Winter break: Dec 8 - Jan 2

Time for a little break. Have a beautiful and safe Christmas season!

The merry family gatherings –
The old, the very young;
The strangely lovely way they
Harmonize in carols sung.
For Christmas is tradition time
Traditions that recall
The precious memories down the years,
The sameness of them all.

-Helen Lowrie Marshall

Week 14: December 1-5

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

make sentences from flash cards and then write them in journal.

MaTh

Review subtraction and addition skills, fractions

Science

Climate

-regions: polar, tundra, temperate, tropical, mediterranean, continental, equatorial, desert

-mountain climates

-coastal climates 

-city climates

Experiment: see how plants from different climate regions lose water.

1. water a potted geranium and a cactus

2. place a plastic bag around each of their pots

3. stand them on plates

4. cut the bases off two large plastic bottles

5. smear petroleum jelly on the bottom of each one, and put them over the plants

After 3 days, you should see water droplets in the bottles. Which one gives off more water?

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography:

The Christian Church

-monks and monasteries

*becoming a monk

*Saint Benedict's rules

*healing the sick

*making manuscripts

*wealth and power

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 13: Nov 24-28

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing 

make sentences from flash cards and then write them in journal.

MaTh

Subtraction: double digit word problems 

Science

Weather

-clouds

*cirrus

*cumulus

*stratus

Experiment: create a miniature cloud

1. fill a large clear plastic container about a third full with hot water

2. place some ice cubes on a baking tray and put this on top of the container.

As the air inside the container rises and is cooled by the ice, the water vapor it contains forms droplets, making a small cloud.

-the seasons

*southern/northern hemispheres 

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Christian Church-Building a Cathedral

-stories in glass

-going on a pilgrimage

supplemental reading: Canterbury Tales

* Knight's tale

* Miller's tale

* Clerk's tale

* Wife of Bath's tale

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 12: Nov 17-21

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Genesis 1 and 2:1-4. Write 2-3 verses daily and illustrate.

MaTh

Subtracting double digit sums

Science

Weather

-the sun's effect

-air pressure

-hot and cold air

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Christian Church 1000-1500

The power of the popes

enemies of the church

-persecuting Jews

-trying witches

-hounding heretics

-Crusaders and Cathars

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 11: Nov 10-14

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Genesis 1. Write 2-3 verses daily and illustrate.

MaTh

Subtracting double digit numbers

Science

Rivers

-a river's source

-stages of a river

*upper

*gradient

*middle

*lower

-erosion

-transportation

-deltas

Experiment: how water deposits materials in layers. Takes 2 days to complete.

1. cut two 1 inch slits in the bottom of a 2 liter plastic bottle.

2. cover each slit with tape

3. use a funnel to half fill the bottle with soil.

4. almost fill the bottle with water.

5. screw on the lid, shake vigorously and leave for 24 hours.

6. remove the lid and place one end of some plastic tubing in the water.

7. suck the water up, making sure not to swallow any, then put your thumb over the end.

8. bend the tube downward into the sink or a container, remove your thumb and the water will drain out.

9. pull the tape off the slits in the base and leave it to drain for 24 hours.

You should see that the soil has settled in layers

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Living in a town

-craftworkers

-merchants

-guilds

-holy days and mystery plays

Traders and Towns

-trade fairs

-merchant bankers

-city- states

-the Hanseatic League

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 10: November 3-7

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Psalm 3. Write two verses daily and illustrate.

MaTh

Subtraction

Fractions

Science

Seas and Oceans

- life in the oceans

- ocean feeding zones

*sunlit zone

*twilight zone

*sunless zone

*abyssal zone

*ocean trenches

a couple of fascinating links to watch : The Giant Pacific Octopus

creatures of the  Gallery of the Seas at Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies

an octopus  escaping through a small hole

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Village Life 

-farming

-homes

-food

-fairs

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 9: Oct 27-31

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

finish Psalm 110 if needed

MaTh

Subtracting a single digit from a double digit

fractions

Science

Seas and oceans

- climate control

*tropical cyclones

*hurricanes

*typhoons

-tidal movement

*high tide/low tides

*spring tides/neap tides

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Castle Life

-defending the castle

-becoming a knight

-parts of the castle

-hunting, falconry, feasting, tournaments

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education 

Week 8: Oct 20-24

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Psalm 110. Write 1 - 2 verses daily and illustrate.

