Week 27: March 30- April 3

Religion & Bible

Writing a passage a day and illustrating

Reading

at least twenty minutes a day

Writing

short stories

MaTh

Solving for "n"

Science

The Universe

-size and distance

-different theories

*"Big Bang" theory

*slowing down theory

*"Big Crunch" theory

*Oscillating Universe theory

Language/Spelling/Grammar

Reviewing punctuation

History & Geography

West Africa: c. 800-1500

-Kingdoms of gold

-Mansa Musa of Mali

-the city of Timbuktu

-map of West Africa

-rulers of the forest

-the kingdom of Ife

-the kingdom of Benin

-the Portuguese arrive

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Richard Wagner

Art: Nature picture study

"Sunflowers" 1888 by Vincent van Gogh

"Farm Garden with Flowers" 1906 by Gustav Klimt

"Mastaba" 1989 by Jean-Perre Raynaud

Project: Printed petals

1. mix your paint with a little flower to thicken it.

2. cut a petal shape from a thin piece of sponge.

3. dip the sponge in paint. Print a ring of petals.

4. use your fingertip to fill in the middle.

5. dip a leaf in paint. Print it next to the flower. Add more flowers and leaves.

Physical Education

It's Spring! Lots of outdoor activity, Hooray!

Week 26: March 23-27

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

Science

Types of Galaxies

-spiral galaxy

-barred spiral galaxy

-elliptical galaxies

-irregular galaxy

-cartwheel galaxy

-nearest galaxies

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

North Africa: c.400-1500

Conquerors of North Africa

-map of North Africa

-Byzantine rulers

-Fatimids in Egypt

-Mamelukes in Egypt

East Africa: c. 1000-1500

-cities of East Africa

-cities of gold

-the kingdom of Ethiopia

-map of East Africa

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Giuseppe Verdi

Art: Nature picture study

"Footbridge over a River" 1800s by Utagawa Hiroshige

"Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" 1885-86 by John Singer Sargent

Project: Paper Blossom

1. Lay two sqares of tissue paper together

2. Fold them in half, and then in half again

3. Draw a petal in the corner. Cut out and unfold.

4. Use a blunt needle to thread the flower onto yarn.

5. Thread on more flowers. Add some paper leaves too.

Physical Education

Week 25: March 16-20

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

Science

Galaxies

-the milky way

-star clusters

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Spain: c.700-1500

The struggle for Spain

-Moors move north

-map of Spain

-the kingdoms of al-Andalus

-learning and leisure

-the rise of the Christian kingdoms

-Christians fight back

-El Cid

-kingdom of Granada

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Johannes Brahms

Art: Weather/Nature picture study

"Snow Storm" 1842 by Joseph Turner

Project: Stormy Seas

1. tear lots of dark clouds from construction paper. Glue them down to another paper.

2. cut out big, curvy waves. Glue them below the clouds.

3. Flick some white paint over the top, for rain.

Physical Education

Week 24: March 9-13

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

speed drills

complex story problems

fractions

Science

The Solar System:

Sun, stars and planets

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

The Russians: c. 700-1500

the rise of the Russians

-map of Russian lands-Rurik the Rus

-Vladimir the Saint

-Yaroslav the Wise

-the Tartars arrive

-Nevsky's victories

-the growth of Moscow

-the Tartars weaken

-Ivan the Great

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Antonio Vivaldi

Art: Weather/Nature picture study

"Water Lilies" 1916-19 by Claude Monet

Project: Watery rainbow

1. draw a row of houses and trees in crayon

2. brush clean water all over the paper

3. make some  runny red, yellow and blue paint

4. paint curved lines of red and yellow in the sky

5. let the paint run together. Add a blue line.

6. fill the rest of the sky with splotches of blue

Where the red and yellow mix you get orange, yellow and blue blend to make green - a full rainbow!

Physical Education

Week 23: March 2-6

Religion & Bible

Reading

Writing

MaTh

complex story problems

Science

The Sun

-inside the sun

*core

*radiative zone

*convective zone

*photosphere

-surface of the sun

-eclipses

-auroras

Language/Spelling/Grammar

History & Geography

Eastern Europe: c.500-1500

Kingdoms

-Magyars in Hungary

-the Holy Roman Empire

-kingdom of Hungary

-Count Dracula of Transylvania

-kingdom of Bohemia

-the Teutonic knights

Art & Music Appreciation

Music: Joseph Haydn

Art: Weather picture study

"Boating on the Seine" 1879-80 by Auguste Renoir

"Winter" c. 1840 by Utagawa Kunisada

"Entrance to the Port of Honfleur" 1899 by Paul Signac

Physical Education

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