MFW CTG Week 3

What We Learned:

Bible

• Review Memory Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16-17
• Books of the Bible (Only Old Testament part) 
  
  
• We read Genesis 8:18 - Genesis 11:9
• Journey Through the Bible - "The Tower of Babel"
• MFW Bible Reader: "The Tall Tower"
• Rosh Hashanah (Will be celebrated in Sept) 
  
  

History Notebook

• E. T. Purrs in the Red Nile Med 
  
• The Migration of Noah's Descendants
• The Fertile Crescent 
• Mesopotamia - "land between the two rivers" 
  
  Click HERE to see an animated map of the area
  
  
• Tower of Babel (download Babel Template HERE) 
  
• IEW (Ancient History lesson 3)  
  
  use 2-3 ly-words, use 2-3 who-which clauses, 
  use vocab words: ascend, colossal, & fashion
  

I'm an so so proud of my girl. Just a few months ago I told my husband I was going to have to hire someone to teach my daughter to write.   I cannot believe how far she has come in just a few weeks.  THANK YOU IEW.     

• Cuneiform 

We attempted our own cuneiform clay tablets
(sugar cookie dough seemed more fun today).




"TRUST GOD" in Cuneiform


• Your monogram in cuneiform - Click Here 
  
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• Explore the World of an Ancient Scribe HERE

Timeline

• Tower of Babel

Science

• Sunlight & Thermal Energy  (Science in the Beginning)
  
  We attempted this with printer paper, but it didn't catch on fire.

  Our Second attempt, with newspaper, was a success. 
  

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
• Lighting a Bulb with Mechanical Energy 
  
  We didn't have the proper bulb on hand, so we watched this video.
  A little too corny but it gets the point across.
  
  
• We continued our dinosaur study &looked at evidence of dinosaurs after the flood.  
  
    
• Investigate different forms of energy Here 
  

Vocabulary

• Photos (Fō  TOSS) - light 
  
• Vocabulary practice of photos Greek roots list Here
• Flashcards & Vocab test are free, but we also use "Match it Sentence," "Match It Definitions," & "Which Word?" from the premium activities.
• IEW vocabulary words.   We played hangman as she tried to guess the definitions.  Once she solved the puzzle she had to write the vocabulary word.   
  
  serpentine

Art & Music

• More Ellipses (around the house)
  
  
  Of course she had to draw a snowman.
  
  
  
  
  
• Around & Around 
  
• Ancient Sumerian Music 
  
  • read about the oldest Sumerian Hymn Here
• Antonio Vivaldi (download composer notebook page Here) 

• Take Vivaldi Quiz Here 
  
For those who want to listen to specific movements
Spring 0:00   Summer   10:31   Autumn 20:59   Winter 32:48

Book Basket & Read alouds

  

 

Math

• 5th Grade: Number line (negative numbers, fractions, and mixed numbers 
    

• 2nd Grade: Multiplication Facts
  
  
  
  
• 2nd Grade: Counting Songs 3's & 4's
  
  
  

Language Arts

• Aesop's Fables 
  
• Moral - main lesson the story teaches.  
• We discussed the morals of several fables HERE.  
• We were shocked to discover that Aesop was a Greek Slave.
• Dialect
• A variation of a language used by a group of people.
• An author may use dialect to give personality to his characters.  

Music (play 2 games this week)

Name that Note	Note Game	Eek Shark
Melody Mayhem	Rhythm Quiz	Orchestra Guide

Spanish

• 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.

Typing Fun (play 2 games this week)

Typing Adventure	Typing Adventure 2	Type Type Revolution
Cup Stacking Fun	Qwety Warriors	Typing Speed Test