WEEK 24

LANGUAGE ARTS

 Mercer did Lesson 29-30 in All About Reading Level 3, week 21 of his Daily Reading Practice workbook, and Lesson 17 in handwriting. He also did Sonlight Language Arts 2 Week 7 which consisted of spelling words, copy work, and alliteration. He also read in his reader and answered comprehension questions and did 11 pages in Explode the Code Book 4. I have decided to stop doing the handwriting workbook he was doing. We started on Handwriting Without Tears this week to work out throughout the remainder of the school year.

 

I decided to change up grammar for Ryder. Instead of doing Fix-It Grammar, he will be doing Easy Grammar Book 4 now. We started this week and he is working through the pages on prepositions. He took 2 timed reading tests, did week 21 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 took a test.

 

MATH

Mercer did Day 166-173 in his Easy Peasy Math workbook.

Ryder did Lessons 79-82 in Teaching Textbooks 5. He also used XtraMath online to work on his Math Facts.

Both boys are working their way through Math Minutes which is a workbook with 10 problems a day. It is a mixture of problems and has been a great daily review for them! They are working through their appropriate grade level right now, but when they finish this book, they will continue on throughout the summer and move up to the next grade level.
    

 SCIENCE

Mercer started chapter 8 on sound this week. He learned how sound is made.

Ryder learned about oceans, the ocean floor, ocean creatures, God's wisdom in His creation, hypothesis and how whales were created, and took his chapter 8 test this week.

 

SOCIAL STUDIES/HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY

Both boys did Week 24 in their geography workbooks.

Mercer learned about pastors in his Community Helpers book.

Ryder learned about homeland security, helping our country be safe, the secret service, protecting America's borders, and how an immigrant becomes a citizen.

Both boys did a holiday study about Valentine's 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 cymbals, the gong, and the tam-tam. They listened to music played by cymbals, the gong, and the tam-tam.

 

TOT SCHOOL

We did Unit 7 Week 21. We reviewed all the animals the girls have studied so far, did a musical color walk focusing on the color blue, played with blue playdoh and a bear cookie cutter, and matched animals to their shadows!