Cycle 1 Week 17

Here is a list of the topics covered during our week  17 lessons:

Geography

The girls are working hard to get in more details with their world maps.  We used m&ms to locate our map points for South Africa. 

Timeline

We practiced our hand motions for this week.  These can be found under the file previously mentioned (by rafikipaka) on CC connected.

Math

We continue to add to our Math pokey with the Area of a square.  It its into the song nicely by repeating the memory work three times.

English

We practiced our Helping verbs song from the previous weeks.

Latin

We reviewed our latin pronunciations for Second declension single/plural noun endings.

Science

I brought in last weeks model of a volcano.  We talked the parts of a volcano and observed the flow of lava through these parts during an "eruption".

History

We colored our pictograms as we listened to the history sentence. 

Experiment

A)We built a bridge using books to demonstrate how rock bridges can seemingly defy gravity as one layers overlaps and supports the other.

B)We discussed and observed how water when combined with agitation can dissolve candy at different rates.  We also took the opportunity to expand the experiment and used our mouths as a means of agitation on the candy as well :).  The girls formed a hypothesis about which would dissolve the candy faster:  sitting in water, being shaken up in water and being shaken up in our mouths. 

Fine Arts 

We had a blast painting our masterpieces as they hung above our heads under tables.  We discussed and observed a few of Michelangelo's pieces and works.