Unit 7: US

We learned “God made us wonderful!"

The letter is Uu

 

  

 

Ryder has learned 35 sight words so far! 

 

These were our books this week.

 

PHONICS

Ryder had several phonics and handwriting worksheets this week. He also completed through Lesson 9 of All About Reading. He read 4 short stories this week! So proud of my little reader!



 

MATH

Ryder finished through Lesson 93 of Abeka K Math this week.

 

SCIENCE/BIBLE

This week we learned that God made each and every person wonderful. We read in Genesis about God making man and forming woman from Adam's rib. We also studied Psalm 139 about God forming you in your mother's womb. We also talked about angels and God's rules/law being sweeter than honey. This tied into our taste lesson and it came from Psalm 19.

 

We studied the "senses" this week.

 

We learned about Touch.

 Ryder had to close his eyes and feel different objects in a paper bag and try to guess what they were.

 Then he had to do it with a thick sock on. It made it much harder!

We also talked about tickling. If you tickle someone else they will laugh! You can't tickle yourself though!

 

We also learned about Hearing.

 I filled 5 glasses with different amounts of water. They tapped each glass with a spoon and listened to each sound. They discovered each glass made a different sound!

Next we learned about Smell.

Ryder smelled pepper, vanilla, cinnamon, and garlic.



Sight was really fun! I had Ryder draw a person with his eyes closed. He was very frustrated and said it was hard!

 Then he got to draw with his eyes open! He said this was easier.

 We also studied taste. We didn't have any taste testings though because Ryder is a picky eater.

He made a Five Senses Book to finished out our weekly study on our senses.

MUSIC

This week our classical music study was Bach: Violin Concerto no. 1 in A Minor (I. Allegro). We did this activity on the day we studied hearing. I played the song and they danced around the room. I would pause the music every once in a while and they had to be paying attention and freeze while the music was not playing! They absolutely love our music lessons! 

I found this neat idea on Pinterest and decided to make it for Mercer! He is still young for this activity, but he still enjoyed playing with the letters in his name and trying to spell it.