What an exciting week! First, we celebrated a certain 3rd grader's 9th birthday! We learned new things, as always. We had spring photos along the Riverwalk at Friendship Fountain, lunch at River City Brewery, explored at The Cummer Art Museum in Riverside, and enjoyed our last day of co-op for this school year.
Here is just some of our learning:
Bible
Acts 13-20 Paul's Missionary Adventures
History
The Songhay Empire rose after the fall of Mali (in West Africa). Leo Africanus, a medieval traveler, explored the land of Songhay and wrote a bout his adventures. Europeans were able to learn about West Africa from his book History and Description of Africa and the Noble Things Contained Therein, published in 1526. Songhay was the largest West African Empire, but was torn apart by the Moroccans in search of gold mines.
The Moghul Dynasty in India- Babur, a descendent of Genghis Khan, invaded Delhi in 1526. After he died in 1530, he left his empire to his oldest son, Humayan, but he was driven out by invaders. It took him 15 years to return to his palace, and just one year later he died. His 13 year old son, Akbar, was crowned Emperor and he reigned for forty-nine years. Though he was Muslim, he married a Hindu princess and allowed both religions, making him very popular. His empire covered half of India. Many folk tales were told about Akbar of India.
Science
3rd grade topics- centripetal force, air pressure, opaque, translucent, transparent, lunar eclipse, luminous things on Earth and in space, and how periscopes work.
6th grade topics- hypothesis, theory, test groups, control groups, the relationship between the moon, sun, and Earth, conditions on Earth that support life, flat maps, latitude and longitude, seasons and the Earth's position, the equator, layers of the Earth, magnetic poles, Marianas Trench, and how mountains form.
Math
3rd grade- general review and fraction review
6th grade- quiz for geometric measurement and began Statistics & Probability
Writing
Acrostic poetry
Vocabulary
Completed lesson 15 and learned a bit about earthquakes.
Piano
We chose our pieces for the RCHA Banquet. We can't wait! And one of our third graders is ready to move into the next book! Congratulations SC!
Happy Learning!
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