SL Core F Week 21 "A" March 24-28, 2014

Core F

Week 21"A" (LOW:left-over's week)

March 24-28^th, 2014

  

   Yesterday was the Indiana State Homeschool Convention---not sure if that should be all capitals or not, but it just made me so happy that I went with it!  Jill Everly asked me to help out in the booth this year, after I was so excited meeting her last year.  Truth be told, every year when I get to go to the hs convention, I go straight to the SL booth FIRST! and then I feel like 'okay, now I can go wander around.'   I had a great time chatting with all the people about books and using the IG...I had to keep stopping myself from saying "IG" b/c they didn't know what "IG" meant! "Instructors Guide"..... The people that most often stopped to ask questions were people that were brand new and wanted 1:1 time going over HOW to use the "Instructors Guide", and how to add in Language Arts!  Isn't that funny---Language Arts was the most prominent question.  

Also, Catbrown/Cathy from the SL forum: World History chat came by for me to meet her!  It was great getting to put a face with her name.  We didn't get to say too much to each other, but we did get to finally meet!  She was so nice!

 

 I had to purchase this years Lamplighter books at the convention, they didn't have one of the books I wanted, so I ordered it, and they will send it to me for a small charge.  I also will receive an audio; we really love their audio books! 

 (Last week's knitted scarf done by Dd)

As far as our activities this week, Dd went with me to the doctor's office one day (much needed migraine consultation), and we have a LOVELY visit over at the "L" family's house on another day.  Dd gets to play with the "L" boys, and I get to have a much needed tea party and chat!  The Lord has so richly blessed me with such a good friend!  So thankful for our occasional tea parties--2 homeschool mom's sitting, chatting, drinking tea and having such a lovely, lovely time.  I can't tell you all how many YEARS I've longed for a friend to do that with on a consistent basis!  What a priceless gift!  I brought my knitting project, but got so wrapped up talking that I forgot to knit!

 This is my friends "Tea Trolley" that we drank and ate from--I thought I'd share the set up she does for us each visit. 

(one of her things she crocheted this week)

This week has been the Week of Crocheting for Dd...I can't post all the pictures of her work, b/c 2 things are going to be gifts!  But, she has really got 'hog wild' on the crocheting.  I  had bought some used crocheting instructional books, and she can actually understand the directions!!! and has made some of the things!  

 

Our lessons went well, I especially enjoyed our Apologia: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day book this week on "rays" (Lesson 7).  Rays are simply fascinating and lovely creatures.  The sharks were also very interesting too.  I'm still trying to figure out how much to have Dd WRITE in her notebooking journal for this subject.  I was having her write too much, and then I was having her write too little, and I still haven't found the 'right' amount (for us).  I know I am remembering the material better than she is...and that isn't a good sign, now, is it!  I find myself telling Dh all the interesting details about how long a Manta Ray is---22 feet--where is swims in the ocean--out in the deep part--etc. etc. and Dd doesn't seem to be nearly as excitable about these details as I am!  But, I think that may be our personality differences too---I get "excited" about science and show it, where she is excited too, but she just doesn't SHOW it...her excitement is more 'under the surface' (like her Pappa)!! 

A crochet thing she worked on this week- in process.

Bible: 
Veritas Press: 
Joshua Through Judges

Card 46: completed

David Is Anointed King: 1 Sam 16

Dd had VP Worksheets left, and completed them

Card 47: completed

David and Goliath: 1 Sam 17

We read the section from the bible and from our Believer’s Bible Commentary

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament:  lesson 94

Journey Through The Bible: pg. 108 & 109

Archeological Study Bible-article:
Technological Supremacy of the Philistine’s  Iron Weapons

Card 48: completed

Jonathan Protects David: 1 Samuel 20

We read the section from the bible and from our Believer’s Bible Commentary

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament: lesson 96

Journey Through The Bible: pg’s 110-113

We added a bit extra that wasn’t assigned to this card:

1 Samuel 18 & 19 read by both bible & bible commentary

1 Samuel 23 & 24 read by both bible & bible commentary

1 Samuel 21 & 22 read by both bible & bible commentary

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament:  lesson 95, 97,98

*Since we have gone through our cards pretty quickly, Dd has had a hard time getting through the Veritas Press worksheets.  So, I am trying to do extra readings and extra Greenleaf assignments to dig deeper into the books, and lighten the writing assignments for her each week.

