This week was a bit laid back. We had to get back into a new schedule. After a few weeks off, we are back at the YMCA for a new session. We are really enjoying our classes. Our YMCA is wonderful. Everyone is very kind and the environment is so nice. It's a nice place to hang out between classes. The rest of our year should be a lot of fun. We got in new curriculum and supplies from Waldorfsupplies.com, Delta Education, and Rainbow Resource. We are going to start having chalkboard drawings (I'm a bit nervous since I'm not very artistic), a new writing curriculum for the Prophet, Hooked on Phonics for our youngest boy, and three Science in a Nutshell kits from Delta. I've been looking for science projects or kits that actually include everything. The Nutshell kits look awesome. They have enough stuff for three children and they include everything. They even come in a great storage box. They contain and activity guide and a journal for the kids. I'll definitely do review posts about this.
I did Explode the Code. I write the letter i. I colored matching words. I write the letter a. I read fan, mat, gas, cap, tag, and nap.
On the Banks of Plum Creek. Grasshoppers ate all the fruit, plums, corn, grass. They ate all Pa's wheat.
We read about Johnny Appleseed. I did a map of where he went. I made some cards. I have to put them in order. It's how an apple tree grows. First has a seed. Then a sprout. Then a seedling. Then a tree. Then blossoms. Then Apples!
P-Grade 4
I'm in lesson 23 in math. I'm still working on multiplying. One of the chyrsislis looks like it's going to crack open soon. In PE, we played elimination. Elimination is where there's four goals, four teams, and one soccer ball. If the ball gets in a goal it looses a point. It was really fun. We went swimming last night as a family. I did a spelling Test.
G-Grade 7
In spelling last time i missed alot of words in group 32 so i had to redo it.
In History i read a book called johnny appleseed the story of a legend and did a outline on story of the world about the Maori people of new zealand.
In math i did 2 pages of lesson 22.
In italics i did 2 pages.
I've always wanted to try the science in a nutshell kits! ;)
ReplyDeleteWe love Science in a Nutshell. Patchfire and I used at least one of those kits for physics lessons this year for our 4th graders.
ReplyDeleteDo your children write their own update paragraphs for your blog? That's a great idea (and one that I might steal).
My children do write their own reports for the week. It started because they have to do it for the VA we belong to. So, I figured I really should post those instead of the detailed ones I post. They may do more than they write about, but it's more personal to see what they remembered for the week.
ReplyDeleteI let them look at the kits. I think it's going to be perfect for us. I never have the stuff I need. My second is always upset about me putting off fun science stuff.