Unit 14 of LHFHG and Preparing

II am so proud of these girls of mine!! They placed 1st in the state in the AWANA Bible Quiz competition!!!!  It was the highlight of our weekend! Audrey also received highest honors for answering all of her multiple choice questions correctly!! 

Day 1 

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*Calendar: WOW!! What a difference prayer and rest makes! Ian was a new kid today and did GREAT!!!! 

*Phonics: What a better day we had!! Ian read with ease his sight words and practice words from MFW K co op class and did very well on his lesson in TRL. We are still on lesson 3 and going slowly but making great progress!! 

*Fine Motor: Today we wrote the alphabet and a few sight words. Ian did his BEST handwriting for me and held his pencil correctly! 

*Math: We are working on numbers 1-40 and everyday gets a little better!!! 

*Story time: Poor Peter Rabbit! He had to walk all the way home with the snare on his leg in the dark!!! He was tired and hurting but his friend Danny Meadow Mouse was there to welcome him! Ian did a short retelling of the chapter to me and drew a picture. 

Ian was worn out from working so
hard in school today!! 

*History/Rhyme: Ian liked the new rhyme for the unit! We also learned about three disciples and Jesus taking a walk of the mountain and then hearing the voice of God. We had fun trying to imagine what God's voice would sound like! 

*Bible/Music: Our new verse is Matthew 5:17. We talked about it and sang our song. 

*Rotating: We talked about how God makes us all unique just like our fingerprints and we looked at his fingerprints and compared them to mine! It was a great discovery lesson!! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls are on day 8 of our historical fiction study and were glad to have a day of reading only with some discussion : ) 

*Writing: We are working on persuasive writing, which is new to them! I cannot wait to see how they convince me this week!!! 

*Language: We are looking at describing things in our lessons this week. This should be a good review for them and our lessons should be shorter than normal. 

*Poetry: We read our new poem called My Kingdom and used some deductive reasoning to answer a few questions. 

*Bible: The girls will be learning Psalm 98:1-3 for this unit about God's promise of a Savior! 

*Math: We are still working on CLE review work and xtra math. Ally is now in division and Audrey is up to the 90th percent in multiplication. 

*Science: Today the girls had a copy work verse and to draw two dinosaurs for an entry in their science notebook. 

*History Reading: We read from a CHOW about India. The girls were in awe about the caste system!!  We also read from the book Hero Tales about Amy Carmichael and her mission work with children in India. The girls remembered her from their GMA study. 

*Story time: Today we started Hero Tales!! We enjoy the book but man the readings are a bit long, especially when we had a reading in history as well. We read about the Judson's and their dangerous mission work in Burma. We all enjoy missionary stories so I know we will enjoy the book!! 

*Independent History: Reading and retelling of a portion of YIBTB was their lesson. 

*History Project: We are making a map of the Silk Road this week!! Today the girls found a map on Kiddle to draw and drew in the routes. They both did a neat job on their maps. 

*Rotating: Today the girls did research on the Silk Road. I wrote out their questions for them and let them use Kiddle to find their information. They thought it was so cool to do it on their own and they did very well. 

Day 2

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*Calendar: Ian doing much better in his coining!!!! His sound recognition is getting better too!! 

*Phonics: Ian did great in blending and also read a small story in TRL!!!! 

*Fine Motor: I had Ian make words from magnetic letters and then write them. 

*Math: Still working on numbers to 40 and it is going well!!! 

*Story time: We read about how worries Danny was about his friend Peter!! 

*History/Rhyme: The good Samaritan was our story. 

*Bible/Music: We worked on our verse and sang our song! 

*Rotating: Ian drew a picture of our history story and added a band aid for his boo boos! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls read and then used a picture from their boom to answer some questions. 

*Writing: We are still working on persuasive writing. Today the girls made a rough draft! The following day they did their publishing. They both wrote to persuade their Daddy and I that they need a later bedtime. 

*Language: We are still looking at using good style in writing. 

*Poetry: We did some creative writing today. We brainstormed how our favorite outdoor quiet place looks and sounds like and then drew a picture. From there the girls wrote a 5 sentence description about it. 

*Bible: We read Psalm 98:1-3 and discussed the mood and when we may need to visit and read them. We then prayed and thanked God for our salvation and for our younger kids to be saved when they are ready. 

*Math: The girls are almost die with CLE review and ready for their new book! Ally is up to 88 in division on xtramath and Audrey is at 99 on multiplication!!! 

*Science: Reading and retelling about how after the flood we had a much different world than before. It was harder to find food and both people and animals had to work harder to survive. 

*History Reading: Today in a CHOW we read and leaned about China and how even though they were closed off some from the rest of the world due to geography yet we're still very active in inventing and making things. We read about Confucius and how his teachings sounded good but we're not biblical. 

*Story time: We read about mission Taylor ad his work in China. 

*Independent History: The girls got back into their Draw through history book and drew and colored a silkworm. 

*History Project: We used index cards to draw how to make silk! 

*Rotating: Geography was our focus and we found China on a map and looked at the mountains, desert, and rivers that kept it somewhat closed off to the rest of the world. 

Day 3

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*Calendar: Ian is doing great!!! Things have been going much smoother lately in our school day!! I think letting him get up and play a little to get some energy out is perfect!!! 

