Bigger Hearts for His Glory- Unit 28

This week we learned about cheerfulness!
Our verse was Proverbs 17:22

'A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.'

Our poem this week was 'Little Roads to Happiness' by Wilhelmina Stitch.  We copied the poem and learned the rhyme scheme and circled the patterns.  We also discussed and found examples of imagery.

We started reading the book, "The Story of the Wright Brothers and Their Sister."  

The kids copied these chronological highlights from our reading this week into their history notebook. 

The kids are enjoying the book and we hope to visit Kittyhawk before the schoolyear ends.  

*crossing my fingers*

In Science, we talked about the many uses for corn.  We learned how corn

kernels pop!  The kids enjoyed their yummy snack! 

We added in a bit of state study this week.  We learned 'Fifty Nifty' last year but have started working on location and capitals.  I found these great worksheets we will be using to help. 

http://www.itsybitsyfun.com/uploads/9/8/7/6/9876061/states_and_capitals_worksheets_1014.pdf

This week we read about Frances Ridley Havergal and listened to and sang along with the hymn, 'Take My Life, and Let it Be'. 

This week we had the opportunity to visit our local library for a big owl event!  

The kids were introduced to the book series, Guardians of Ga'Hoole.  

There were many other owl books for the kids to explore. 

They made owl masks.  

They cut out owls for a stick mobile.  

They made an owl origami! 

They got to pair up and dissect an owl pellet.  

At first they thought it was disgusting, but soon they dropped the tweezers and started using their hands. 

They really enjoyed looking for bones in the "yarp" pellets.  

I think this might be a piece of the jaw.

They found several different kind of skulls and other bones. 

They used the chart to identify the bones they found.  

We watched a live stream of 2 barn owls.  The class was full of homeschoolers and the kids had a great experience.  I sure love taking advantage of our library homeschool program.  I would highly recommend the owl pellet dissection.  The kids loved the hands-on exploration and they learned so much.  You can find an owl pellet kit for purchase on Amazon here:  http://amzn.to/1Fa8Gu7

We hope you had a great week too.  We are looking forward to a much needed family break for our spring break next week but, will be back the following week! 

See you then! 

Be blessed!