Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota: Unit 21

Heart of Dakota: Resurrection to Reformation - Unit 21: The Rise of Venice, the Reign of the Tudors, and the Mughal Dynasty.

Reading About History and Timeline:  Continued reading in The Mystery of History III.

History Storytime:  Still reading Mr. Pipes And Psalms and Hymns of the Reformation aloud.  And I'm a little behind so we have some catching up to do, but it's a good book so I won't mind the extra reading aloud too much.

History Project:  For this unit Funny Bunny had to draw, color, and paint a building that includes towers, turrets, and domes.  It is still in the process of being completed so I will post a picture of it next week.

Independent Reading: Around the World in 80 Days

Science:  In science she is learning about plate tectonics.

Writing:  I haven't talked about writing too much this year.  Funny Bunny is using IEW's Medieval History-Based Writing Lessons.  We really love IEW and the way they teach writing.  Funny Bunny just finished lessons 10-13 and wrote a mini research paper on Knights.  It consisted of an introduction, conclusion, 3 detailed paragraphs, and a bibliography. Wish I could share her whole report...below is just the introduction.

This week she started a story sequence chart using a selection from The Sword in the Stone.  She gets to be a bit more creative and can use dialog with the characters so she is a bit more excited about writing this story.

Extra Curricular:  Two weekends ago Funny Bunny and some friends finished up their 10-week drama and chorus classes and put on a medley type performance for their families.  It was sweet to watch and they all did an excellent job. She performed the following:

Vocal Ensemble - I See, I Hear, I Know
Vocal Solo - My Favorite Things
Vocal Trio - A Whole New World
Vocal Ensemble - Let It Go
Drama Trio - If He Hadn't Come



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Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota Update

It's been a few months since my last Heart of Dakota update.  We are still working in Resurrection to Reformation and currently on Unit 20: The Spread of the Protestant Reformation.

Reading About History:  Funny Bunny was so happy to finish the readers and move on to Mystery of History Volume 3.  She has been enjoying reading through it on her own.  :)

History Storytime:  I am currently reading Mr. Pipes And Psalms and Hymns of the Reformation aloud.  It is a hard book to read aloud {long and wordy} but she really enjoys this series so I am sticking with it.

History Project:  We've been a little lazy about doing the history projects the last couple weeks. Below is her project from Unit 18.  She sketched and painted one of the most famous images that Michelangelo painted in the Sistine Chapel. She had to do it lying on her back while it was taped to the underside of a table. She does not like it because the brown paint for the shading was not working out, but I think it looks pretty good considering she was painting it on her back.

History Research:  Since we are learning about Martin Luther, she had to do her own research and learn more about Wittenburg, Germany.

Science:  For science she has been reading A Child's Geography Vol 1.  For the past few weeks she has been learning about the ocean currents, the water cycle, what causes the seasons, what makes up the atmosphere, evaporation, and what the earth is made of.  Below is a worksheet on the ocean currents from Unit 18.

Devotional Bible Study:  We are still working through Beautiful Girlhood. Although Funny Bunny thinks this book is a little old fashioned, I am really enjoying the time we are spending together reading through it and studying the Bible.

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Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota - Week 6

I'm a little behind with my Heart of Dakota postings as we are actually on Unit 12, so hopefully I can catch up a little in the next few weeks. 

Heart of Dakota: Resurrection to Reformation - Unit 6: The Byzantine Empire and Muslim Invaders

Reading About History: Still reading selections from The Story of the Middle Ages and Famous Men of the Middle Ages, but they've added back in some from Peril and Peace and Monks and Mystics.  She is enjoying those.

History Storytime: Continuing to read Mystery of the Silver Coins. 

History Project:  This week they had to copy key passages of Scripture that reveal Jesus' identity and bake them into 5 loaves of bread.  The bread was pretty good and very easy to make.

History Written Narration and Timeline: Charlemagne

Science Exploration:  Phases of the moon

Poetry:  She was asked to draw a picture to go along with an Emily Dickinson poem about the moon.   

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Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota - Week 5

Heart of Dakota: Resurrection to Reformation - Unit 5: Missionaries, Monks, and Monasteries

Reading About History: Still reading selections from The Story of the Middle Ages and Famous Men of the Middle Ages, but they've added back in some from Peril and Peace and Monks and Mystics.  She is enjoying those.

History Storytime: Continuing to read Mystery of the Silver Coins. Still loving it!!

History Written Narration and Timeline:

History Project:  This week they had to draw a diagram of a monastery on a grid.

Devotional Bible Study: I have been reading aloud "Beautiful Girlhood" and we have been discussing the questions in "The Companion Guide to Beautiful Girlhood".  Chapter 5 is on The Strength of Obedience.

Science Exploration:  Earth's Perfect Design by a Perfect Creator

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Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota - Week 4

Heart of Dakota: Resurrection to Reformation - Unit 4: The Fall of the Western Empire

Reading About History: Still reading selections from The Story of the Middle Ages and Famous Men of the Middle Ages.  Still not her favorite books. :/

History Storytime: Continuing to read Mystery of the Silver Coins.  We love this series and already have the next book ready to go when we finish this one.

History Project: Funny Bunny created the game "Race to Rome".  We were supposed to make our own game pieces with bread and glue, but after making them last year, decided to skip it this year and use playdoh. :)

Devotional Bible Study: I have been reading aloud "Beautiful Girlhood" and we have been discussing the questions in "The Companion Guide to Beautiful Girlhood".  Chapter 4 is on character building.

Science Exploration: Venus

Science Experiment: How are rocks affected by intenser heating and cooling? {using hot butter}

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Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota - Week 2

Heart of Dakota: Resurrection to Reformation - Unit 2: Early Church Councils & Creeds

Reading About History: Still reading Peril and Peace and enjoying it. 

History Storytime: Almost finished with Forbidden Gates.  This is a really good book!

History Project: This week Funny Bunny had to make a stained glass window.  This project was a little more time consuming but it turned out really neat!!

History Notebook: This page of her history notebook shows the timeline for the week, a postcard she wrote about Alexandria, and a written narration on Augustine.

Shakespeare:  For the past two weeks Funny Bunny has been reading The Tempest.  Each reading is split between two weeks and then she has to color a picture and copy a quote from the play.

Science Project/Experiment: She read about Eclipses.

Independent Reading:

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Homeschooling with Heart of Dakota - Week 1

Heart of Dakota: Resurrection to Reformation - Unit 1: The Ancient Church

Reading About History: Peril and Peace.  Funny Bunny is reading this book independently and says she likes the way it is written and is enjoying it.

History Storytime: Forbidden Gates.  I am reading this aloud and we are both enjoying it.  It's sometimes hard to put down.  It is set in Jerusalem around the time of the Apostle Stephen was alive.

History Project: Roman arch out of homemade clay.

History Notebook: A peek at her timeline and postcard.

Science Project/Experiment: Comparing the sizes of the planets.

Those are some of the highlights from our first week of 6th grade!



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