27th August, 2008
Learning Log 8-27-08
Day 17
Formal lessons 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
Bible/Religion
Read from Ch.2 in St. Patrick’s Summer about St. Patrick’s second meeting with the Cecilia and Michael. It seems it’s okay to not understand fully the Blessed Trinity, God knows we don’t understand everything he has told us about himself.
Language Arts
Listened to one half of chapter 2 in Call it Courage and discussed how courageous Mafatu must have been to leave his island.
Went over Greek/Latin root words from Unit Study.
Learning to take notes: took notes by answering: who, what, where, when, why, how to short story they each read about the Lost Roanoke Colony from Mara Pratt’s American History Stories.
Poetry
Read another page of poems in Random House Book of Poetry, one by Christina Rosetti, a favorite author.
Independent Reading
Everyone read more in their independent reading books on Colonial America. DS11 is almost done with A Lion to Guard Us so I found him The Witch of Blackbird Pond to read next.
Social Studies
Read independently about the lost colony. Discussed the lost colony. Took notes on the lost colony for writing a paragraph, tomorrow.
Read more in The Story of Jamestown , where it was mentioned that one of the goals of the people was to investigate the lost colony. We thought that odd, since Roanoke is in North Carolina and Jamestown in Virginia.
Folded three cardstock squares each to decorate and use in Jamestown model.
Science
Read about Bug Hunting in Jim Arnosky’s book Field Trips. Talked about how to find bugs, what to draw, what to say about your drawing, what kind of equipment you need for bug hunting. Everyone gathered their nature journaling things, found bugs, drew and labeled them. dd10 and dd8 drew a live beetle in an observation jar. ds11 drew a dead wasp found on the window ledge in the kitchen.
Handwriting
Everyone did handwriting in their Abeka books.
Math
Both dd’s did Math.
French
Everyone did lesson 1, exercise 2, on the computer.
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