SL Core G Week 2B LOW Sept. 22-16, 2014

Sonlight Core G

Week 2 “B”

Sept. 22-16, 2014

We've finished our 5th Week at Core G

Some weeks are harder for me than others; and this was a very hard week indeed!  I guess with all the exercising and hiking from the week before; I have brought my immune system down.  We were able to do a fairly normal week on our lessons, but I was sick (and got worse each day) throughout.  I have been praying for my health to return soon, and I decided it is time to find a doctor here! ETA: Ended up having to go to the ER to get an IV with meds to slow down the migraine, and stop the vomiting/retching...ugh.

Another disappointment this week was that the auto that I drive, that we drove to Indiana, has something wrong with the steering mechanism.  So, Dd and I were totally home-bound this week---no library, no grocery shopping, and no parks to take a walk in.  Our auto is scheduled to go into the shop on Tuesday, and I do hope they can fix it quickly and hopefully not too expensive. 

Paid rent yesterday for our apartment; which I didn’t think I would still be here for October!  There still have been no offers for our house in Indiana.  The Lord must have a very specific plan for us…just wish I knew what it was!  The good news is that I am feeling less confined in the apartment.  I am getting use to living in such a super small apartment—finally!

Dh’s job has gotten a lot harder the past two weeks.  He is back to working late every night; and as a matter of fact they are having him work both Sat. and Sun. this week.  He would have refused to do that at his previous job, so it says something that he is willing to do it here…and without a fuss.  He is doing a good job keeping his attitude positive even when they are asking him to do the impossible.  I have to admit that it would be easier to adjust to our new life here; IF his job was doing better.  They are a new company and have too many gaps that need to be bridged.  This growth is happening; but it is hard work!

We aren't moving forward with our Sonlight Core G until we read a bit more on Ancient Egypt---we do go at our own pace! and I still have some books that we haven't even started yet.  I actually have too many books and will have to pick which ones I feel most lead to read.

Our Lessons this week:

Recommended by Michelle:

Read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary:

Isaiah 54

Emphasis on verse 10:

10 Though the mountains be shaken
    and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
    nor my covenant of peace be removed,”
    says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

The Chronicles Through Malachi and Job: Teacher's Manual by Emily Fischer

 Veritas Press Chronicles Through Malachi

Card 68: in Process

Ministry and Miracles of Elisha

2 Kings 2-13 (so it is going to take a while!)

c. 850 B.C.

VP Worksheets

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

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament

Lesson 132: completed

Ahaziah Inquires of Baal-Zebub, Elijah Answers

Read 2 Kings 1 with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament

Lesson 134: completed

Jehoram and Jehoshaphat Defeat Moab

2 Kings 3 read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

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

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament

Lesson 135: completed

Elisha and the Shunamite’s Son

2 Kings 4 read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament

Lesson 136: completed

Naaman’s Leprosy Healed

2 Kings 5 read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

NIV Archaeological Study Bible: An Illustrated Walk Through Biblical History and Culture by Walter C. Kaiser Jr.

 Archeology Bible Readings:

Intro. to 1 Kings pg. 491

Sheba by 511

Tirzah by 522

The Victor Journey through the Bible by V. Gilbert Beers

Journey Through The Bible

Pg’s 150-153

Psalm of the week-Psalm 53

For the director of music. According to mahalath.^[b] A maskil^[c] of David.

¹ The fool says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

² God looks down from heaven
    on all mankind
to see if there are any who understand,
    any who seek God.
³ Everyone has turned away, all have become corrupt;
    there is no one who does good,
    not even one.

⁴ Do all these evildoers know nothing?

They devour my people as though eating bread;
    they never call on God.
⁵ But there they are, overwhelmed with dread,
    where there was nothing to dread.
God scattered the bones of those who attacked you;
    you put them to shame, for God despised them.

⁶ Oh, that salvation for Israel would come out of Zion!
    When God restores his people,
    let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad!

Math:

Math U See Worksheet Generator for Pre-Algebra

We reviewed Lesson 9 each day, and also a bit on Lessons 1 & 2

By the end of the week, Dd had Lesson 9 down flat, and now we can move on again.

Exploring the World of Biology: From Mushrooms to Complex Life Forms (Exploring Series) by John Hudson Tiner

Science:

The World of Biology by John Hudson Tiner

Ch. 1: completed (The Hidden Kingdom)

Ch. 2: completed (The Invisible Kingdom)

(I am really, really liking this book! So far they are going through the Kingdoms in science, and how they got split up and by who--so it is part history too. I find science things to much easier to remember when I hear the whole story; which is what Tiner is doing!)