MaTh

Review: more subtraction with puzzles and story problems

More fractions: parts of sets and parts of a whole

Science

Seas and oceans

-ocean currents

experiment: cold water is heavier than warm water

1. half fill a large, clear bowl with warm water.

2. fill a jug with ice-cold water containing a little food coloring.

3. gently pour the water into the bowl.

You should notice that the colored water sinks, just as cold water does at the Poles.

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Feudal System c.1000-1500

Kings, Nobles and Peasants

The birth of Parliament

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 7: Oct 13-17

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Psalm 24. Write two verses daily and illustrate them.

MaTh

review: single digit subtraction

story problems for subtraction

begin fractions: parts of a whole

Science

The Atmosphere

-early formation

-our atmosphere's layers

*exosphere

*thermosphere

*mesosphere

*stratosphere

*troposphere

-changes in the atmosphere

-what is the ozone layer?

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Norman Conquests - England, Normandy & Italy c.1060 - 1200

The Hundred Years' War - France and England c.1340-1450

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 6: Oct 6-10

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Psalm 15. Write a verse daily and illustrate.

MaTh

adding double digit sums

review single digit subtraction

Science

The Atmosphere

-early formation

-our atmosphere's layers

*exosphere

*thermosphere

*mesosphere

*stratosphere

*troposphere

-changes in the atmosphere

-what is the ozone layer?

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Charlemagne's Empire - France c.770-840

The Holy Roman Empire - Germany c.960-1250

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 5: Sept 29- October 3

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

Psalm chapter 1. Write a verse daily and illustrate what it means to you.

MaTh

sums of 100

adding 3 number sums (example: 10+5+5)

number patterns

Science

Earth's Structure

-faults

-earthquakes

-focus

-prediction

-volcanoes

*dead or alive?

*formation

*supervolcanoes

Experiment: making a volcano

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Anglo-Saxon England c.500-1100

extra reading: King Arthur

Art & Music Appreciation

choir

Physical Education

Week 4: Sept 22-26

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

daily copy work from favorite book passages

MaTh

Review: adding double digit sums

adding double digit doubles

Science

Earth's Structure

-layers of the earth

-plates

-new features

-types of rock

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Vikings 750-1100

 - at home: farm life, homes, crafts, feasts, death and burial

 - abroad: raiding, exploring and trading and settling

 

Art & Music Appreciation

choir - Handel's Messiah for young voices. Concert will be Dec 14.

*side  note: this is a community choir in our area. I highly recommend- if at all possible- to get your homeschooler involved in a group choir. Last year one of my friends offered choir to our homeschool group and we were not able to join at that time. Fortunately, a local church opened their children's choir to the community this year. The children learn to sing parts with a group. Of course if your church has a children's choir, all the better!

Physical Education

Week 3: Sept 15-19

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

daily copy work from favorite book passages

MaTh

Review: 

adding doubles

memorize doubles

story problems

Science

Life on earth

-looking at the past

-developing life

-the age of reptiles

-the age of mammals

-modern extinction

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Rise of Islam c.600-750

The Arab World c.750-1260

Art & Music Appreciation

Physical Education

Week 2: Sept 8-12

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

daily copy work from favorite book passages

MaTh

Review:

Using graphs

number line

story problems

Science

Life on earth

-looking at the past

-developing life

-the age of reptiles

-the age of mammals

-modern extinction

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Barbarian Kingdoms c.500-800

