What We Studied

So… we had a week. Overall, it was that exciting, but we made it through the week with a few fun outings.

Literature and Poetry

We started a new read aloud and do a few literature studies this week. A fairly normal week when it came to language.

City of the Plague God by Sarwat Chadda
Poetry for Young People: Robert Frost by Gary D. Schmidt
Me… Jane by Patrick McDinnell
Sally Jean, Bicycle Queen by Cari Best
Superworm by Julia Donaldson
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

Math

Arthur covered Unit 11: Data Analysis for math. It was a short unit,. but we worked through all the problems.

Logic Countdown

Social Studies

This chapter of History Quest focused on the Renaissance. We covered a lot of the art and architecture and compared to the earlier Medieval period. Arthur was very focused on Brunelleshi’s cathedral in Florence.

DK Timelines of Everyone
When on Earth
DK History
DK Timelines of Everything
Human World
Leonardo da Vinci by Stephen Krensky
Leonardo da Vinci by Mary Pope Osborne
Renaissance by Alison Cole

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

For coop, we talked about first responders and had talk from a local wildlife rescue group. I learned a lot, but the boys were a bit more interested in the crafts we did. Beyond that, we did read some other books and chatted about a variety of first responders.

Show Me Community Helpers by Clint Edwards
Helping Hospital by Lindsay Ward
Real Superheroes by Julia Seal
First Responders by Allan B. Cobb
Itty Bitty Kitty Firehouse Fun by Joan Holub

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. Q finished Sh, Ch, and Th digraphs and started moving into Level 1 readers. We kept working on math skills and pencil control.

ELA

Song of the Wild: A First Book of Animals by Nicola Davies
Biscuit Feeds the Pets by Alyssia Satin Capucilli (Q reads)
A Snowy Day in Bugland by David A. Carter (Q reads)
Summer Story by Jill Barklem
Autumn Story by Jill Barklem
High Five April 2018
High Five September 2018
Farming by Gail Gibbons
Night on the Farm
In! Over! and On! (The Farm) by Ethan Long
Spring on the Farm by MJ York
Go to Sleep, Little Farm by Mary Lyn Ray
On the Farm by David Elliott
Poo on the Farm by Emilie Dufresne
On the Farm, At the Market by G. Brian Karas
Old MacDonald had a Farm by Jane Cabrera

Math

Lollipop Logic Book 1

Other

I Spy Learn and Go
Smart Start Beginning Coding Grade 1

Field Trip

On Monday we took the morning for errands and also hit the park for about an hour or so. It was a bit chilly, but not bad at all. The boys really needed some time to run.

Wednesday was a nature hike at Schramm with some coop friends. We did the 3 mile loop, had a picnic, played at the playground, and looked for fossils. It was a glorious 4 1/2 hours out in nature.

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

Turtle Pond by James Gladstone
The Little Piggy Went Dancing by Margaret Wild
Cecil the Pet Glacier by Matthea Harvey and Giselle Potter
15 Things NOT to Do with a Puppy by Margaret McAllister
Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum

High

The hike through the woods on Wednesday was absolutely amazing! The boys had a great time with friends and so did I!

Low

We didn’t get around to our earth science lesson this week and now we’re slightly behind. I don’t like being behind. Thankfully, we have a “break week” next week. I have very glad that I built in breaks in our scheduled lessons to catch up when we get behind.