Week 18 of Homeschool: We read Mr. Lincoln’s Drummer, practiced the Latin translation for John 1:1-7, Read The New Colossus poem from the Statue of Liberty, listened to interviews with immigrants who came to America through Ellis Island, found the Great Lakes on our maps, learned amazing and interesting facts about atoms, read American tall tales by Davy Crockett and practiced drawing the catamount in one of his stories, wrote a paper about the Transcontinental Railroad, looked at snow under a microscope, learned Metric Measurements, created cardioids with math, listened to Debussy’s “La Mer” and imagined ourselves in a boat at sea, learned about density by making an egg float in salt water, added endings to root words, practiced diagramming sentences, and completed the 100 Day Lego Challenge and won an Amazon gift card!
