Unit 12 of LHFHG and Preparing

Day1

LHFHG

*Calendar: We are up to 111 days in school!! 

*Phonics: We started lesson 2 in TRL and it went well for the first few pages which is good! We will go slow so that Ian gets the needed skills. 

*Fine Motor: We did some number writing and cutting and pasting. We used detective skills to find the answer to some clues!! 

*Math: Today we started learning about subtraction and Ian did really well and caught on quick. 

*Storytime: We read that Granny Fox and Reddy Fox were close to catching Danny Meadow Mouse in the snow tunnels!!! 

*History/Rhyme: We read about Jesus being the answer to God's promise and that he is from the line of David. 

*Bible/Music: We did Ian's AWANA verses. No music for today. 

*Rotating: We did a yes and no game with questions about Jesus.

Preparing

*Reading: The girls had to finish their fantasy books!! We will do a project with them the rest of the week 

*Writing: We are on out last lesson of IEW Bible Heros!! We did an outline about Paul that will turn into a rough draft to be revised and edited. 

*Language: Distinguishing adjectives and adverbs was our focus. 

*Poetry: We read some of our favorite poems so far. 

*Bible: Memorizing Psalm 34:1-9 is our focus along with fearing the Lord and finding refuge in him. 

*Math: We did extra math and worked on some word problems I found from teachers pay teachers 

*Science: Copywork of Ecclesiastes 3:10-20 and writing down the ways to make a fossil was the girls assignment. 

*History Reading: We read about King Hezekiah being threatened by a king in Assyria. God was faithful through it all. 

*Story time: From 2 Kings we talked about our story we read in Grandpa's Box and made some personal connections. 

*Independent History: The girls Drew and colored a fish to represent that Nineveh was the chief city of Assyria. 

*History Project: We will be making a scroll this unit!!! 

*Rotating: Researching scrolls was on our agenda. 

Day 2

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*Calendar: Things are going well in calendar time!!! Ian leads me on most days. 

*Phonics: Lesson2 of TRL is a little more tricky for Ian. He wants to look at me instead of his words! He will get there! 

*Fine Motor: Cutting, pasting, coloring, and HWOT was our practice! Ian is doing well. 

*Math; We worked on subtraction. 

*Storytime: We read how Danny Meadow Mouse got away from the foxes!!! 

*History/Rhyme: We read about John baptizing Jesus and then Jesus being tempted by Satan!! Jesus prevailed!!! 

*Bible/Music: We worked on AWANA verses for tonight!! 

*Rotating: We discussed what it would be like to hear a voice from heaven!!! Ian said it would be cool! 

                                                 

Preparing

*Reading: For their fantasy project the girls are working on a paper bag report that I will video!!! I found the idea in Pinterest. 

*Writing: The girls published their I am thankful writing. They each took a different approach but they both turned out well. Audrey was thankful for Jesus and Ally was thankful for her family. 

*Language: We are looking at how to identify adjectives and adverbs in sentences and distinguish them. 

*Poetry. We are just reading previous poems. 

*Bible: We had some prayer time about relying on God and discussed how Psalm 34: 1-9 makes us feel. 

*Math: Xtramath and word problems are our focus this week. I found some neat word problems on teachers pay teachers. 

*Science: The girls did a read and retell about Noah's flood and how it relates to is finding dinosaur fossils. 

*History Reading: I read from a CHOW about the big city of Nineveh in the country of Assyria. God eventually destroyed them for their sinful ways. 

*Story time: We read many verses from 2 Kings about Hezekiah and his love for the Lord and hoe God was with him. 

*Independent History: The girls had Copywork over a paragraph on Jonah and the city of Nineveh. 

*History Project: The girls added 2 Kings 19:34-35 in black ink cursive to their paper we made on day 1. 

*Rotating: Today was vocabulary and the girls did very well. We found the meanings through reading and context clues instead of a dictionary. 

Day 3

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*Calendar: Recognizing numbers in the ten family is our focus right now. 

*Phonics: We did better in lesson 2 of TRL. Slow and steady will win the race. It helps Ian a lot to use magnetic letters to make and move the words around. We also used a rubber band to stretch out words out. 