*Phonics: Lesson 3 of TRL is going well. He has been reading some to Daddy in the evenings as well! We are both so proud of him. 

*Fine Motor: We are starting to write small words!!! 

*Math: counting was our focus. 

*Storytime: Library book time!!! He loves when I read his library books. 

*History/Rhyme: We read our bible story and did our rhyme. 

*Bible/Music: Ian copied his verse and sang his song. 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls read and then had to write a few sentences about the characters in their books. 

*Writing: We will work on a persuasive letter this week! The girls will be writing to our co op board about a change they would like to see made. 

*Language: We reviewed past lessons on writing and describing. We also read and practiced on how to properly make introductions. I don't think I ever learned the formal rules for that! It was fun practicing it with them. 

*Poetry: We read our poem together and leaves that RLS once visited Hawaii. 

*Bible: The girls had their bible quiet time for the unit. 

*Math: We have our new CLE books in!! We are on book 310 to help us finish out 3rd grade math!!! The girls did great for their first lesson though we did have to touch on a few things that were not covered in Singapore. 

*Science: Reading and answering questions was our assignment for the day. The girls did well and learned that God created Adam and Eve to live with the animals. 

*History Reading; We read from CHOW about the Athenian leaders Draco, Solon, Pisistratus, and Clenisthenes. We read about what kind of leader they were and how they came to power. 

*Independent History: Copy work was their assignment for the  day. The paragraph was about silk in China. 

*History Project: The girls finished up making their cards on how to make silk. 

*Rotating: Today was vocabulary day! We did our words as we came across them in history ready. The girls did very well. 

Day 4

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*Calendar: Ian is doing great!!! He is counting better and better each day! 

*Phonics: Ian read a small book!!!!! It was a reader from MFW K but he did it!! He is doing well on his sight words and in the TRL he finished lesson 3 this week. 

*Fine Motor: We did some writing in block paper today after making words with letters. He also did a journal entry! We have also been working on writing smaller. 

*Math: Ian can write numbers up to 40!!! He is dong great with our sequencing unit. 

*Storytime: Danny Meadow Mouse was helping Peter get back to the safety of the brier patch and being a good friend. 

*History/Rhyme: We read about the parable of the lost sheep!! 

*Bible/Music: Ian said his verse!!! 

*Rotating: We played hide and seek Shepard and sheep style! 

Preparing

*Reading: The girls finished up their realistic fiction books!!! Next week we will start on a book project. 

*Writing: We are having fun writing persuasive letters to our co op board! Ally is asking about wearing shorts in the warmer weather months and Audrey wants to be able to take her Kindle to class. 
*Language: We talked about how to properly answer the phone. 

*Poetry: I had the girls read their poem to each other and to decorate it. 

*Bible: The girls copied their verses neatly into their common place books. 

*Math: We finished up the first three lesson in our new CLE books!!! 

*Science: in science they used marshmallows and tooth picks to crest a standing dinosaur. They leaned that it was not easy but God was able to do it! 

*History Reading: We read from a CHOW about Rome getting rid of their king and becoming a republic. The girls had a written narration about when Horatius was commander of the Roman army. 

*Independent History: Drawing a giant panda from China was what they did today. They turned out pretty cute! 

*Rotating: we added to our timelines today. We put on the Shang Dynasty in China in 1500 BC and Confucius and Buddha 500 BC.

Day 5

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*Calendar: We have been in school for 136 days!!! I cannot believe it. You can tell that spring break is near! 

*Phonics: Lesson #3 of TRL is finished!!! I am so proud of the progress Ian is making in reading!!! 

*Fine Motor: Ian did some practice on writing both his upper and lowercase letters. 

*Math: We are sequencing in math right now and Ian is doing so well!!! He loves to do his work "without" me : ) 

*Storytime: I read about Danny getting Peter's leg out of the snare! Both friends tricked Farmer Brown's Boy buy letting Danny take all of the food out of the snares without getting caught. 

*History/Rhyme: The rhyme this unit was a hit!! In our bible we read the story about the Prodigal Son and talked about how much God loves us even when we do wrong things. 

*Bible/Music: Ian said his verse and sang his song. 

*Rotating: We acted out the story of the Prodigal son with Mickey Mouse! 

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. They do one lesson a week. 

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. 

Co op is attended once a week for all of us! We go 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 29 - March 4, 2016

Ian started back to baseball this week with practices!!

Audrey has her tryout for softball this weekend and we are praying for another Godly coach!! 

We made a video for the week where Ian is reading his MFW book, Ally is sharing her drawing of a silkworm moth, and Audrey shares a song she worked hard on in piano. 
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208980618656189/?l=4155409303217313334

Hightlights of the Week March 7 - 11, 2016 

We found out that Audrey will be on a team called the Lil Cubbies!! We know of one little friend on her team so we are so thankful for that. Her Daddy's favorite team is the Cubs so we know this will be a great season for Audrey. 

All of Ally's dance costumes are in for her recital in June! She is so excited about them. 

Co op is out for the next few weeks due to spring break. 

Next week we will take off from HOD and just focus on the 3 R's and a few fun things like a play date at the park with friends.  I didn't want to take a week off in the middle of a unit. The following week we will be off to Kansas City for spring break since Daddy will be off all week. 

Here is this weeks video!! Ian shares his journal and the girls share their science experiment! 
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10209046690147935/?l=6955537883904694186