What We Studied

Arthur started the week sick canceling out planned zoo day. We did spend all day Tuesday outside and had our usual coop.

**Turns out I took basically no pictures last week. It was a strange week for us (mentally) and I just didn’t get pictures taken. Oh well. I promise we still did things.

Literature and Poetry

While continuing to read Aru Shah, we also started our unit on American Tall Tales. We’re focusing on one character per tale and reading a variety of tales and information while working through a companion packet I found. We’ll be continuing this into next week also.

• Are Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi

• American Tall Tales by Mary Pope Osborne

• The 12 Most Amazing American Myths and Legends by Anita Yasuda

• Davy Crockett Saves the World by Rosalyn Schanzer

• Davy Crockett and the Great Mississippi Snag by Cari Meister

• Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind by Steven Kellogg

• Thunder Rose by Jerdine Nolan

• Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

• Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh

• The Story of Johnny Appleseed by Aliki

• Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benet

• Johnny Appleseed Plants Trees Across the Land by Eric Braun

• Outside Your Window by Nicola Davies (Winter and Spring sections)

Math

Arthur’s still sitting with 3B Unit 9 covering fractions. We finished the lessons and did some extra practice. We’ll be wrapping this up next week, but I’m sure we’ll revisit later this spring.

• Logic Countdown

Social Studies

This chapter of History Quest focused on the Inca Civilization. We’ve watched enough documentaries previously, that this was almost a review for Arthur. He still learned a bit about their farming practices, and we still had a good time reading and looking up pictures.

• DK Timelines of Everyone

• When on Earth

• DK History

• DK Timelines of Everything

• DK Explorers

• Where is Machu Picchu? by Megan Stine

• Inca by Lawrence Kovacs

• Ancient Civilizations: Aztecs, Maya, Incas! by Anita Yasuda

• Ancient Incas by Michael Burgan

• Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories

Arthur Independent Time

To allow for one-on-one time with Quentin, I have added an hour of independent work time for Arthur. Each week, he will have a mix of packet work (mostly grammar and math review), independent reading time, and special projects. Many of his projects will be aligned with our literature selections (some taken from B&R Language Arts curriculum) and history.

Science and STEAM Coop

Coop was all about space. The littles group made watercolor salt space paintings and talked about space travel. The other older group finished their lap books about the solar system. At home, we did some review about space.

For our actual health unit, we talking about our senses and how they work. Lots of pointing out examples of using our senses throughout the week.

• My Five Senses by Aliki

• iDiscover the Body by Carolyn Scrace

• My Amazing Body by Ruth Martin & Allan Sanders

• My Body by Martha E.H. Rustad

Art/Music

None this week

Quentin

I have scheduled at least four 1-hour time blocks for one-on-one time with Quentin. I bought Blossom and Root’s Early Years Volume 2 curriculum to use as our base. I love the variety of activities and some of the bigger projects included.

ELA

• Nick and Nack Blow Bubbles by Brandon Budzi

• There is a Town by Gail Herman

• Little Penguin and the mysterious Object by Tadgh Bentley

• The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

• High Five August 2018

Math

• Lollipop Logic Book 1

Other

• I Spy Learn and Go

Field Trip

None this week

Documentary Selection

I have carved out a one hour time block each week to watch a documentary related to our studies.

Misc. Picture Books Read

• Snow Dance by Erica Farber (Q read to me)

• This Book is Gray by Lindsay Ward

• The Love Letter by Anika Aldamuy Denise

• Big Snow by Jonathan Bean

• Love by Matt de la Pena

• Eyes that Speak to the Stars by Joanna Ho

• Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears by Corey Rosen Schwartz

• If You were a Panda Bear by Wendell and Florence Minor

• Puppy by Keith Graves

• Negative Cat by Sophie Blackall

• The Great Puppy Invasion by Alastair Heim

High

• We had a park playdate on Tuesday morning and then added another park playdate that afternoon. We basically spent all of Tuesday outside and it was amazing! We added to our outside hours and just enjoyed the break in the weather. For reference, last night it froze and snowed almost 2 inches. A little different from the temps in the 60s this past week.

Low

• Arthur got sick on Monday morning (food related, not COVID related) and we had to cancel our zoo day. We’re hoping to go again this Wednesday, but it really put a damper on our day.
  

Next Week

• Starting 3B Unit 10 for math

• Finishing reading Aru Shah and covering American Tall Tales

• Covering the Renaissance for history

• Diving into the farm for Quentin’s big unit

• Exploring the paintings of Rosa Bonheur

• Taking a break from coop (scheduled week off)
  

Next up on the TBR pile: