articlesforchristians

Tuesday

• Math
  • Add within 20
  • Play shark numbers. Count the tens and then count the ones and click on the number.
  • Play tangrams. Move and turn the shapes to get them to fill in the shape. This is tricky too.
• Science
  • Here’s what the Bible teaches about creation. How can we know what is true?
  • Read about the age of the earth.
• Social Studies
  • The Story of Mankind Part I by Hendrik Van Loon     
  • Hieroglyphics
    • Read and/or listen to the story.
    • Study the vocabulary terms.
    • After you read or listen to the lesson, narrate the events aloud using your own words.
• Language arts:
  • Reading
    • Alice’s Evidence Reading Comprehension Activity
      • Chapter XII Passage: Lewis Carroll’s delightful story “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” tells of an English girl named Alice who explores a strange world. In this passage, Alice has been attending a trial of the Knave of Hearts who is accused of stealing the Queen’s tarts. Just as Alice is called as a witness, she suddenly begins to grow quite large. Students will read the passage and answer questions on the plot action.
    • Download the pdf, read, and answer the questions.
• Music
  • One of the earliest man-made instruments must have been some sort of drum.
  • Play the drums. Click on the drum set on the screen to play the virtual drums.
  • If you like, you can mix together some different sounds again.

Friday

• Math
  • Count by 2s. Choose 2s.
    • The first one is 2, then 4, etc.
    • These are all even numbers. Even numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8.
  • Make numbers. You are using hundreds, tens and ones.
    • Use the hundreds block this time. There are 100 blocks in that square. It’s 10 stacks of 10 blocks all put together.
    • Make the numbers: 142 and 375. Now you are using hundreds, tens and ones.
    • What happens when you add more than 9 tens? Feel free to make big numbers and read them out loud.
• Science
  • Do a worksheet about the tropical rainforest. It is attached to the end of this day.
• Social Studies
  • Write a Message in Hieroglyphics 
    • Use the Hieroglyphics alphabet to write your own secret message to a family member or friend in hieroglyphics.
    • See if your family member or friend can correctly translate your message.
    • Exchange your secret message with your instructor or someone else and see if they can decipher it correctly.
• Language Arts:
  • Reading
    • McGuffey’s Second Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey     
    • Lesson 2: Bubbles
      • Study the words.
      • Read the lesson.
      • Look at picture. Write about the picture. Be sure to describe the people and what they are doing.
• Computer
  • You are going to work on your typing. This site has lots of games. You can pick which ones you want to play. You can start on the easiest levels, but you should try to move up to harder lessons where you are typing words and not just letters. We’ll be working on this for twelve weeks. You can work on your typing any day though.
  • Choose a game. If you haven’t learned to type, this site has lessons as well, choose Lessons from the top of the page. Typing is a great skill to have!
  • Internet Safety Reminders: Do not download anything onto your computer without permission. Do not click on any advertising on a website even if it looks like a game to play. Don’t give out your name, address, phone number, email address, photo, etc., online without permission.