SL Core F
Week 24 "A"
April 28 - May 3, 2014
This was what I call a "LOW", for 'left-over week'. We don't always get through all the assignments for our Sonlight Core, and fall a little behind, so I schedule a "LOW" to get caught up and finish the assignments still in our refrigerator! We hadn't done any of our "Eastern Hemisphere Notes" (EHN) assignments, so we tried to spend an hour on it each day. We didn't get any EHN done on Friday (Dd had Field Day with our hs group). But, we did make some progress and should be able to finish what work is left by the end of next week...hopefully.
Our activities for this week: Mon-Wed was just our lessons. Thur we took the "L" family children to Eagle Creek Park and had a fan-tas-tic time! We saw a beaver when we were driving in and looking where to park. We also had a Pileated Woodpecker totally ignore us as he banged away on a log on the ground, right beside the trail! So cool. I put pictures of our trip below this post if you want to see. There were so many nature excitements this week! Tree fungus, Algae in the pond, huge/enormous Sycamores trees, birds (I think I saw a WREN! (we never see wrens around here)), and all sorts of animal tracks in the mud. We also saw a beaver!
Friday Dd had "Field Day" with our smaller hs group. Dh and I planned to go to a book sale. We asked our friend the "G" family if they could take her with them, like they did last year, for this fun event. Dd had a really good time. They got ribbons for how they placed in the three different competitions: Running, Throwing, and Jumping.
Migraine Week: This was one of those weeks for me. I had such a bad migraine on Wed. that we had to stop doing lessons after lunch so I could take myself to bed. Then Thursday was a good day; only to have Friday another big migraine. I was miserable enough to go to bed at 1pm again. I slept for a few hours and then felt good enough to take her to the "G" families house for her Field Day. Two days this week I had to stop lessons and go to bed; which I hate, but it did give Dd lots of time to play---which I love! She got a new Star Wars character for doing her Rosetta Stone lessons last week, and she has been having such a great time with her Star Wars figures. She has sewn at least 2 outfits for her SW figures, and they look awesome! I really love that she spends hours playing (instead of being on a screen-computer or tv!)
Saturday we drove down to Southern Indiana to visit Giz & Grampy. Giz had a heart by-pass (actually FIVE!) and I hadn't visited her yet. Dd mowed there yard while we were there. She rode the regular mower, and the 'zero turn' mower and I think she had a great time! This was her third weekend in a row mowing; but at least at G&G's house they have a 'rider' mower.
Knitting:
Dd finished her white hat--I'll get a picture to post here later. And she started on a new thing--I am not positive what it will be yet; it looked like a scarf maybe. She also sewed outfits and capes for her Star Wars figures.
Cooking:
Blueberry muffins from scratch
Spaghetti
Bible:
Well....our Veritas Press Bible program had an assignment card that just said "Psalms", and I don't know which Psalms we are suppose to do, so we have just spent the whole week on Psalms---we could probably spend 6 months on them! I don't know what we are suppose to do! Our workbook has 4 Psalms specifically mentioned with questions about them; so I know we will read those on top of what we are doing on our own. The good or bad thing; depending on how you look at it, is that we have been reading our bible's verses and then we go over to our Believer's Bible Commentary to read what that book has to say about the bible verse we just read. Sometimes, or actually maybe 'usually' the bible commentary's notes are longer than the actual bible verse. The commentary is SO HELPFUL! I'm so glad I decided to crack that book open for our Veritas Press bible readings each day. The only drawback is that it certainly takes twice as long to do our bible each day than if we hadn't been using it. I highly recommend our commentary to anyone doing a bible study. I can't say how many times the commentary has completely changed what I thought the bible verse was about!
Our lessons for this week:
Bible:
First of all--did you all know there are FIVE different types of Psalms? I didn't! Here are the five different types:
1. Historical--connected with some definite event or events in Israel's history or in the life of the psalmist.
2.Messianic--dealing with the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow.
