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)

Week 17: December 24 - 28 Christmas break?

Bible/Religion
Luke 2



MaTh

History/Geography

Science: Balance in Nature

Pictured - a dung beetle


Reading

Writing

Art/Music: Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

A spanish artist, Dali was a surrealist, painting the unconsious. Noah thought his work looks like bad dreams, but was able to choose this as his favorite.

La d'couverte de l'Amrique par Christophe Colomb, 1958-59

He likes it because it is not as scary as Dali's other works and it depicts Christopher Colombus, one of Noah's recent books he read.













Language (Spelling and Grammar)

Week 16: December 17 - 21

Bible/Religion

This week's Bible lesson and verse: Reviewing the last three lessons

Jesus is Baptized

Jesus calls the disciples

Jesus' first miracle

favorite verse:

Why?

MaTh

History/Geography

History and Geography : The Egyptians c1700BC - 30BC

Life at Home

*parties (create an Egyptian feast)

*games and sports

The end of the empire

Important dates:

1450BC the Egyptian empire is at its largest

1190BC the sea people attack

1070BC the new kingdom ends in civil war

671BC the Assyrians invade

525BC the Persians invade

332BC Alexander the Great conquers Egypt

30BC Egypt becomes part of the Roman Empire

Science : Ecology



Reading : Egyptian myths: The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt and The Bible


Writing

Art/Music: Tchaikovsky and Beethoven


Language (Spelling and Grammar)