WEEK 7

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 46-47 in All About Reading Level 2, the first half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 4, Week 6 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lessons 26-30 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 7 where he learned about action verbs, Week 6 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, took 2 timed reading tests, and 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook. He also worked on spelling through Spelling City using Natural Speller words and had a test.

 

  MATH

Mercer did Day 39-44 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 24-27 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.

 SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about an overview of the seasons and more specifically spring.
Ryder learned about the plant life cycle including germination, growth, and reproduction without seeds.

  

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 7 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about Paul Revere and Benjamin Franklin

Ryder studied about the American political parties, jumping into the race, winning delegates through caucuses and primaries, and democratic and republican conventions.

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was endurance.

 

 

 

CRITICAL THINKING

Mercer and Ryder each did 4 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

 

MUSIC

This week the kids learned all about the woodwind family! They also listened to music played with instruments in the woodwind family.

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 2 Week 5 on Obedience. We wrote the Bible verse on a bear, pretended to be black bears, listened to the songs "Follow My Directions" and "Jesus Loves Me," read about obeying in the virtues book, made the color black out of food coloring, watched raisins "swim," read "The Three Bears," talked about obedience, read about Noah and the flood in the preschooler's Bible, colored a picture of the three bears, read a story about bears in the Margaret Wise Brown Treasury book, played with black playdoh and used a bear cookie cutter, and acted out the bear poem!

 

CO-OP

Mercer's foundation teacher posted these cute pictures of class yesterday! They built a castle out of boxes! And notice Mercer snuck a hat in his backpack to wear to class!

FIELD TRIP

I took the boys to the Dinstuhl's Chocolate Factory this morning for a tour. We watch a powerpoint presentation of the history of chocolate. Then we got to tour where they make the chocolate and candies, where they make molds, and where they package the candy! The boys loved getting to sample some chocolate and they even got a goodie bag to take home!

WEEK 6

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 44-45 in All About Reading Level 2, the second half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 3, Week 5 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lessons 22-25 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 6 where he continued to learn about which-who clauses, Week 5 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, took 2 timed reading tests, and 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook. He also worked on spelling through Spelling City using Natural Speller words and had a test.

 

 

  MATH

Mercer did Day 29-38 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 21-23 and Quiz #3 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts. He finished his addition facts and he has moved onto subtraction!

 

 SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about the weatherman and he took his Unit 2 test. he also started Unit 3 which is about the seasons.

This week Ryder took his Unit 2 test and he started on Unit 3 which is about plants. He learned about flowers, flower parts, pollination, and seeds.

  

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 6 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about George Washington and the cherry tree. 

Ryder studied about what voting is, women and minorities gaining the right to vote, and the rules about voting. He also learned about presidents Jackson and Van Buren. He finished the book "Lincoln: A Photobiography."

 

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was decisiveness.

 

 

CRITICAL THINKING

Mercer and Ryder each did 4 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 2 Week 4 on Obedience. This week we focused on the color black and bears. We made a new unit poster, played "Find the Bears," listened to the songs "Follow My Directions" and "Jesus Loves Me," read about obeying in "First Virtues," found items in the homeschool room that were the color black, ate raisins, read "The Three Bears," talked about obedience, read about the garden of Eden in the Preschooler's Bible, colored circles black, read a story about bears in "The Margaret Wise Brown Treasury," and pretended to be black bears while reading the black bear poem!

WEEK 5

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 42-43 in All About Reading Level 2, the first half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 3, Week 4 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lessons 18-21 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 5 where he learned about which-who clauses, Week 4 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, took 2 timed reading tests, and 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook. He also worked on spelling through Spelling City using Natural Speller words and had a test.

 

 

 MATH

Mercer did Day 20-28 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 17-20  in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.

 

SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about wind, clouds, and water from the sky. 

This week Ryder learned about insect life cycles, metamorphosis, social insects, ants, and spiders - their body characteristics and how they catch food.

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 5 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about pilgrims and the first Thanksgiving day. 

Ryder studied about choosing people to lead and president's traditions, homes, birthdays, and families. He also learned about presidents Monroe and Adams. He read 4 chapters in "Lincoln: A Photobiography."

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was courage.

 

CRITICAL THINKING

Mercer and Ryder each did 4 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 1 Week 3 on Love. We pretended to be rabbits, listened to "Eensy Weensy Spider" and God Made Me," read in our virtues book, did a musical color walk with red shapes, played with discovery blocks, read the book "Terrific Trains," made a paper heart that says "God Loves Eva and Ella," read about Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the dead in the Preschoolers Bible, made a greeting card, read a story about rabbits, ate red jello cut into hearts, and read the bunny poem!

 

WEEK 4

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 40-41 in All About Reading Level 2, the second half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 2, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lessons 15-17 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 4 where he learned about pronouns and 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook. He also worked on spelling through Spelling City using Natural Speller words and had a test.

 

 MATH

Mercer did Day 16-19 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 14-16 and Quiz #2 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.

 

SCIENCE

This week Mercer took his Unit 1 test. He started Unit 2 which is about weather and he learned about temperature.

This week Ryder learned about insect design - protection and ways of eating. He also designed his own insect and made a chart of the characteristics of that insect.

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 4 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about the Statue of Liberty and coins. He made a Statue of Liberty out of playdoh! 

Ryder studied about the story of the American flag, the Great Seal of the United States, other symbols of America, and American ideals.

 BIBLE

This week the character trait was compassion.

CRITICAL THINKING

Mercer and Ryder each did 4 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 1 Week 2 on Love. We traced a bunny rabbit on paper and wrote the Bible verse on it, sang "Eensy Weensy Spider" and "God Made Me," read in the virtues book, ate pudding with puree raspberries to make it red, read the book "Terrific Trains," learned to whisper "I Love You" in each other's ear, read about Jesus loving children in the Preschooler's Bible, colored rabbits, used a rabbit cookie cutter to make a sandwich, and read a story and a poem about rabbits.

 

FIELD TRIP

This morning we went on our first field trip of the school year! We went to Chucalissa Indian Village. We only did the outside portion because Mercer was starving, the girls were wanting out of their stroller, and Ryder was in a mood. But we had a great time learning about the Indian mounds, seeing inside a tee-pee and the boys even got to shoot bow and arrows! Granny went with us and afterwards we had a picnic!