Return to Christianity

Art & Music Appreciation

Physical Education

First Term, Week 1: September 3 - 5

Religion & Bible 

weekly Scripture memorization

family devotions and discussion daily

religion as it comes up in History

Reading

reading aloud 20 minutes, daily

Writing

daily copy work from favorite book passages

MaTh

Review: Odds and evens

Recognizing patterns and concluding the next pattern

Story problems

Science: Earth Science

The Early Earth

- Truth of the creation of the earth: Genesis 1 and 2

- theory of the birth of the earth (evolution)

*early life

*ancient history

*changing climate

-the shape of the land

-studying the past

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography: Medieval World

The Byzantine Empire - Europe c. 500-1450

Art & Music Appreciation

Physical Education

A weekly schedule

Our week looks something like this. I don't have specific times because our schedule is flexible, but we get most done in the morning. The kids are up between 7:30 and 8 and do their devotions and chores in the morning before breakfast. Lessons usually begin by 9.

Monday:  

Bible 

- begin memory verse for the week

Math

Spelling

Grammar

History/Geography

Piano practice

Reading

Tuesday: 

Bible

Math

Writing

Handwriting

Grammar

Science

Piano practice

Reading

Wednesday: 

Bible

Math

Spelling

Grammar

History/Geography

Piano lesson

Reading

Thursday:  

Bible

Math

Writing

Handwriting

Grammar

Science Experiment

Piano practice

Choir (winter term)

Reading

Music

Friday:  

Bible

Math

Spelling

Grammar

History/Geography

Piano practice

Library

Reading

Art

Grammar School: Second grade lesson plan

Language

- spelling workout 10-15 minutes daily

- begin cursive penmanship

- 30 minutes daily reading or making notebook page

- first language lessons 20 minutes daily

- 10 minutes daily on memory work

- 30 to 60 minutes daily for fun reading

Writing

- simple letters to relatives and friends twice a week

- write from dictation 3 days a week 10-20 minutes

Mathematics

-math lesson (learning a concept or doing a drill) 30-40 minutes daily

History

- study medieval-early Renaissance times (400-1600). 60 minutes 3 days a week.

- read biographies and easy history books to the child; ask child to tell you what you've just read

- make notebook pages together for the history notebook

- great men and women to cover:

Saint Augustine

Attila the Hun

King Arthur

Mohammed

Charlemagne

Alfred the Great

Leif Ericsson

Edward the Confessor

Genghis Khan

Dante Alighieri

Geoffrey Chaucer

Jan van Eyck

Johannes Gutenberg

Christopher Columbus

Leonardo da Vinci

Amerigo Vespucci

Nicolaus Copernicus

Michelangelo

Ferdinand Magellan

Martin Luther

Raphael

Nostradamus

John Calvin

Hernando Cortes

Tycho Brahe

Walter Raleigh

William Shakespeare

Galileo Galilei

Science

-study basic earth science and astronomy. 60 minutes 2 days a week.

Religion

- learn about world religions through the study of history.

- learn the basics of the family's faith for 10 to 15 minutes a day as part of family time.

Art

- 1 hour per week doing picture study, reading art books, or an art project

Music

- at least 1 hour per week listening to classical music

- continue piano lessons, practicing 20-30 minutes daily

These guidelines are taken from The Well Trained Mind

A Starting Schedule

After some reflection and prayer, we have decided change the education schedule of the little gray schoolhouse and move to trimesters or terms which is to say, go year round with homeschooling.

This is a major step for me - I have completely left the institutional education box. I had already planned and laid out half the year when I really felt the tuggings at my heart. Two weeks before we were to resume fall lessons, the decision was made and the old schedule scrapped. 

I am still balancing a Charlotte Mason method with a more structured classical education. Our mornings will be structured and our afternoons and evenings will be free.

