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MFW CtG/K Week 29: B-b Butterfly, Hezekiah-Jeremiah

4th/2nd Grade Creation to the Greeks Isaiah 40:21-26 Do you not know? Do you not hear?      Has it not been told you from the beginning?      Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22  It is he who sits above the circle of the earth,      and its inhabitants are  like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain,      and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; 23  who brings princes to nothing,      and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. 24  Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown,      scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither,      and the tempest carries them off like stubble. 25  To whom then will you compare me,      that I should be like him? says the Holy One. 26  Lift up your eyes on high and see:      who created these? He who brings out their host by number,      calling them all by name, by the greatness of his might,      and because he is strong in power      not one is mi

MFW CtG/K Week 28: B-b Butterfly, Jonah-Hezekiah

4th/2nd Grade Creation to the Greeks Isaiah 40:21-22 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are  like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; Bible/History We read about Jonah, Isaiah and Hezekiah (The kids were confused by the jump around and I had to remind them the chronology...pull in English from the Roots Up!) We also continued on Homer And we learnt about the superpower during that time - the Assyrians. We are quite behind on memorizing Isaiah. It is not an easy passage to remember. I am going to let the kids use fighter verse app to memorize it verse by verse. The kids also started to get sick, so we kind of skipped some parts of school. We used the accordion time line this year and it has worked out. Today we pulled

MFW CtG/K Week 27: J-j Jewel, Elisha

4th/2nd Grade Creation to the Greeks Isaiah 40:21-22 Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are  like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in; Bible/History We read on Elisha's miracles and especially the story of Naaman We also continued on Homer and we're so happy Odysseus came home. Math/Science Day 5 of Creation (Swimmers and Flyers) We learnt about vertebrates and invertebrates Must have not smeared enough butter, the jello should be in ONE piece and not lumpy lumps. Anyway, the one with toothpicks is the vertebrate and the one without are invertebrates no covering, no backbones (like the jelly fish) easy to crush No backbones, but has covering (like crab) not as easy to crush backbones