Monday
Ian is learning about life after Jesus went back to heaven. We love reinacting the stories! The letter Z is our focus and he has the sound so we are working on writing them! We have been reading sight words and today I had him write a sentence using them but not looking at them! I just called out the words we have been reading and I could not be prouder!!
The girls did day 1 and 2 of unit 33. Our verse is Proverbs 14:6 and our trait is being a visionary. We wrote our verse in cursive. We talked about all the visionaries we have studied so far this year. Our poem went well with this as we read it, found the new words, the rhymes, and discussed it.
Our new hymn was America the Beautiful which my girls already know and love!!
In math we are reviewing fractions which my girls rock at!!
We started the folktale genre this week the will fit in well with our Disney study in a few weeks! We are reading More Stories in Grandmas Atic! We greatly enjoyed the first one!
In language we worked on good descriptive sentences and also did dictation.
In science we read about Tom's issue in school with asking too any questions. his mom told him that we learn best by asking questions. She then homeschooled him! We filled out our science notebook page with questions we have about the world God made.
In history we read about the changes that happens in the first 100 years of our country! It was celebrated with an exposition or a big party! We found and discussed inventions in our home and how they are important.
We also read about the visionary Cal Rodgers who never gave up flying across the U.S.! He was the first man to do so even though he overcame many obstacles. We then had fun identifying states that he flew across. Ally has been playing the app Stack the States and did awesome!
The girls are leaning to write directions in writing. We made enchiladas for dinner and they had to read and follow the recipe
to demonstrate how important written directions are!
We did piano and PE after lunch to finish our school day.
It was a fun and busy day ending in a baseball game for Ian!
Tuesday
Co op, dance class, a baseball game for Ian, and Audrey's first softball game!! That was about all we could manage for the day!
Wednesday
Happy 5th Birthday Ian!! He got to pick what he did for school today!! He totally shocked me when he said that now he can count to 100 because he is 5. We have only practiced up to 25 but that little stinker did it!
The girls worked on day 3. They did aarh review and their reading while Ian worked with me. They also did copy work for cursive.
We read about the building of the Panama Canal and it's importance. We added to our vocabulary. We added it to our timeline and to our map of the routes to California. We added a page about the Panama Canal to our notebook.
We did some antonyms in language, dictation, writing directions, bible, and music!
Our day concluded with piano lessons, two doctors appointments and church.
Thursday
Today was cold and rainy plus we are all so worn out from our busy week! We managed a late start and a little work :)
Ian did great on his work and acting out his bible lesson! His favorite thing today was learning about fractions!!
The girls were excited to finish rod and Staff 2 today!! Both girls did great in the final review and made an A!
We read our poem and talked about quotation marks. We also did dictation passage 93. For cursive the girls did copywork.
They did a full math review and made a B!! Next week we will review time.
In reading try finished up one folktales and and answered comprehension questions. They did well.
For arthritis eu made a liscense plate of our state from the site www.50states.com. It was a near site and we found out a ton about our state! While the girls worked we heard our hymn and state song. I also read from our read aloud.
In history we read about Louis Armstring and his trip from his hometown of New Orleans to Chicago. We listened to some of his music. We love jazz at our house as I am a saxophone player and my dad and brother play the trumpet! We did add Louis to our timeline.
In science we learned how Tom invented the telegraph! He also got a job on a train in Port Huron. The girls did a good dictation.
In bible the girls read Matthew 24:14-30 and answers questions about the Master who gave three servants talents to take care of. We learned that you should always use your talents to glorify Gid.
In writing we learned the importance of putting directions in order! Steps need to be clear and concise so your reader can follow them. We wrote in journals about how to make chocolate milk!
We did some piano practice and pe. To end our day as we got ready for Audrey's ball game.
Friday
I was up early this morning because the baby was getting tubes :( She did great and I was home before the big kids woke up!
Ian had fun reviewing the weeks lessons and using pattern blocks to make the letter Z and a zebra. He also watched an episode of Wild Kratz for science!
The girls had a light day as well. They read their folktales book and we answered some comprehension questions. I also read from our read aloud.
Firsthand e girls did xtramath and a fun page on their subtraction secrets book.
We read about Tom Edison working on the train and moving his laboratory onto it. We reviewed chemical reactions and did a fun experiment. We made our own soda!! The kids LOVED it!!
The girls practiced piano and we all did a fun PE video on this rainy morning!
I can't believe we only have a week left in our guides!!
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