**I somehow took a total of three pictures this week. Terrible on my part…

What We Studied

Literature and Poetry

We started reading The One and Only Ivan for our read aloud. I’m enjoying the

• The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

• Lucky Tucker by Leslie McGuirk (literature study)

• Mouse Loves Spring (Arthur read)

• Duck, Duck, Dinosaur: Spring Smiles by Kallie George (Arthur read)

• Spring is Here by Joan Holub (Arthur read)

• The Garden by Gwendolyn Hooks (Arthur read)

• Poems Have Roots by Lilian Moore

Math

We covered Unit 6 in Singapore 2B. It was a bit of review for Arthur, but we got back into the hang out it. Arthur also completed another unit in Khan Academy math. I’m hoping we can get through K-2nd grade math before the end of May.

Social Studies

We covered three lessons this week: native groups of the plains, rising tensions in the colonies, and the beginning of the revolution. It felt good to get back into U.S. History for a week. I especially loved going through the run-up to the Revolutionary War. Lots of good resources out there now.

• The Pawnee: Farmers and Hunters of the Central Plains by Karen Bush Gibson

• Shawnee by Sarah Tieck

• Ojibwe by Torren Ramsey

• Ladder to the Sky retold by Barbara Juster Esbensen

• Young Jim Thorpe Bright Path by Don Brown

• Our Colonial Year by Cheryl Harness

• Fight for Freedom by Benson Bobrick

• George vs George by

• Colonial Voices: Hear Them Speak by Kay Winters

• DK American Revolution

• The Boston Tea Party by Sarah Gilman

• Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concern First Battles of the American Revolution by Dennis Brindell Fradin

• Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride by Marsha Amstel

Science

See Unit theme

Art

Nothing formal

Music

This week started our movie composer cycle. We listened to John Williams first. Of course, Arthur immediately recognized a lot of the pieces I pulled. And his favorite was Jurassic Park, no surprise there.

Unit Theme

The theme was all about spring and plants and growing. We’ll be continuing this through the rest of March and into April. We worked through the chapters of our Tinkeractive Books, talking about plant group, and watched a few episodes of Magic School Bus.

• The Spring Equinox: Celebrating the Greening of the Earth by Ellen Jackson

• Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

• Spring is Here by Will Hillenbrand

• Are You Ready for Spring by Sheila Anderson

• Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson

• Splish, Splash, Spring by Jan Carr

• Plant the Tiny Seed by Christie Matheson

• Mud by Mary Lyn Ray

• The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb retold by Shirley Climo

• Anywhere Artist by Nikki Slade Robinson

• Rain by Linda Ashman

Misc. - Random picture books read

• Jack Blasts Off by Mac Barnett

• I Want to Take a Nap by Mo Willems

• Let’s Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around by Claudia Rueda

• Coelophysis by Josh Gregory

• Swarm of Bees by Lemony Snicket

• There’s a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher

• Huff & Puff by Claudia Rueda

• Little Lucy Goes to School by Ilene Cooper

• Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin

• Pete the Cat’s Got Class by James Dean

Highs

• We jumped back in and I feel so much better!

• We say Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical at the Rose Theater. A lovely socially distant and masked up event!

Lows

• We jumped back in and Arthur had to do some adjustment…

Next Week

We’ll be having a very strange week next week. We have a ton of outings (feels so weird to write that after a year in quarantine). Our outings are going to be a mix of educational (farm visit and botanical garden visit), playtime, and necessary errands (dentist appt and groceries). We will end up with three half days and one full day of regular style homeschool.

Next up on the TBR pile: