Wednesday, October 20, 2021

MFW: Exploration to 1850 and Adventures in U.S. History Week 12

  MFW:  Exploration to 1850 and Adventures in U.S. History Week 12

This week we will learn about birds, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, liberty bell, and India.  Also learn about Taj Mahal, the Indian Empire, World Sizer, King of the World, Conqueror of the World, Aurangzeb, Shopkeepers Invasion, Hindi, and Pachisi.  We will discuss myriapods, mollusks, and cnidarians.

Books


Few of the books we used this week.

Bible

James 1:1-27

James 2:1-8

Genesis 8:6-19

Isaiah 40:28-31

Matthew 3:13-17

Language Arts 

Lots of reading, writing, proof-reading, spelling, and learning parts of a paragraph and reports.





Math 

A lot of conversion, multiplication, division, fractions, skip counting, and addition. 








Timeline 


Added Taj Mahal Built in India to her timeline.

History 

Read about the Moghul Emperors of India, Aurangzeb, the Indian Empire, Shopkeepers' Invasion, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Taj Mahal, and India and the European Traders.











Made Johnny Cakes which came out pretty good.

Science 

Read about the American Golden Finch, myriapods, mollusks, and cnidarians.





D has been wanting crickets for awhile so we did some research on how to take care of them.  Got everything we needed to make sure they have the best possible home.  He named them Bob and Tres, he is super happy and has been a good cricket dad.


Welcome to the family Bob and Tres.  

Art 


Lesson #202 Hogarth and Daumier & #203 Dreams and Visions.

Music/Video 


Listened to The Best of Tchaikovsky: the Nutcracker


Listened to the Best of Mendelssohn: A Midsumer Night's Dream, Oveture, Wedding March, and Scherzo.

Field trip 

Went to Hershey Park at the end of the week, we really need this break and had lots of fun together.






Conclusion 

This week we learned about birds, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, liberty bell, and India.  Also learned about Taj Mahal, the Indian Empire, World Sizer, King of the World, Conqueror of the World, Aurangzeb, Shopkeepers Invasion, Hindi, and Pachisi.  We discussed myriapods, mollusks, and cnidarians.  It has been a very busy week but we had lots of fun learning and spending time together.  Now unto next week to see what adventures our in store for us.  

GOD BLESS!

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MFW: Exploration to 1850 and Adventures in U.S. History Week 11

  MFW:  Exploration to 1850 and Adventures in U.S. History Week 11

This week we will learn about Jesus the giver of living water, President George Washington, Delaware, water, Russia and Peter the Great, Persia, Ottoman Empire, Insect Metamorphosis, Arachnids, and Crustaceans.  

Books


Few of the books we used this week.

Bible

James 1:1-19

James 2:1-4

Genesis 8:6-9

Isaiah 40:28-31

Matthew 3:13-17


Food from Heaven and Water from a Rock Bible Reader Cards.

Language Arts 

Worked on spelling, writing, reading, definition, and writing paragraphs.












Math 

Worked on conversion, fraction, addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
Didn't take much pictures this week, was too busy studying with the kiddos.  







Timeline 


K added Peter the Great Czar of Russia to her timeline.  

History 

We read about Russia and Peter the Great, Persia: Ottoman Empire, Russia Peter's Port to the West, the Persian Puzzle, Turkey.  Also read about President Washington and Delaware.






Science 

Studied about Insect Metamorphosis, Arachnids, Crustaceans, Wet and dry, did some bird watching, dug up some earth worms, and studied all about the parts of birds.







Filled a container with green peas then added some water to see how much it would absorb.  Kids thought it was neat to see how it went up over the container.


Results of our sugar crystals from last week.


Placed some salt on a piece of cucumber to see what would happen to it, it stayed the same after 2 hours.


Made a sugar tower and then added some water to the bottom to see how fast it would melt, which was faster than we imagined.




Art 


Lesson #201 Portraits Young and Old


Beginning Painting

Music/Video 

Listened to The Best of Tchaikovsky, the Best of Mendelssohn, and Yankee Doodle.



Field trip 

This week was national son and daughter day, blessed to have these two in our lives.  They have brought so much joy and happiness to our lives.



Went to Greenbrier State Park in Maryland, one of the kids favorite places to go, the weather and water were perfect.  



Conclusion 

This week we learned about Jesus the giver of living water, President George Washington, Delaware, water, Russia and Peter the Great, Persia, Ottoman Empire, Insect Metamorphosis, Arachnids, and Crustaceans.  We got to enjoy some fun in the sun and water, great way to end the summer.  Now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

GOD BLESS!

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