Last week 3/7 - 3/11
I am telling you up front this is going to be a longgg post so if you hang in there and read the whole thing boy I sure hope you find something you can use because you deserve it for sticking with it lol. I am conducting an experiment and typing out what we did last week hoping it looks like more than it felt like. So open those eyes wide (so hopefully you don't fall asleep) and here goes:
Language Arts -
Literature -We began our Arrow book The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz and discussed opening hooks as suggested by Julie from Brave Writer. (I have talked about her great programs in previous posts and you can check things out through the link on the main page of the blog.) We also read a chapter from Wind in the Willows and a short bio of Kenneth Grahame to celebrate his birthday. This is one of Josh's favorite books that I first read to him when he was 6. I wasn't sure if he'd really enjoy it at first (the descriptions can get long for some children) but he loved every bit of it! I found a beautiful copy of the book illustrated by Inga Moore and this is where we took the chapter from.
Writing - his entries included: - Who is your favorite musher and what one question would you ask them if you could? - If you created a totem pole what would you carve on it to relect your life? - One of Julie's Friday Free Writes which he had a great time with - Face to Face with an Animal. Close your eyes and imagine yourself face to face with an animal. Really see it. Then write what you saw with your inner eye.
Copywork - from Science one day - Newton's Second Law of Motion, a quote from musher Dee Dee Jonrowe, and a quote from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Library visit - twice in one week :) LOTS of books on various animals and a set of books on Biomes of the World (all his choice) I picked out my own for some things we are doing.
Math - with our long break we are needing to review our study of +/-/mutliplication/division of fractions with like and unlike denominators and GCF and LCD. We also did some math problems in connection with our Iditarod study and he added stats to Dee Dee's musher page.
American History - continued unit on Iditarod race by reading the following books: The Great Serum Race, Racing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller, Totem Poles by Jennifer Fritz and Storm Run by Libby Riddle. We also read The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller which was a hoot. We read the FDR card from our Fandex Presidents set, discussed his fireside chats for the anniversary of the first one he gave and then listened to one from a recording I had from years ago when studying this with Lauren. For Women's History Month using my Time Magazine unit study packet we read and discussed Frances Perkins - the first female to be appointed as a presidential cabinet member (FDR appointed her his Secretary of Labor - I LOVE it when things tie in without even trying) We also read about Eleanor Roosevelt - First Lady and wife of FDR. We read a short article from Enchanted Learning as a review of the Alamo Falls to Mexico 3/6/1836.
World History - took a trip to the bookstore to purchase Lift the Lid on Gladiators. He has researched and played gladiators all week.
Science - read a short bio from Enchanted Learning on Luther Burbank (botanist) to celebrate his birthday. He then completed a worksheet from there - Label Parts of a Plant. We read Core K 5 pages 356-358 on Mass and Matter and page 360 on Force. We read an internet article on Newton's Second Law of Motion F=MA.
Nature Study - We were remiss on getting out during the mornings even though it was beautiful. Josh spent time outside playing catch, pokemon and reading so it wasn't a complete waste. We did read a great book John Muir and Stickeen, An Icy Adventure with A No Good Dog by Julian Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki.
Fine Arts -
Art - We read a short bio from Enchanted Learning on Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian to celebrate his birthday. Josh then painted his own painting in a style simiar to Mondrian's. We read the book Giotto by Mike Venezia (Josh loves his books). We reviewed this artist as he was one of our previous studies but just received this book we requested awhile ago.
Shakespeare - We continued reading The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood and ended up finishing it on Saturday morning because Josh kept begging me to keep reading till we came to the end of the story. That's ok though. We still have the next two in the series: The Shakespeare Scribe and The Shakespeare Spy. :)
Music - We read the book The Heroic Symphony by Anna Hartwell Celenza and listened to the CD that came with the book which played the four movements of this Beethoven's Symphony #3. This was an excellent book and the symphony is wonderful.
Well that was most of what we did. I didn't include other educational shows he may have wathced because this is toooo hard to try and keep track of since he thinks watching the History and Discovery Channels are for fun!
