GREAT GRANDFATHER KOETTER

This week was a little tough as the kids were pretty sick. While wrapped in blankets, they managed to plow through their work.

BIBLE:

Memory Verse:

Jordan memorized Leviticus 19:18 while rowing the fourth chapter.

SOCIAL STUDIES:

Geography – Prussia & Germany:

Jordan color-coded the places Grandfather Koetter visited – Germany and Prussia.

History – Castle Garden & Ellis Island:

As suggested, Jordan read If Your Name was Changed at Ellis Island.

Jordan colored the path Grandfather Koetter may have taken from Eastern Europe to Ellis Island.

LANGUAGE ARTS:

Vocabulary:

Jordan completed the vocabulary worksheet for the fourth chapter.

SCIENCE:

Where Does Rubber Come From:

Jordan read about rubber in Balloon Trees. We studied this book when we rowed Balloons Over Broadway.

Bub completed a rough worksheet I made the last time we studied rubber.

FINE ARTS:

Life Skills – Helping Others:

When I was a kid, I learned “JOY”, a Sunday school song about “Jesus first, your self last, and others in between.“ Jordan and I talked about how God made us to help, to serve, and to be a blessing. If we’re not “others-oriented” we become selfish and miserable Christians.

Jordan was sick and unable to attend the cos-play night at his youth group, but he helped create a Bobba-Fett costume for his little brother’s character dress-up night.

Look at that smile! There is joy in helping others, even in the midst of your own loss and disappointment.