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!
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