*Fine Motor: We did some cutting and gluing along with finding the right picture based on clues that I read. We are almost done with our last RS book!! 

*Math: We are still doing subtraction and Ian is getting the hang of it 

*Storytime: It was fun to read about another plan that the foxes have for catching DMM!!! Ian thinks it will not work! 

*History/Rhyme: We read about the first miracle Jesus did after coming out of the tomb, turning water to wine at a wedding. 

*Bible: We works on AWANA verses. 

*Rotating: We tried to turn water into wine but since we are not God it did not work. 

Preparing

*Reading: We started our historical fiction study!!! 

*Writing: We are going to work on writing a personal narrative this week. 

*Language: We compared and contrasted adjectives and adverbs :) 

*Poetry We skipped this today. 

*Bible: The girls did their bible quiet time and worked on AWANA verses. 

*Math: We are doing a fun project that I found on teachers pay teachers called the Million dollar project where they have one million dollars to spend and have to buy certain things like a house, car, give to charity, ect. They cannot go over their amount! 

*Science: The girls read and answered questions about their reading on dinosaurs. 

*History Reading: We read from Grandpa's box about the burning of scrolls but that God never lets his Word be forgotten! 

*Story time: We listened to verses in 2 Kings about Jeremiah and his scribe Baruch and the burning and rewriting of the scrolls. I used my bible app. 

*Independent History: The girls had to read from YCITB and then copy a verse from Jeremiah into their common place book. 

*History Project: The girls finished their scroll project! 

*Rotating: We reviewed directions and looked up bible cities and compared them to maps today. 

Day 4

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*Calendar: Counting by 5's is getting better and better and so is writing numbers 1-20 

*Phonics: We are still on lesson 2 of TRL and going slowly but steady. 

*Fine Motor: Ian finished our RS book 2!!! We also did some writing in HWOT. 

*Math: Subtraction is still going well!! 

*Storytime: We found out that Granny Fox's plan did not work!! Danny was smarter than her. Ian was happy. 

*History/Rhyme: We read about Jesus calling his 12 disciples. 

*Bible/Music: We worked on AWANA review and song review. 

*Rotating: We made a fish and went fishing! 

Preparing

*Reading: We are still working on our new genre of historical fiction. 

*Writing: We finished up our lessons about personal narratives and the girls wrote one in their journals from all the planning we did this week. 

*Language: We are looking at good parts of style in writing. 

*Poetry: No poetry

*Bible: The girls copies two verses into their common place book. 

*Math: We finished our $100000 project! The girls had fun working on it! 

*Science: The girls had to each create a new dinosaur and make it into a puzzle for the other to put together to demonstrate how hard it is put together a dinosaur skeleton. 

*History Reading: After reading about Nebuchadnezzar burning Jerusalem we did a written narration. 

*Story time: We listened to 2 Chronicles 36: 9-21 and did a retelling. 

*Independent History: The girls read from YCITB and read me their favorite part. 

*Rotating: We did a timeline entry over the capture of Babylon. 

Day 5

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*Calendar: We are doing better with our today is, yesterday was, and tomorrow will be chart! 

*Phonics: We are reading small CVC words!!! 

*Fine Motor: We did some number writing today. 

*Math We are still working on subtraction. 

*Storytime: Danny Meadow Mouse was caught by Hooty Owl!!! Oh no!! 

*History/Rhyme: We read about the Woman at the Well. 

*Bible/Music: We reviewed AWANA. 

*Rotating: We played in water as we read and talked about the woman at the well! 

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 February 1-5, 2016

We have three videos this week, one for each kiddo!!! The girls are presenting their fantasy project, a paper bag book report and Ian is showing off some math! 

Part 1:
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208772970425113/?l=5098601310572633323

Part 2:
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208773255552241/?l=6315480631516779753

Part 3:
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208773368475064/?l=2269978205691976740

Hightlights of the Week February 8-12, 2016 

 This week the baby had pneumonia :( There were not many high lights since we stayed at home. We will take off on Monday since Daddy will be off work!  I also decided that we would not do a video since we did 3 last week!