An adventurous week this has been! The Coleman Academy for Girls went under a repiping of the whole school, so we took our studies on the road for a couple of days. We got to use the Starbucks gift card for a treat for our students that was sent to us from a CAG donor, play piano on the baby grand at Mrs. Dix's house, study in the church library, work in the public library, and visit some local parks and playgrounds. Thankfully, God sent us some much cooler weather that was perfect for being outdoors! Thursday, we had special snacks and watched Beezus & Ramona in celebration of finishing that book last week. While we had some fun adventures, we are definitely looking forward to getting back into our regular routine. Well, the teacher is anyway!
Here are some things we studied this week:
Language Arts:
- We are expanding our genres in independent reading by adding a biography and realistic fiction selection
- New vocabulary words, including: deteriorate, despair, sever, jubilation, approximate, and more
- Identify adverbs and diagram sentences with adverbs when they are describing or modifying the subject.
- making words with th, sh, and ch
Bible & Other History & Geography:
- Covering the history recorded in Exodus chapters 1-15, we learned about how God's people went from slavery to freedom, miracles, the exodus, the Passover, and the timeline of these events compared to what was happening or who was ruling in Egypt at that time.
- Story of the World- the first Olympics, the early Greeks, the Mycenaeans, Greek alphabet, story of Homer, the Medes and Persians, Cyrus the Great
- Map: Tyre, Greece, Crete, Aegean Sea
Math:
- making 10 for math fluency
- Multiplication and division word problems
Science:
- Amphibians and reptiles, including: life cycle of a frog, laying eggs, and living in water and on land
- Check out our Usborne links in the previous post to see cool videos of amphibians and reptiles!
Until next time, happy learning!
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