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)