the world.  

BOOKS

Few books we used this week.

BIBLE

Hebrews 11:1-4

1 Peter 3:15

Romans 5:12, 3:23, 8:22

1 Corinthians 15:45, 21-22

Hebrews 9:22

Acts 17:26

Genesis 2:7, 20, 3:20, 2:21-24, 4:1-25, 5:4-5

Matthew 19:4-6

Ephesians 5:31

Leviticus 18-20

Job 1-3, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-17, 18-20

Psalm 70, 71, 72

LANGUAGE ARTS

Kids worked with reading, spelling, writing, comprehension, essay, parts of a essay, story writing, cursive, Spanish, and Latin.














MATH

Worked on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, number place, fractions, and square roots. 


Received K's new math curriculum.






HISTORY

Read about life in a Roman town, Julius Caesar, the republic comes to an end, Ides of March, Cicero, Cleopatra and her son, Caesar's adopted son, conspirators without a plan, Hayden, life in the Roman empire, Mark Anthony, and Octavian.  Also read about Cain's wife, Noah's Ark, the flood, sin, trouble in the garden, the world of the new testament, writing, why there is suffering and death, how animals spread across the world,  pyramids, and mummies.











TIMELINE

SCIENCE

Learned about our brain, nerves, how the brain works, sending messages, speedy cells, brainpower, nomenclature, philosophy of Science, the Scientific Method, energy flow, natural selection, and the food chain.





Experiment: Energy in Chemicals


 


Experiment: How our brain controls our movements.


Experiment: Maze brain power and brain control

ART


Lesson #124 Perspective


Lesson #125 Foreground, Middle ground, Background 


K painted the galaxy and her name in Japanese.


Drew on a piece of wood a flower.


A couple of paintings I did this week.

FIELD TRIP

This week we stayed home, no field trips, walked around the neighborhood several times this week, D wants to learn more about photography so he took several pics on our walks, and the kids got to enjoy the pool with their dad.




Hornet was very thirsty, neat to see it drink water, then he flew away.

CONCLUSION

This week we will read about life in a Roman town, Julius Caesar, the republic comes to an end, Ides of March, Cicero, Cleopatra and her son, Caesar's adopted son, conspirators without a plan, Hayden, life in the Roman empire, Mark Anthony, and Octavian.  Also read about Cain's wife, Noah's Ark, the flood, sin, trouble in the garden, the world of the new testament, writing, why there is suffering and death, how animals spread across the world,  pyramids, and mummies.  Learned about our brain, nerves, how the brain works, sending messages, speedy cells, brainpower, nomenclature, philosophy of Science, the Scientific Method, energy flow, natural selection, and the food chain.  Had a very busy week but finished strong, now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

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