WEEK 7

BIBLE

We continued our Matthew study this week and read some of Chapter 4. We read about William and Catherine Booth in Hero Tales and Ryder copied the character traits about boldness and discipline. We also learned about Greenland in our book "Window on the World."

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Ryder did Spelling Lesson 7 and got a 100 on his spelling test.

They both did handwriting.

Ryder did lesson 4 this week in English.

Mercer did Lesson 14 and 15 in All About Reading Level 1.

Ryder had reading time every day. He finished The Magic Tree House Book #8: "Midnight on the Moon" and started Flat Stanley's Worldwide Adventures: "The Intrepid Canadian Expedition."

We read some in our read aloud book "Bash and the Pirate Pigs.

 

Here's some pictures of Mercer putting pictures from his story that he read in the correct sequence:

 

GEOGRAPHY

This week we continued our Canada country study! We read facts about Canada, tried to build an igloo (we really needed sugar cubes!), did a crossword puzzle, and started learning the terriories and provinces of Canada. The geography-themed vocabulary word that Ryder learned about this week was continental divide.

MATH
The boys did lessons 26-29. Ryder got a 72/73 on test #3.

SCIENCE

This week we did an overview lesson on plant life and animal life - how they reproduce, how the get food, etc. So we did this experiment with celery. I removed the xylem (which carries the water up to the leaves) on the right celery stalk. We watched for 48 hours to see which one wilted the fastest... the one with the xylem still intact or the one without...

Before:

After:

The celery without the xylem was really wilting!

 

 MUSIC

The boys listened to "Going Over the Sea" on the WeeSing CD. We also listened to a geography song to help learn the provinces of Canada.