One option is:

Sept, Oct, Nov - first term

December off

Jan, Feb, March - second term

April off

May, June, July - third term 

Another option is: 

School   September through mid -October

Break     one week off

School    Late October until Thanksgiving 

Break      week off

School    Early December

Break      three weeks off for Christmas and New Year's

School    Mid-January until late February or early March

Break      Two weeks off

School    Late April, May, on through summer

Breaks   Anytime during the summer, whenever vacationing, visiting or entertaining, etc.

Sources

The Well Trained Mind

Religion & Bible: The Holy Bible, New Living Translation

Reading, Writing, Language/Spelling/Grammar : McGuffey 

The McGuffey curriculum is a complete, integrated language arts curriculum. It is designed to teach vocabulary, reading comprehension, spelling, penmanship, and grammar.

Primer

Progressive Speller 

Phonics Made Plain 

Reading Workbook Series 2: teaches and drills phonics along with reading comprehension, accenting, word studies, main topics, cause and effect, summary and conclusion, comparison and contrast, truth and pretense, and much more.

Writing Workbook Series 2: concentrates on more advanced handwriting and grammar. Children learn to write sentences with full punctuation along with greater depth in sentence types, sentence structure, parts of speech, double negatives, contractions, subject/verb agreement, cursive writing and much more.

MaTh: Saxxon

Science: Usborne Science Encylopdeia

World History & Geography: Story of the World, Usborne Encyclopedias of World History & World Geography

U.S. History: I haven't decided yet.

Art & Music Appreciation: Usborne Book of Art and Usborne First Book of Art. 

Poetry: various books of poetry

Summer lessons

I don't know where the summer went, but it was gone in a flash. We enjoyed many learning opportunities as we explored the beach, local parks, and camp sites, but a more formal lesson plan was no where to be seen. And that was just fine. 

The new school year begins next week after Labor Day and brings with it a few changes. I am very excited as Noah begins second grade. Bronwen has been asking for lessons too, so we're going to have a preschool plan for her too.

See you soon!

School's out!

We've accomplished our 180 days! We'll be taking a few weeks off before the summer schedule begins. We're going to continue reading, writing and math and I'm looking at a few topics for a fun 10 week study. 

See you in a while!

Week 38: May 19- 23

Bible/Religion

MaTh: Review

History/Geography:

The early Christians; c5BC - AD400

mapping the Christian world

Person(s) of interest: Jesus, Caesar Augustus c63BC - AD14, Nero c37-68 and Paul (died) 64-67?

Romans and Barbarians: cAD200-Ad500

The fall of Rome

mapping the barbarian invasions

Person(s) of interest: Constantine 274-337

Finish up any maps for our geography binder

Science: Finish up anything left over and check our experiments. Spend lots of time in the garden

Reading: 

Writing: 

Art/Music:

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 37: May 12 - 16

Bible/Religion

MaTh

History/Geography:

The Romans: c30BC - AD250

Person of interest: Virgil c70BC-19BC classical Roman poet

Life in a Roman Town

*luxury

*Waterworks

*Buried treasure

Fun and Games

*Gladiator shows

*Chariot races

*Drama

Science: Natural Cycles and Classifying Plants

Reading : Virgil

Writing

Art/Music : Van Gogh

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 36: May 5 - 9

Bible/Religion

MaTh : 

more subtraction and story problems

History/Geography The Romans: c750BC - 30BC

Mapping the Roman Republic

Person(s) of Interest:

Hannibal c247BC -182BC

Julius Caesar c102BC/100BC

Cicero c106BC - 43BC

Romulus c771BC-717BC

The story of Romulus

c30BC - AD250

Mapping the Roman Empire

The Roman Army

Emperor Augustus

Science:  Fungi

Reading: Cicero

Writing

Art/Music review

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 35: April 28 - May 2

Bible/Religion

MaTh

Subtraction story problems

Chris found 4 dimes. He lost zero of them. How many dimes does Chris have now?

___-___=___

Eight children came to the picnic. Only two of them brought their baseball gloves. How many did not bring baseball gloves?

___-___=___

Laura and her friend played a game. Laura made 7 points and her friend made 5 points. What was the difference between their scores?

