Usborne Quicklinks ~ Week 13

Check out these extra resources for what we learned this week in history and science:

History: 12,000 Years of World History

Pages
94-95 Living in Ancient Rome, Pompeii, Life of a boy in Roman Britain, Roman waterworks
96-97 Chariot racing, gladiators, the Colosseum
98 Spread of Christianity, the catacombs under the city of Rome

3rd Grade Science: The Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans

Pages
36-37 tide, currents, and wind
38-39 how waves wear away rocks and cliffs
40-41 life in tide pools
42-43 hurricanes, tsunamis, and waterspouts
44-45 boats and ships
46-47 crittercams in the deep sea
48-49 shipwrecks and sunken treasure
50-51 fishermen

6th Grade Science: What's Science All About?

Part 2- How do human bodies work?

Website 1- the body and medicines, teeth and eating, micro-organisms and the brain and senses.
Website 2- animated movie about how the human body works

Week 12 Overview

I am so excited that we were able to have our very first Coleman Academy for Girls Open House! Our amazing girls recited Scripture from memory, read papers they wrote about their moms and dads, showed off their notebooks, and played some wonderful piano pieces. Mrs. Dix played some duets with the girls and had positive comments about their growth in reading music and playing. We discovered that pretty much everyone loves brownies!

We had a substitute on Friday (who spoiled the 3rd graders for sure- haha) while our 6th grader and teacher went on a church youth camping trip.

Here are some highlights from week 12 in regard to our studies:

• Ocean animals: whales, sharks, dolphins, rays, deep sea creatures, sea creature migration, Arctic and Antarctic animals, and waves
• Ancient China: Great Wall, Silk Road, terracotta army of Qin Shi Huangdi, Confucius
• Rome: The rise of Julius Caesar, consuls of Rome, Senate of Rome, Caesar fights the Celts, "You're about to cross the Rubicon", Caesar and Cleopatra, "Et tu, Brute?"
• 1 Samuel: Israel's last judge, Saul's struggles as king, David appointed as king, trusting and obeying in God's Word
• Fractions: identifying equivalent fractions
• Multiplication fact memorization x0, x1, x2
• We started practicing our multiplication memorization on an app that can track our progress and adjust practice problems to the quizzes each student takes. We are starting off slow with the easier facts and will work through all the facts. Each student will go at their own pace.
• Our 3rd graders took time to read a variety of genres in their independent reading time this week
• Vocabulary- we are on to lesson 6 with some great words, such as: loathe, meddle, grim, escalate, monstrous, steadfast, agony, inflict, abolish, etc...

A short list this week, but the learning was not short.

We hope you enjoy the photos of the week, coming soon!

Week 10 Overview

As we begin our first week of the new 9 weeks, we are enjoying this fall weather and the girls got a little holiday treat. Striped knee-high socks are always fun!

Our studies for this week, week 10:

Language Arts

• Identifying nouns and pronouns
• Reading Nancy Drew, book 1
• Finishing Beyond the Desert Gate
• This one was a big stretch for everyone. Set in A.D. 70 during the time of Roman invasions, the way of life, names, places, and harsh events during sieges were outside of our current knowledge. But, this is one way that we grow. Plus, it helps us to understand the facts in the history books on Rome becoming a powerful force in history and how that affected Christians. It is one thing to read the definition of a gladiator fight or that a town was burned, but it becomes more "real" when you get to know a character and read the emotions of a family torn apart by death, choosing sides to fight on, and having to give up your life plans and dreams because of war. It is not the same as experiencing it for ourselves and hopefully, we will not experience it. But, reading Beyond the Desert Gate was a good start to understanding our world in Roman Times.
• Spelling patterns: -ode, -oad, -at
• Advanced phonics: adding suffixes -ed, -ing, -ly and prefixes re-, over-, in-
• Word winner for lesson 5 is.... route! We were hoping for thwart or foolhardy or lure, but all our reading the last two weeks have proven to use route more than any other words
• Writing letters

Bible, additional history, and geography

• Memorizing Psalm 139: 1-18 (Yes! They really are up to the 18th verse!)
• Book of Joshua- I am fascinated at how well the Children's Field Guide explains each book of the Bible, the main idea each shows, promises from God, and our part in it all (which is always to be obedient to God). Even in Christian groups, today we hear a lot about the promises of God, but an important part of that promise is often left off... our obedience. It is expected, as a believer. Consider Joshua 1:8
• Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
• The rise of Rome, power of Rome, Roman builders, Roman roads (which the ruins of can be found today because they were so well made), gladiators and gladiator school
• Map: Rome and Carthage

Math

• Multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
• Fact families: multiplication and division
• Making arrays
• Adding and subtracting money review
• 6th grade: ratios and proportions

Science

• Fascinating sea creatures, to include fish, reptiles, and mammals
• Terrifying deep sea creatures and their strange characteristics

We also enjoyed visiting a local antique shop (our 3rd graders were able to see how two different tools can be used to determine what size ring one wears and what size specific rings are), piano practice, and dance.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Usborne Quicklinks ~ Week 10

Mysteries & Marvels of Nature (3rd grade)

Pages 56-57: Fish working together

Pages 68-69: Fish noises and movements

Pages 80-81: Ocean babies

Pages 92-93: Photos of other sea creatures, like eels, coral reefs, and otters

Pages 104-105: Deep sea creatures

Pages 116-117: Prey and predators of the sea and their defenses

12,000 of World History

Pages 90-91:

Rome
Julius Caesar and the Roman senators
Roman Republic
Carthage (in North Africa)
Rise of Rome