WEEK 20

BIBLE

We continued our Matthew study this week and read some more in chapter 8.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Ryder did Spelling Lesson 20 and got a 16/16 on his spelling test.

They both did handwriting.

Ryder did lesson 27-29 this week in English.

Mercer did Lesson 40-41 in All About Reading Level 1.

Ryder had reading time every day. He started reading the book "Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective."

For read aloud time we read chapters 9-11 in "Bash and the Chicken Coop Caper."

 

 

GEOGRAPHY

This week we finished up our study of Brazil. We read about Brazil in "Children's Atlas of God's World" and we looked at different maps of South America.

 

SCIENCE

We read several read-aloud books about the rainforest. We read about the different colors of the rainforest, water birds, and rain forest hunters in our "Living World Encyclopedia." Also, we did an experiment on bird's feathers. We learned their feathers are covered in oil and repel water. So we took 2 paper feathers and covered the right one in oil. Then we sprinkled water on each feather. The feather without the oil soaked up the water. The feather with the oil repelled the water!

MATH

Mercer did lessons 77-80 in Horizons Math. Ryder did lessons 42-45 in Teaching Textbooks.

 

CO-OP

Thursday we went to the zoo with all our friends to see the Primates! And they had a South American snack! Butter cookies with strawberry icing, pineapple, and a pineapple drink.

WEEK 19

BIBLE

We continued our Matthew study this week and read some more in chapter 8. We also read about Quechua in "Window on the World." We also studied about Nate Saint and made a paper "yellow airplane" like the one he flew.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Ryder did Spelling Lesson 19 and got a 16/16 on his spelling test.

They both did handwriting.

Ryder did lesson 26 this week in English.

Mercer did Lesson 37-39 in All About Reading Level 1.

Ryder had reading time every day. He finished his book report on "Stuart Little."

For read aloud time we read chapters 6-8 in "Bash and the Chicken Coop Caper."

 

GEOGRAPHY

This week we continued our study of Brazil. We read color and number words in Portuguese and Ryder completed a flag worksheet writing a summary on what the colors on the flag represent. The geography-themed vocabulary words that Ryder learned about this week were marsh and swamp. We also watched Donald Trump be sworn in as President during the inauguration.

 

SCIENCE

We were busy for science this week! This week we continued our study of the rainforest. We specifically talked about the top two layers - emergent and canopy - and the boys each picked an animal that lives in each layer to talk about during their co-op class on Thursday. We also read more about Primates in the Apologia Land Animals book (Lesson 6). We read an Usborne reader about monkeys. In our "Living World" Encyclopedia we read about the Amazon, the rain forest floor, monkeys, apes, and climbing and gliding animals of the rainforest. Ryder also did a rainforest animal research report on toucans.

 

The twins enjoyed coloring during our school time a few days this week. Check out Ella's feet! She always sits in her high chair like that.

MATH

Mercer did lessons 73-76 in Horizons Math. Ryder did lessons 38-41 in Teaching Textbooks.

 

MUSIC

We listened to "Los Pollitos" on our WeeSing CD.

 

CO-OP

 On Wednesday, Ryder's foundations class had fun being up on their feet playing games! This game was putting words in alphabetical order.

 

Mercer's teacher sent me this picture from their class!

 

For their Thursday class they finished their rainforest diorama and they worked in their Apologia Notebooks on Primates.

WEEK 18

BIBLE

We continued our Matthew study this week. We finished chapter 7 and started on chapter 8. We also do devotionals with daddy most nights before bed. Last night we talked about "love" so Robbie thought of a great idea for the boys to do in school today: They drew a heart and wrote inside the heart things they love.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Ryder did Spelling Lesson 18 and got a 25/25 on his spelling test.

They both did handwriting.

Ryder did lesson 25 this week in English.

Mercer did Lesson 36 in All About Reading Level 1.

Ryder had reading time every day. He is doing a literature notebook study on "Stuart Little." He read chapters 9-11.

For read aloud time we read chapters 3-5 in "Bash and the Chicken Coop Caper."

 

GEOGRAPHY

This week we continued our study of Brazil. We read about Brazil in "Children's Atlas of God's World" and we watched a video on the 2nd Wonder of the World - Christ the Redeemer Statue which is in Rio Brazil! The geography-themed vocabulary words that Ryder learned about this week were delta and jungle.

 

SCIENCE 

We continued our study of the rainforest this week. We talked specifically about the first two layers. They each picked an animal from each layer and learned some facts about them to share with their co-op class. We also did a little bit of reading about Primates in Apologia Land Animals Lesson 6. 

MATH

Mercer did lessons 69-72 in Horizons Math. Ryder did lessons 35-37 in Teaching Textbooks.

 

MUSIC

We listened to "Michacra" on our WeeSing CD.

 

CO-OP

 This week during class they gave their presentations on their animals and they drew pictures of animals and added them to their rainforest they are making. Here is a sneak peek of layers 1 and 2...

They also played Jeopardy to remember the characteristics of primates. They learned a difference in primates and humans through a little experiment. Primates have opposable thumbs and toes and can even eat with their toes, so they tried to see if they could eat Skittles with their toes (which is virtually impossible for humans because we do not have opposable toes). They also read Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla which is a true story about a silverback gorilla who was captured, displayed in a shopping mall, then taken to the Atlanta Zoo where he died in 2012 at the age of 50.



WEEK 17

BIBLE

We continued our Matthew study this week and read some more in chapter 7. We also read "Window on the World" about Columbia and they did a Portuguese John 3:16 color sheet.

 

LANGUAGE ARTS

Ryder did Spelling Lesson 17 and got a 15/16 on his spelling test.

They both did handwriting.

Ryder did lesson 23-24 this week in English.

Mercer did Lesson 33-35 in All About Reading Level 1.

Ryder had reading time every day. He is doing a literature notebook study on "Stuart Little." He read chapters 4-8.

For read aloud time we started "Bash and the Chicken Coop Caper."

 

GEOGRAPHY

This week we started our study of Brazil! We located it on our map, read facts about the country, Ryder did a crossword puzzle and a worksheet about facts on Brazil, we read about the people who live in the rainforest, we also read "Children Just Like Me," did a flag worksheet, colored a picture of the country, and they labeled South American countries and boarding bodies of water on a map worksheet. The geography-themed vocabulary word that Ryder learned about this week was zone.

SCIENCE

This week we started a study on the rainforest! We learned specifically about tropical rainforests and rainforest plants. The boys both colored the areas on a world map where tropical rainforests are located. We will continue this study next week at home and at co-op.

 

MATH

Mercer did lessons 65-68 in Horizons Math. Ryder did lessons 30-34 in Teaching Textbooks.

 

MUSIC

We listened to "Brown Girl in the Ring" and "Ciranda" on our WeeSing CD.