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!