The Greenleaf Guide To Old Testament History by Rob G. Shearer

The Victor Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

Believer's Bible Commentary   [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover] by W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor) MacDonald

***$18.95 at Amazon right now!!!***

KJV Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture by Zondervan

 

 

Read Aloud’s:

Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor (Sower Series) by D. Jeanene Watson,

Teresa of Calcutta: completed (I've heard someone, just one person say this book COULD be skipped, but I want to really make sure I publicly say how GREAT I thought this book was!  Sure, the writing isn't as exciting as Jules Vern; but the author did such a good job describing Mother Teresa!  I never really understood her concept of treating all the people she helped b/c in her mind she invisioned them all to be Jesus...Her 'plan' was to follow this biblical principle below:

Matthew 25:40-45

King James Version (KJV)

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

William Carey: Obliged to Go (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) by Janet Benge

William Carey: Obliged to Go: completed (There should be a slight warning that I did in fact CRY at the end of this book.)

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne: completed

I have to say how much I enjoyed this book!!!  I think I put that in last weeks post too!  Such great vocabulary, great scope...just a gem!  LOVED it!

Meet the Great Composers: Book 2 (Learning Link) by Maurice Hinson

Composer of the Week:

Amy Marcy Beach

The smaller shield on the left is Dd's old shield, the shield on the right is her NEW one, that she made this week.  She is MUCH happier with this 'new and improved' model.  She used an old grill as a base to secure the cardboard and stabilize it.  She used my compass to make a better star too.

Below is the under-side of her new shield--she has a great hand/arm hold.

Anselm Kiefer by Mark Rosenthal

Artist of the Week:

Anselm Kiefer

Dd made a poster

Science:

Apologia: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day
Lesson 7: Sharks & Rays, pg. 106-120
very interesting chapter!





Math: 
Math U See: Zeta: 23 A-E
Skip Counting Family: 9's



Dd made a bunch of these crochet bracelets--here are 3.  Smedley is wearing his crochet necklace she made for him!


Language Arts:
Fix It (IEW) Frog Prince: Week 3 completed
Daily Grams 7: pg. 50-54 
All About Spelling 6: Step 4 completed
Grammar Ace: Lesson 20 completed
SL Core F LA: Week 12 completed

 Three "Thank you" cards to teachers, written and mailed out completed this week.



This is the knitting that Dd made last week...I don't think she has decided what to do with it yet.



Reader's:

The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins (Lamplighter Rare Collector's Series) by Maria S. Cummins

Lamplighter

The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus, Book 1) by Rick Riordan

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan



Core F items:
EHN completed - YAY!

 

Snake Charmer by Ann Whitehead Nagda

Snake Charmer by Ann Whitehead Das

I Is for India (World Alphabets) by Prodeepta Das

I is for India by Prodeepta Das




We are still enjoying CNN STUDENT NEWS each day:
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
It is a 10 minute news show that goes over current events.

Dd made a sign out of particle board, crochet yarn, and acrylic paint this week.  She printed a Pegasus and made a stencil, she did this this week too.



Audio's:

The Mistmantle Chronicles, Book One: The Urchin of the Riding Stars by McAllister, M.I.

Mistmantle

The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, Book 4) by Rick Riordan

House of Hades


Activities:
LOTS of Crocheting!
She made a strawberry cake, and homemade granola in the kitchen.  She has spent hours outside "training" our dog to do tricks....(poor dog!)  This has been a mature week, she totally cleaned her room (without me asking), and did the dishes - all on her own accord.  What a surprise.



 She made 5 "balls" --sort of like a Hacky-Sack ball, minus the beans....  The greenish, yellow thing with the button is her ipod nano case that she made for it.

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Catapult Class

Catapult Class

The purpose of these pictures is to inspire anyone to build their own catapult out of whatever materials they have at their home.  One student in our class, went home and bought dowel rods, and built the marshmallow catapult out of that--much bigger than our skewer model, and she used those HUGE marshmallows they now sell as ammo!  and for a spoon, she used a big, plastic, kitchen serving spoon.  I tried to put in pictures that showed you good angles of the catapults, so you could reproduce it.

For our final class we tried to use our catapults to take down the cardboard castle (above, on the left side of the picture) the students built last week.  This time the students used catapults that our teacher and her family had already made at home.  These are the same catapults that Dd used last class to the same thing during her last class.  They used small bean bags, rubber balls, and plastic play pieces as ammo.

( I just had to put this photo of Smedley in here...what an expression he has! )

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SL Core F Week 21 March 17-21, 2014

SL Core F 

Week 21  

March 17-21, 2014

Dd took pictures of these birds this week-

This week we had 2 new birds arrive in our backyard, and I don't have photo's of them!  Dd saw a Red-Winged Blackbird in our yard (not just outside of it) and I saw a beautiful, red, Male Cardinal (on my bird bath).  I just love when the other birds that we don't see in the winter start coming back into my yard!!!!

I should put up here that this is the week that construction began on the lot one house away from our house.  Not our next door neighbor, but the empty lot next to it, has been sold and the basement was dug out this week and concrete was poured.  The trucks, trucks, trucks were here and I'm afraid it is just the beginning.  Our spring and summer seems to be destined to be filled with construction crews, trucks, and strangers around.  My dog will be barking all day long!  She will be worried half to death!  She is use to no people around our streets, and now it will be very busy!

Another week on Core F behind us, and we didn't complete nearly what I had anticipated; but we did the best we could and that has to account for something!  Soon things will be very slow and we can get some of the things I have been wanting to get done, done...or at least that is what I keep telling myself!

This week was our last week of LHE co-op. Dd's Drama class got to perform their play Cheetah and the Sloth in front of the entire co-op before our classes started. It was a "Slow and Steady Wins the Race" type of message/themed play.  Dd did a good job remembering her lines; she was the Sloth!  They didn't do the second play on Thursday, but they are scheduled to do it at our End of Year Party in May.

Dd was the Sloth and girl in red shirt was the Cheetah

 


Dd also had Swim and Gym this week, which included volleyball as her gym portion.  She is enjoying the swim lessons best of all, and would prefer just that--but this is the package deal they offer to us.

We have already been to the library twice, and they keep emailing saying they have our new holds ready for our pick up the next day!  It is funny b/c it comes the day after we go there!  Today they emailed to say they have the Downtown Abbey disc's that I've asked for in; and I was just there yesterday.  I really would love to see them today--but I will wait until tomorrow.  

I've not been feeling well---still, but I finally called the doctor on Friday (2 different doctor's actually).  Maybe I'll get an appointment(s) sometime soon and will be able to get some improvement.  I could go for an increased quality of life about now, really!  

Our lessons and books from this week:

Bible:
We are really enjoying Veritas Press (VP) this Core for our bible study, this is the first year we haven't done SL for bible, but are trying something different and more detailed and then adding more resources to that program as well.
 

Veritas Press Bible Program: Joshua Through Judges
Card 43: Completed
Saul, The First King of Israel, 1 Samuel 9-10 
read portion with bible & The Believer's Bible Commentary

Journey Through The Bible, pg 102-103
VP worksheets completed

Card 44: Completed
The Genealogy of David, 1 Chronicles 2 
Matthew 1
both read with bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
VP worksheets completed

Card 45: completed
Saul's Sin at Amalek: 1 Samuel 15
both read with bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament: Lesson 92
VP worksheets completed

Card 46: in process
David is Anointed as King: 1 Sam 16
  both read with bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament: Lesson 93
Journey Through The Bible pg. 104-107
VP worksheets NOT completed

Math:
Math U See: Zeta: 22 A-E
Skip-Counting Family: 8's 



 
  
Science:
Apologia: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day:
Lesson 7: Sharks and Rays: pg 103-107
then we looked up RAYS online, and researched their tails...and how Steve Irwin died...we really got lost in all the images available of rays online!



