WEEK 20

LANGUAGE ARTS

 Mercer did Lesson 20-21 in All About Reading Level 3, week 17 of his Daily Reading Practice workbook, and Lesson 13 in handwriting. He also did Sonlight Language Arts 2 Week 3 which consisted of spelling words with suffixes, copy work, adjectives, and writing with dialog, reading in his reader and answering comprehension questions, and 8 pages in Explode the Code Book 4. 

 

Ryder did Fit It Grammar Week 18 on it's vs. its, took 2 timed reading tests, did week 17 of his Daily Reading Practice workbook, and did 3 pages in his Word Roots workbook. He also worked on Spelling through Spelling City and Natural Speller and had a test.

 

 

MATH

Mercer did Day 136-141 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 65-68 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.
   

 SCIENCE

Mercer took his chapter 6 test. He started on Chapter 7 which is about matter and he studied about solids.

Ryder made a model of the moon, learned about the moon's movements such as revolution and rotation, and the moon's phases.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 20 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer studied about Israel, India, and China this week.

Ryder learned about the Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower this week. He also did a study of Martin Luther King Day and Inauguration Day.

CRITICAL THINKING

The boys each did 4 pages in their critical thinking workbooks.

 

BIBLE

The boys continued their daily bible reading.

 

MUSIC

This week the kids learned about the percussion section of the orchestra. They listened to music played by the percussion instruments.

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 6 Week 17 this week. This week we read about baby Jesus in the Preschoolers Bible and listened to the songs "I Thank God for You" and "The Wheels on the Bus." This week was a snowy week for us, so not much tot school happened!