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

Apologia: Chemistry and Physics

Pgs 71-79

 (Dd is doing this science book on her own.  I've read her the other Apologia books, but this book I've assigned to her and for her to write notes for each chapter.)

Language Arts:

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

All About Spelling 6: Step 14: passed, Step 15: in process

Fix it! Grammar and Editing Made Easy with the Classics by Pamela White

IEW’s Fix-It: Frog Prince:Week 14: completed

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

Daily Grams 7: pgs 133-137

SL LA: Research for Travel Journal, final draft still in process

Add-In’s for Core G: all in process

The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books) by Elizabeth Payne

 The Pharaoh’s of Ancient Egypt (Landmark) Ch.1 & 2

Gilgamesh the Hero by Geraldine McCaughrean

 Gilgamesh, The Hero: Ch. 1-7

Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers: One Hundred Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Might Have Desired or Dreaded (Jobs in History... by Kristin Butcher

Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers

You Wouldn't Want to Be Tutankhamen!: A Mummy Who Really Got Meddled With by David Stewart,

You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!: Disgusting Things You'd Rather Not Know (You Wouldn't Want To) by David Stewart

 

10 Kings and Queens Who Changed the World (10 Series) by Clive Gifford

 Ch.1 on Queen Hatsheput

Plus, a bunch of books on Ancient Egypt that are too many to post, that we are using to look through and use for her research paper.

Current Events: 

CNN Student News

(This is a 10 minute video clip summarizing what is going on around the world, that we watch Mon-Fri.)
  http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

Audio Books:

Audio 1:

The Heroes of Olympus - Book Three: Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan

Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan: in process

Audio 2:

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: in process

Music:

Keyboarding every day!  She is having a great time learning new songs, and playing often.

Fun Books:

Dd has finally succumbed to the call of Ranger's Apprentice!  Our friends, the "L" family children are mad about this series, and they very much piqued her interest.  She is plowing through this book very quickly.  She has even read me a few chapters aloud.

The Ruins of Gorlan (The Ranger's Apprentice, Book 1) by John A. Flanagan

1. Rangers Apprentice Bk 1 The Ruins of Gorlan

Made a LEGO mock-up of the Rangers Apprentice cottage

Abyss: Star Wars (Fate of the Jedi) (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Legends) by Troy Denning

2. Abyss: Star Wars (Fate of the Jedi) by Troy Denning

Busy Hands:

*Made a “dry erase board’ out of duct tape, and drew a calendar on it.

*Baked a cake, and homemade icing.

*Baked blueberry muffins from scratch.

*Big LEGO week! I'll try to get some pix of it- 

*Lots of music/keyboarding

Shades Park Sept 20, 2014

Shades Park 

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_State_Park

 Sept 20, 2014

I think we took around 400 pictures, but I've narrowed it down to 10 for the blog post...but, boy could I easily add another 10!  This was a beautiful day, and we didn't have the trails to ourselves like we usually do.  We came across quite a few different family's on the trails.  We just waited for those others to go on, and we waited for the quiet to return before we got going again.  We were able to pace ourselves between other groups so we could hike without much human interaction.  When it is busy like this, we don't usually get to see many birds--but, we did see an American Bald Eagle!  That is the first time I've ever knowingly seen one in the wild.  Dh and Dd said they had seen one before; but I must have been looking the wrong way at that time!

Trails 1 & 2 go through a gorge that has lots of running water to maneuver around.  With so much water around, there were many different varieties of lichen to inspect and admire.  There was also a lot of ferns....Ahhh, love those ferns!

Dh picked some Sassafras leaves and bark for us to chew while we hiked.

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Core G Week 2 "A" (LOW) Sept. 15-21, 2014

Core G 

Week 2 "A" (LOW) 

Sept. 15-21, 2014

We are extending "Week 2" for a few weeks.  I have bought a whole shelf of books on Ancient Egypt, and don't want to move forward in our Core until we have read quite a few of these specific books.  It is planned--and we are enjoying going at our own pace and at our own level of detail.

This week Dd established her little ‘nook’ in the woods beside our apartment.  She started putting up some walls with sticks and rope to have a kind of circle of ‘hers’.  I am so very glad she found herself a little space outside that she feels comfortable in.  The rule is to bring our huge dog, Sophie, out with her on her excursions, so we are all happy and content with the balance of fun and safety.

For our activities this week—we went to the library on Monday and Thursday.  I had finally secured us an audio copy of Amazons and Swallows---a favorite audio of the “L” family.  I was so excited to get it, but it wasn’t at the hold section on Monday or Thursday.  So, we went to the Customer Service on Thursday asking about it.  They informed me it had been (past tense) waiting for us there, at the Customer Service area…NOT with the usual holds!!!  It had already been returned, and I would have to go through the process to ILL (inter-library loan) it again if I wanted it.

