Religion - today we discussed the Sacrament of Penance, what it is and the five steps to prepare for it, using O.H.F. Lesson 9 catechism questions and the St. Joseph's First Holy Communion catechism.
English - our picture study was titled "Soap Bubbles" (PLL Lesson 126). After a lively discussion, we went outside to construct our own "bubble wands" from wire, dipping them in liquid soap. We discovered that no matter what the shape of your bubble-maker, the bubbles always came out circular!
Poetry - a few students performed "Whole Duty of Children" from last week, and we worked on learning the first stanza of "The City Mouse Lives in a House" for this week.
History - we read Aesop's Fable "The City Mouse and the Country Mouse" in play format and then acted it out. There is an accompanying coloring page in their binder, which we did in class.
Geography - we labeled a few additional items on our map of Ancient Greece, namely an "M" for the Mediterranean Sea and a "A" for the Aegean Sea. We also reviewed some of our terms from last week (land, sea, island, the "finger-like" landform of Greece and the large island of Crete).
Science - we reviewed the characteristics of the class fish from last week and discussed the new ones for amphibians (from CCM). We read a little about amphibians from The Handbook of Nature Study by Comstock, learned that there are tailed and tailless amphibians, and saw many photographs of frogs and salamanders. We also added these newly learned characteristics to our lapbook.
At home - There is a great coloring page of a frog on the online suite as well as a mini book on the life cycle of the frog if you'd like to continue our Science study at home this week.
F really enjoyed the bubbles. What a fun idea! Thanks for all the effort you put into making class an enjoyable experience.
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