What We Studied

Literature and Poetry

We continued reading The Phantom Tollbooth and many other picture books. We also worked on some basic grammar review and more journal writing.

• The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster

• Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli and Dan Brewer (poems)

• We Need More Nuts by Jonathan Fenske (Arthur read)

• Hello Crabby by Jonathan Fenske (Arthur read)

Math

Continuing with our big review and games. We finished Lollipop Logic Book 3. Now I need to find some other logic puzzle series for Arthur.

• Max Explains Everything: Grocery Store Expert by Stacy McAnulty

• Last to Finish: A Story About the Smartest Boy in Math Class by Barbara Esham

Social Studies

We covered three different U.S. History lessons this week. We started with a lesson on African Americans after the War featuring Richard Allen, Absalom Jones, Paul Cuffee, and Ona Judge. We moved on to a lesson on Benjamin Banneker. And finished with a lesson about John and Abigail Adams.

• Answering the Cry for Freedom by Gretchen Woelfle

• 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History by Chrisanne Beckner

• America’s Black Founders by Nancy Sanders

• The Escape of Oney Judge by Emily Arnold McCully

• Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge by Ray Anthony Shepard

• Molly Bannaky by Alice McGill

• Tick Tock Banneker’s Clock by Shana Keller

• The Revolutionary John Adams by Cheryl Harness

• A Picture Book of John and Abigail Adams by David A. Adler

• Abigail Adams by Alexandra Wallner

• Leave It to Abigail: The Revolutionary Life of Abigail Adams by Barb Rosenstock

Science

We learned all about matter and changing states of matter this week. I’m amazed at how quickly Arthur (and even Quentin) caught on to this concept.

• Matter: See It, Touch It, Taste It, Smell. It by Darlene Stille

• Change It! Solids, Liquids, Gases, and You by Adrienne Mason

• Solids, Liquids, Gases, and Plasma by David A. Adler

• Experiments with States of Matter by Trevor Cook

Art

Nothing formal

Music

We started our big unit on The Beatles. We are going to listen to all the songs from the Beatles and trace their musical growth through the years. This week we covered everything from 1962 and 1963.

• The Beatles by Mike Venezia

• The Beatles were Fab (and They were Funny) by Kathleen Krull

Unit Theme

We celebrated Pride Month this week by learning about gender identity, the rainbow flag, and the history of Pride. I found some really good basic books to introduce this topic.

• It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn

• The Gender Wheel: A Story About Bodies and Gender for Everybody by Maya Gonzalez

• This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman

• Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders

• Sewing the Rainbow: The Story of Gilbert Baker and the Rainbow Flag by Gayle E. Pitman

• The Rainbow Flag: Bright, Bold, and Beautiful by Michelle Millar Fisher

Misc. - Random picture books read

• Pup 681: A Sea Otter Rescue by Jean Reidy

• To the Sea by Cale Atkinson

• Ebb & Flo and the Baby Seal by Jane Simmons

• The Boy and the Whale by Mordicai Gerstein

• Beachy and Me by Bob Staake

• Inky's Amazing Escape by Sy Montgomery

• Wake Up, Crabby! by Jonathan Fenske

• Always Remember by Cece Meng

• The Storm Whale by Benji Davies

• A Whale of a Mistake by Ioana Hobai

• A Whale in the Bathtub by Kylie Westaway

• Star of the Sea by Janet Halfmann

• Peanut Butter and Jellyfish by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

• Little Whale by Jo Weaver

• The Heart of a Whale by Anna Pignataro

• Starfish, Where are You? by Barroux

• All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson

Highs

• We braved the very high temperatures to go berry picking on Monday. Unlike last year, we actually came home with a ton of strawberries. J made a strawberry pie and a strawberry rhubarb pie out of them. Yum!

Lows

• The very high temperatures meant that we didn’t spend that much time outside this past week. I wanted to go to another state park, but knew we wouldn’t be able to handle the heat.

Next Week

We are going to finish The Phantom Tollbooth as well as our U.S. History Curriculum. For science we will be studying light and sound. We will continue listening to the Beatles and doing a math review. And we will cover Juneteenth for our unit theme.

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