October 1-5

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed five assignments in his math book this week.  He is working on adding and subtracting multiple digits.  He is also working reviewing skills like time and temperature. 

Marissa:

Marissa completed five assignments in her math book this week.  She is working on adding and has had fun starting to create her own right brain addition flash cards.  They are taking awhile, but she loves them! 

Caleb:

Caleb completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is working on numbers and counting.  He also has a book of games that he plays and practices adding quickly with dice.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed five lessons in his language arts book this week.  He is almost finished with a whole section of spelling words and can't wait to complete that.  He has been reading more and more out loud to his siblings and his speed is improving every day.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed five lessons in her language arts book this week.  She loves it!  She got to work on sight words with a leap frog game.  She practiced over and over and then got Caleb in on the action as well.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed four lessons in his language arts book this week.  He is reviewing letters and their sounds.  He enjoys learning with his brother and sister and sometimes prefers to "help" them with their learning instead of start his own.  We're not telling him that means he's actually doing more difficult schoolwork.  ;) 

HISTORY (WORLD GEOGRAPHY)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

For our class this week, we traveled to Australia.  We learned about aborigines and read portions from a book called "Exploration Into Australia."  We then completed our own aboriginal art.  It was a favorite of all the kids!

TECH (BUILDING & ENGINEERING)

Preston:

Preston completed his Tinker Crate this week.  It was called "Walking Robot" and was so cool.  We all had so much fun playing with it after he put it together.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed the first portion of Her Kiwi Crate this week.  It was called "Muscle Magic."  She built a soccer player that can really kick the ball.  She loved it!  

Caleb:

Caleb completed the first portion of his Koala Crate this week.  His crate this month is all about farm animals.  He made animal finger puppets.  

OPTIONAL (PE)

Preston:

Preston attended his art and PE co-op class.  They worked on jump roping skills.  He also rode scooters.  We are still waiting on details about swim lessons.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended art and PE co-op class this week.  She learned to jump rope.  She also rode her bike and scooter and attended her tumbling class.  She is looking forward to swim lessons when we get more details from the school on class times.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his art and PE co-op class.  They worked on jump roping skills.  He worked on jumping into and out of a hoola hoop since jump roping was tricky.  He also rode his bike and scooter.  We are still waiting on details about swim lessons.