MFW: CtG and Gods Creation Week 5

MFW: Creation to the Greek and God's Creation from A to Z Week 5

This week we will learn about the countries surrounding Egypt, mummies, all things pyramids, and finish memorizing the books of the Old Testament.  D will work on the letter Aa, number 4, review his shapes and colors.  He will learn all about apples, identify the parts of an apple, and work on lots of science experiments.

BOOKS

Some of the wonderful books we used this week.

BIBLE 



Pharaoh of Egypt, Brickmaking, and Bethlehem

D has memorized all of his memory verse so far and loves sharing them with everyone he talks to.

Learning about the Apple Tree.

Memory Work: Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.

Daniel 3:17-18

Hosea 14:9

Joel 2:28

Amos 4:13

Obadiah 21

Jonah 2:2 

Micah 7:7

Nahum 1:7

Habakkuk 3:19

Zephaniah 3:17

Haggai 2:4

Zechariah 4:6

Malachi 3:8

LANGUAGE ARTS

Memorizing the last few chapters of the Old Testament.

Learning the greek word of the week "tele", means far away and distant.

Working on her greek words and learning about changing y to ies or adding a (s) at the end.

Spelling words and reading a poem and observing a painting.

Handwriting practice and lots of reading.

Learning the letter Aa.

Handwriting practice in the sand.

More letter A fun.

Reviewing letter S, M, L, and A with his picture cards.  He was laughing so much when he realized the back of the picture had the answers.

More handwriting practice.

MATH

100 Chart 



Division and multiplication work




Getting the hang of this division thing.

Number order and addition work.

Sequence Puzzles

Handwriting practice the number 4

TIMELINE 

Added Pyramids in Egypt 2500 B.C. to our timeline this week.

HISTORY

Brought out our Egypt materials from last year, afterwards K wrote her name using hieroglyphics.

Studied more on mummies.

Observed our Egypt figurines.

At the Quarry worksheet

The Middle East today worksheet



After learning about pyramids we built one out of our foam cubes instead of sugar cubes.



K was so happy with her pyramid, we also made ones from the pyramid worksheet.

Since we've been studying a lot about mummies we decided to make our version of eatable mummies (pig in the blanket).

ART 

Lesson 8: Thick and Thin Lines and Wavy Lines

After reading the book "Ten Apples Up on Top!", the kids used their thumbprints to place the apples on top of the lion and tiger.

While listening to Vivaldi's Spring K colored her version of spring.

Lesson 84: Finding King Tut

Coffee Filter Apples

Apple Tree

SCIENCE

Moving Loads Experiment

Second Moving Loads Experiment

Finding North and South Experiment 

Identifying the parts of an apple

Preventing Decay Experiment

Volcano Apple Experiment 

   

Few videos of the volcano we did using baking soda and vinegar instead a carved apple.  Took the time to ask D his memory verse, but he was a little distracted with the experiment.  

Love Science

MUSIC 

#4 Mozart: Symphony in D (III. Presto)
The Best of Vivaldi "Spring"

Brain Pop App: on Egyptian Pharaoh and Mummies

FIELD TRIP 

Theme this month at the library has been about the Universe and all the planets.

Making play-doh models of the Earth and Moon.

Observing Light filters

Making UV Kids

Nasa Glovebox fun 

Searching for the picture on the moon.

Took the kids to a new splash pad to have some water fun.

This week we learned about the countries surrounding Egypt, mummies, all things pyramids, and finished memorizing the books of the Old Testament.  D worked on the letter Aa, number 4, reviewed his shapes and colors.  He also learned all about apples, identified the parts of an apple, and worked on lots of science experiments.  It's been another great week.  

GOD BLESS!!

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