WEEKLY REVIEW 4/12 - 4/16

BOTH GIRLS

Bible: Psalms

Composer: Handel - Listened to cd and/or works online daily and read about him

Artist: Camille Pissarro - Looked at works online daily and read about him

Country: Germany - Looked at web sites and books; watched video

Elements of Periodic Table: Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium

Daily poetry reading

Renaissance and Reformation: Machiavelli, Savonarola, Pope Leo X (Giovani de Medici), Started book on Martin Luther

Extra Reading: The First Four Years

BIG GIRL

Grammar: Painless Grammar

Spelling: Homemade review of problem words

Literature: James Thurber - The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Catbird Seat

Systematic Theology: Miracles

Independent Reading: Bible; The King James Only Controversy by James White

Spielvogel’s Human Odyssey: Ch. 3 - Ancient India

Writing: She is working on a couple stories

Economics: Whatever Happened to Penny Candy by Richard Maybury

LITTLE GIRL

Math: Key to Fractions; multiplication copy work

CLE Language Arts: 4 lessons

CLE Reading: 2 lessons

Vocabulary Vine: scope

Spelling: List using SWR words

Dictation: From Spelling Wisdom

Cursive practice

Map workbook

History: Mystery of History - 4 lessons

Science: Reading Weather Book by Michael Oard and Nature Friend Magazine

Independent Reading: San Domingo by Marguerite Henry, Book of Marvels, Bible, Life in Bible Times

Had Little Girl start reading through Mystery of History 1, just reading one lesson per day, since it has been a while since she has had ancient history.

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