Monday, October 12, 2009

Week 6: Oct 12 - 16

Religion & Bible
personal study - Genesis
family devotions

Reading

biography of Queen Elizabeth

Shakespeare's Hamlet for kids

Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Writing

work in creative writing journal

MaTh
Multiplication and Division

Science
How liquids behave
-evaporation
--rate of evaporation
-cooling down
-surface tension
-cohesion
-adhesion

Experiment to see how surface tension can support certain objects:
-fill a container with water. Put a needle on a small piece of tissue paper and lay it gently on the water.
The tissue soon becomes waterlogged and sinks, but the needle stays afloat, supported by surface tension.
*look closely and you will see that the needle actually dents the water's surface.

Language/Spelling/Grammar
spelling list - Long E endings

fancy any lovely
story party carry
penny monkey city
very angry goofy
ugly slippery toasty
bee tea
- review words -
family enough cough
* bonus word
February

Grammar - Review the "Be" verbs


History & Geography
Elizabethan England 1550-1600
* Elizabeth becomes queen
* The first Poor Law is passed
* Life of William Shakespeare
* Sir Frances Drake sails around the world
* The Spanish Armada is defeated
* plots and treachery

Assignments:
- time line of important dates
- assigned reading of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Hamlet
Queen Elizabeth's biography

Art & Music Appreciation
free drawing Tuesday
community choir - Thursdays

U.S. History

P.E.

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