___-___=___

History/Geography

The Celts: c800BC - AD50

Mapping the Celtic world

The Celtic Tribes

*home life

*Crafts

*Feasts

*Forts and fighting

*Religion

Roman Conquerors

Science:  Water plants and flowerless plants

Reading: English, Irish, and Welsh fairy tales: Traditional Irish Fairy Tales, One Hundred and One Celtic Read-Aloud Myths & Legends

Writing

Art/Music - Rembrandt

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 34: April 21 - 25

Bible/Religion

MaTh
More addition story problems

There are 9 players on a baseball team. We have 8 players. How many more players do we need to make one team?

___+___=___

Jared read 9 books last week and 8 books this week. How many books did he read in all?

___+___=___

Alexa has 6 dollars. She needs 8 dollars to buy a game she wants. How many more dollars does she need?

___+___=___

The kids brought 6 red balloons and 5 yellow balloons to Bronwen's party. How many balloons were brought to the party?

___+___=___

I saw 4 bluebirds and 3 cardinals at my bird feeder. How many birds was that?

___+___=___

History/Geography Central America c1200BC - 400BC

The Olmecs

Mapping the Olmec land

gods and games

art - huge heads

Central America c300BC-AD500

Mapping Central America

Crafts and Trade

Cities in the jungle

Words and numbers

Science: Flowering Plants / Seeds and Fruit / New Plants from Old

Reading:

Writing

Art/Music- Verdi

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 33: April 14 - 18

Bible/Religion

MaTh
Introduction to story problems with addition:

David ate 6 pieces of candy. His dad said, "No more!" How much candy did David eat?

___ + ___ = ___

Marissa bought 3 red pencils and 2 green pencils. How many pencils did she buy?

___+___=___

There are 5 girls and 1 boy in Jenna's family. How many children are there altogether?

___+___=___

Noah has 3 model cars. He wants to have cars. How many more cars does he want?

___+___=___

 

History/Geography South America c200BC - AD500

The People of Ancient Peru

Mapping Peru

Foods - making a Peruvian dinner

gods and gold

art

Science  Plant Food/ plant sensitivity

Reading

Writing

Art/Music  Renoir

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 32: April 7 - 11

Bible/Religion

MaTh
Review counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s

History/Geography North America c10,000BC - AD500

Mapping North America

The first North Americans

*Hunters of the Plains and the Arctic

*Desert and Woodland Tribes

Science Leaves/leaf structure/movement of fluids

Reading

Writing

Art/Music  Schubert

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 31: March 31 - April 4

Bible/Religion

MaTh

solving for the unknown, using letters for the unknown

X+3 = 10      

Y + 0 = 7

Q +3 = 12

A + 1= 3

5 + A = 9

6 + X = 9

7 + G = 9

What number plus three is the same as eight?   ___+3=8

What number plus six is the same as ten? ___+6=10

History/Geography:  India c1500BC - AD500

Mapping India

The Ideas of India

*From hymns to Hinduism

*Class

*Beginning of Buddhism

*Painting and poetry

People of interest: Buddha 565BC

Science:  This week in Science, the plant kingdom begins: Stems and Roots - plant tissue inside a stem, inside a root, and other tissues. Inside older plants

Reading Indian folktales: Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India

Writing

Art/Music Picasso

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 30: March 24 - 28

Bible/Religion Time to review

Jesus quiets the storm

The woman at the well

Jesus feeds the crowd

review verses and write out favorite one

MaTh 

solving for the unknown

___ +7 = 7

___+ 1 = 3

___ + 6 = 10

History/Geography

History: Africa c6000BC - AD500

Life in Ancient Africa

Mapping Africa

kingdom of Kush

the Nok people

A Christian king

Science: Fighting disease and the use of medicine

Reading: African folktales:The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales

Writing: copy work

Art/Music- Vivaldi

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 29: March 17 - 21

Bible/Religion Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10 - 17; John 6:1-14 Jesus feeds the crowd



