Core
G Week 8 “C”
The
Greeks- Fourth week of the Greeks
Jan.
26-30th, 2015
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| This is "my" page of what I want to complete each week. I don't always do a great job of adding everything we do here either---I only have Under Wildwood checked off for listening one day, when we did listen two days. I usually get all our doings on my final typed up version that I put on the blog, but some things don't get included. |
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| This is "Dd's Page". She doesn't do a great job of marking off things as she does them, but she knows what is expected of her each day and does it. I'm working on getting her to do a better job with checking off! |
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| Bible information page- For the subject of "Bible" I always just use a lined sheet to keep track of what we have covered each week. Some weeks we add in many different reference books, so I like to have lots of space available for that reason. This week we only used four books, so I didn't really need a lot of space...but, better to be prepared. I write in abbreviation on this form. |
Another
week off our Sonlight Instructor’s Guide, and creating our own path, so we can
dig deep in our study of all things GREEK!
I have to say, this has been difficult, we have spent 22 weeks on Core
G, and yet are only on their “week 8” as far as reading their material. I know when we did Core D we spent 72 weeks
doing that “36 week” core; but that was a better ratio than we are doing with
our Ancient study. In case my mom is
reading this---what I am saying is that the instruction manual for this year
has us scheduled to whip through the study of Ancient Times very quickly, and
we are WAY too interested in this part of history to go quick! We have added in a LOT of books and
information to what they (“they” refers to Sonlight, the company that we buy
our instructions from) had designed.
To
add to this, I have ordered a few more things from a company similar to
Sonlight(SL), called BiblioPlan(BP), to give us more maps, and information
about Ancient history to add to our learning this year. We will be spending this whole year specifically
on studying Ancient history, and this is a good thing! We will really get to know a lot about
it! I am contemplating, after we finish
our book(s) on Greece (The Book of the Ancient Greeks) that we do a review of
what we have already covered in Core G.
This history review would be like the math review we did last month;
where we were on Lesson 16, but instead of doing that lesson, we went back to
Lesson 1 and re-watched the dvd and re-did the “A” page for that material. We spent one day per lesson, though some
lessons needed more work, so we took as long as needed to ensure proper
comprehension on those exceptional lessons.
It would be really beneficial to go over what we have learned so far, in
Core G, starting back at the very beginning and perhaps pick up some new
information with the BP books.
The
biggest problem we are having is that many of our sources keep repeating the
same stories. We had read and listened
to Percy Jackson’s Greek Myths, which was a very inclusive, then we read Black
Ships Before Troy (The Iliad) and The Wanderings of Odysseus (The Odyssey),
plus many other sources prior to the books we are reading this week which both
are re-telling those same stories. This
week we continued on with Famous Men of Greece and The Book of Ancient
Greece—and I keep hoping one of these current versions will provide us with
some NEW tidbits that will make it worth us re-reading the material over and
over!! But, so far, I am sorry to say it
really hasn’t been worth all the repeating; but I can acknowledge that the
material will be thoroughly known due to the repetitiveness. The other problem, is I think Dd is about
saturated with the Greeks, and we still have a week or two left to finish the
books we are in the middle of!
This
week we DID start our Prima Latina—Latin Program!!! We watched the dvd for lesson 1 on Monday,
and then I made us re-watch that episode each day after to cement our words---
Salve!—Hello,
To one
Salvete!
Hello, to more than one person
*Then
the vowels
*Then
Ambulo, Via, Deus, Toga, and Luna
We
are doing a program that I had bought 1 ½ years ago, so I hope this program
will be fairly easy for a Seventh grader!
But, it is just a stepping stone!
I’ll have to keep reminding us!
We
also started The Fallacy Detective, the “logic” book that I had wanted to do
last year…but, the point is we have started!
It feels so good to actually be able to start something that I have
wanted to fit in for so long now!!
This
week was very productive, especially considering Dd has/had a cold and wasn’t
feeling 100%. Besides just our lessons, she went on three
‘nature hikes’ with me in the woods around our apartment building.
She
kept herself busy with lots of crocheting this week! She crocheted more material than ever before,
and was genuinely proud of herself! I’ve
told her that she has to finish the thing she is working on now before she can
work on the other projects she has started.
