We started late in the day this morning, it was almost 11:00 a.m. by the time I finally sat down to begin our studies. I was tempted to just take the day off but after prompting from Isabel that we needed to start the day with our Bible lesson. Her prompt got me going for the day!

Our Bible lesson for the day was a good one and can be found in Deuteronomy 30:11-20 and
Acts 2:1-36.

In History and Geography, we have been studying the early American History. We are getting closer to the 13 colonies Independence from Great Britain. We have just finished going through the French and Indian War.

Today was poetry and we learned about Free Verse poems. Our favorite Free Verse poems come from S. Silverstein. We enjoyed reading several of his and others that we found across the internet.

With today being the last day of 2014, for fun, I had Isabel write up a “time capsule” that I borrowed from another website.

Time Capsule worksheet.

With starting so late in the day, we were still able to get everything completed for the day and she was able to work on her tide pool field journal. When she gets the whole thing completed I will try to remember to take some photos.

The Bible verse for this week…

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:7

Just before our Christmas break, Isabel was given the assignment to write a report about an animal of her choosing.

She picked the dolphin.

Yesterday, we did some internet research about them. She found out the food they eat, how big they get, how long they live, where they live and some other information about these mammals.

Over the next few days she needs to gather more information and later in the week she needs to write up a a rough outline. Next week she needs to have enough information to write up a rough draft and then write up her report.

If you remember she had to do a similar report last year on a northwest mammal. She picked the porcupine.

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Today in science we talked about seashore life and tide pools and bout dangerous weather on the sea.

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One of Isabel’s science books has internet links so that we can further learning and knowledge. Today our links lead us to some fascinating finds.

We watched videos of:

• barnacles
• crabs
• anemones
• mussels
• sea snails
• sea urchins
• octopus
• chiton
• brittle stars

Great stuff and we both learned something.

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The dangerous weather situations, we talked about were; hurricanes, typhoons, waterspouts, and tsunami’s.

We talked at great length about tsunami’s and the 2004 Asia Tsunami that happened on December 26th. We watched home videos (no sound) from those that survived the 2004 tsunami.

We have gotten right back to work after our Christmas break last week. It was a great time to just relax and spend time together.

This week we are learning about transitions in Bible. In Acts chapters 1-3 we will learn about Jesus telling His followers the need to go out and get others to follow Him.

In Numbers and Deuteronomy we will be learning about the Israelites leadership passing from Moses to Joshua.

The Bible verse for this week…

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:7

This week we are continuing the story of…

“Johnny Tremain” by E.Forbes, chapters 3 and 4.
Great book, dealing with pride and arrogance.

This week we are starting the book…

“The Skippack School” by M.d. A.

In Science we are continuing our learning about the Seas and Oceans. Today we talked about currents, tides and coast lines.

No school due to Christmas Break… we’ll see you in 2015!