Well if you stayed with all that I sure hope you found something you can use in your own journey. Thanks for reading.
Language Arts -
Literature -We began our Arrow book The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz and discussed opening hooks as suggested by Julie from Brave Writer. (I have talked about her great programs in previous posts and you can check things out through the link on the main page of the blog.) We also read a chapter from Wind in the Willows and a short bio of Kenneth Grahame to celebrate his birthday. This is one of Josh's favorite books that I first read to him when he was 6. I wasn't sure if he'd really enjoy it at first (the descriptions can get long for some children) but he loved every bit of it! I found a beautiful copy of the book illustrated by Inga Moore and this is where we took the chapter from.
Writing - his entries included: - Who is your favorite musher and what one question would you ask them if you could? - If you created a totem pole what would you carve on it to relect your life? - One of Julie's Friday Free Writes which he had a great time with - Face to Face with an Animal. Close your eyes and imagine yourself face to face with an animal. Really see it. Then write what you saw with your inner eye.
Copywork - from Science one day - Newton's Second Law of Motion, a quote from musher Dee Dee Jonrowe, and a quote from President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Library visit - twice in one week :) LOTS of books on various animals and a set of books on Biomes of the World (all his choice) I picked out my own for some things we are doing.
Math - with our long break we are needing to review our study of +/-/mutliplication/division of fractions with like and unlike denominators and GCF and LCD. We also did some math problems in connection with our Iditarod study and he added stats to Dee Dee's musher page.
American History - continued unit on Iditarod race by reading the following books: The Great Serum Race, Racing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller, Totem Poles by Jennifer Fritz and Storm Run by Libby Riddle. We also read The Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller which was a hoot. We read the FDR card from our Fandex Presidents set, discussed his fireside chats for the anniversary of the first one he gave and then listened to one from a recording I had from years ago when studying this with Lauren. For Women's History Month using my Time Magazine unit study packet we read and discussed Frances Perkins - the first female to be appointed as a presidential cabinet member (FDR appointed her his Secretary of Labor - I LOVE it when things tie in without even trying) We also read about Eleanor Roosevelt - First Lady and wife of FDR. We read a short article from Enchanted Learning as a review of the Alamo Falls to Mexico 3/6/1836.
World History - took a trip to the bookstore to purchase Lift the Lid on Gladiators. He has researched and played gladiators all week.
Science - read a short bio from Enchanted Learning on Luther Burbank (botanist) to celebrate his birthday. He then completed a worksheet from there - Label Parts of a Plant. We read Core K 5 pages 356-358 on Mass and Matter and page 360 on Force. We read an internet article on Newton's Second Law of Motion F=MA.
Nature Study - We were remiss on getting out during the mornings even though it was beautiful. Josh spent time outside playing catch, pokemon and reading so it wasn't a complete waste. We did read a great book John Muir and Stickeen, An Icy Adventure with A No Good Dog by Julian Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki.
Fine Arts -
Art - We read a short bio from Enchanted Learning on Dutch abstract painter Piet Mondrian to celebrate his birthday. Josh then painted his own painting in a style simiar to Mondrian's. We read the book Giotto by Mike Venezia (Josh loves his books). We reviewed this artist as he was one of our previous studies but just received this book we requested awhile ago.
Shakespeare - We continued reading The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood and ended up finishing it on Saturday morning because Josh kept begging me to keep reading till we came to the end of the story. That's ok though. We still have the next two in the series: The Shakespeare Scribe and The Shakespeare Spy. :)
Music - We read the book The Heroic Symphony by Anna Hartwell Celenza and listened to the CD that came with the book which played the four movements of this Beethoven's Symphony #3. This was an excellent book and the symphony is wonderful.
Well that was most of what we did. I didn't include other educational shows he may have wathced because this is toooo hard to try and keep track of since he thinks watching the History and Discovery Channels are for fun!
Well if you stayed with all that I sure hope you found something you can use in your own journey. Thanks for reading.
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