She has four or five crochet/knitted projects started right now. She also had a second major “LEGO WEEK”;
completing the “Middle Ages” town that she had started last week. It has been kind of disrupting to hear her
rifling through her LEGO boxes looking for right blocks to make what she wanted
to.
We
took Tuesday morning as our errands time; and we went to the library and
grocery shopping. The roads were
actually CLEAR! It felt good to be out
and about! I am hoping by next winter I can
trade in my current car for one with all-wheeled-drive, so it won’t be so
slippery for me driving. I need all the
help I can get!!! Although I have been
praying for our house in Indiana to SELL and for us to find a home here that
meets all our needs (Dd a tree to climb, Dh a place to putter, and enough
property that I can walk and look at nature each day---rain, shine, snow, and
sunshine). I’m full of prayers of
thankfulness and asking for help in this odd transition time. The funny part, about us (90 lb dog, 16 year
old cat, 12 ½ year old daughter, Dh and I), living in this 900’ square feet
apartment is that as the months go on I am getting more comfortable here and Dh
is getting more and more frustrated with it!
I think he is ready for a new house!
Our
lessons:
Bible:
We
continue our study on the book of Jeremiah!
This week, like every week, we read that chapter in our bible, and then read that chapter in our Believer’s Bible Commentary.
This week we read:
Jeremiah 31-36
This week, like every week, we read that chapter in our bible, and then read that chapter in our Believer’s Bible Commentary.
Believer's Bible Commentary [BELIEVERS BIBLE COMMENTARY -SS] [Hardcover]
Mar 31, 1995
by MacDonald, W.(Author) ; MacDonald, William(Author); Farstad, Arthur L.(Editor)
Jeremiah 31-36
The
BiblioPlan: Ancients, Chapter 20, focused a lot on Jeremiah, so we added that
in.
Lamps, Scrolls, and Goatskin Bottles this week: Completed this book! Done!
Pg’s
126-142
History:
The Book of the
Ancient Greeks
Pg’s
161-263
Ch.
9: The Great Persian Invasion Under Xerxes
Ch.
10: The Athenian Empire
Ch.
11: Life in Ancient Athens in the Time of Pericles
Ch.
12: A Day With an Athenian
Ch.
13: The Athenian Schoolboy
Ch.
14: The Greek Theater (and we read a play!)
She
completed the “Review 2” test which was six pages long—basically this is a
test.
We
have a thick book (The Book of the Ancient Greeks), then the “Teacher’s Manual”
and a “Student Manual” which has 2 pages of questions about each chapter that
we read. I think we are 2/3 through
now! Another week (or two) to go until
we complete this fairly comprehensive set.
This
book has fantastic illustrations! We
really have enjoyed that aspect of this book.
But, (so far) this book is just another book that gives an abbreviated
version of all the Greek myths. It
doesn’t provide information about actual Greek Men! Luckily, Chelle had recommended Invitations
to the Classics; which does have a page or two about many of the famous people
I’d like to start sharing with my Dd.
For example, we keep hearing about Aristotle, Galileo, Plato, etc. in
our lessons. But, Famous Men of Greece
is a good review of the material we have already heard; so perhaps that is
worth the time to re-read this material.
This
week we read: Agememnon, King of Men; Jason and the Golden Fleece; Theseus;
Achilles,
Bravest of the Greeks
Tools
of the Ancient Greeks: NEW BOOK
Pg’s
1-32
I’m
really enjoying this light material, yet informative. Some of the information had already been
covered in The Book of Ancient Greeks, but this material has a different tone
and easy approach.
Trojan
War
History
Reader:
This
is a Lamplighter book that Dd asked for, for Christmas. She says it is difficult reading and that she
has to re-read sentences to fully comprehend the material. This book has been challenging for her, but
she definitely likes the book.
Khan
Academy:
We
listened to 122 minutes this week on Ancient History. I really appreciate this FREE educational
site. They cover the Greeks, and other
ancient civilizations.
