Unit 11 LHFHG and Preparing

Here is a peek at our time spent on unit 11. 

Day 1

LHFHG

*Calendar: We are working on counting past 100!! We are also skip counting by 5's. 

*Phonics: Ian finished AAR pre reading and I have not ordered level 1 yet but I did download a free version of The Reading Lesson so we started that today and Ian did great and we got halfway through lesson 1!! We also did some sight word work and read a small book. 

*Fine Motor: Cutting and pasting with patterns was on the agenda along with a review of punctuation marks and copying sentences. 

*Math: We worked on adding numbers that equal 7 and 8 with unifix cubes and Ian did awesome! We looked at the turn around property and Ian caught on quickly. 

*Storytime: We read from library books today. 

*History/Rhyme: Today we read about when the angel Gabriel visited Mary to tell her she was going to having Jesus. We did our months of the year for our rhyme. 

*Bible/Music: We talked about our new verse and did some AWANA review and worked on recalling the books of the bible. 

*Rotating: We acted out emotions today as a fun thinking game. 

Preparing

*Reading: Day 9 of our fantasy study was just a reading day, the girls favorite!!! They did have to tell me about their reading. 

*Writing: We made an outline from looking at pictures of the story The Prodigal Son. We did have to look up the story in the bible so we would have all the neccessary details to write a solid outline. The following day the girls wrote a rough draft from their outline that had to include good style points. 

*Language:We worked more on adjectives and how we do not say things like "them there" or "that here". It was an easy lesson and the girls did very good. 

*Poetry: This is a review week, the girls wag chose a poem from the previous weeks to work on. 

*Bible: Psalm 34:1-7 is the memory selection for the unit. We talked about how God gives us protection when we feel fearful based on verse 7. 

*Science: We talked about dinosaurs and reading about them in the bible in Job. The girls did some Copywork and then drew a dinosaur for their science notebook. 

*Math: The girls did another review in their textbook and both of them made an A!!! It was a review on 9's. I am so proud of them! 

*History Reading: We were all excited to read from Grandpa's Box! We read the story of Elijah challenging the Israelites to see if their god could create a fire to burn a sacrifice of if the true God could do it. 

*Independent History: The girls read from YCITB book about how God used men to help him write the bible but that the bible is still God's word and is true. 

*History Project: For this unit we are creating a flipbook about Elijah and the Israelites seeing who's god was the one true god. The girls made pages 1-3 today of their 10 day book. 

*Rotating: We did research about King Ahab today by making a web with the information we wanted to know and then filling it in. 

Day 2

LHFHG  

*Calendar: We on on day 103 and doing well with counting!! 

*Phonics: We worked more on lesson 1 on The Reading Lesson with blending sounds. It went well. We also did sight word work. 

*Fine Motor: Ian wore sentences in HWOT 

*Math: More addition practice!! 

*Storytime: We read library books. 

*History: We read about Jesus being born in a manger. 

*Bible/Music: Luke 2:52 was our focus along with some AWANA work.

*Rotating: We skipped acting out the story because Ian did not want too since we did a lot of it during Christmas. 

Preparing

*Reading: We read the most exciting parts of our fantasy books so far after reading assigned pages. 

*Writing: Thr girls published their stories and did well with adding elements of style. 

*Language: We leaned what an adverb is and found some. We will use them in writing. 

*Poetry: We did not do this for today since the girls did journals about our snow day instead. 

*Bible: We discused how Psalm 34:7 makes us feel and when we could use it. 

*Math: We did a math review over money and the girls did great! 

*Science: Read and retelling was our focus. The girls read and told me about reasons why the dinosaurs died out.

*History Reading/Story time: I read from Grandpa's Box and from 1 Kings 22:1-37 about King Ahab trying to follow his plan instead of God's. This reminded the field of the story of Jonah because he did not listen to God however he eventually followed God unlike Ahab who died from not listening 

*Independent History: Copywork from Luke 1:31-33 as well as drawing showing that the entire bible points to Jesus Christ 

*History Project: We added days 4-7 to our flip book. 

*Rotating: Vocabulaty was our focus today. We only did 3 words because we were running behind due to an appointment in the morning. We did obsidian, archer, and prophocey. 

Day 3

LHFHG

*Calendar: We counted to 100 by 5's. 

*Phonics:We worked more on blending! 

*Fine Motor: We did some writing in our HWOT book. 

*Math: we started the concept of counting on which I can see will take a bit for Ian to catch on. 

*Storytime: I read library books about Legos. 

*History: I read about the shepards seeing and hearing the angels announce the birth of Jesus. They found him in the manger. Eight days later in the temple a man named Simeon got his promise fulfilled when he saw the savior.  

