MFW ECC Week 10 - Brazil

We enjoyed learning about the "Amazing" River as we continued our jungle expedition. Yes, I said amazing.   For some reason that's what my girls keep calling it.  My youngest and I had a birthday this week and the Rainforest Cafe seemed to be the perfect place to celebrate.

Another interesting part of our week is that my first grader has decided she doesn't like her middle name & wants to change it to Faith.  What six year old even thinks about such things!

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 What We Learned:

• Geography
• Brazil is the largest country in South America
• Brazil has 26 states
• The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world (3969 mi.), but there appears to be some disagreement on whether the Nile or The Amazon is longer.
• Carnival is a festive season held in Rio de Janeiro. 
• Over half of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil but it is also located in Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia,Guyana, Bolivia, Suriname and French Guiana.
• Geography Vocab: Jungle & Delta 
    
• Exploring World Geography - Physical Features(121), Rivers(122), & Islands of South America: matching latitudes & longitudes (127).
• Science
• The Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world.
• The rain forest floor contains leaves and dead animals that rot quickly leaving nitrates in the soil.
• Deforestation - Large areas of rainforest are being cut down.
• Most rainforest animals can climb trees since most of the food is in the canopy layer.
• Book of Animals - jaguar, llama, macaw, spider monkey(rainforest animals)
• Nonfiction Read & Write Booklets: Animals & Habitats (Download Here)
  
  
• Bible
• Memory Verse - Matthew 5:15
• Read Matthew chapters 6 & 7
  
• Yanomamo - Window on the World
• Art
• Poisonous Dart Frogs
• Spanish
• We use Duolingo.com  
• Duolingo is a fun, free, & fantastic learning tool. 
• Much of the learning happens in the form of quizzes, which switch between testing speaking, listening, and writing. The grammar and sentence constructions become progressively difficult as you go along. It keeps reviewing previously learned words, allowing you to progress from basic words all the way through various verb tenses and abstract ideas. 
• We love that we can compare progress with our friends through Facebook
• Book Basket/ Read-Aloud



     


We completed our reading of Misty of Chincoteague.  I know, it has nothing to do with Brazil, but it is a novel that both girls wanted to read.  My 4th grader finished answering the questions from the Misty of Chincoteague Comp Guide from Veritas Press.
They also checked out the movie and enjoyed that over the weekend.  They both agreed the book was way better and didn't like how they changed some of the big scenes - what a valuable lesson in showing the enjoyment of reading :)   
    
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