WEEK 13

 

LANGUAGE ARTS
Mercer did Lesson 6 and 7 in All About Reading Level 3, the second half of WriteShop Level A Lesson 6, Week 11 of his Daily Reading Practice Workbook, 6 pages in Explode the Code Book 3, and Lesson 6 in handwriting.

 

Ryder did Fix It Grammar Week 12 on indenting paragraphs, Week 11 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 82-89 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 44-47 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.
 

 SCIENCE

This week Mercer learned about safety.

Ryder started chapter 5 on electricity and magnetism. He learned about electric charges and static electricity.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 13 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about Washington DC, Williamsburg Virginia, the Mississippi River and the Great Plains.

Ryder learned about the first lady, the white house, the white house residence staff, and going home to Monticello. He read 12 chapters in "Brighty of the Grand Canyon."

Both boys did a holiday study on Veteren's Day.

 

BIBLE

This week the character trait was thoughtfulness.

 

CRITICAL THINKING

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

 

MUSIC

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

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 4 Week 10 on Kindness. The girls made their unit poster, listened to "Hey Diddle Diddle" and "Oh, Be Careful Little Eyes," read a story in their virtue book about kindness, ate grapes, read Richard Scarry's Best Little Word Book Ever!, read about Ruth and Naomi in the preschooler's Bible, colored shapes and kittens purple, read about a kitchen in A Big Treasury of Little Animals, played with a cat cookie cutter and purple playdoh, and read "The Three Little Kittens" poem.