Week 22: Feb 23-27

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

Memorizing times tables one through 6

review multiplication sums

Science

Stars

-describing stars

-constellations

-the death of a star

-supernovas

-black holes

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Turks: c. 950-1450

Triumphs of the Turks

-winning land

-the crusaders fight back

-the end of the Seljuks

-the rise of the Ottoman Empire

-map of the Ottoman Empire

-the fall of Constantinople

Art & Music Appreciation

Wofgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro 

Art: study in faces

"Girl with a Turban" c.1665 by Jan Vermeer

"Nusch" 1937 by Pablo Picasso

Mbuya mask, about 1000 years old by an unknown artist from Zaire, Africa

"Summer" 1573 by Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Art project: 

1. cut out a big face from a magazine

2. cut smaller fruits, veggies and plants

3. arrange plants, fruits and veggies on the face trying to match up shapes

Physical Education

Week 21: Feb 16-20

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

Six times tables

Science

Stars

-nebulae

-the birth of a star

-variable stars

-the life of a star

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Mongols: c. 120-1400

Mongol invaders

-Genghis Khan

-Building the empire

-Kublai Khan

-Tamerlane

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Franz Schubert

Art: Animation Study, Funny animals

"You are so Little" 1958 by Andy Warhol

"Foss Dancing" and "Foss Standing" 1894 by Edward Lear

"Mickey Mouse" 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks

Project: Drawing cartoon cats

1. paint several blobs of thin water paint.

2. Add spots and stripes. Let dry.

3. Use a felt pen to outline the ears and head.

4. outline the body and feet; add a tail

5. draw the face, add whiskers

Try out different poses!

Physical Education

Week 20: Feb 9-13

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

Five times tables

Science

The outer planets

- Jupiter

- Saturn

- Uranus

- Neptune

- Pluto

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

England: 1455 - 1485

The Wars of the Roses

-Lancaster weakens

-the struggle begins

-English royal family tree

-A Yorkist king

-Warwick the Kingmaker

-Richard III

-princes in the tower

-the end of Richard III

-The first of the Tudors

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Claude Debussy

Art: Animal picture study

"The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark" 1613 by Jan Brueghel

Project: Jungle bird

1. paint a bird body and head. Add a long tail.

2. make two hand prints for the wings.

3. dot on a white eye with a black middle

4. dip a leaf in paint. press it onto your paper. (as a project in February, you may want to use a silk leaf, or a leaf stamp if possible.

5. peel the leaf off and repeat with other leaves.

Physical Education

Week 19: Feb 2-6

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

Counting by fours

Four times tables

Science

The outer planets

- Jupiter

- Saturn

- Uranus

- Neptune

- Pluto

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Burgundians: c. 1360-1500

The rise of Burgundy

-supporting the arts

-quarrels in France

-Marie and Maximilian

-Burgundy divides

-The court of Burgundy

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Frederic Chopin

Art: Animal picture study

Hippo Statue about 4000 years old by an unknown Egyptian artist

"Tiger" 1912 by Franz Marc

"Exotic Landscape" 1910 by Henri Rousseau

Project: stand up hippo

1. fold a piece of thin cardboard in half.

2. draw a hippo. Make it touch top and bottom of paper.

3. cut it out, but don't cut along the folded edge.

4. glue on tissue paper shapes. Let dry.

5. use a pen to draw eyes, nose and ears.

Physical Education