Core F Week 13 Jan. 20-25, 2014

Core F
Week 13
Jan. 20-25, 2014

Dd captured a few pix of a hawk in our backyard; thought I'd share them with you all.

The nature around us this week has been spectacular.

A moment of blue sunshine during our harsh weather-

The sky had been so very blue and beautiful just 2 minutes before..then the gusty winds blew the clouds over the sky and our moment of sunshine and beauty were gone!  Right back to the winter grays...again!  The snow had been whipping around in little tornadoes for days.

Our Hawk Returns.....and I have a camera handy again!

 Here is a Mourning Dove Dd drew this week...you know that I've bought her countless sketch books right...and yet here is this great drawing on lined paper!!!!

 Dd made these arm warmers!  My mom had given us this yarn and we weren't sure what to use it for---it was very soft; I think it is alpaca or something like that.  She did a great job and we take turns wearing the pair.  She said she is going to make more pairs.

We have many weeks that aren't very productive; but this week was actually very industrious.  


Bible: Veritas Press (VP) Bible Program: Genesis Through Joshua
wrapped up from last week:
 Card 25: The Levitical Priesthood Begins: COMPLETED
Numbers 3
Bible: Numbers 3
Believer's Bible Commentary: Numbers 3
VP Worksheets

new card: this card has us researching 12 bible chapters...which is a lot for one card!
Card 26: The Wilderness Wanderings:in process
Numbers 9-20
Bible: Numbers 9-15
Believer's Bible Commentary: Numbers 9-15
VP Worksheets
The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament (51, 52)
Journey Through The Old Testament (74,75)

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

Composer of the Week:
Friedrich Kuhlau
Meet the Great Composers: Book 2

Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf: With a Fully-Orchestrated and Narrated CD by Janet Schulman, Sergei Prokofiev and Peter Malone

Bonus Composer Music
Sergi Prokiev's Peter and the Wolf 

Harvi Griffin - Volume II: Contemporary by Harvi Griffin - CD

Harpist:
Harvi Griffin

Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection by Michael Rosen and Paul Howard

Poet of the Week:
William Wordsworth
Classic Poetry by Michael Rosen
"Skating", "Sonnet Composed Upon a Bridge..Sept. 3, 1802", "The Sun has long been set", and my favorite of his: 

My Heart Leaps Up

My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.

William Wordsworth

Artist of the Week:
George Bellows

This is the book I have--it is a very large paperback with a few hundred pages--wide range of his work throughout his life.

Paintings of George Bellows by Michael Quick, Jane Myers, Marianne Doezema and Franklin Kelly

I've decided to go through some of the artists we haven't covered well yet alphabetically.  I own lots of art books; and we refer to them often; but I wanted to systematically go through an artist each week.  So, I decided to do it alphabetically!  Although since this was our last week in Russia- I did tell her we should be studying Chagall..and showed her a quick reminder of who he is/was.




Language Arts:

Following Narnia: Writing Lessons in Structure, Style, and Grammar (Student Book only) by Laura Bettis

Now, for my heart---this is my weakest area.  I spend way too much time on LA each day.  And I have not been doing a good job in teaching or having Dd WRITE.  So, last May I purchased IEW's "Following Narnia" set (teachers manual and student book).  We did the first two steps, the KWO(key word outline) and the rough draft and stopped.  Then a few months back we came back picked up the books again....and redid those 2 steps on Lesson 1...and put it down again!!!  Well, I am really going to make this apart of our weekly lessons now.  I've actually gone through my IG and written it down on every single page!! This Monday I had her look over the first 2 steps on Lesson 1 and I read aloud to her all the teachers pages...why should I suffer alone?!!!  and then had her write the Final Draft.  Then on Wednesday, after 9 months, we moved to Lesson 2! We did the KWO, Thursday the Rough Draft, Friday the Final Draft.  I am letting all know that I am going to do better at teaching writing!!!!  

Daily Grams: Guided Review Aiding Mastery Skills : Grade 7 by Wanda C. Phillips

Daily Grams:  grade 7
Days 6-10 (a page each day)

All About Spelling 5:
Step 23: Passed
Step 24: Passed
(for the record this is Dd least favorite subject this year)



IEW: Fix - It
Week 27:completed


 Sonlight's Core F LA:
I'm going to use SL's LA - we went through week 1&2 this week.  We aren't going to do the writing assignments necessarily; but read the pages and glean what we can.  




