October 6-10, 2014

Week 8 of CC

Timeline:
Council of Nicea through Western Roman Empire Falls to Barbarians

History
Tell me about the Missouri Compromise. In 1820 Henry Clay, worked out the Missouri Compromise, allowing Missouri to enter the Union as slave state and Maine as a free state.

Geography
Topeka, KS
Oklahoma City, OK
Austin, TX
Denver, CO
Santa Fe, NM

English
Verb Tenses
to raise
raise (s)
raised
raising
raised

Latin
Nouns
testimonium - witness
lumine - light
Johannes - John
tenebris, tenebrae - darkness

Math
14s

Science
What are 6 parts of the circulatory system? heart, arteries, veins, capillaries, red & white blood cells, platelets


Making the human body for science project.

Sept 29- Oct 3, 2014

Girls are doing incredible!! I cannot believe how quick time is going by and how great they are doing!

Each girl is doing better at reading but we are doing extra work in that area for comprehension and speed accuracy.  Doing a lot of read alouds but seem to be doing good with it

CC Week 7

Timeline: Jesus the Messiah through India's Gupta Dynasty

History
Tell me about the War of 1812. The War of 1812 gave confidence to the U.S. to write the Monroe Doctrine, warning Europeans not to attempt to Colonize the Americas.

Geography
St.Paul, MN
Bismarck, ND
Pierre, SD
Cheyenne, WY
Lincoln, NE

English
Irregular Verb Tenses
to rise
rise (s)
rose
rising
risen

Latin
Nouns:
vita - life
lux - light
homo, hominum - man
nomen - name

Math
Skip counting 13s

Science
What are 4 parts of the excretory system? urinary tract, lungs, skin, intestines

Monday-Friday, September 22-26, 2014

CC Week 6 - along with reviewing previous weeks and Bible, handwriting, spelling, reading, math and EEL and IEW writing paper on The Boston Massacre.

History:
Tell me about the Louisiana Purchase. In 1803, the purchase of Louisiana from France prompted westward exploration by pioneers, such as Lewis and Clark and Congressman Davy Crockett.

Geography:
Madison, WI
Springfield, IL
Des Moines, IA
Jefferson City, MO
Little Rock, AR

English:
Irregular Verb Tenses
To do, do, does, did, doing, done

Latin Nouns:
verbum, word
Deus, Deum, Deo, God
Principio, beginning
omnia, omnes, all
nihil, nothing

Math
11s and 12s

Science:
What are some parts of the digestive system? mouth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine

Timeline:
India's Mauryan Empire through John the Baptist

September 15-19, 2014 (Monday - Friday)

Continuing with studies.  E is doing more complicated math problems but pushing through them and doing better each day.  G is doing more subtraction. P is doing great with skip counting and multiplication.  Girls are doing much better in their spelling books also.  Each girl is reading through books also.  Assigned reading time and pages per day.

Week 5 CC

Timeline:
Judah falls to Babylon - Persia falls to Alexander the Great

History:
Tell me about George Washington. In 1789, in New York, George Washington was granted the full powers and responsibilities of the presidency by the US Constitution.

Geography
Lansing, MI
Columbus, OH
Indianopolis, IN
Frankfort, KY
Nashville, TN

English
Irregular Verb Tenses
To be, am, are, is, was, were, being, been

Math
9s and 10s

Science
5 main senses
sight hearing
taste
smell
touch

Latin
factum, made
missus, sent
conprehenderunt, comprehended
lucet, shineth
fuit, there was

Science Experiment
Epidermis

Fine Arts - perspective

September 8-12, 2014

Girls working through Bible catechisms, we do Bible Story, spelling, and handwriting

P
IEW - writing paper on Plymouth Colony
EEL - chart work
Math - multiplication
Reading comprehension

E
IEW - writing paper on Plymouth Colony
EEL - chart work
Math - prime and composite numbers
Reading comprehension

G
Math - subtraction  and adding 8's
English - working on sentences

CC Week 4
History:
Tell me about the Declaration of Independence.  In 1776, The Continental Congress published the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, announcing the colonists intent to form a new nation.

Timeline
Early Native Americans - Lao-Tzu, Confucious, Buddha

Geography:
Atlanta, GA
Tallahassee, FL
Montgomery, AL
Jackson, MS
Baton Rouge, LA

English:
Verb: Principle Parts
Infinitive
Present
Past
Present Participle
Past Participle

Latin
Verbs
erat - was
sunt - are
est - is
venit - came
perhiberet - bear
crederent - believe

Math
7s and 8s

Science:
What are 3 parts of the nervous system?
brain, spinal cord, nerves

Science Experiment - measure the amount of air that can be forced out of the lungs

Fine Arts - abstract art

September 2-5, 2013 (Monday off for Labor Day)

Girls did all handwriting, Bible story and writing catechisms, spelling

P
Math - working on Multiplication facts and doing great!
EEL - started task sheets
IEW - working on writing papers

E
Math - continuing work with fractions
EEL - started task sheets
IEW - working on writing papers

G
Math - subtraction and addition
English - moving forward with sentences

CC Review

August 25-29, 2014

Girls are doing great as we move along in our school year.

Learned week 3 of CC:
History: Tell me about the Boston Tea Party.  In 1773, colonists dressed as Mohawks, dumped tea from the British East India Company into the Boston Harbor.

English
A PAST PARTICIPLE is a verb plus "ed" used as an adjective or a verb

Math
5s and 6s

Timeline
Through Israels United Kingdom

Latin
Pronouns
hic, hoc - this
ipso, ipsum - him
cui - whose
quod - that
eam - it
illum - him

Science
What are 3 kinds of muscle? skeletal, smooth, cardiac

Geography
Annapolis, MD
Richmond, VA
Charleston, WV
Raleigh, NC
Columbia, SC

Girls are continuing working on Math and xtra math online.  Reading Childrens Story Book Bible.  Handwriting.  English and EEL and IEW. P wrote her first paper on Christopher Columbus and so did E.  They both did great!!