Come, Follow Me: Week of Jan 28 - Feb 3

Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord

Isn't that what we are trying to do? It's worth the effort to prepare a way for the Lord to be able to dwell in our hearts and in our homes. Keep fighting the good fight!

Jan 28 – Feb 3	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Focus	Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord
Topics	Who was Mark? Read paragraph given and Bible Dictionary.	What is repentance? I Can Repent & Be Happy story and activity	Pharisees & Sadducees Video: Pharisees, Sadducees & Scribes	Jesus Christ was Baptized Video: Jesus is baptized Video: Jesus is Baptized by John	3 members of the Godhead The Godhead: characteristics of the Godhead activity
Memorization	Matthew 3:17
History and Geography	Map Work: Red Sea, Jerusalem, Damascus   Map templates to use Read: Augustus Caesar’s World pgs. 35 - 44
Poetry/Language Arts	Read Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm. Compare with other versions of Rapunzel or talk about likes/dislikes.	Read: Enigma: A Magical Mystery by Graeme Base. Try to solve the code at the end!	Handwriting Practice: Tracing Books of the New Testament (pg. 21) (copywork file)	Reading Practice: Self-Correcting Magnet Fun. Use pgs. 13-18 for reading practice	Verbs: Name That Verb game. May be done orally for non-writers.
Fine Arts	Composer Study: George Handel Read Chp. 4 of: Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler Optional: Read some additional information from Music Appreciation Bk. 1, Pgs. 73-79. Add “Harmonious Blacksmith” & Water Music  to the Lapbook. Listen to Music Disc 2, tracks 7-16		Song to Learn: Baptism pg. 100	Picture Study: John The Baptist Baptizing Jesus	Art: Foldable 3D Shapes
Science/Nature	Unit Study: Water and Our World Lesson 4: “The Water Cycle” 🔳-“Noah’s Ark” story; Activity: Water Cycle picture 🔳-Art Project: Water Cycle diagram
Math	Activity idea: Build a slide for Rapunzel. (Fairy Tale STEM challenges)	Activity idea: Bedtime Math: A Truly Magic Carpet	Activity idea: Mathematicians are People too! Read about Hypatia, pg. 29, “A woman of courage”	Activity idea: Game: Roll & Read the Time	Activity idea: Game: Explore 3D Shapes
Extra Resources	Once There Was A Raindrop	Let’s Drink Some Water Sir Cumference & the Sword in the Cone	Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia Hypatia: Explorer of Geometry	All the Water In the World Make a Wish, Albert!	Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres
Chapter Book Read-Aloud	The Dog Who Was There (Chp. 9 - 10)

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

·         Once There Was a Raindrop by Judith Anderson and Mike Gordon

·         Let’s Drink Some Water by Ruth Walton

·         All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson

·         Of Numbers and Stars: The Story of Hypatia by D. Anne Love

·         Hypatia: Explorer of Geometry by Brittany Goris

·         Enigma: A Magical Mystery by Graeme Base

·         Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes by Stuart J. Murphy

·         Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, & Spheres by Tana Hoban

·         Make a Wish, Albert! by Lori Houran

·         Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander

Memorization verse: Matthew 3:17

Self-Correcting Magnet Fun

Explore3D Shapes

FairyTale STEM challenges

Explore3D Shapes

Name That Verb

Roll & Readthe Time

copywork file

Blank Map template to use

Map template to use

For a printable copy of these plans, go HERE.

For an overview of how to use these plans, and my thoughts behind creating them, THIS POST might be helpful.