Odds:

Computer Programming:
 2x Code.Org @ 30 min each

Rosetta Stone: French
1 x 30 minutes

CNN Student News:
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Dd has finally hit her limit on BrainPop & BrainPop, Jr. and not wanted to watch, so I'm glad we've found something new to start our day.



Exercise:
Dd worked out with me 3x this week
(Leslie Sansone dvd's)
Monday Dd had basketball practice--they run hard!
Saturday Dd had a basketball game; and they won again!!  They are undefeated!  Dd is really getting in much better shape.

Scrambled States by Gamewright

Board Games:
Still not as much as Dd wants...but we did play 2 days
Scrambled States of America



Math:
Math U See: Zeta: 14 D, F, Test 14 and random questions from previous lessons for reviews.

Skip Counting Family:
6 family this week

Science:

Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer... by Jeannie Fulbright

Apologia: Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day:
pg 41-43 and notebooking

Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics (Young Explorer Series) by Jeannie Fulbright

Apologia: Exploring Creation with Chemistry & Physics:
15-22 no note-booking, we are just reading for now.  To be honest, *I* did take notes but I actually LIKE taking notes.




Dd reads a LOT; but here are her 2 assigned Readers: Reader's:

The 100-Year-Old Secret (Sherlock Files (Quality)) by Tracy Barrett

Sherlock Files by Tracy Barrett: completed
My Dd LOVED this book so much that on the second day of reading it, she couldn't stop reading it!  She finished it on the second day!  And had me request the sequels from our public library.  Barrett, the author, has written books 2,3,and 4 already.  Amazon says:
Xena and Xander Holmes think living in London will be boring. But one afternoon they’re handed a cryptic note that leads them to a hidden room—and a secret society. When they discover they’re related to Sherlock Holmes and inherit his unsolved casebook, life becomes so much more exciting. The siblings set out to solve the cases their famous ancestor couldn’t, starting with the mystery of a prized painting that vanished more than a hundred years ago. Can two smart twenty-first century kids succeed where Sherlock Holmes could not?

Tales of the Greek Heroes (Puffin Classics) by Roger Lancelyn Green and Rick Riordan

Tales of Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green, Dd really likes this book.  She has a lot of options for Greek hero stories, but she likes this book - and the one by Edith Hamilton best so far.  The reason is that these are the FULL (unabridged) stories, not edited down "children's" versions.


Read Aloud's:

The Pilgrim's Progress (Dover Thrift Editions) by John Bunyan

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

The Case for Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger by Lee Strobel

The Case for Christmas by Lee Strobel

Audio:

Charlie's Choice : Lamplighter Theatre (Dramatic Audio) by M.L. Nesbitt and John Rhys-Davies (2009) - Audiobook

Lamplighter--Charlie's Choice: completed
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone-in process

Core F stuff:

Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor folktale library) by Joanna Cole (Aug 9, 1983)

Best Loved Folktales of the World--Russia

Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window by YWAM Publishing, C. Peter Wagner, Stephen Peters and Mark Wilson

Praying Through The 100 Gateway Cities--Russia

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? A Fast, Clear, and Fun Explanation of the Economics You Need For Success in... by Richard J. Maybury and Jane A. Williams

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy
(Dd is really NOT liking this book.at.all...still reading it!)

I added in:

How People Live by DK Publishing and Dena Freeman

How People Live-DK (not the Mongolian family, the Russian)

Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Peter Menzel,

Material World--looked up the Russian family 

Eyewitness - Russia (00) by Murrell, Kathleen Berton [Hardcover (2000)] by Murrel (2000)

Russia-Eyewitness Book- we went over this book again, we read most of it our first week doing Russia, and again on Friday, our last day studying Russia.  It made a lot more sense the second time through!

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Core F Week 12 "A" LOW Jan 13-18th, 2014

Core F 

Week 12 "A" LOW 

 Jan 13-18th, 2014

These snow pictures are from Tuesday - but we have 3-5 new inches already!  Can you believe we have new snow just since then?!?!?  We are getting more frigid temps (later in the week) to go along with our new snow.  I'm sure Dd will be taking new pictures soon, and then I'll post them.

