Today mom wasn’t feeling well so we didn’t do science or history. So I won’t have that much to write about today, but I can tell you some of what we did do, so here it goes..
We did do Bible, did you know that Samson was strong enough to lift and carry for miles uphill a weight heavier than a van???
We read the last chapter of 1 Corinthians today. In The Children’s Bible Field Guide we read about the Judges. There were four major Judges. Judges translates to rulers. Mom was sick so we aren’t reading history, poems or science today.
Today we read several chapters of the Trojan War, it is a long book. It is really hard to understand, and mom is also having trouble with the names. We did science and it was about how bodyflight works. It would be really cool but a bit scary to bodyfly.
I wrote a limerick, before you read it I would like you to know that they’re not supposed to make sense.
An Ode to Popcorn
By Vella Karman
Popcorn, oh popcorn in a hat
Popcorn, oh popcorn what do you think of that
Delicious and yummy
Popcorn in my tummy
It is even delicious to a cat
Now all I have to do is convince mom to let me have popcorn. The orthodontist is fine with it, but mom isn’t. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
In History we learned about the Punic Wars. They lasted over 100 years. It was wars between Rome and Carthage. In the end the Carthaginian general, Hannibal, decided to attack with elephants on land while the sea stalemate was going on. That gave the Roman a chance to make a push on the sea and attack Carthage while Hannibal ran away and committed suicide. We read seven poems about things like grasshoppers. Our science experiment was really boring we just put some slides in water.
In The Children’s Bible Field Guide we learned about Joshua who may have been an officer in the Egyptian Army. Earlier in the Bible God said that the people of Canaan were not yet “evil enough to punish.” In History we learned about the founding of Rome. We read four poems.
Today we did a bunch of science, about several days. I t took a long time. As you know it’s Friday but we are doing a four day week because of the field trip and stuff. I have a lock-in tonight.
This week is our week off but we were behind so we did some school today. I finished except for what I can’t do. In Bible we read some more 1 Corinthians. In our Science experiment we were supposed to see a certain kind of force by putting a drop of water on a slide and sliding another up to the water. I don’t know what was supposed to happen but it didn’t.
Today we learned about Alexander the Great and his generals. We also learned about the Native Americans. One people group carved 10 9-ft. tall heads. We read 13 poems about rivers and the ocean, winter sports and a new section about bugs and other small things.
Tapioca comes from cassava in Central-America.
Today Mom Reed Adi and the same kid who we’re babysitting again went to the store to pick up our online order. I stayed home to do school. :( I have several things I’m dreading such as four math lessons, and two current events. Tomorrow I have a church lock-in which is going to be really fun!!!!!!!! It is for fifty-six which is the thing I’m in, it’s sort of the transition between Sunday school and youth group, next year I’ll be going to regular church on Sundays and then youth group on Wensdays. As already stated by the name, at least I hope the name made it clear the fifth and sixth graders get to do the lock-in. I went last year and it was a ton of fun, we get to have inflatables inside the church and we roast marshmellows outside, we also have basketball and volleyball, and later we watch a movie. I went to sleep at two-something last year, and then I had ballet and stuff, this year I plan on going to bed before two, because I have point class, Nutcracker practice and other stuff to do on Saturday. But I still plan on staying up late, even though I’m already staying up until 10:30, or later on a regular bases.
Tapioca is from the Cassava plant, we use tapioca to make flour, and pretty much everything. The Nazca drawings are amazing, but they used math. Noooooooooooooo!!!!!! Art isn’t supposed to use math!!! The crazy 9-feet tall heads are amazing, most people are only five, or six feet tall! Just think if they had bodies!!!!!
I added some pictures for fun. :)
Today we read about Numbers and Deuteronomy and the Law. We learned in History about the war between Persia and Greece and Sparta conquering Athens. We read four poems about playing.
Flying birds have non-symmetrical feathers where as flightless birds have symmetrical feathers.