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MFW CtG/K Week 10: U-Us, Joseph

4th/2nd Grade Creation to the Greeks Ten Commandments: I am the LORD your God...you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Honor your father and your mother Bible/History Discussed and memorized the 5th commandment, read some bible verses about it We learnt about Joseph's story, in fact we read it in one day because the children could not get enough of it! We also talked about what it was like in the Pharoah's court, the clothing, their food etc. This video was a good wrap 4th grader's story 2nd Grader's story Math/Science Water and Air: Water Cycle Look!! Precipitation! The kids were really excited to see this. (I kept thinking I need not do this experiment since they have seen boiling water and condensation all the time! I was wrong. They were surprised) Water and...

MFW CtG/K Week 9:T-t Turtle/Jacob leaving Laban, Descendants, Joseph

4th/2nd Grade Creation to the Greeks Ten Commandments: I am the LORD your God...you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Bible/History Discussed and memorized the 4th commandment and revised the past memory verses.  We learnt about Jacob's family, and Joseph's story We also talked about cloaks, Ancient Egyptian's homes and Abraham's descendants Math/Science Water and Air: Destroying water This experiments requires dissolving different amounts of epsom salt in water and see how water molecule is destroyed.  This experiment also teaches me about reading the instructions carefully. At first we put 1/4 CUP (instead of teaspooon) of salt in one and 3/4 CUP in another. NO WAY this will dissolve. We'll be making crystals. Now this is better No salt, no reaction. 1/4 tsp salt, little ...

MFW CtG/K Week 8: N-n Nest/Isaac, Jacob, Esau

4th/2nd Grade Creation to the Greeks Ten Commandments: I am the LORD your God...you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain Bible/History Discussed and memorized the 3rd commandment and revised the past memory verses.  We learnt about Isaac taking a wife and the strife between Jacob and Esau We also talked about the customs of wife-taking and birthrights We learnt about seals and Egyptian tomb paintings Showing them lentils Using wax and seals Math/Science Water and Air: What floats? Of all the items, the kids were surprised that the clip sank and the apple floated. I wished we had the coke and diet coke (we might get them some day and do this experiment again) Water and Air:Skating water This experiment to teach about cohesiveness and adhesiveness of water was really fun! And the kids learnt that this is a good way to know ...