In our Bible class the boys have memorized Proverbs 15:1 and have begun to memorize Psalm 23. They will learn a verse a week for the next several weeks. We have spent time reading about who Jesus was. We learned that Jesus controlled the wind and the sea, that he had power over sickness and death, and that He forgave sins. It has been a good study and has given us a lot of great conversation starters.
We have read about and prayed for two people groups. They are the Ik of Uganda and the deaf in Japan. We prayed for a group of people working on making videos of Bible stories in Japanese Sign Language to help the deaf in Japan learn about Jesus.
In History we have been reading about life in the Assyrian empire.
One of the things I love about our Sonlight curriculum is the Timeline
book that comes with it. It begins in 5000 BC and goes all the way
through 2050 AD. Each week as we study history, Bible, and other
literature we have timeline figures to add to our book. Both boys have
their own books. They love putting the new figures in and then looking
to see what other events were taking place around the same time. I look
forward to filling their books in over the years and seeing history
being played out through the pages.
Cruz coloring a recent timeline figure
One of Cruz's recent grammar lessons introduced him to a thesaurus. He was fascinated and loved reading through the word lists.
In addition to reading about the States of Colorado and Utah, he is also reading through this book.
I also have him reading a chapter a day in this book. I read it as a read-aloud to them two years ago. It is hard to believe he is now old enough to read it himself. When I showed it to him he hugged it and squealed. I wondered why he was so excited and when I asked him he replied, "It's Clyde Robert Bulla!" He is a fan and has loved every book of his that he has read so far. I love seeing him get excited about reading.
In addition to Ben's Sing Spell Read and Write readers we are also using the Sonlight readers for 1st grade. So far this year he is reading though the I Can Read It! series. We will soon finish book 2. We are also working our way through the word list book.
Both boys also do a few online lessons each day using The Free Reading Program. In addition to reading it also helps review phonics and spelling.
more phonics review using our Smart Tray
playing memory using our phonics sounds cards
playing "go fish" using our phonics sounds cards
reviewing word families
spelling
a,b,c order
circling the subjects
In Science we studied Arctic animals and also ocean life. In our
experiment time we began a new unit called Science With Magnets. Our
first topic was "What can magnets do?" We did a sticking test by
gathering several items and testing them to see whether or not they
would "stick" to the magnets. Here are some of the items we tested.
Before we started we made a chart. We listed the things they would test. We first made a guess for each item and then checked "yes" or "no" after we tested it.
Next we learned that cans are usually made of aluminum or steel. We gathered a few to test. The ones that did not stick were aluminum. We learned that old cans are melted so their metal may be used again. Magnets are used to sort the cans so aluminum ones can be melted separately.
For our art lesson we used our science topic on ocean life to make a craft. The boys chose to make a jellyfish.
the boys with their jellyfish
This was our latest read aloud book. It is a great story about a lady, Miss Agnes, who spent a year teaching school in a rural Alaskan village back in 1948.
When we finished our classes we packed up our school room at our house in Chiquimula. That room held a lot of great memories for the boys and I. I will miss it but I look forward to getting our new school room set up and making memories in it as well.
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