What We Studied
We finally made it through our regular year of curriculum. We never really stop schooling, but we have finished with this year’s big curriculum pieces. For the next few months, we will be engaging in a lighter schoolwork load with small units and lots of activities.
Making caves at coop
Literature and Poetry
Arthur finished his current read aloud and started the next one. Our next read aloud is turning out to a great one. We are very into the mystery.
Hidden Figures for Young Readers by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Quentin finished his read aloud. We are moving onto a variety of stories and shorter books.
Sing a Song of Seasons
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin
Dragons Love Tacos 2 by Adam Rubin
Zoey and Sassafras: Wishypoof and Hiccups by Asia Citro
Encyclopedia Brown by Donald Sobel
Math
Arthur finally finished Singapore 5B. We will be doing a lot of math review throughout the summer.
Singapore Common Core 5B
Quentin has moved onto math review and will continue solidifying those skills.
Social Studies
Arthur finished his study of U.S. History with a few weeks covering the 1970s to the early 2000s.
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
DK Timelines of Everything
DK History
Map Skills for Today G4
Quentin has already finished his history curriculum. We’ll be focusing on some geography skills for a summer units. We got started this past week.
Map Skills for Today G1
Science
Arthur finished up Volume 2 of The Story of Science. We have really enjoyed this book series so much. Cannot wait to get the last volume come August.
Story of Science Vol. 2: Newton at the Center by Joy Hakim
Quentin is covering a variety of science packets and review. We’ll be engaging in some nature science throughout the summer before starting our next year’s science curriculum.
Coolest picture of a water drop and Quentin from the Luminarium
STEAM Coop
We finished our spring semester with a study of bats and caves for Quentin and conservation for Arthur. This is going to be a very strange year. The coop is transitioning to warm months only and will begin the summer session in early June. We’ll continue to meet until early October and then break until the next April. Arthur will be attending a new academic coop October through March to take the place of the enrichment coop.
Arthur’s Math, ELA, and Science
Quentin’s ELA
Art/Music/Crafts/Cooking/Documentary
Documentaries are going to be sprinkled throughout our summer sessions. The past few weeks, we covered a few including a doc about the First Man on the Moon,
DK Music and How it Works
DK The Arts
DK Art and How It Works
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
13 Art Movements Children Should Know
13 Artists Children Should Know
13 Modern Artists Children Should Know
The Story of Paintings by Mick Manning & Brita Granström
Why is Art Full of Naked People? by Susie Hodge
Field Day silliness!
Field Trip
We had our last two coop field trips for the year. We visited the Wildlife Safari to explore the Ice Age Animals exhibit. And we had a great picnic with friends seeing all the animals. It was a great outing. We also revisited a local Urban Farm. The farmer taught the kids about specific plants in her garden and care of the various crops. We really enjoyed our time at her farm.
Arthur’s ELA and Geography
Quentin’s ELA
High
We had a wonderful Coop Field Day acting as an end cap to our year. Our field day is all about organized game play instead of competition. Quentin won the award for Best Neck Hula Hooper. Arthur won the award for Best Duck Walk (Limbo). It was a very tiring day, but amazing.
Low
The weather has caused a few schedule interruptions. Oh well.
Next Week - We will be continuing our schooling with summer units and a higher workload.
Next up on the TBR pile:
