August 26-30th, 2013 Core E, Week 36

August 26-30th, 2013  

Core E, 

Week 36

We completed Core E this week!  It took us 55 weeks to do it at our own pace, without rushing, but we did it!  It's funny what a great sense of accomplishment we feel when we finish a core.  We worked so hard, read so many books, and learned so much during this core.

Our lessons for this week:

Bible:

We have already finished SL's Bible requirements; so we are still working on the third Apologia bible book; and enjoying it as much as the previous two.
Apologia: Who Is My Neighbor: pg: 204-230

Math:

MathUSee:Epsilon: 29 A,B,C,D,E,F

Skip Counting Family: 9's

Language Arts:

All About Spelling 5

Step 9- passed

Step 10-passed

Step 11- in process

Grammar Ace:

Lesson 15 & 16

Roots of English:

20, 21, 22, 23  (one page per day)

IEW's Fix-It:

Week 22: one paragraph per day, 4 paragraphs plus definitions

First Language Lessons:

Lesson 74

Rosetta Stone: French 1-2 times

Brain Pop daily, Brain Pop, Jr. on Mondays, Brain Pop UK

READERS:

What Katy Did (Puffin Classics) by Susan Coolidge and Cathy Cassidy

 

Reader 1: completed:

What Katy Did by Susan Coolridge

Reader 2: completed:

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Little House In the Big Woods by Laura Ingles Wilder

Audio: completed:

Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) by Rick Riordan

In Search of the Source

Read Aloud: completed:

In Search of the Source by Neil Anderson

My Dd said this book really brought her closer to the Lord!  I really loved to hear that.  I can't remember all her exact words; but it was very wonderful to hear how this book really touched her heart and her spirit.  This book is a definiate high recommend for that reason alone!!  Don't miss this book.  The process of teaching Papa New Guinea people about the Lord also re-teaches our children in a different way; through their eyes---highly demonstrative and touching.

History:

The Story of the U.S.A. (Modern America, Book 4) by Franklin Escher Jr.

The Story of the USA, Book 4- completed

We read the last 3 chapters of this book and finished the series!

The Landmark History of the American People, Vol. 2: From Appomattox to the Moon, Revised and Updated Edition by Daniel J. Boorstin and Ruth F. Boorstin

Landmark History of the American People, Vol. 2-completed

last chapter!

American Tall Tales (Puffin Books) by Adrien Stoutenberg and Richard M. Powers

American Tall Tales-completed

Steelmaker Joe Magarac

Meet the Great Composers Book 1 (Learning Link) by June Montgomery and Maurice Hison

COMPOSERS:

First Composer of the Week:

Bela Bartok

Meet the Great Composers

Second Composer of the Week:

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Meet the Great Composers

Artist of the Week:

Georgia O'Keefe

The Life of an Artist by Ray Spangenburg

Georgia O'Keeffe: The Life of an Artist (Artist Biographies) by Ray Spangenburg

and various other books I own

One Hundred Flowers by Georgia O'Keeffe 

 

Notebook-Dd wrote 5 sentences about O'Keefe in her notebook.

The Elements:

Continuing on with our latest obsession--The Elements!  The University of Nottingham has a website with the "Periodic Table of Video's" and we watch some of these each day.  This week we watched:
Zr-Zirconium
Ho-Holmium
Nb-Niobium
Mo-Molybdenum
Tb-Terbium
Gd-Gadolinium
Dy-Dysprosium

Our library is letting us borrow this fantastic book:

The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray

Walks:

Each day this week- except Thursday- we went for our morning walk with our dog, Sophie.  We have been enjoying having the whole neighborhood to ourselves, as our town adopted a new policy where the public schools sent the students back to school in July.  Our dog might be the happiest about all the walks!