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.