Ancients
Core G
"Week 13"
June 8th-12th, 2015
41 weeks on this core, so far
41 weeks on this core, so far
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| Check out the cheeks on this chipmunk! |
A pretty good week. This was a Story of the World week, for our history study. We went over the decline of the Romans---again. With our BiblioPlan: Ancients; Augustus Caesar's World, Famous Men of Rome, Mystery of History, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and now-lastly with Story of the World we are re-hearing the story of the declining Romans. I have to say, with so many books and/or resources saying the same thing; with varying details, we are really absorbing our history facts. I think we will be pretty sharp on our Ancient history facts...at least I hope so!!!
Some highlights from this week---our apartment complex finally opened the pool and Dd was totally intent on swimming as often as she could. After Tuesdays two hour swim-fest, Dd woke up on Wednesday with a horrible ear ache! She was totally miserable, and needed a very light day to recover. I was really surprised to see her get such an ear ache, for that isn't normal for her. But, it could be that it was her third day in a row!
Dh and I had a "fun" excursion back to our storage compartment, to look through all the stacks of boxes for a "Files" box that had our car titles inside. After all the digging, we did find the title for my car, but not his. I remember last June that I paid for our Indiana new tags--thinking how I was going to be getting Michigan tags quickly and we would be wasting our money. Because, you know, I was absolutely CERTAIN that our house would sell, and we would be in our new house in **three months!!** I am so glad I can laugh at myself, because here it is June again and I still have my Indiana tags on my car, and they are soon to expire! I still just am amazed at how odd this whole process has been! I just know the Lord must have a very specific family in mind to buy our house, and He must be turning off all the hearts of the people that have looked at our house. He is holding our house open for someone special! The bank took SO long to get our loan processed, and that means that we will have to wait another two weeks before we can buy & move into our new "Spruce" house and leave this apartment behind. Dh is extremely disappointed at this new turn of events. Dd and I are also disappointed, but not as bad as Dh....he is really ready to move!
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| Dd makes a mean potato salad! Super tasty! |
Busy Hands this week:
Dd has make a wonderful cake and icing from scratch. She made some awesome potato salad. She made herself (twice) and me (once) her famous sunny-side-up eggs and toast. I'm sure I am missing more of her cooking, because this was a cooking week! She just wanted to be in the kitchen every day. I love that she loves to cook! I am NOT a good cook; but am getting better as I get older.
Our Lessons:
Bible: Focus on Zechariah this week:
Bible: Veritas Press Chronicles Through Malachi
Card 86: Jews Return Under Zerubbabel; Temple Restoration Begins
Ezra 1-6, Zechariah 4, c. 530 BC: COMPLETED
Card 87: Temple Work Resumes Under Haggai and Zechariah
Ezra 1-6, Haggai; Zechariah
c. 530 BC: In Process
Believer's Bible Commentary [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover]
by MacDonald, W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor)
With the bible and Believer's Bible Commentary we read:
Zechariah 1-5
What the Bible Is All About:
387-391
CU:International Children's Bible Field Guide: Answering Kids' Questions from Genesis to Revelation
by Lawrence O. Richards
SL Bible assignment:
Children's Bible Field Guide: Ch. 13
Psalm of the Week:
Psalm 123
Psalm 123
A song of ascents.
1
I lift up my eyes to you,
to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
2
As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the Lord our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
3
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us,
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4
We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud.
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| This is "my page", and Dd gets her own sheet with all her independent work listed on it. |
Language Arts:
Letter Writing:
we wrote a Thank You note
IEW: Fix-It: (Sir Gawaiin, our third Fix-It book)
Week 2 : completed
All About Spelling 7:
Step 4: passed
Easy Grammar, Plus
177-179
Writing With Skill
Week 16: completed
Math:
Math U See: Algebra 1
lesson 3 A-E
Science:
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| See the cool beetle I found this week...don't worry I let it go after 24 hours |
Apologia:
Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy & Physiology
pg 215-229
write notes for Anatomy/Physiology reading
Exploring Creation with Botany (Apologia) Ch. 1
Leaf of the Week: Failure!!
We could not find this tree in our book! I am sure it is our fault, that it is in the book, but that we are unable to correctly assign it to the right tree! But, in science, sometimes you get it right, and sometimes you fail! We failed this week!
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| Here is a close-up of the leaves |
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| Here is the bark |
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| Another close-up--we went back twice to help identify it. |
But, on the bright side---we hadn't been able to figure out which tree was producing all the ''white fluff'' that has been flying all around. We figured it out this week--it is the Eastern Cottonwood that is doing it:
History:
Story of the World:
Ch. 37: The Beginning of Christianity
The Birth of Jesus
Jesus Crucified and Resurrected
Ch. 38: The End of the Ancient Jewish Nation
Ch. 39: Rome and the Christians:
Nero, the Evil Emperor
Christians in the Catacombs
Constantine- Christian Emperor
Ch. 40: Rome Begins to Weaken
The British Rebellion
Rome Divided in Two
Boadicea's Revolt!
Story of the World Activity Pages, Tests, Map work:
Ch. 37-40
Some Examples of SOTW Maps/Activity pages that Dd did this week:
Ch. 37-40
Some Examples of SOTW Maps/Activity pages that Dd did this week:
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| We really enjoyed getting to read about Queen Boadicea again this week! |
The Kingdom Strikes Back
by Dr. Ralph Winter and John Holzmann
The Kingdom Strikes Back:
pg;s 8 & 9
Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaran: COMPLETED
pg. 162-226
Hostage Lands by Douglas Bond: In Process
Ch. 1-13
Victory on the Walls: COMPLETED
pg 99-182
Latin:
Prima Latina
Prima Latina
reviewed chapter one
FUN BOOKS THIS WEEK:
Son of Neptune
The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, Book Four)
:Completed
by Rick Riordan
Son of Neptune
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, Book 2): In Process
by Rick Riordan
Swimming at our apartment:
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| We like to throw these pool toys around the pool and take turns retrieving them. Here is Dd getting them now! |
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| This is the "gym" that Dd and I have been working out in-- |
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| This is the woman's shower/locker room. |
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Continuing to pray about your house sale and home purchase! (Empathising over the sell bit :/ )
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed reading what else your doing; and lovely to see you finally have some green grass and flowers on display at your apartment.