SL Core F Week 23 April 14-18, 2014

Core F 

Week 23 

April 14-18, 2014

Dd made this planted last year for an Easter craft, and brought it back out and did it again this year.

Hello Bluebird!  This bluebird is on our roof!  This spring has been great for NEW birds coming to our backyard!!!!  So exciting!  Our backyard was just mud when we moved in; and I had to lay the sod; then slowly plant a few trees and bushes each year.  The birds were not use to coming to our yard, but over the years I've been able to keep (and improve) a bird habitat for them to lure them into my life!  It took 6-7 years to get the Red-Winged Blackbirds to come in; now this year we have Cardinals, Bluebirds, and most recently Barn Swallows sitting on our fence!  How cool, huh?!

This was a better scholastic week for us, and we actually got a few more electives done.  For our activities this week:  Monday we had Knitting Club; which was a lot of fun.  They had a birthday cake for Dd, and 2 others!  They lit candles and sang for them.  It was really nice.  Tuesday, we had our next to last class of "Swim & Gym".  We went to the library twice this week as well!  Dd rec'd 2 kites and had a great time going out to our back field (not "our" field actually, but a farmers field that hasn't been planted yet) to fly the kites.  She did this a lot! and really had a blast!

Flying the Kite pictures:

Our lessons:

Bible: 

Veritas Press: Joshua Through Genesis

Card 50

Davidic Kingdom 

1 & 2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles 

Mon: 2 Samuel 13 read with bible and then bible commentary

Journey Through the Bible (JTTB): 126 & 127

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament (Greenleaf): Lesson 110

The Victor Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

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

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

Wed: 2 Samuel 14 read with bible and bible commentary

Thur: 2 Samuel 15 & 16 read with bible & commentary

Psalm 3

Greenleaf: Lesson 111 & 112

Fri: 2 Samuel 17 read with bible & commentary
Greenleaf: 1/2 of lesson 113 (ch. 17 questions)
JTTB: 128 & 129







Snow- maybe our last???


 It Snowed this week!  But, I got our first HUMMINGBIRD feeder out!  Dh planted part of our garden on 4-19-14!  Earliest yet!


 Artist of the Week:

Roy Lichtenstein - The Artist at Work by Lou Ann Walker

Roy Lichtenstein
The Artist at Work by Lou Ann Walker



 

 Our hawk is still coming by often!



Composer of the Week:
Igor Stravinsky

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

Meet the Great Composers, Bk 2




 

Language Arts:

Fix-It! : Grammar and Editing Made Easy with Classics by Pamela White

IEW's Fix-It: Frog Prince:Week 4

The Grammar Ace: Student Workbook by Duane Bolin and Dave Lilly

The Grammar Ace: Lesson 24

The Creative Writer, Level Two: Essential Ingredients by Boris Fishman (Sep 20, 2012)

The Creative Writer: pg. 1-6

All About Spelling Level 6-Teacher and Material Packet (All About Spelling: The Multisensory Program for Spelling...

All About Spelling 6: Step 5 passed

SL LA with Core F: Expository Writing: Wk 13

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

Daily Grams 7: 60-64

Writing Thank You Cards= wrote 6 cards & mailed

Math-U-See : Zeta Student Kit / Decimals and Percents by Miriam Homer

Math: 
Math U See: Zeta: 25 A-F



Swim & Gym Pictures

Jessica's Journey Dramatic Audio by Hesba Stretton and John Rhys-Davies (2013)

Audio:
Lamplighter's "Jessica's Journey" (in process) 
**Warning: There is a scene in the first 30 minutes of the first disc that might be disturbing for some listeners.  The mother of the main character- Jessica, has a 'fit', and it sounds like she hits the daughter.  So far, that is the only part of the story that I would fear could be difficult for some sensitive listeners.  It is a very quick scene, but I think the author is trying to establish what a very bad mother our main character, Jessica, has.

Hesba Stretton, under the influence of her mentor Charles Dickens, exposed this darkness through her stories. Soon to become one of the most popular writers of the 19th century, she won widespread fame for her book Jessica's First Prayer. Before long it had sold at least a million and a half copies, outselling Alice in Wonderland by "nearly ten times as many"! Today, we bring Hesba Stretton's story to life as a world-class audio drama, Jessica's Journey. As a web of characters become entangled with the knowledge of their past sins, a minister, a miser, and an unfit mother each encounter a miraculous redemption through their connection with the little Jessica-and her answer to prayer.




 
Movie:

National Geographic Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring 2002

Core F Stuff:

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

Best Loved Folktales of the World (continues...)

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

100 Gateway Cities: Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Manama read plus we brought out of huge Atlas book and looked up each city.



Reader's:

The Hobbit by Tolkien

The Hobbit by Tolkien (in-process)

Chet Gecko fun mystery book
(in-process)

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board

(completed)

Read Aloud:

Habibi by Naomi Shihab Nye

Habibi (in-process)

Shadow Spinner (A Jean Karl Book) by Susan Fletcher

Shadow Spinner (completed) Great Book!  I really, really liked this book!!!! Amazone says:

From Kirkus Reviews

A young girl, Marjan, rescues the fabled Shahrazad from the Sultan's wrath in this exciting and thought-provoking novel from Fletcher (Flight of the Dragon Kyn, 1993, etc.). With her crippled foot, Marjan never expects to be dragged off to the palace, but that is what happens after a chance meeting with Shahrazadthe storyteller who wins her life each night with cliffhanging stories for the sultan, and who obtains a story from Marjan. Heartbroken at leaving her Aunt Chava and her Uncle Eli, Marjan confronts cruelty within the palace's lush interior, where wives and concubines can be executed at the sultan's whim, and where the Khatun, the sultan's mother, spies on everyone. Dispatched by Shahrazad to find more stories, Marjan sneaks out into the marketplace, where she eventually finds an old storyteller who tells her the end of a story of which the sultan has become fond. Beaten and imprisoned by the Khatun, Marjan escapes the palace, only to return and tell the sultan an allegory that enables him to realize his love for Shahrazad, and to spare her life. Despite the licenses Fletcher takes with the story of Shahrazad, the novel may entice readers into the pages of Richard Burton's far richer work; they will appreciate the power of storytellingthat it may expand the soul of even the most hardened listener.



Science:

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

Swimming Creatures (Apologia)
Pg's 128-145
Crabs, Shrimp, Barnacles, Mollusks, Bivalves, and Clams!




Busy Hands: I'll just show some pictures of it:


Crochet projects:






 

Duct Tape Bag - made out of a cereal box actually!








Red Duct Tape Wallet






Black Duct Tape Wallet







Duct Tape Bracelet:

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