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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