Our feeders are up against the house, so you can't even see all the birds at the feeders eating---these are just the birds in the line!  There isn't even any food out there at this point.  I do put feed out there some days; but I hadn't for a few days when this picture was taken.  These are just the 'hang out' guys!

I have to crack up sometimes at the amount of birds that line up for meals around our backyard!!!

Can you see the one Mourning Dove on the string in the upper right section?  The string is weighed all the way down!!!  Isn't that so FUNNY! 

Game 3
Meeting up with the coaches before the game-


Coach Monte & Coach John

Warm ups and reviewing the plays.  Our team has players in the 4th-6th grade.  #3 is in the 4th grade and is an amazing ball-stealer!  He can steal the ball from just about anybody out there...he is fearless; don't let his size fool you!

Dd did a good job this game handling the ball.

Blocking out her defender so she can get the rebound.

The ball is a bit too high, but she is showing no fear and taking the ball back to our court.  She did this a few times this game; which is an improvement from last year.

I thought this was a good picture to see most of the gym.  Many churches these days are moving towards having these types of churches--where they serve two purposes.  The sky blue area with the two wreaths section is where the minister and choir stand on Sundays, and where the game is going on is filled in with metal chairs.  This gym is actually where they hold church on Sundays.  It is dual purpose room.  We visited this church before and attended a service here.

Now that the pictures are out of the way; let's review our week--or as I like to call it: "The FLU Week".  We got more done than you would have thought considering how sick we were; but I like to read!  But, there wasn't a lot of "work" done by Dd.  She was willing to listen, and do math--so that is what we did!

Kendra had a funny question, did we have a 'flu' (as in a mild thing, kind of like a cold) or a 'FLU' (as in NOT eating, and all sorts of disgusting things happening to our body) and we had the latter - the "FLU".

We had to miss our only 2 activities of the week; which were both on Monday: Knitting Club (which only happen once a month), and basketball practice.  Dd was so disappointed, but didn't even give a second thought to arguing about not going--she was THAT sick!  if that tells you anything.



Bible:
Veritas Press Genesis Through Joshua
Card 22: Aaron and the Golden Calf: Completed
VP worksheets completed

Card 23:Moses Gets New Tablets: Completed
Bible Exodus 33 & 34
Journey Through the Bible: pg 70-71
Believer's Bible Commentary Exodus: 33 & 34
The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament: 33 & 34
VP Worksheets completed

Card 24: The Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant: Completed
Bible: Exodus 36-37 for VP plus 37-40 for our own reading
Believer's Bible Commentary:Ex.36-37 for VP plus 37-40 for us
Journey Through The Bible: 72 & 73
We focused on studying the details of the TABERNACLE; used reference books:

The Illustrated Family Bible (DK Illustrated) by Claude-Bernard Costecalde and Peter Dennis (Mar 3, 2008)

 DK Family Bible

Nelson's Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Bible by John Drane

Nelsons Encyclopedia of the Bible

David C. Cook Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

and of course, the Journey Through the Bible
VP Worksheets completed

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

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

 

 

Read Aloud's:

The Pilgrim's Progress (Dover Thrift Editions) by John Bunyan

1) PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by John Bunyan, in it's original version/format.

Gone-Away Lake (Gone-Away Lake Books) by Elizabeth Enright

2)Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Dd read this as a reader, and has really, really insisted we read this as a RA (read aloud); even if she has to read it aloud to me!!!  She just knows I will love it.  We finished chapter two yesterday and hearing about Julian and all his "collections" and fascination with bugs I already am liking it!  It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes--"It's not what you read; but what you RE-READ!" I don't remember who said it though.




 

I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Wilson

3)I Rode A Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Wilson
We erally liked this book.  I know many people who might not like their children exposed to other religions would not like this book b/c this is set in Mongolia; and they are all about good luck charms and talking to horses....but, if you can understand that this is their culture and their time and use that information to understand them better, then you can really be treated to such a great book!!!!!  That really is what excels about Sonlight curriculum!  They are a solid Christian company; but they also encourage us to understand other cultures through books like these.  The main character Oyuna; was wonderful!  I really liked her so much.  I will miss spending time with her each day....which is always the sign of a good book!



