Quick update....
In language arts we are reading "A Christmas Carol" and adding to our vocabulary...
Chapter 1 words- official , properly, witnesses, clergymen, undertaker, executor, estate, decreed, will, mourner, beneficiary, wrenching, solitary, shriveled, wiry and grating.
Of course we are still doing our Lifepacs and Daily grams.
Killian and Lotus are reviewing combining sentences. Here are 2 examples...
- The Lord is good. / His love endures forever.
- I love Christmas cookies / I hate Christmas fruitcake.
Killian is also working on auxiliary verbs, dependant and independent clauses, subject and verbs, present participles and participle phrases. He will also be starting a report on Charles Dickens and continuing is work on homonyms, antonyms and synonyms. I am using words from the book as well as our bible verses for these. He is also using these for our copywork, narration and memory work.
Lotus is continuing to work on coordinating conjunctions. Plus she will be learning about the difference between parables and fables. She is also using the book and bible verses for copywork, narration and memory work.
I found this awesome tongue twister for Lotus which will help her with her "R"s....
Running reindeer romp round red wreaths.
I also found these sites to help us add a little Christmas to our math....
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1672407749
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1672407749
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1672407749
http://math.about.com/library/xmas7.pdf
In geography/ social studies this month we are learning different ways to say Merry Christmas and learning about the country while were doing it. This is also doubling as online research.
If you would like to learn the different ways to say Merry Christmas go to http://www.santas.net/howmerrychristmasissaid.htm and then take it further by learning about the country of origin.
To top it off we are doing a study of the different symbols of Christmas which is giving us our fair share of bible study, art and history.
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