October 27-31, 2014

Week 10 of CC

Timeline:
Japan's Heian Period - East - west Schism of the Church

History
Tell me about President Polk.
In 1853, after the Mexican War and the Gadsden Purchase, President Polk's belief in the doctrine of the Manifest Destiny was realized.

Geography
Helena, MT
Boise, ID
Olympia, WA
Salem, Or
Juneau, AK

English
Irregular Verb Tenses
to lie
lie (s)
lay
lying
lain

Math
Squares

Latin - rules - articles
Latin has no translation for articles a, an, the.

Science
What are some parts of the respiratory system? nose, pharynx, larynx, trachae, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli, lungs

October 20 - 24, 2014

Week 9 of CC

Timeline: Byzantine Emporer Justinian - Vikings Raid and Trade

History
Tell me about the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise of 1850, the Fugutive Slave Act,and the Dred Scott Decision preceded the secession of the Southern States.

Geography
Salt Lake City, UT
Phoenix, AZ
Carson City, NV
Sacramento, CA
Honolulu, HI

English
Irregular Verb Tenses
to lay
lay (s)
laid
laying
laid

Latin
Rules - verbs
Latin verbs have different endings called conjugations.

Math
15s

Science
What are 4 parts of the lymph system? lymph vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus

October 13- 17, 2014

This was an off week for CC so we used it to our advantage.  The girls worked hard on map tracing and reviewing all information.

Also had a field trip to Orr Park. The girls had so much fun and they were able to learn many things about the trees and the carvings in the trees. They went with Nana Reed and Papa so it was definitely fun!!

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