What We Studied
Every single day, we switched the schedule and what we did per Arthur’s request. It made for an interesting week for homeschooling.
Literature and Poetry
We kept reading Winnie the Pooh and started reading The House at Pooh Corner. We didn’t get as far as I would have liked, but we’re plugging through the book next week also. Good thing too as our next book didn’t yet come off hold at the library. That’s okay. I think we are going to substitute with a different book the next week instead. We also grabbed a new poetry book featuring seasonal poems.
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
Pumpkin Butterfly: Poems from the other Side of Nature by Heidi Mordhorst
Math
This week was all about fractions! Arthur caught on pretty quickly, so we went further than I thought we would go. We even covered improper and equivalent fractions a bit. We’ll circle back in a few weeks.
Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy
Fraction Fun by David A. Adler
Working with Fractions by David A. Adler
Fractions, Decimals, and Percents by David A. Adler
If You Were a Fraction by Trisha Speed Shaskan
Social Studies
We covered a few U.S. History lessons this week. On Monday, we learned about Indigenous Peoples’ Day and talked about why we don’t celebrate Columbus Day anymore. From there, we covered Jamestown, Roanoke, and the Pilgrims’ arrival. We also watched another episode of Native America. Only one more in the documentary series. So sad! It’s just so so good! Arthur actually requested history multiple times this week. It was a good week.
The Lost Colony of Roanoke by Jean Fritz
1607: A New Look at Jamestown by Karen E. Lange
The Jamestown Colony by Peter Benoit
The Mayflower by Mark Greenwood
Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage by Peter Arenstam
Fact Tracker: Pilgrims by Mary Kate Osborne
1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving by Catherine O’Neill Grace
Pilgrim Cat by Carol Antoinette Peacock
Science
Science was all about nocturnal animals this week! It dovetailed nicely with our weekly unit theme of owls.
When the Stars Come Out by Nicola Edwards
Nocturnal Animals by Abbie Dunne
While the World is Sleeping by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Daylight Starlight Wildlife by Wendell Minor
The Night is for Darkness by Jonathan Stutzman
After Dark: Poems About Nocturnal Animals by David L. Harrison
Night Animals by Gianna Marino
Daytime Nighttime by Diane Lang
Nighttime by Jill Esbaum
The Night Box by Louise Greig
Lucy’s Light by Margarita del Mazo
Night Animals Need Sleep Too by Gianna Marino
Art
We didn’t end up with any formal art lessons this week.
Music
Our composer of the week was John Philip Sousa. Arthur enjoyed him a lot more than Puccini and opera from last week. We need to watch The Music Man this week to keep up our march theme.
Biography by Mike Venezia
Nature Play Day
Our nature play was all about fall this week! We walked down to the forest to notice the seasonal changes and search for animal tracks. Because it was such a nice day, we spent some time at the playground before heading back to the house. After lunch, we made fun seasonal shapes stained glass and compared some leaves. Such a lovely day!
Unit Theme
Our weekly theme was owls! Lots and lots of owl books, some owl facts, and fun owl videos. We also covered the chapters in The Tarantula in My Purse that talked about a screech owl.
Owls by Mary R. Dunn
Berkeley’s Barn Owl Dance by Tera Johnson and Tania Howells
Whobert, Whoever Owl Detective by Jason Gallagher
Knight Owls by Eric Seltzer
Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton
Hooray for Today by Brian Won
The Happy Owls by Celestino Piatti
Owl Sees Owl by Laura Godwin and Rob Dunlavey
Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan
Good Luck Baby Owls by Giles and Alexandra Milton
Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney
Owls are Good at Keeping Secrets by Sara O’Leary
A Snowy Owl Story by Melissa Kim
The Owl and Other Night Creatures
Owls by Valerie Bodden
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Baby Owl’s Bakery by Ji-hyeon Kim
Baby Owl’s Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis
Whoo-ku Haiku by Maria Gianferrari
Otto the Owl Who Loved Poetry by Vern Kousky
Misc. - Random picture books read
it’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond
Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks
Little Tree by Loren Long
Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist by Linda Skeers
By the Light of the Moon by Fran Preston-Gannon
The Perfect Pumpkin Pie by Denys Cazet
Moon Rabbit by Natalie Russell
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
How to Be on the Moon by Viviane Schwarz
Hey, Hey, Hay! by Christy Mihaly
Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant
Tractor Mac: Autumn is Here by Billy Steers
The Pumpkin Mystery by Carol Wallace
The Magic School Bus Ride Again: Hide-and-Seek
Charle the Ranch Dog: Rock Star by Ree Drummond
The Ghosts Go Haunting by Helen Ketteman
Pinky and Rex and the Perfect Pumpkin by James Howe
Little Muir’s Song by John Muir
Pattan’s Pumpkin by Chitra Soundar
WonderFall by Michael Hall
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Highs
Arthur’s birthday was on Thursday! We had sundaes and a shortened school day.
Loved the owl theme this week!
Lows
We ran out of steam a few times this week…
Next Week
Our weekly theme is bats and spiders! Celebrating the spooky for the month. In history, we are going to cover ancient Babylon and Assyria, plus a continent study for Asia.
Next up on the TBR pile:
