Tuesday - Friday, March 18-21, 2014

No school on Monday- Emi had her first foot surgery so we all took off
Tuesday was CC.  P and G went and E and I did review here.

Next week is spring break so no new info for CC to learn this week. A lot to review though. Girls are doing great with it.

Math - P has started Gamma now and doing great with it!
English
Phonics
Reading

E is working on faces of history paper for Essentials.She is Matilda of Flanders.

Monday-Friday, March 10-14, 2014 (finished day 139)

Starting week 21 of CC (man how this year is flying and I am AMAZED at how much they have retained).

Timeline:
World War II & President Franklin D Roosevelt
Stalin of the USSR and the Katyn Massacre
The United Nations Formed
The Cold War
Gandhi & India's Independence
Jewish State Established
Mao & Communist Victory in China

History:
Tell me about the Cold War. In the 1980's, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the US President Ronald Reagan worked together to end the Cold War, lessen big government, and strengthen the  conservative movement.

Geography:
Central America
Guatemala
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Nicaragua

English:
A Conjunction is a word used to connect words, phrases, or clauses together.

Math:
Associative Law for addition:
(a+b)+c=a+(b+c)
Associative Law for multiplication:
(axb)xc=ax(bxc)

Science:
What is the third law of thermodynamics? It is impossible to reach the state of absolute zero temperature.

Latin:
1st conjugation endings pluperfect tense

Monday - Friday, March 3-7, 2014

Started week 20 of CC.  E also worked on her creative writing paper and did a great job with it. Math is going so good with all 3 and so is English and Bible.  Loving the new spelling curriculum they are doing too.

Timeline:
Australia become a Commonwealth
Mexican Revolution
WWI and President Wilson
Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
US Evangelist Billy Graham
Modern Period of the Arts
The Great Depression and the New Deal

History:
In 1965, President Johnson sent US troops to stop communist North Vietnam from capturing all of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

South Central Asia:
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
North Vietnam
South Vietnam

English:
An appositive is a noun (or pronoun) directly beside another noun that explains or identifies it.

Latin:
1st conjugation endings present perfect tense

Science:
What is the second law of thermodynamics? Heat will always flow from an area of higher temperature to an area of lower temperature.

Math:
The circumference of a circle equals two time pi (3.14) times the radius.