What We Studied

Two weeks of activities and school. Overall, I’m amazed at how much school we actually accomplished. Only a few more weeks until Christmas break. Getting those last lessons.

Literature and Poetry

Arthur started and finished his next read aloud. He enjoyed it, but I did forget about how many weird God references are in that book. I really gloss over those things. Beyond the actual literature, we are working on some basic grammar skills and starting our writing journey. He also continued his Super Secret Notebook from Blossom & Root.

• Poetry for Young People: American Poetry

• Reading Explorer: Intro

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Quentin got back into the Blossom & Root curriculum with two tales and their variations. I’m really enjoying the format for this year. He also worked on some basic grammar.

• Sing a Song of Seasons

• Pumpkin Butterfly: Poems from the Other Side of Nature by Heidi Mordhorst

• Fairy Tales Collection

• The Other Side of the Story

• Little Red Riding Hood by Paul Galdone

• Lon Po Po by Ed Young

• Red by Jed Alexander

• Little Red Ruthie by Gloria Koster

• Little Red Riding Sheep by Linda Ravin Lodding

• The Girl and the Wolf by Katherena Vermette

• The Wolf's Story by Toby Forward

• Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alec T. Smith

• Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz

• Werewolf? There Wolf! by Kyle Sullivan

• Tango Red Riding Hood by Rachel S. Hobbs

• Little Red Riding Hood and the Misread Wolf by Troy Wilson

• Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon by Ying Chang Compestine

• Very Little Red Riding Hood by Heapy & Heap

• The Other Side of the Story: Little Red Riding Hood

• Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by Lucy Cousins

• Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood by Mike Artell

• Yummy by Lucy Cousins

• Henny Penny by Paul Galdone

• The Sky is Falling by Mark Teague

• Henny Penny by Vivian French

• The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night by Peter Spier

• Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack

• Basho and the River Stones by Tim J Myers

• Fox: A Circle of Life Story by Isabel Thomas

• Henny, Penny, Lenny, Denny, and Mike by Cynthia Rylant

• The Great Gran Plan by Elli Woollard

• Watch Out for Wolf! by Anica Mrose Rissi

• Redlocks and the Three Bears by Claudia Rueda

• Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

• The Grasshopper and the Ants by Jerry Pinkney

• The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

• The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier

• The Grasshopper's Song by Nikki Giovanni and Chris Raschka

• The Little Red Hen by Margot Zemach

• Rapunzel by Barbara Rogasky

• Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky

• Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox

• Petrosinella: A Neapolitan Rapunzel by Diane Stanley

• Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel by Patricia Storace

• Rapunzel by Bethan Woollvin

• Really Rapunzel Needed a Haircut by Jessica Gunderson

• Rapunzel Let Down Your Zip Wire by Jasmine Brooke

Math

Arthur continued to dive into Singapore 5A. We are definitely going to slow down our math lessons a bit to make sure that Arthur achieves mastery. We’ve moved onto new skills dealing with multiplying and dividing fractions. Time for me to relearn some math! We also continued our next logic book.

• Singapore Common Core 5A

• Orbiting with Logic

Quentin’s all about review right now. I don’t anticipate starting Singapore 2A until January. We also continued our logic book.

• Lollipop Logic Book 3

• Tinkeractive Math Grade 1

Social Studies

Arthur covered more about immigration, specifically Japanese immigration. We also covered the inventions and presidents of the late 1800s. We did a specific lesson on the Statue of Liberty.

• DK American History

• We were There Too! Young People in US History

• Words that Build a Nation

• Heart and Soul

• Nat Geo Our Country’s Presidents

• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States

• A Different Mirror for Young People

• This is Our Land: A History of American Immigration

• Her Right Foot by Dave Eggers

• Let Liberty Rise! How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty by Chana Stiefel

• Liberty Arrives! How America's Grandest Statue Found Her Home by Robert Byrd

Quentin learned about the ancient Meosamerican cultures including the Maya.

• History Quest Early Times

• DK When on Earth?

• Human Wold

• DK History

• DK Timelines of Everything

• DK A Child Through Time

• A History of Western Art

• DK Science Year by Year

• DK Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories

• The Ancient World: Ancient Maya by Barbara A. Somervill

• The Ancient Maya by Jackie Maloy

• The Genius of the Maya by Izzi Howell

• The Mystery of the Maya: Uncovering the Lost City of Palenque by Peter Lourie

Science

Arthur started covering the first couple of elements on the Periodic Table. We’ll be doing this for the next couple of weeks for Chemistry. We also caught back up with our Story of Science chapters.

• RSO Chemistry

• DK Super Simple Chemistry

• Story of Science Vol. 2: Newton at the Center by Joy Hakim

• DK The Elements

Quentin moved to invertebrates and covered fish and amphibians.

• RSO Life

• DK Oversimple Biology

• Fish by Isabel Martin

• DK Eyewitness Fish

• Fish by Christine Taylor-Butler

• Do You Know About Amphibians by Buffy Silverman

• Amphibians by Christine Taylor-Butler

STEAM Coop

Arthur continued his exploration of board games. By the end of the six weeks, the kids will have created their own board games. We started our board game construction. Quentin’s class finished their exploration of Native Americans.

Art/Music/Crafts/Cooking/Documentary

We got back into it covering three artists (Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, and Vincent Van Gogh) and three composers (Johann Sebastian Bach, Mozart, and Brahms). I’m working these subjects in as we can, but proud of our progress so far. They are always the first on the chopping block if we run out of time during the week.

• DK Music and How it Works

• DK The Arts

• Modern Art Adventures by Maja Pitamic and Jill Laidlaw

• 13 American Artists Children Should Know

• A Child's Introduction to Art

• Women in Art by Rachel Ignotofsky

• Iconic Composers by Nicholas Csicsko & Emi Ferguson

• Johann Sebastian Bach by Mike Venezia

• The Piano by Marika Maijala and Juha Virta

• Becoming Bach by Tom Leonard

• 13 Art Movements Children Should Know

• 13 Artists Children Should Know

• Monet Paints a Day by Julie Danneberg

• Claude Monet by Mike Venezia

• Monet's Cat by Lily Murray & Becky Cameron

• The Story of Paintings by Mick Manning & Brita Granström

• Impressionism: 13 Artists Children Should Know

• Johannes Brahms by Mike Venezia

• Vincent Van Gogh by Mike Venezia

• The Yellow House by Susan Goldman Rubin

• Vincent’s Colors by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• The Story of Paintings by Mick Manning & Brita Granström

• Katie's Starry Night

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Mike Venezia

• Mozart: Great Lives in Graphics

• Play, Mozart, Play by Peter Sis

• Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Impressionist Painter by Barbara Herkert

• Mary Cassatt by Mike Venezia

• Women in Art by Rachel Ignotofsky

Field Trip

Not a field trip, we did have a fun playdate at Backyard Playworld with some friends.

High

• We took a cold, but lovely walk at Heron Haven on Black Friday. It was the perfect choice for the day after Thanksgiving. Bonus, there was no one else there.

Low

• We actually didn’t really have a low point this two weeks. Taking a few days off for the Thanksgiving break really helped.

Next Week

• Starting a new read aloud

• Covering more classic tales

• Learning about area and perimeter for math (A)

• Lots of math review (Q)

• Covering specific elements on the Periodic table

• Engaging in a few fun field trips

Next up on the TBR pile: