WEEK 11

LANGUAGE ARTS
Mercer did Lesson 2 and 3 in All About Reading Level 3, the second half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 5, Week 9 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lesson 4 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 10 on helping verbs, Week 9 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 68-74 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 37-40 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.
 

 SCIENCE

This week Mercer viewed the seasons and took his chapter 3 test. He also started chapter 4 which is about health and safety and he learned about his body and healthy habits.

Ryder learned about these simple machines: lever, wheel and axle, and pulley.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 11 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about different ways to travel - horse and wagon, trains, planes, cars/trucks, and boats.

Ryder learned about Washington, DC (our nation's capital) - introducing the people of Washington, DC, becoming the capital city, from mud streets to grand avenues, and a timeline of the DC national park sites. He read chapters 1-12 in "A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt." He also learned about presidents Buchanan and Lincoln.

BIBLE

This week the character trait was joyfulness.

CRITICAL THINKING

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

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 3 Week 8 on Patience. We traced a shape of a duck and wrote the bible verse on the paper, pretended to be ducks, listened to "How Many Ducks" and "This Little Light of Mine" on our music CD, read about the ducking being patient in the first virtues book, read "The Fuzzy Duckling," read about Joshua and the battle of Jericho in the preschooler's Bible, did duck puzzles, read about a duck in A Big Treasury of Little Animals, read and acted out the Five Baby Ducks poem, and played with yellow playdoh and duck-shaped cookie cutters!

WEEK 10

LANGUAGE ARTS
Mercer did Lesson 1 in All About Reading Level 3, the first half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 5, Week 8 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lesson 3 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 9 where he learned about apostrophes to show ownership (possessives), Week 8 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 61-67 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 34-36 and quiz #5 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.
 

 SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about winter.

Ryder started unit 2 which is all about forces and energy. He learned about forces, gravity, friction, and uses those forces through motion or work.

 

  

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 10 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about America growing, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, and American Samoa.

Ryder studied about getting ready for election day, going to the polls on election day, finding out election results, the electoral college, and the transition team. He also learned about presidents Fillmore and Pierce.

 

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was generosity.

 

CRITICAL THINKING

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

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 3 Week 7 on Patience. We did our unit poster, listened to the songs "How Many Ducks" and "This Little Light of Mine," read about patience in our First Virtues book, went on a hunt to spot things that were yellow, ate bananas and sandwiches in the shape of a duck, read "The Fuzzy Duckling, read about Isaac in the Preschooler's Bible, read "The Little Duck" in A Big Treasury of Little Animals, colored ducks and shapes yellow, and acted out our weekly poem "Five Baby Ducks." 

WEEK 9

This week we had a shortened week due to fall break! The boys didn't have their co-op classes and we went on a long weekend trip to Branson!

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 50-51 in All About Reading Level 2 and he finished the Level 2 book, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lesson 2 in handwriting.

 

Ryder took 2 timed reading tests and did 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook.

 

 

  MATH

Mercer did Day 55-60 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 31-33 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.

  

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 9 in their geography workbooks and we learned about Columbus Day. The boys drew and colored an Italian flag.

Ryder also learned about Presidents Harrison, Tyler, Polk, and Taylor.

 

 

CRITICAL THINKING

Mercer and Ryder each did 3 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

WEEK 8

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mercer did Lessons 48-49 in All About Reading Level 2, the second half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 4, Week 7 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lesson 1 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 8 where he learned about strong verbs, Week 7 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 45-54 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 28-30 and quiz #4 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.

 SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about summer and autumn.

Ryder learned about ways to classify plants (tubes or no tubes, seeds or spores, and flowers or cones. He also took his chapter 3 test.

  

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 8 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about Abraham Lincoln.

Ryder studied about putting together a campaign, advertising your candidate, traveling the campaign trail, and the presidential debates.

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was flexibility.

 

CRITICAL THINKING

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

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 2 Week 6 on Obedience. We made a bear headband, listened to the songs "Follow My Directions" and "Jesus Loves Me," read about obeying in the virtues book, did a musical color walk, read "The Three Bears," read about Satan tempting Jesus in the preschooler's Bible, colored a 3 little bears greeting card, read a bear story in the Margaret Wise Brown Treasury, and acted out the black bear poem!