WEEK 1

BIBLE

This week we talked about names and the meaning of names. Ryder wrote out the meaning of his name on paper.

 SPELLING

Ryder did Lesson 1 and got a 100 on his spelling test!

 ENGLISH

Ryder did Unit 1 Lesson 1-4. He learned about sentences and phrases.

 HISTORY

This week Ryder studied the Pledge of Allegiance and he also colored and labeled a map of the USA and of the world. He learned the names of the continents and oceans. He also learned about Leif Ericsson and we read an Usborne book about Vikings.

 MATH

Ryder did Lessons 1-4.

 HEALTH
Ryder studied about gentle words this week.

 ART

Ryder did an art lesson online about complementary colors. He watched a video and then got to use the "paint" feature on the computer to create his project.

PRESCHOOL
Every morning Ryder and Mercer start out doing calendar time. Mercer get to do his on this board - he does the weather, day of the week, etc. Ryder has a calendar notebook and for the month of August he is recording the daily high temperature which he will use to make a graph at the end of the month. Then Mercer worked on the letter A this week. He traced capital A's, made an A out of pipecleaners, sang the ABC song, and Ziggy the Zebra helped him learn about rhyming words using body part names! 

 And our newest members of our school day this year! Meet Eva and Ella!