LANGUAGE ARTS: Grace completed lessons 4-6 in SWO-B this week, as well as lessons 115-117 in FLL. In keeping with the whole sports theme in Spelling Workout, I added a special incentive for Grace...the spelling homerun. If she spells all the list words correctly--without hesitation--during the Warm-Up Test, then she only has to complete 1-2 of the activities & she can skip the final test. It was a real winner!
READING: We began our new read-aloud book this week, Mr. Popper's Penguins. Very funny stuff! Grace is still independently reading Junie B. Jones: Boss of Lunch. She also read several other books, poems, and passages that tied into our other subjects. One of our unexpected *themes* for Monday was the wind. We had battened down the hatches in preparation for the strong windstorm predicted for the Pacific Northwest. Fortunately, we only had a few really big gusts in our little neck-o-the-woods. But we did manage to find--and read--every single poem we have about the wind.
MATH: Grace finished lessons 34-37 in Horizons 2. Still going strong! She has turned into my little Energizer Bunny of math. YAY! She even worked in some P.E. and math together. How? Simple...count how many times you hula-hoop in one try, write it down, count the next try, write it down, add the two together, then lather, rinse, & repeat.
HISTORY & SCIENCE: We read Chapter 8 ~ The Assyrians in SOTW1. Grace did her narration, coloring page, map work, and copywork. For science, we started studying penguins. The DVD of March of the Penguins just arrived from NetFlix for us to watch this coming week.
ELEMENTARY SPANISH: Grace completed lessons 8-10 from Elementary Spanish Unit 1 on UnitedStreaming. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of a letter from her new Spanish penpal. :)
OTHER: I even managed to get some *major* house cleaning & organization done, including assembling three of these cute little bookcases from IKEA: two for the playroom/learning room & one for the study. Yay me! Next week's challenge...to finish painting (living room, entryway, upstairs & downstairs hallways) before putting up the Christmas tree & decorations. Hmmm...anyone up for Christmas in July?!?!?
In closing, what do you get when you stock up on new PlayDoh? A couple of happy gals, and colors that aren't mixed...yet.
6 comments:
Fun week!
My kids love play dough too. Have you purchased Play Foam for them yet? Not the stuff you get at wal-mart, etc, but the really good stuff from a learning supply store. My kids LOVE that stuff. :o)
~Tina
What a good week.
The picture of your girls is precious!
Rhonda
Great Week! Love the creations your daughters made!
Our favorite here is sculpy clay.... My girls can play for hours with the stuff. They cook it in the end to harden it, but they turn out great and I have many keep sake pieces. :)
As always... I enjoy the pictures too!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Lisa
I cannot abide the playdough color mixing! It drove me crazy, and I would toss the mixed and buy new right away.
Your photography is beautiful, as are your children! What cuties!
: )
Tami
I love IKEA, too, but usually let my dh spend time putting it all together. We use sculpy, too. I stock up on white and the girls play with it until it goes all yucky. Sometimes, I'll buy some colors, but rarely.
Hey - thinking of you in this crazy weather up there. Your city was on the news tonight. Hope you and your loved ones are well!
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