3.Prophetic or Millennial--pointing forward to Israel's future tribulation and the subsequent era of peace and prosperity.
4.Penitential--recording the psalmist's deep confession of sins and his broken-hearted cries for forgiveness.
5.Imprecatory--imploring God to take vengeance on the enemies of His people.
Authorship of Psalms:
73 psalms (of the 150) by David
12 by Asaph
10 by sons of Korah
2 by Solomon
1 by:
Moses
Ethan
Heman
Ezra
49 are anonymous
This week we read and studied:
Card 50: Davidic Kingdom: 1 & II Samuel I Chronicles: in process
read II Samuel 22-24 in bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
Card 48: Psalms : in process
Psalms: 1-10 in bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
The Believer's Bible Commentary's "Intro to Psalms"; which is 4 pages of great information.
VP Workbook Sheets
For fun we read some of the commentary pages on the book of Revelations
Current Events:
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
CNN Student News
We have been watching these 10 minutes videos on Current Event each day, but I always forget to post it on here.
Math:
Math U See: Zeta: 27 A-E
Skip Counting family this week: 8's
Science:
Apologia: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day:
Lesson 9: "Conchology"; pg's 149-156 with all the end of chapter questions completed
Conch's, Whelks, Periwinkles, Cone Shells, Moon Snails, Limpets, Abalones, Nudibranches...
also used:
National Geographic Audubon Society: First Field Guide: SHELLS (which is a great book, btw!)
Foreign Language:
Rosetta Stone: French
1 hour, 2x last week
Miro
Famous Artists: Miro: by Nicolas Ross
Composer:
Handel
online resource from Chelle
Fun Book:
Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore--I adore William Joyce books!
DVD:
The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey
Desolation of Smaug
Language Arts:
All About Spelling 6: Passed Step 7 and reviews
The Creative Writer
pg 10-15, wrote three stories a conflict or quest, each story at least 25 words long. She did all three stories.
Daily Grams 7:
pg. 70-74
Core F stuff:
Eastern Hemisphere Notebook (EHN) pages:
4 hours accumulated
Arabs in the Golden City: in process
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Friday Dd had "Field Day" with our smaller hs group. Dh and I planned to go to a book sale. We asked our friend the "G" family if they could take her with them, like they did last year, for this fun event. Dd had a really good time. They got ribbons for how they placed in the three different competitions: Running, Throwing, and Jumping.
Migraine Week: This was one of those weeks for me. I had such a bad migraine on Wed. that we had to stop doing lessons after lunch so I could take myself to bed. Then Thursday was a good day; only to have Friday another big migraine. I was miserable enough to go to bed at 1pm again. I slept for a few hours and then felt good enough to take her to the "G" families house for her Field Day. Two days this week I had to stop lessons and go to bed; which I hate, but it did give Dd lots of time to play---which I love! She got a new Star Wars character for doing her Rosetta Stone lessons last week, and she has been having such a great time with her Star Wars figures. She has sewn at least 2 outfits for her SW figures, and they look awesome! I really love that she spends hours playing (instead of being on a screen-computer or tv!)
Saturday we drove down to Southern Indiana to visit Giz & Grampy. Giz had a heart by-pass (actually FIVE!) and I hadn't visited her yet. Dd mowed there yard while we were there. She rode the regular mower, and the 'zero turn' mower and I think she had a great time! This was her third weekend in a row mowing; but at least at G&G's house they have a 'rider' mower.
Knitting:
Dd finished her white hat--I'll get a picture to post here later. And she started on a new thing--I am not positive what it will be yet; it looked like a scarf maybe. She also sewed outfits and capes for her Star Wars figures.