Current Events:
CNN STUDENT NEWS
Monday through Friday each morning
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Field Trip:
Saturday we went to the Meijer Sculpture Garden! So great! http://www.meijergardens.org/
Code:
Khan Academy:
Dd completed "An Hour of Code"
She made some neat star/snowflake designs in the snow... she had fun doing it too.
Current Events:
CNN STUDENT NEWS
Monday through Friday each morning
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Field Trip:
Saturday we went to the Meijer Sculpture Garden! So great! http://www.meijergardens.org/
Code:
Khan Academy:
Dd completed "An Hour of Code"
She made some neat star/snowflake designs in the snow... she had fun doing it too.
Trireme’s:
bunny trail
Researched
Trireme’s (the long boats the Greeks (Hellas) used that had three tiers of
rowers on each side of the boat). We
watched youtube video’s and looked at Google Images.
Trireme
Olympias
Sea
Trials of Trireme Olympus
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| Dd's manga drawing this week |
Athenian
Pottery: bunny trail
Searched
the five major types of Athenian Pottery, and I drew each one for lessons this
week:
Amphora:
Oils and Liquids
Hydria:
Three Handled Water vase
Krater:
Vase in which water and wine were mixed
Lekythos:
Oil vase, which can be poured slowly
Kylix:
Wide, Shallow drinking cup
Science
1: Completed this book! Done!
Exploring Creation with Chemistry and Physics (Young Explorer Series)
Aug 1, 2013
by Jeannie Fulbright
Science
2:
Pg’s
43-70
Science
3:
Completed this book! Done!
Completed this book! Done!
Chapter
21-25
Science
4:
We
took the week off from Exploring the
World of Physic’s by John Tiner, so Dd could finish up her Apologia science
book.
Science
5:
Dh
and Dd worked last weekend to complete the soldering kit she got for
Christmas. I made a whole post about it;
see the next post after this one.
Nature
Hikes:
Mon,
Tues, and Friday
Wed
and Thurs she wasn’t feeling up for it—her cold made her really tired.
Language
Arts:
Pg.
29-43
IEW
Fix-It Frog Prince:
Week
23 completed
All
About Spelling 6:
Step
25 completed
Writing
With Skill
Week
4 completed
Letter
writing!
Dd
wrote rough drafts and then typed up letters to James, David, Andrew, and
Gabbie this week. She spent a LOT of
time on this project of hers! Good
typing practice too, so she didn’t have to do any typing on the Nitro Type
program this week.
Youtube:
Infinitives
& Infinitive Phrases
Latin!
Prima
Latina -NEW BOOK
Lesson
One completed!
(so
glad we FINALLY got started!)
Logic:
Lesson
1 & 2 completed
(also
glad we FINALLY got started!)
Math:
Math
U See: Pre-Algebra
Lesson
17: completed
Busy
Hands:
LEGO,
LEGO, LEGO
Crocheting
daily
Made
cookie kit—‘wreath’
Made
mashed potatoes
Made
butter/raspberry butter
Art/Drawing:
MANGA!
We found a used book at the library book store on Manga drawing, so she has
been really enjoying drawing Rick Riordan characters in the Manga style this
week.
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| Dd's manga drawing this week |
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| Dd's manga drawing this week |
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| Dd's manga drawing this week |
SNAIL:
Since
Opis is doing so well in our small tank, we went back to the store and bought a
second snail and a water plant for the tank.
The second snail appeared dead at the store, and I should have asked for
one that I had seen moving, but there was a line, so I just took this one
hoping it was alive. It took 3-4 days at
home with us before it really came out of it’s shell; at least for a short
amount of time. After 7 days, we are
sure it is alive and doing really well now.
So, Dd named it “Bilbo” b/c it is slow and sluggish—or so she says! It certainly was a big question for most of
the week! It really has done a big
turn-around for us!!! Happily!!!
Welcome
to Bilbo, and Opis is doing very well too!
She really looks bigger!
Sat.
trip to the Meier Sculpture garden---I will do a post about this next; we had a
GREAT time!
Fun Books:
Guardians of the Galaxy- Tomorrow's Avengers
Fun Audio:
Under Wildwood - just on Monday and Tuesday, this version, with the author narrating isn't as good as when Amanda Plummer was doing it....
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