Sonlight Core H Week 3C Nov. 28-Dec 4, 2016

Sonlight Core H 

Week 3C 

Nov. 28-Dec 4, 2016

Hello Friends!

We had a good academic week!  Band and piano classes were back and they are getting prepared for the Christmas band concerts that are coming up in a few weeks.  My biggest upset this week was that I hurt my back, which really put a huge damper on my activity level.  My back is doing better now, not 100%, but slowly improving.  Dh and Dd did my chore list together on Saturday.  They drained the water build-up (huge puddle) on top of our pool covers' cover!  They also pulled out all the dead marigold plants from our garden so we don't have a trillion baby marigolds in the spring!  I'm truly hoping to expand my veggies next year.

Dd's big deal this week was her focus on time-lapse drawings.  She used my phone, and drew while the camera took pictures throughout the process.  She did really well!  I hadn't known she was such a fan of cross-hatching!  She definitely focused more on her drawing than music this week.

Sunday night's Youth Group went Christmas Caroling.  I was thinking of going, until Dd reminded me this was the "Youth Group!"  They also had that funny "white elephant" game, where everyone brings a gift and they exchange all around and end up with a surprise.

After church and Sunday School, Dd and I stayed to practice our songs that we will be singing on the Christmas day program.  It isn't a solo, but we will be singing in a fairly large group, or else we wouldn't have agreed to join!  I'm hoping the experience of being up on stage might help show Dd that she can do this without me.  I'd love it for her to share her musical blessings with our church family.  So far she doesn't feel bold enough to take the stage.

Bible:

The Harmony of the Gospels

Who Jesus Is

Read with Bible and Believer's Bible Commentary:

Luke 1:1-4

John 1: 1-18

Matthew 1: 1-17

Luke 3: 23-38

Bible Verse in Cursive:

1 Sam 12:24:

But be sure to fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart;consider what great things he has done for you.

Don't All Religions Lead to God?

Ch. 5 & 6 Completed

Sunday: Church, Sunday School, and singing practice: 3 hours

Saturday: Christmas program rehearsal - Dd will be in the Xmas program this year! (2 hours)

Math:

Math U See: Geometry

2 A, B, C, D, E

History Assignments:

Sonlight Read Aloud:

Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Greene

Goodreads Review/Summary: Set in 1654, against the backdrop of the Portuguese Inquisition, this historical novel tells the story of 12-year-old Isobel. Escaping from the monastery where she and her sister have been held, she stows away on a ship in hopes of finding her parents again. Braving loneliness, storms and privateers, Isobel is befriended by a group of passengers and becomes one of the first Jewish immigrants to settle in New Amsterdam. 

Amazon Summary: Kidnapped from her parents during the Portuguese Inquisition, 12-year old Isobel BenLazar was sent to work as a slave at a remote Brazilian monastery. In 1654, Isobel escapes and stows away on a ship bound for Amsterdam, searching for her family. But harrowing adventures lead her to the first group of Jews to settle in America. "Weaves history, drama and narrative into an arresting story." -New York Times Book Review "An uplifting story built upon twin themes long common to Jewish thought-hope and deliverance." -Kirkus Reviews Sydney Taylor Honor Book New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

Kingfisher History Encyclopedia:

249, 259, 270-271, 272-273

BiblioPlan Medieval History Companion, Vol II:

Chapter 29: The Renaissance in Science: Completed

Chapter 30: The Reformation Beyond Germany: Completed

BiblioPlan Advanced Maps:

Week 28: The Renaissance in Art

Week 29: How Many Countries Can You Name?

Sonlight Reader:

Madeline Takes Command by Ethel C. Brill   : In Process

Madeleine Verchere's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Harassed by Iroquois, the Verchere family's fort (seigneury) must keep a continual guard. 14-year-old Madeleine is left alone with two younger brothers and few others when the Indians attack. We follow the brave and determined stratagems of Madeleine and her small circle. Madeleine's youthful leadership, especially of her brothers, will win the reader's admiration. Age 10 and up.

Art:

Drawing and stop-motion video's of drawing: 11 hours

Language Arts:

Poetry:

Painless Poetry by Francis McPike

pg 56-59

IEW SWI B: Lesson 11

completed

Easy Grammer, Plus

pg 9,12,15

Sonlight LA Week 3 Activity Sheets for Core G & H: Completed

Busy Hands/Home Economics:

Chicken Care

Fish/Clam Chowder: AWESOME

Hamburgers--good!

Chores with Pappa on Saturday (cut up a tree and brought wood to pile...)

Dish / Kitchen Chores

Fun Book:
Eragon by Christopher Paolini: In Process

Music:

Classes:
Beginning Band: Tenor Sax: 1:30 hours
Intermediate Band: Alto Sax: 1:30 hours
Piano Lesson (Mrs. March): :30 minutes

Practice:
Alto Sax:1:15 hours
Tenor Sax: 1:30 hours
Piano: 2:45 hours
Flute: :20 minutes
violin: zero

Singing/Church Christmas Program:
3:00 hours
Christmas Caroling: 1:00

Volunteering: 
Olympians Church program:
1:30 hours

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