Bigger Hearts for His Glory- Unit 26

Character Trait Wall

This week we added 'forgiveness' to our character trait wall.

We read more about Abraham Lincoln and learned that he kept our country together during difficult years. 

We used chalk to learn how to draw vertical cylinders that looked like Lincolns stovepipe hat. 

We drew horizontal cylinders to represent the rail logs that Lincoln split. 

We read about Harriet Tubman's adventures and learned how she guided and transported hundreds of slaves from the south to the north on the "Underground Railroad."  It was difficult and dangerous but, she was determined to help save the lives of many.

We learned that the United States divided into the Union and the Confederacy.  Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, did not recognize the Confederacy and the Civil War began. The kids cut and pasted their notebook pages onto the correct side for each the Union and Confederacy.

The kids colored the Union States blue and the Confederate states gray.  Many people were wounded and many died in the war.  After the war, President Lincoln was shot in a theater by John Wilkes Booth. 

After reading Pioneer Sampler this week, we learned that in the pioneer days it was important to be weather aware.  They didn't have meteorologists to predict the weather so, they used the world around them.  Cicadas singing, birds in the air, and dew on the grass meant a warm & sunny day.  High clouds in the sky were good days to work outside.  Low and/or dark clouds meant rain.  We decided it looks partly cloudy here today with high clouds. 

We decided to try our own fun experiment this week to learn more about weather.  We made rain in a jar! All we needed was steaming water, a jar, ice, and a plate. 

We poured the steaming water into the jar.  We placed a plate over the top of the jar and put ice on top of it.  A cloud formed and swirled in the jar.  After a minute or two, drops of rain began to fall into the jar.  The kids enjoyed this simple project.  I explained that as the ground is hot and the atmosphere is cold clouds are formed and rain begins to fall once the droplets get heavy.

In Math, the boys learned how to find the approximate circumference of their ice fort!  It was the last bit of snow left to melt in our yard so we measured the diameter and multiplied by 3 to get an approximate circumference.  They thought that was pretty cool! 

In Art, we did a special project with colored pencils. 

We followed a step by step guide together. 

This project turned out great!  I love how they are each just a little bit different.  The kids really enjoy art and I love incorporating it into our week!

I even enjoyed it too!!  I was certainly amazed that the water colors turned out looking like paint when we pressed really hard and layered our pencils! 

Our Homeschoolers celebrated Dr. Seuss Birthday with a special trip to the library.  

All in all it was another fun week with Heart of Dakota!  We hope you had a great week too! 

See you next week!