Language Arts:
Daily Grams 7: pg. 45-49
All About Spelling 6: Step 3: Completed / Passed test
SL LA from Core F: week 10 & week 11




Artist of the Week:

Paul Klee

We used 2 books for this week:

Paul Klee (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia

1)Meet the Greatest Artists of the World by Mike Venezia on Paul Klee

Klee: Colour Library (Phaidon Colour Library) by Douglas Hall

2)Klee by Douglas Hall

Meet the Great Composers: Book 2 (Learning Link) by Maurice Hinson

Composer of the Week:

Edward MacDowell





Our Read Aloud's:

Teresa of Calcutta: Serving the Poorest of the Poor (Sower Series) by D. Jeanene Watson

Teresa of Calcutta

Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

I am especially enjoying reading  Around The World in 80 Days as a Read Aloud---I've never read that, and it is really, really surprising me with such great details and incredible vocabulary!!!!!!  I had no idea that this book was going to be THIS fantastic.  What a surprise!  Who knew?!  So glad I kept hearing SL ladies say they were doing it as a Read Aloud and I thought, if they are doing it as a RA there is probably a good reason, so I'll do that too--and Dd was struggling with it right from the start, so I quickly offered to do it as a RA...and it has been a much needed treat for me this week!  I've been writing down the vocabulary words *I don't know* and looking them up in the dictionary while I read, and poor Dd is thinking I am a bit funny for doing so--but it is a treat to have a book that is so full of such great words!  Words that Verne just expects us to know already....so much has changed in over 100 years, huh?! too bad.

William Carey: Obliged to Go (Christian Heroes: Then & Now) by Janet Benge

William Carey: Obliged to Go by Jackson

Our weekly sections from: 
1)Praying Through the 100 Gateway Cities
2)Best Loved Folk Tales Around the World





Audio's:

From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (text only) Unabridged edition by E.L. Konigsburg,J. Clayburgh... by J. Clayburgh E.L. Konigsburg

(completed)

Once upon a Summer (Seasons of the Heart) by Janette Oke and Marguerite Gavin

(completed)

Princess Ben: Being a Wholly Truthful Account of Her Various Discoveries and Misadventures, Recounted to the Best... by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

(completed)

The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus) by Riordan. Rick ( 2013 ) Audio CD by Riordan. Rick (in process)

Our library ordered The House of Hades on audio for us!!!  Thank you to the Brownsburg Public Library for being such an awesome library!  We had to wait about a month for it to come in though...so Dd started The Red Pyramid (also by Rick Riordan), but this week she put The Red Pyramid to the side so she could start The House of Hades audio book.  The House of Hades has Percy Jackson as the main character, and The Red Pyramid's main character's are Carter and Sadie Kane.  Dd is liking the Kane siblings; but they are still not Percy Jackson---her MOST favorite hero!  I wonder how long it will take her to get back to The Red Pyramid?!  Ahh, maybe 14 discs away (that is how many disc's are in The House of Hades!).
Reader:

The Lamplighter by Maria S. Cummins (in-process)

Home Economic's:
Since we went parks last Saturday, which is our usual cleaning day, we had to make up our cleaning time during our chores time.   Dd cleaned up our entry room and our living room with particular attention to every detail; she really did a very thorough job.  We spent Wednesday cleaning for a good part of the day.  She is doing a good job helping with dishes and laundry too; but that is normal, daily chores.

I was going to teach her how to replace a button on Dh's dress shirt, but she informed me she already knew how to do that---so, she did that all by herself without any help.

She made dinner on Thursday , and a cake on Friday.


Busy Hands:

This week she knitted a case for her ipod nano, it is green and has a button to close it.

She is knitting something-- I'm not sure she is definite what it is going to be yet.   It is a very loose, net type of knit.  She is enjoying making it...that is all I can tell!



Another LEGO week.  She has been making structures, and putting in details and gizmo's.  She also made a car.  She also has repaired the LEGO helicopter that I bought for her at a yard sale, already made, from when she was 4 years old.  In the past 8 years some of the parts had fallen off and she made it her goal this week to get it back together and fully restored.  I was very lucky to find a plane, 2 cars (1 with electric motor) and helicopter at one sale.  



Painting--I had a very pretty flag for my little flag post, for my front yard.  My mother-in-law gives me new flags for all the seasons, and my "spring" flag of spring Pansey's had gotten all sun-bleached, so Dd worked for 2 days repainting it.  She has really done a nice job making all the flowers bright and pretty again.

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