Memory verse: "Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs." Matthew 6:32 NLT

MaTh : Geometry

History/GeographyHistory: the japanese c9000bc-ad500
mapping japan
first emperors

the arabs c1000bc-ad150
mapping arabia

the riches of arabia

kingdoms of the south

sweet smells

city of petra


Science Genetics

Reading Japanese folktales and poetry

Writing

Art/Music Cassatt


Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 28: March 10 - 14

Bible/Religion John 4 The woman at the well



Memory verse: "I have loved you with an everlasting love." Jeremiah 31:3 NASB

MaTh : review rounding numbers and begin fractions

History/Geography: the chinese c200bc - ad200
mapping china
the han dynasty
inventions

500bc - 200bc

china's first emperor

the great wall of china

Science Reproduction; Growing and changing

Reading Chinese folktales: The Five Chinese Brothers, Ancient Chinese poetry

Writing Copy work, worksheets

Art/Music Wagner


Language (Spelling and Grammar) Homonyms : to, too and two

Week 27: March 3 - 7

Bible/Religion Matthew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25

Jesus Quiets the Storm

Memory verse: "God is my strong fortress; He has made my way safe." II Samuel 22:33 NLT

MaTh

History/Geography the chinese c5000bc - 500bc

mapping china
first farmers
shang kings

people of interest: confucius c551-479bc

lao-tse c604bc

mastering metal, writing on bones

Science Ears, Nose and Tongue

Reading Confucius

Writing

Art/Music Kandinsky

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 26: February 25 - 29

Bible/Religion : Time to review

Jesus heals a leper

Jesus heals a paralyzed man

Jesus heals a little girl


review verses and write out favorite one.




MaTh

Math families: Meet the Tens, Hundreds and Thousands
Rounding numbers

History/Geographythe scythians c 700bc-100bc
mapping the scythian world
life on the move
battles
wealth and weakness
dead and buried

Science Skin, Nails, Hair and Eyes

Reading

Writing

Art/Music Strauss


Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 25: February 18 - 22

Bible/Religion : Luke 8:41-56 Jesus Heals a Little Girl

Memory verse: "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23 NASB

MaTh

Measuring and Estimating

what is an inch?

learning how to use the ruler

Estimate (your best guess) an object's length, then measure for the actual length.

History/Geographythe greeks 500bc-350bc
athens
science and learning
aristotle c384-322bc
plato c429-347bc
socrates c469-399bc
pythagoras c500bc
homer 800BC
beautiful buildings
war with sparta


the greeks 350bc-150bc
mapping alexander's empire
people of interest: alex the great 356-323bc




Science The Nervous System and the Brain

Reading Aesop's fables, Plato, Aristotle

Writing

Art/Music Hopper

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 24: February 11 - 15

Bible/Religion: Mark 2:1-12 and Luke 5:17-26

Memory verse: "The words of the wise bring healing." Proverbs 12:18 NLT

MaTh

History/Geography
the greeks c1000bc - 500bc

mapping greece

people of interest: homer c800bc

the greeks at war
sparta
the first marthon
greek mythology
life in ancient greece 500bc-350bc
pythagoras c500bc
Socrates 469-399bc
plato 429-347bc
aristotle 384-322bc
home life
school
olympics
drama

Science: Energy for Life; Balancing Act

Reading: Homer : Trojan Horse, The Odyssey, Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the IliadGreek and Roman Myths: The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, Pandora, Twelve Labors of Hercules, King Midas: The Golden Touch, Theseus and the Minotaur, Greek Myths, Favorite Greek Myths

Writing

Art/Music: Mozart

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 23: February 4 - 8

Bible/Religion Luke 5:12-16 Jesus Heals a Leper

Memory verse: "The Lord gives strength to those who are tired." Isaiah 40:29 ICB

MaTh

History/Geography
History: The Persians c600BC - 300BC


The Power of Persia
Mapping the Persian Empire
Religion
Persepolis
The end of the empire


Science : Teeth, Digestion, and Food & Diet

Reading: The Bible

Writing

Art/Music: Monet

Language (Spelling and Grammar)
Spelling list: plant, fungi, animal, protista, monera

Week 22: January 28 - February 1

Bible/Religion
Review:
Jesus and the Money Changers
Jesus and Nicodemus
A Big Catch

Review memory verses and write out favorite verse.

