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Jan. 5, 2006
Friday, Again
After my muffed math lesson, I returned to some thinking on the general topic. We're working on shapes and unfortunately, this is not terribly well defined. I did not line out a clear principle, although there is one. Well, a principle at least. It is a bit vague. We did some reasoning and here are more or less the steps we took:
God created everything.
He made everything a certain way for a certain purpose.
He gave everything certain characteristics or attributes to fulfill His purpose.
Things can be described by their attributes.
Christians have certain attributes.
Here is the work she did (keep in mind she has visual problems and her handwriting is atrocious...and now that I'm thinking of it, keep her in your prayers. She is going to see a neuro-opthamologist week-after-next).
Here are the attributes we will be covering regarding shapes:
Whether they slide on an inclined plane.
Whether they roll on an inclined plane.
Whether they can be stacked.
How many faces they have.
How many points they have.
After she can rightfully identify each of the solids we are working with by sight, we will begin simple "riddles." "I have six faces. All of my faces are the same size. I slide and stack but do not roll. What am I?" (a cube)
Then we will go back to the attributes of Chirstians and show how we can recognize Christians by their attributes (essentially the fruits of the spirit). I love this because it ties in directly with the study of the Sermon on the Mount we did before Christmas.
Here are some of the attributes of Christians we may be covering (one per day until we finish this section. Right now I'm unsure of how many we will get to.)
1) "...they know his voice." John 10:4
2) " ...blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation..." Phillipians 2:15
3) "...the righteous are bold as a lion." Proverbs 28:1
4) "... clothed with humility..." 1Peter 5:5
5) " He is ever merciful..." Psalms 37:26
6) "...the stedfastness of your faith in Christ." Colossians 2:5
7) " But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God..." 2Corinthians 6:4
8) "Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching..." Luke 12:37
9) " And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD..." Isaiah 54:13
10) " For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God..." Deuteronomy 7:6
So that is pretty much our focus for the week...identifying God's creation, including His faithful servants, by their attributes.
Here is a great blog about unit studies...complete with a unit study to get you started, so run over to Janne's place and check it out!
Is anyone else posting lesson plans today? If so, let me know so I can link to your blog and enter you in my blogroll! Click here for more information!
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Jan. 6, 2006 - Untitled Comment
I noticed that you have been looking for others to post their lesson plans on Fridays, but I was hesitant to sign up because of fear that I couldn't keep that committment (hmmm...that doesn't look like it's spelled correctly). Anyway, I will join if you promise not to hunt me down with a wet noodle if I skip a day here and there. ;) LOL