Come, Follow Me: Week of Jan 7 - 13

Here is the next week of plans! It's our first full week of schooling, using our new Come, Follow Me Curriculum.

As a reminder, for instructions, recommendations and tips on how to use these plans, please refer to this post.

January 7-13	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Focus	Be It Unto Me According To Thy Word
Topics	Who were Matthew and Luke? New Era article	Why did the Savior need to be born of a mortal mother & an immortal Father? Videos:  Mary & The Angel Joseph & The Angel	God’s blessings come in His own time. Videos: Elisabeth & Zacharias John the Baptist is Born	The faithful willingly submit to God’s will. Review Luke 1:37. What other stories can we think of where God did “impossible” things? Flip through Gospel Art Book for ideas.	Mary testifies of Christ’s mission Who are Jesus’ Father and mother? (Heavenly Father & Mary) Jesus has a genealogy. What is your family’s family history? Who are your parents?
Memorization	Luke 1: 37
History and Geography	Map Work: Israel, Egypt, Mediterranean Sea Map templates to use Read: Augustus Caesar’s World pgs. xi - 9
Poetry/Language Arts	Read The Three Little Pigs Compare with: The Three Little Pigs: Inside the Big, Bad Wolf	The Secret Three Research secret languages/codes	Handwriting Practice: Tracing Books of the New Testament (pg. 11) (copywork file)	Spelling Practice: Play Hangman with spelling words. (Use any list of commonly used words)	Nouns! Learn what a noun is by playing the Person, Place, Object or Animal game
Fine Arts	Composer Study: George Handel Read Chp. 1 of: Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler Optional: Read some additional information from Music Appreciation Bk. 1, Pgs. 53-9. Create a lapbook and add the Halle, Germany-Then & Now pieces Listen to: Music Disc 1, track 22		Song to Learn: Books of the New Testament CS 116 Repeat daily. Activity: Put NT books in order. Pg 41-43(copywork file)	Picture Study: Blessed Art Thou Among Women	Art: Draw the Three Little Pigs
Science/Nature	Unit Study: Water and Our World Lesson 1: “All About Water” (You may want to split this lesson up into 2 or more days.) 🔳-complete up through Experiment 2 🔳-complete through Experiment 4 & Science wall 🔳-optional read-aloud books
Math	Activity idea: Build the Three Pigs’ houses. (Fairy Tale STEM Challenges)	Activity idea: Bedtime Math: “Good Moo-sic”	Activity idea: Mathematicians are People too! Read about Thales, pg. 1 “Pyramids, Olives, and Donkeys”	Activity idea: Game: Number Battle (see resource page)	Activity idea: Game: Go Fish! Addition style (see resource page)
Extra Resources	A Child’s Prayer CS 12	The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom	Water Let’s Drink Some Water	Things That Float and Things That Don’t
Chapter Book Read-Aloud	The Dog Who Was There (Chp. 3-4)

Resources

Books recommended

·         Come, Follow Me-For Individuals and Families 2019 manual
·         Augustus Caesar’s World
·         The Dog Who Was There by Ron Marasco (read every week until done. Then pick another read-aloud.)
·          Mathematicians Are People Too! Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians by Luetta & Wilbert Reimer
·         Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler
·         The Three Little Pigs
·         The Secret Three by Mildred Myrick
·         The Secret Language by Ursula Nordstrom
·         Water by Emily Neye
·         Let’s Drink some Water by Ruth Walton
·         Things that Float and Things That Don’t by David A. Adler & Anna Raff

Copywork file:

Use pages 11, 41-43

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For a printable copy of this week's plans, go HERE.

For an overview of how to use these plans, and the thought behind them, THIS POST might be helpful.