MaTh

History/Geography
The Babylonians: c1600BC - 550 BC
Mapping the Babylonian Empire




The city of Babylon



- the Hanging Gardens of Babylon created for the King's wife
Religion
The end of Babylon










Science: The Circulatory System and The Respiratory System

Reading: Excerpts from The Bible

Writing

Art/Music: Handel

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

spelling: plant, fungi, animal, protista, monera (taken from week 20 science: The five Kingdoms)

Week 21: January 21-25

Bible/Religion : Luke 5:1-11 A Big Catch
Memory Verse: "Teach me to do your will, for you are my God." Psalm 143:10 NLT

MaTh

History/Geography

The Assyrians: c1000BC - 600BC
Mapping the Assyrian Empire

Narration of the history lesson

Person of interest: Sennacherib, King of Assyria 705BC - 681BC

The Assyrians at War

The Assyrians at Home

*gods and spirits

*mighty kings

*libraries

*lion hunting

The end of the empire

Science - Begin the human body The skeleton and Muscles

Reading: The Bible

Writing

Art/Music: Gauguin

Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 20: January 14 - 18

Bible/Religion : John 3: Jesus and Nicodemus
Memory verse: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 NIV

MaTh

More excercises in telling time. These worksheets, Noah added the hands to the clock face.

Also another round of double digit addition. (side note, Noah was particularly proud of the sixes in the second equation.)

History/Geography
The Phoenicians c1200BC - 150BC

Mapping the Phoenician world

Traders from Phoenicia

cities by the sea
ships and sailing

*the illustration is showing a war ship which accompanied the traders to protect them from pirates.
crafts and the purple people (Phoenician means purple men)
city of Carthage
writing

The end of the Phoenicians





Science: Classification pt 2
The Five Kingdoms

plant

fungi

animal

protista

monera

Reading: the Bible

Writing : Capitalization of "I"

Art/Music: Bach



Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 19: January 7 - 11

Bible/Religion
This week's Bible lesson and verse: Jesus and the money changers

"Trust in the Lord and do good." Psalm 37:3

MaTh

History/Geography: The Hebrews c1250BC - 600BC

The Hebrew Kingdoms

Mapping Israel

The great escape

Conquering Canaan

fighting the Philistines

People of Interest:

Abraham c2000BC

King David c1010BC - 970BC

King Solomon

Two Kingdoms

Nebuchadnezzar 604 - 562 BC

The end of the Hebrew Kingdoms

Important dates:

1250BC the Hebrews arrive in Canaan
1020BC Saul becomes king
1000-969 BC Kind David rules
965-928BC King Solomon rules and the temple is built
926BC The kingdom splits in two, Israel and Juday
722BC The Assyrians invade Israel.
587BC The Babylonians destroy Jerusalem. The people of Judah are taken prisoner.

Science: Classification

Reading: The Bible

Writing : Thank you cards for Christmas presents

Art/Music: Degas (1834-1917)
Noah chose "Dancers in Blue" as his favorite piece by Edgar Degas












Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 18: December 31 - January 4, 2008

Bible/Religion


MaTh

History/Geography The Canaanites c1600BC - 1200BC
Mapping Canaan
The People of Canaa
*trade
*gods
*writing
*invasions
The Sea Peoples c 1200BC - 1100BCRaiders of the Mediterranean

The Philistines


Science: Conservation

Reading: The Bible

Writing : Capitalization of days of the week and word family _ug and _at

Art/Music: Chopin



Language (Spelling and Grammar)