February 24-28, 2014, Monday - Friday

Started week 19 of CC. Also girls are reading so well!! Each one is reading more fluently and understanding what they are reading. Math is going well too.  P is almost done with Beta.  That is so amazing to me.  She can add and subtract on same page with multiple numbers involved.  It has been a long road but so rewarding to witness first hand.  Blessed to be her teacher!!!

Timeline:

Lincoln's war between the States

Reconstruction of the Southern States

History:

Tell me about the Korean War. In 1950, General Douglas MacArthur led UN troops to Stop communist North Korea from capturing all of South Korea during the Korean War.

Math:

Area of circle equals PI x the radius squared A=pixr2

English:

A GERUND is a present participle verb form used as a noun.

Science:

What is first law of thermodynamics?  Energy cannot be created or destroyed.

Latin:

Present perfect tense - "I"

Geography:

Southeastern Asia: North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Guam

Monday-Wednesday, February 17-19, 2014

Girls reviewed weeks 1-17 on CC.  Doing so well!!! Very proud!!!
Started working on week 18:

Timeline:
Cherokee Trail of Tears
U.S. Westward Expansion
Marx Publishes The Communist Manifesto
The Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision
U.S. Restores Trade with Japan
British Queen Victoria's Rule over India
Darwin Publishes The Origin of Species

History:
Tell me about the United Nations.
In 1945, after the League of Nations failed to prevent World War II, American President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Churchill, and USSR Premier Stalin began the United Nations.

Geography:
More Central Europe
Italy
Austria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia (former)

Grammar
5 kinds of nouns
Subject, Direct Object, Indirect Object, Object of Preposition, Possessive

Latin:
Future Tense

Science:
What is Newton's 3rd law of motion? For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Math:
The area of triangle equals one-half the base times height.

Science Experiment:


Fine Arts
Morisot

Monday - Friday, February 10-14, 2014

Girls worked hard this week even though we had some snow again and some ice.  Wonderful part of teaching from home, is that weather doesn't stop us :)
We were able to continue reading, math, writing, scripture, English / phonics, and also CC.

Week 17
History
Tell me about World War II leaders.  World War II AXIS leaders were: Hitler of Germany, Tojo of Japan, and Mussolini of Italy.  WWII ALLY leaders were: Churchill of England Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and MacArthur of the U.S., and Stalin of the USSR.

Geography
Central Europe: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland

Math
The area of a square equals length of its side squared.

English
A NOUN names a person, place, thing, activity, or idea.

Latin
1st Conjugation Endings Future Tense

Science
What is Newton's second law of motion? Force equals mass times acceleration.

Timeline
Napoleon crowned emperor of France, Liberation of South America, The War of 1812, The Missouri Compromise, Immigrants Flock to America, The Monroe Doctrine, Romantic Period of the Arts

Monday - Friday, February 3-7, 2014

This week coming up will be a review week for CC. We have a lot to do!! We have been through 16 weeks of CC and girls are doing great!!!  Had a full week of learning along with reading, math and now spelling workout for our spelling program.  Girls seem to be liking it so far.