MFW: ECC~ Canada (weeks 7 & 8)

After taking a week off in the middle, we are finally done with our study of Canada! It has been a nice visit but we are ready to leave our continent and fly to Brazil. This is a look at the fun we had in Canada.

Math U See: Lessons 20 & 21

All About Spelling Level 2: Steps 24 & 25- we are finished!

BJU English: Chapter 4. This was another writing chapter and Senior learned how to write step-by-step instructions using time order words ;-)

Reading: Yet another rich book basket unit. Here is just one of the book basket books that Senior enjoyed.
This unit had so many great books to choose from for Senior's reading assignments. Week #7, he read Paddle-to-the-Sea.

This week, he read Owls in the Family. This was not his favorite book but he still made it through.

We are finishing up our read aloud on Cameron Townsend. I was surprised at how much Senior enjoyed this book. He actually asked if he could read it on his own at bedtime- yeah! I love that we are learning about these amazing missionaries this year.

ECC Bible: Our prayer focus has been the people of Garifuna & Greenland. In addition to continuing to read through Matthew, Senior studied the qualities of William and Catherine Booth and George Muller.

ECC Geography: Again I didn't snap many pictures of the book work associated with Canada but Senior enjoyed learning many facts of the country.

ECC Science: Senior's science this unit included food chains and webs. He enjoyed this book along with playing this online game.

The second week, was a quick overview of plants and animal reproduction (we just skimmed this information). MFW scheduled a quick experiment with celery. The stalk on the left (red) has had most of the xylem removed. The results were VERY clear even by the end of day 1.

By day two, they were ready for the trash ;-) Senior was able to see how important xylem is to plants.

ECC Art: Senior learned about the Inuits who are the native people of northern Canada. We tried our hand at soap carving. This is how the young Inuits learn how to carve.

I think we many need more practice, ha! The front one is my polar bear ;-) Senior had hi hopes of being able to carve a Star Wars Y-wing in that bar of soap but in the end he settled for a heart.

One day, the boys attempted to construct an igloo from sugar cubes. The entire time they kept asking how long they had to work before getting to eat one, hee hee.

Our final project was to make an impression of a maple leaf and use it as a stamp. Everyone enjoyed the nature walk to pick out our leaves.

He was going to get one no matter what.

I took the opportunity to do some fun fall crafts with all the boys.

In the end, our impression was way too big to use as a stamp, but the we still have a great maple leaf.
For our farewell celebration, we had dessert of pure maple syrup over ice cream.

Thumbs up all around!


Good-bye Canada, we had fun!

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