*Bible/Music: Ian traced part of Luke 2:52 as we worked on our verse. We also sang our song. 

*Rotating: We talked about vibrations making sound and filled glasses with water to demonstrate. 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls started their last fantasy book in our study. They had to read and them write things that make the book a fantasy as well as make a prediction about their book. 

*Writing: We did an outline from pictures based on the good Samaratian. The following day they made the outline into a rough draft. 

*Language: Adverbs are still our main focus as well as some diagramming. 

*Poetry: We just read some review poems for fun. 

*Bible: The girls had bible quiet time to study their verse and pray. 

*Math: This is our last week of review in our Singapore 3a textbook!! Next week we will do xtramath and games before tackling somehing new. 

*Science: The girls had to read and then use what they read to answer questions about dinosaurs. 

*History Reading: Retlling the story of Namaan was our lesson. The girls did a good retelling. 

Story time: I read the biblical story of Namaan and we compared and contrasted our lives to life back then. 

*Independent History: Drawing and coloring a Phonectian merchant ship was their assignment. 

*History Project: The girls finished thier flip books showing the contest between Elijah and the ones who didn't believe God. They turned out really cute! 

*Rotating: We looked at maps for geography and compared Assyrria to where it would be on the world now. We also looked at cardinal directions. 

Day 4

LHFHG

*Calendar: Ian can almost count by 5's to 100 on his own!!! 

*Phonics: Ian read a few small CVC words on his own by blending them himself!!! 

*Fine Motor: We cut and pasted about animal homes on R and S. We did some sight word work and a little handwriting. 

*Math: We are still practicing counting on. Ian is doing well. 

*Storytime: We started Danny Meadow Mouse!!! We talked about liking ourselves the way God made us. 

*History: Ian told me about the wise men visiting Jesus and the gifts they brought! It was cute hearing him "teach" me. 

*Bible/Music: Ian has leaned his verse and finished copying it. 

*Rotating: We discussed stars and plan to look at them tonight when they come out! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls did their reading for day 13 of our fantasy study. 

*Writing: The girls published their Good Samaritain stories and also did some free writing in their journals. 

*Language: We wrote and diagrammed sentences with adverbs. 

*Poetry: We just reviewed previous poems. 

*Bible: The girls copied verse 7 of Psalm 34 into their common place books. 

*Math: We are done with Singapore 3a!!!! 

*Science: We did an experiment with bread and toys to learn how somehing becomes fossilized! 

*History Reading/Story time: We read from Grandpa's Box and did a written narration about the lineage of David. We also read from 2 Kings about it. 

*Independent History: The girls colored their ship drawing.

*Rotating: We added King Ahab and the ministry of Elijah to our timeline. 

Day 5

LHFHG

*Calendar: Ian is now writing his numbers on his own without looking at our anchor chart from 1-100!!! 

*Phonics: We are still on lesson one of the reading lesson and it is going slow but well. We did letter review as well. 

*Fine Motor: Ian copied a poem in HWOT. 

*Math: Counting on is still our big focus and Ian is getting it! 

*Storytime: I read about Danny Meadow Mouse now being hunted by Reddy Fix and Granny Fox 

*History: We read about Jesus staying at the temple in Jerusalem learning and telling all about his Father. 

*Bible/Music: We reviewed our verse and sang our song. 

*Rotating: Today we did art and Ian cut out picture of kids to glue around our bible verse. 

Extras we do each week: 

Piano practice for the girls 15 minutes each day with a 30 minute lesson once a week. 

Keyboarding using Keyboarding Without Tears twice a week for all three kids. 

I also try to get them active each day with various activities from their sports and dance to playing outside, going to the park, putting in a PE video, you tube videos, elliptical, taking a walk, and more!! 

Journals: Each week the kids do a journal entry. Usually it is free write time but sometimes I do give them a topic. I throw in math lessons sometimes as well. 

Co op is attended once a week for all of us! We to on Tuesdays from 9-12. The girls are taking MFW Adventures in History and Apologia Flying Creatures. Ian is taking MFW Creation A to Z and Emersyn is in the nursery. I teach Kindergarten with Abeka K5. 

Highlights of the Week Januray 18 - 22: 

We had SNOW!!! 

We did not do a video this week because we were too busy enjoying the snow on Friday! 

Hightlights of the Week January 25-29: 

No snow this week but we did get some playtime in outside!! 

We started a mandatory 15 minute study session each night after family prayer time for the kids to work on things they need some more help with. This holds Daddy accountable to help them and not always Mommy! So far it has gone well! 

Here is this weeks video...a flip book, an IEW writing, and a journal entry. 
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208726708068583/?l=8284435102803334946