{"id":559056,"date":"2008-07-09T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-10T06:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/07\/09\/homeschool-highlights-4\/"},"modified":"2008-07-09T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T06:06:00","slug":"homeschool-highlights-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/07\/09\/homeschool-highlights-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschool Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bible<br \/>\n<\/strong>We are reading about the life of Abraham and Sarah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>History\/Geography<br \/>\n<\/strong>We read about William Tyndale in England.&nbsp; Mr. Tyndale is responsible for getting the Bible (only printed in Latin) to be translated into English so the common man can read it.&nbsp; This was considered treason and he was burned at the stake for it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Aloud<br \/>\n<\/strong>-Continue reading &#8216;The Boxcar Children&#8217;<br \/>\n-Poems from &#8216;The Llama who had no Pajama&#8217;<br \/>\n-Mother Good Rhymes<br \/>\n-My niece, KK, is spending the summer days with us.&nbsp;&nbsp;I have enrolled her in a Summer Reading competition at the local library.&nbsp; She needs to read 20 minutes a day to get 1000 minutes completed by the end of summer.&nbsp; To help with the reading, she is reading &quot;Little House in the Big Woods&quot; to us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Language Arts<br \/>\n<\/strong>The boys read from &quot;I Can Read It&quot;.&nbsp; They have read the &quot;stories&quot;: &quot;A Cat on a Hat&quot; and &quot;A Flat Hat &amp; Rat&quot;<\/p>\n<p>-I took words from these lessons and introduced the concepts of &#8216;definition&#8217; to them.&nbsp; They orally defined words that I gave them.<\/p>\n<p>-I had the kids write words in rice&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3284\/2654795636_dd25f3fb5a.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3260\/2654796258_7a0fc5ae1b.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3130\/2653970119_a0d48f12bc.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>-I read fill in the blank questions, and the boys had to provide, and write, the answer.<br \/>\n&#8216;R&#8217;s Bat&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3208\/2654797362_a7613243ac.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;While the boys work on &#8216;Explode the Code&#8217; worksheets, I pulled up a grade 4 spelling list for my niece and had her write the words and re-write the ones she got wrong.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3004\/2653971121_db2fcbe467.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Science<br \/>\n<\/strong>We did this great experiment and I tried to get it on video, but the experiment never cooperated when I wanted it to.&nbsp; We took a long neck bottle and placed it in the freezer. After it was thoroughly cold, we placed the bottle in a large pot and placed a quarter on the lip of the bottle.&nbsp; We poured warm water around the bottle.&nbsp; The quarter would slightly &quot;jump&quot;! This is because the air inside the bottle warmed up and expanded causing the quarter to dislodge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extra Fun Stuff<br \/>\n<\/strong>The boys are having an awesome time playing with their cousin, riding bikes, playing with friends,&nbsp; all the fun outings we take, and mini vacations.&nbsp; We also continue to go through the sign language DVDs and really enjoy that.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bible We are reading about the life of Abraham and Sarah. 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