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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