Monday - Friday, January 27-31, 2014 - day 111

Reviewed week 15 and got ready for week 16 of CC.  Girls did math, reading, handwriting, Bible, English / Phonics.
We also had our first winter storm of 2014!! Girls were able to play in the snow and have a lot of fun sledding.  We had to end CC early but were able to review the new information.  E is having to start working on her paper and Faces of History paper also.  Worked on EEL task sheets and charts.

Week 16
Timeline: Age of Industry, James Cook sails to Australia and Antarctica, American Revolution and Gen. George Washington, Madison's Constitution and the Bill of  Rights, French Revolution, Second Great Awakening, Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark Expedition

History: World War II began in 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland.  Two engagements that helped the US win the Pacific front were the Battle of Midway and dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

Geography: Balkins: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Yugoslavia (former)

Science: Physics: What is Newton's first law of motion? An object at rest tends to remain at rest and an object in motion tends to continue moving in a straight line at constant speed, unless an outside force acts upon it.

Math: Geometry: Area of rectangle is area=length x width

Latin: 1st conjugation endings imperfect tense

English: Verb: a verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together or helps another verb.

Monday - Friday, January 20-24

Girls had another great week of school! Kept up with math, spelling, reading, english / phonics and handwriting with Bible.

We reviewed week 13 and started working on week 14.

History:
Tell me about World War I leaders.  Clemenceau of France, Lloyd George of England, and Nicholas II of Russia, Wilhelm II of Germany, Wilson of the United States were leaders during World War I which began in 1914 and ended in 1918.

English:
Adverb: an adverb modifies a verb, adjective or another adverb.  And answers the questions, how, when, where,why, how often,how much, to what extent, under what condition

Geography:
Baltic Europe - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, East Prussia (former)

Math:
Linear Equivalents - 2.54 cm = 1 inch, 12 inches=1 foot, 5,280 feet=1mile

Timeline: Columbus sailed to the Caribbean, Age of Absolute Monarchs, Protestant Reformation, Spanish Conquistadors in the Americas, Calvin's Institute of the Christian Religion, Council of Trent, Baroque period of the arts

Science: What is the difference between and acid and a base? An acid donates a hydrogen atom and a base accepts a hydrogen atom.

Latin - 1st conjugation endings present tense

Monday-Friday, January 13-17, 2014

Decided I would do one week at a time now that we are condensing in Classical Conversations and working on material for one week at a time.  We also do reading, math, English / Phonics, handwriting and scripture each day.  E is working on EEL and IEW for English Grammar and writing papers.  P is doing Rod and Staff along with Language Lessons 2, and G is doing Saxon Phonics 2.   I am choosing scripture passages each week for them to write correctly for handwriting.  They do typing lessons 3 times a week through Typing Instructor on the computer.  We are using IXL online 3 times weekly to supplement the Math U See they do.  This is working well for us.

Week 13 of CC:

Timeline: Age of Exploration, Prince Henry founds school of navigation, Slave Trade in Africa, Gutenberg's printing press, Songhai in Africa, Czar Ivan the Great of Russia, The Spanish Inquisition

History Sentence: Tell me about the Industrial Revolution.  Watt's steam engine, Cartwright's power loom, and Whitney's cotton gin spurred the Industrial Revolution that began in the 1760s.

Geography: Northern European Countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark

English - more indefinite pronouns: nobody, none, one, other, several, some, somebody, someone, such

Latin - 1st conjugation endings present tense

Math- liquid equivalents: 8 fluid ounce=1 cup, 2 cups=1 pint, 2 pints=1 quart, 4 quarts=1gallon

Science - What are the states of matter? solid, liquid, gas, plasma

Science experiments
Fine Arts: Rembrandt

Friday, January 10, 2014

CC Review
Spelling Tests
Reading
Handwriting
Typing
Math

Thursday, January 9, 2014

CC Review - work on week 13
Typing
Reading
Math
English / Phonics
Spelling

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

CC Week 13 - new material. Reviewed first 12 weeks also.
Reading
Math
Typing
English / Phonics
Spelling

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Writing
Bible
Typing
English / Phonics
Math
Reading
Started new memory work for CC - week 13

Monday, January 6, 2014 (Day 90)

Getting back in swing of things after Christmas break.
Reading
Writing
Bible
Math
Typing
CC Review
English / Phonics

Monday - Friday, December 16-20, 2013

Spent each day doing reading and math.  Also spent some time doing scripture review and handwriting.  Each girl worked on typing on the computer.  Getting ready for a break for Christmas and New Years!