MFW: Exploration to 1850 and Adventures in U.S. History Week 20
Can't believe we are already in week 20 of our studies. It sure has gone by super fast. This week we will be learning more about the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, John Witherspoon, the war in the South, and Benedict Arnold. Also read about Cornwallis, the American Revolution, Washington, money problems, John Jay, Stars and Strips in China, the Peace Treaty, and empires old and new. Work on planting seeds, plants, flower pollination, moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, and bat pollinators.
Books
Few of the books we used this week.
Bible
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."
John 15:5
John 15:1-2
James 1, 2, and 3
Language Arts
Capitalization, handwriting practice, spelling, reading, definition, poems, writing a commercial and script, and identifying errors in a paragraph.
Math
Addition, group counting, skip counting, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fraction conversion.
Timeline
D added the Louisiana Purchase to his timeline this week.
History
Few of the things we read about this week was the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, Benedict Arnold, Cornwallis, the American Revolution, the Peace Treaty, the state of Louisiana and made some silhouettes of the kids to go with our lesson.
Kids made silhouettes of themselves, came out weird looking but they had fun making them of each other.
Science
This week we learned more on pollination, butterflies, bats, moths, hummingbirds, and seeds. Did several experiments: Corn, Bean, Flower Pollination. Added 4 more seeds to our herb garden.
Art
Lesson #212 Drawing Atmospheric Perspective
Lesson #213 Painting Atmosphere
Paint Card #2 Secondary Colors
Music/Video
The Best of Tchaikovsky: Waltz
The Best of Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor op. 11: #10 Maestoso and #11 Larghetto.
Field trip
This week we didn't really do anything outside the home since I had many doctor appointments for various things. Praying God continues to heal my body and protect me, because I need to get healthy and strong not only for myself but for my family. We did however enjoy more time with our crazy dragon Larry. We love our Larry Boy.
Sir I believe you have something on your nose.
Best wake up call.
He's always calling him his baby, even though Larry is a year older then him.
Conclusion
This week sure has gone by super fast. We learned more about the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, John Witherspoon, the war in the South, and Benedict Arnold. Also read about Cornwallis, the American Revolution, Washington, money problems, John Jay, Stars and Strips in China, the Peace Treaty, and empires old and new. Worked on planting seeds, plants, flower pollination, moths, butterflies, hummingbirds, and bat pollinators. Even added to our herb garden, which started growing a lot this week, excited to see if we can keep them alive. Now unto next to see what adventures are in store for us.
GOD BLESS!
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