I ended up combining two different weeks into one post after we had to take an emergency trip over to Indiana. My father died a few weeks back and we traveled over to attend the funeral. My carefully set schedule went out the window for a few weeks as we traveled and came home. I made sure we took some curriculum just to keep busy, but mostly let our plans go for the time. We’re back home and getting back into schedule for the coming weeks.
What We Studied
Literature and Poetry
Egyptian Diary by Richard Platt
Hey You! Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitos, and Other Fun Things
Half Magic by Edward Eager
Sharing the Seasons
Math
We started 1B Unit 11, which was basically a review of two digit addition and subtraction. And we covered Unit 12 about an introduction to multiplication. Arthur quickly grasped the concept. We will be circling back to it in a few weeks after introducing division next week.
Social Studies
It was Ancient Egypt week(s)!
Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs by Gail Gibbons
Egypt in Spectacular Cross-Section by Stephen Biesty
The Egyptian Pyramid by Elizabeth Longley
People Who Made History
Tut’s Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly
Temple Cat by Andrew Clements
The Mummy Makers of Egypt by Tamara Bower
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
Ancient Worlds
Science
We finished out Mary Anning Book Seed once returning to Nebraska.
Stone Girl, Bone Girl by Laurence Anholt
We also continued out ongoing study of biodiversity, biomes, ecosystems, and habitats. We watched a Bill Nye episode on biodiversity, an oldie but a goodie!
Art
We didn’t do any dedicated art lessons, but did make crafts for ancient Egypt. Arthur loved decorating a sarcophagus.
Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn’t Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
Music
None these two weeks
Nature Play Day
None these two weeks due to travel
Unit Theme
Week 6’s unit theme was deserts to go along with Africa from W5 and Egypt from W6. We learned about the various animals in desert habitats along with some plants and general facts. We visited the zoo before leaving Omaha specifically to go to the desert dome. Arthur was excited to connect the Namib and Sonoran deserts to the two sections in the desert dome. Magic School Bus had a great episode about deserts: All Dried Up!
The Dry Desert by Philip Johansson
Desert by Cassie Mayer
Desert Baths by Darcy Pattison
Desert Song by Tony Johnston
The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor
A Day and Night in the Desert by Caroline Arnold
D is for Desert by Barbara Gowan
Desert by Elizabeth Haldane
Animal Camouflage in the Desert by Martha E.H. Rustad
Let’s Visit the Desert by Buffy Silverman
Desert by Fleur Star
Week 7’s unit theme was Fall and Leaves to celebrate the Autumnal Equinox. We ended up just reading a ton of books.
Talking a Walk: Fall in the Country by Sue Tarsky
Oak Leaf by John Sandford
Come Next Season by Kim Norman
Signs of Autumn by Colleen Dolphin
Counting on Fall by Lizann Flatt
My Autumn Book by Wong Herbert Yee
Fall leaves Fun by Martha E.H. Rustad
Fall Harvest Fun by Martha E.H. Rustad
The Squirrel’s Busy Year by Martin Jenkins
Hello Fall by Deborah Diesen
Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak
I Love Fall by Alison Inches
Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson
In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes
Fall Weather Fun by Martha E.H. Rustad
Hello Autumn by Shelley Rotner
The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri
Autumn by Gerda Muller
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Four Friends in Autumn by Tomie DePaola
Misc. - Random picture books read
Pretty Salma by Niki Daly
Counting on Letters by Lizann Flatt
The Leopard’s Drum by Jessica Souhami
Koi and the Kola Nuts by Verna Aardema
Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli
Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr.
Highs
More great podcasts this week! We found a Storynory spin-off about the writings of Herodotus. We listened to the Egypt related episodes. We also found some good 60 Second Science episodes about archaeology.
We managed to fit in two zoo visits with focuses on the desert and African animals. And we made it to Vala’s for their special homeschooling day.
Lows
All the travel…
Next Week
Maybe we will get back into a normal schedule this week. We focusing on Ancient India along with scarecrows and corn.
Next up on the TBR pile:
