Sunday, September 7, 2025

MFW: WHL (10th Grade) and Exploration to 1850 (6th Grade) Week 6

MFW: WHL (10th Grade) and Exploration to 1850 (6th Grade) Week 6

This week we will be reading about the apostle Paul, God's wisdom vs man's wisdom, the first century Mediterranean world, New York colony, the Dutch in the New World, Henry Hudson, tobacco, unwilling colonists, Queen Nzinga of Angola, and all about birds.

BOOKS

Few of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Acts 16:9, 17:10-34, 23:11

1 Corinthians 7:1, 8:1, 12:1, 2:6-8, 11:24-28

John 1:14

1 Timothy 1:13

Galatians 6:14

Hebrews 1:1-2

1 Timothy 6:9-11

Psalm 73:3

James 5:3-5

2 Peter 3:3-4

LANGUAGE ARTS

Kids worked hard on their spelling, writing, reports, and Spanish.


MATH

Worked on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, word problems, and decimals.

TIMELINE

HISTORY

Read about God's wisdom vs man's wisdom, Paul, Robert Browning, the Dutch in the New World, New Netherland becomes New York, the slave trade, a triangle of trade, slave ships, slave rebellions, workers wanted, the slave trade begins, slaves at work, and the ending of the slave trade.  Also read about tobacco, unwilling colonists, the first century Mediterranean world, and Queen Nzinga of Angola.

SCIENCE

Learned all about birds, reptiles, bird beaks, bird feet, penguins, plumage, incubation, class Aves, flight, the bird's digestive system, flightless birds, designed for flight, respiratory system, and different types of eggs.


ART/MUSIC

FIELD TRIP


S.T.E.M. club started back again, D built a "THIN MAN" out of toothpicks and clay, and K volunteered.


Justin the THIN MAN.


Painting their mason cow jars, family event at the mall.


Cow mason jars


Tae Kwon Do


CONCLUSION

This week we read about God's wisdom vs man's wisdom, Paul, Robert Browning, the Dutch in the New World, New Netherland becomes New York, the slave trade, a triangle of trade, slave ships, slave rebellions, workers wanted, the slave trade begins, slaves at work, and the ending of the slave trade.  Also read about tobacco, unwilling colonists, the first century Mediterranean world, and Queen Nzinga of Angola.  Learned all about birds, reptiles, bird beaks, bird feet, penguins, plumage, incubation, class Aves, flight, the bird's digestive system, flightless birds, designed for flight, respiratory system, and different types of eggs.  Had a great week of learning and enjoying several activities together.  Now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

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Monday, September 1, 2025

MFW: WHL (10th Grade) and Exploration to 1850 (6th Grade) Week 5

   

MFW: WHL (10th Grade) and Exploration to 1850 (6th Grade) Week 5

This week we will read about Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island, Salem Witchcraft trials, Miles Standish, Roger Williams, Charles Darwin, Gerrit Dou, Jerusalem, the church begins, the conversion of Cornelius, turtles, tortoises, and marsupials.

BOOKS

Few of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Luke 15-24

Acts 1-15

Matthew 28:4

Matthew 16:18; 18:17

Luke 13:29

2 Samuel 5:6-12

2 Chronicles 3:1

Isaiah 52:1

Galaians 4:26

James 1:12-27

Acts 17:6b

LANGUAGE ARTS

Kids worked on spelling, writing, reports, interviews, and Spanish.

MATH

Worked on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fraction, decimal, skip counting, and word problems.

TIMELINE

None this week

HISTORY

Learned about Jerusalem, major themes in Luke, the Watchman, John Winthrop, New England, the pilgrims and the Native Americans, Miles Standish, Roger Williams, Engish settlement, hornbook, Roger Williams, Rogue Island, satan comes to paradise.


SCIENCE

We read about marsupials, how animals see, designed for moving on land, how animals communicate, order sphenodontia: tuataras, order squamata: lizards, snakes, order testudines: turtles, tortoises, terrapins, and koala.

ART/MUSIC


Shadowing 


Lots of character drawings


Foil figures

FIELD TRIP

Tae Kwon Do


Silly boy likes to walk around with either a stick or a pine cone in his mouth.


CONCLUSION

This week we learned about Jerusalem, major themes in Luke, the Watchman, John Winthrop, New England, the pilgrims and the Native Americans, Miles Standish, Roger Williams, Engish settlement, hornbook, Roger Williams, Rogue Island, satan comes to paradise.  We also read about marsupials, how animals see, designed for moving on land, how animals communicate, order sphenodontia: tuataras, order squamata: lizards, snakes, order testudines: turtles, tortoises, terrapins, and koala.  Lots of learning this week, now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

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MFW: WHL (10th Grade) and Exploration to 1850 (6th Grade) Week 4