Reader's:

Dd finished her scheduled Readers, and since this is a LOW- a week that we use to catch up on work that we fell behind on (we were behind on our EHN Notebooking pages and Best-Loved Folktales) Dd has been able to choose her Readers again this week.  She has really been totally absorbed in Greek & Roman Mythology.  We went to a book sale and added more books to our already pretty extensive collective of Ancient history books.  She was specifically looking for the stories of specific gods and goddess, and found them in her new book by Edith Hamilton.  So, she has been reading out of that book more this week than the on by Green.  It is really great to see her researching and delving into something that isn't Star Wars, LOTR, or Narnia for a change!  But, next week she will have to add in a SL Reader to her mix!

Tales of the Greek Heroes (Puffin Classics) by Roger Lancelyn Green and Rick Riordan

1)Tales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green (intro by Rick Riordan)

Mythology, by Edith Hamilton, illustrated by Steele Savage by Ruth Hajilton

2)Mythology by Edith Hamilton


Audio:

The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3) by Rick Riordan

Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan-Completed


Poetry:

Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection by Michael Rosen and Paul Howard

This week's poet is:
William Blake
Classic Poetry: An Illustrated Collection by Michael Rosen
Nurse's Song
The Tyger

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Kubla Khan
(I added this poet, and poem into this weeks schedule since we were studying Mongolia this week.)


another poetry book for children that I've really liked is this one:
 

A Child's Introduction to Poetry: Listen …

› Michael Driscoll

Science:

Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer... by Jeannie Fulbright

WHALES
(We focused on baleen whales this week.)
Apologia: Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day
pg. 35-40
Dd is doing a good job on writing and drawing in her note-booking journal.  She is using this cheap, lined composition book much better than the fancy Apologia official journal I bought for her for the previous course.  I think because she has more space and more freedom to write and draw what she wants; how she wants.

Math:

Zeta Decimals and Percents Instruction Manual Math-U-See

Math U See: Zeta
14 A, B,C
*due to the flu, we didn't get math done each day--obviously!


Board Games:

Scrambled States by Gamewright

Internet:
 --Thanks Allie!!!
1)Secrets of the Parthenon (History Channel)
2)Pandora: I'm loving listening to Bach & Beethoven on cello this week; Dd is digging it too!


DVD's:
Being sick we watched quite a few...but the most 'educational' was EMMA!!!  We love this movie!  Wednesday we were so sick we couldn't move...so we just watched this movie all day!

Emma 2010 NR

• 2009 BBC Version

Core F specifically:
World book,  EHN worksheets--Dd worked on her worksheets for about 2 hours this week.  

I added in this book that I had bought for this core, it fit in perfectly this week as we focused on Mongolia-this book is a mini biography on Kubla Khan that gave a good overview of KK.:

Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything by Kathleen Krull and Robert Byrd

Fun Book:  
Did you ever want to see what America looks like?  This is a pretty interesting book...sort of like the other books I showed last week that we add-in to study foreign countries--like Material World, How People Live, Hungry Planet, etc.  Those books show us a what the world looks like; this book shows us what our country; America looks like.  They even have a homeschool family on page 109 that my Dd liked from Illinois.  My Dd really liked looking at this book; she got it for a Christmas gift.

America at Home by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt

Amazon says:From the co-author of the New York Times Bestseller America 24/7.
The week of September 17, 2007, marked the largest collaborative project in Internet history as 100 of the top photojournalists and millions of Americans documented the concept of home. The result—which included several million photos—is the most extensive record of American home life at the beginning of the 21st century.
Now the powerhouse team of photographers and editors behind such bestselling titles as America 24/7 and the A Day in the Life of... series, present their latest collection of stunning personal and dramatic moments with this tie-in volume.
America at Home aims to capture the emotions of home: the distinctive rituals, ceremonies, traditions, intimate moments, and all the myriad ways in which we work, play, learn, conduct our lives, and interact with friends, family members (and pets!) as we transform our houses (and apartments, trailers, etc.) into our homes. From McMansions to mobile homes, from tree houses to tenement slums, from ranches to old-age homes, the public was invited to help document the harmonies and paradoxes of home life across America over a single seven-day period...
Highlights of this extraordinary project include:
Massive grassroots online outreach: Americans were invited to simultaneously contribute their own images via a series of daily snapshots each day throughout the week. These shots covered topics such as: morning rush, what’s for dinner, and evening family rituals. Participants received daily emails with assignment instructions and also took general photos of what makes their home special. The public was able to sign in and upload them at www.MyAmericaAtHome.com.

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