WEEK 2

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 36 in All About Reading Level 2, the second half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 1, Week 2 of his Daily Reading Practice workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lessons 6-10 in handwriting. I have decided not to do spelling with Mercer this year. He gets spelling/phonics from Explode the Code so I feel that is sufficient for 1st grade!

 

Ryder did Week 2 of his Daily Reading Practice workbook, Fix It Grammar Week 2, and 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook. I also decided not to use Soaring with Spelling with Ryder this year. We are just going to be doing word lists from Natural Speller. This week we started with list one and went through the words until he missed 13. Those will be his spelling words for next week and we will use Spelling City online to study the words through their games.

 

 

MATH

Mercer did Day 6-10 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 6-9 plus a quiz in Teaching Textbooks 5. I also had Ryder start XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts. He has almost completed all the addition math facts in less than a week! Then he will move through subtraction, multiplication and division. This program is free, fun, and works!

 

SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about the senses touch and smell.

This week Ryder learned about how living things get food, shelter, work together, and survive. He also learned about defenses such as camouflage and mimicry and he learned about migration and hibernation. He did three science experiments this week. The first one was figuring out which household tool worked most like a hummingbird's beak. The second one was using different tools to gather different types of food to see which tool was most like which animals' mouth. The third was using paper and hole-punch dots to observe how camouflage affects the ability to see something. Ryder LOVES doing hands-on projects!

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 2 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about freedom of the press and freedom of assembly. He also studied about America's flag and the "Pledge of Allegiance."

Ryder studied about America's founding documents - the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. And he studied about the National Archives building which holds each of these documents. He also learned about the presidents Jefferson and Madison.

 

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was availability.

 

 

CRITICAL THINKING

Mercer and Ryder each did 5 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

MUSIC

This week the kids learned all about the violin! They also listened to music played with the violin.

 

 

TOT SCHOOL

This week went more smooth with the girls. They are getting into a routine again and did a little better with knowing it is school time and they need to play quietly or color. Speaking of coloring, they colored A LOT this week. In fact, I need to get some new coloring books because I feel like we will run out soon! Both girls loved this peg sorting activity. I got out the lacing cards too. Mercer loved them, but the girls are still too young for them. Hoping in the next week or two once we get into a groove with the boys co-op classes to start doing the girls preschool curriculum. This year we will focus on animals, character traits, shapes, and colors!