Here is the sheath that Dd made for the sword she had previously re-worked:

The sheath was made with card stock and duct tape, and built to perfectly fit her sword.

We didn’t go to a park during the week since we were planning a big, all-day visit to Shades Park with Dh on Saturday.  Friday we all drove down to Indiana and mowed & weeded.  Then on Saturday morning we headed right out to the park!  We had a wonderful Skipjack Tuna sandwich each, and headed for the trails.  I will do a post about our day; with pictures after posting about our lessons for this week.

*Welcome, fall!*
The drive to Indiana was definitely different this time; fall is truly here.  The leaves are changing colors and the fields are full of combines bringing in the harvests.  There were quite a few soybean fields that had already been picked!  Indiana really shines in the fall; unlike so many towns that I've in previously, it seems to really do fall best.  I use to not like fall-- at all-- but, after living in Indiana for almost 17 years I've really changed my mind. 

Dd got to have a play-night with her best friends, the "L" family; here is one picture she took while there:

Our lessons for the week-

Bible:

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

One of the odd things about doing the Veritas Press Bible Program is that they use The Greenleaf Guide to the Old Testament workbook as the spine for the course.  BUT, the VP program skips over some sections in the bible that the Greenleaf book includes.  I’ve skipped some of the Greenleaf assignments in the past; but not many.  This week we put VP to the side, and worked on the Greenleaf assignments instead.

The Student Bible Atlas by Tim Dowley

Greenleaf Lesson 129: completed

False Prophets and the Death of Ahab

God’s View of Jehoshaphat and Ahaziah

1 Kings 22

Read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

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

Greenleaf Lesson 130: completed

2 Chronicles 17, 18, & 19

Jehoshaphat of Judah

Read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

Greenleaf Lesson 131: completed

2 Chronicles 20

Jehoshaphat at War with Moab

Read with Bible and Believer’s Bible Commentary

Current Events:

CNN Student News (M-F)

Math:

Math U See: Pre-Algebra

9 A-E

(Dd had difficulty getting this lesson, so although we did the 5 pages we will still keep working on this lesson next week.)

Science:

Apologia Chemistry and Physics

Pg 57-70

Exercise:

Leslie Sansone dvd workouts

X4

*and hiking all day at Shades Park on Saturday!  Very Rugged trails-

Cooking:

Merange Pecan Cookies

Typing:

(I can't find my Typing Instructor program for her, so she found something online to use)

15 minutes

Language Arts:

All About Spelling 6:

Step 13: passed

Step 14: in process

Daily Grams 7:

Pg. 129-132

SL Language Arts:

Started research for 3 paragraphs on Ancient Egypt

Time Line & book:

Sumerians Invent Cuneiform, Queen Hats. Rules Egypt, Narmer Unites Upper & Lower Egypt

Readers/ Read Alouds:

The Trojan War: Ch. 4-5

The Kingdom Strikes Back: pg. 3-5

Story of the World: Ch. 6 & 7

Usborne Ency. Of World History: pg. 110-123

The Golden Goblet: Completed

Mara, Daughter of the Nile: Completed

Add-In’s for Core G:

The Mystery of History, Vol. 1: Creation to Resurrection by Linda Lacour Hobar

Mystery of History AUDIO: ch. 24-28

Khan Academy: Law Code of Hammurabi, The Babylonian Mind….

Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers by Kristen Butcher

The Story of the Nile by Anne Millard and Steve Noon

Story of the Nile (DK) by Dr. Anne Millard

Pharaohs and Foot Soldiers: One Hundred Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Might Have Desired or Dreaded (Jobs in History... by Kristin Butcher and Martha Newbigging

Fun:

Audio 1: Mark of Athena (again): discs 1-4

Audio 2: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (again): discs 1-7

Music:

Keyboarding: she is researching songs, and printing out the sheets for the music from online resources.  Here is a sample of the songs she has been working on this week:

Mumford and Sons: I Will Wait

Demons by Imagine Dragons

Best Day of My Life by American Authors

He’s a Pirate- Pirates of the Caribbean theme

Ho Hey by the Lumineers

Last Train to Clarksville by the Monkeys

Star Wars Imperial Theme (Darth Vader’s theme)

Happy by Pharrell Williams

Prelude Suite #1 for accompany cello for Emma

For Elise—first line

Fun outside:

We are all still enjoying the Dog Park each day!  Especially our dog!

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