Cooking:
Blueberry muffins from scratch
Spaghetti
Bible:
Well....our Veritas Press Bible program had an assignment card that just said "Psalms", and I don't know which Psalms we are suppose to do, so we have just spent the whole week on Psalms---we could probably spend 6 months on them! I don't know what we are suppose to do! Our workbook has 4 Psalms specifically mentioned with questions about them; so I know we will read those on top of what we are doing on our own. The good or bad thing; depending on how you look at it, is that we have been reading our bible's verses and then we go over to our Believer's Bible Commentary to read what that book has to say about the bible verse we just read. Sometimes, or actually maybe 'usually' the bible commentary's notes are longer than the actual bible verse. The commentary is SO HELPFUL! I'm so glad I decided to crack that book open for our Veritas Press bible readings each day. The only drawback is that it certainly takes twice as long to do our bible each day than if we hadn't been using it. I highly recommend our commentary to anyone doing a bible study. I can't say how many times the commentary has completely changed what I thought the bible verse was about!
Our lessons for this week:
Bible:
First of all--did you all know there are FIVE different types of Psalms? I didn't! Here are the five different types:
1. Historical--connected with some definite event or events in Israel's history or in the life of the psalmist.
2.Messianic--dealing with the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow.
3.Prophetic or Millennial--pointing forward to Israel's future tribulation and the subsequent era of peace and prosperity.
4.Penitential--recording the psalmist's deep confession of sins and his broken-hearted cries for forgiveness.
5.Imprecatory--imploring God to take vengeance on the enemies of His people.
Authorship of Psalms:
73 psalms (of the 150) by David
12 by Asaph
10 by sons of Korah
2 by Solomon
1 by:
Moses
Ethan
Heman
Ezra
49 are anonymous
This week we read and studied:
Card 50: Davidic Kingdom: 1 & II Samuel I Chronicles: in process
read II Samuel 22-24 in bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
Believer's Bible Commentary [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover] by W.(Author) ; MacDonald,
Card 48: Psalms : in process
Psalms: 1-10 in bible & Believer's Bible Commentary
The Inspirational Study Bible NKJV by Max Lucado
We have this bible; and on each page it has "Life Lessons" in the margins, on the sides of each page, and we read those mini sermons each day too.The Believer's Bible Commentary's "Intro to Psalms"; which is 4 pages of great information.
VP Workbook Sheets
For fun we read some of the commentary pages on the book of Revelations
Current Events:
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
CNN Student News
We have been watching these 10 minutes videos on Current Event each day, but I always forget to post it on here.
Math:
Math U See: Zeta: 27 A-E
Skip Counting family this week: 8's
Science:
Exploring Creation with Zoology 2: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day (Young Explorer Series) (Young Explorer... by Jeannie Fulbright
Apologia: Swimming Creatures of the Fifth Day:
Lesson 9: "Conchology"; pg's 149-156 with all the end of chapter questions completed
Conch's, Whelks, Periwinkles, Cone Shells, Moon Snails, Limpets, Abalones, Nudibranches...
also used:
Shells (National Audubon Society First Field Guides) by Brian Cassie and National Audubon Society
National Geographic Audubon Society: First Field Guide: SHELLS (which is a great book, btw!)
Foreign Language:
Rosetta Stone: French
1 hour, 2x last week
Miro (Famous Artists) by Antony Mason
Artist of the Week:Miro
Famous Artists: Miro: by Nicolas Ross
Composer:
Handel
online resource from Chelle
Fun Book:
Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by Joyce, William and Bluhm, Joe
Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore--I adore William Joyce books!
DVD:
The Hobbit: Unexpected Journey
Desolation of Smaug
Language Arts:
All About Spelling 6: Passed Step 7 and reviews
The Creative Writer
pg 10-15, wrote three stories a conflict or quest, each story at least 25 words long. She did all three stories.
Daily Grams 7:
pg. 70-74
Core F stuff:
Eastern Hemisphere Notebook (EHN) pages:
4 hours accumulated
The Arabs In The Golden Age (Peoples of the Past) by Mokhtar Moktefi
Arabs in the Golden City: in process
Best-Loved Folktales of the World (The Anchor folktale library) by Joanna Cole
Best-Loved Folktales of the World :in processAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
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