January 21 - 25

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is learning about addend, sum, minuend, subtrahend and difference.  He is also learning to round after doing his adding and subtracting.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She is learning basic fractions using different shapes.  She is also getting a lot of practice working with money.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked with inchimals practicing adding with inchimal manipulatives and cards.  He also is working on sorting skills by emptying the silverware from the dishwasher.   

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.   

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  We also listened to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" on Audible for our read-aloud this week.  It was an excellent version narrated by Anne Hathaway.  We had a great time and got a lot of extra snuggle time since I didn't have to hold a book in my hands.

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also put together a letter puzzle to practice the sounds of the letters and work on some fine motor skills.  

HISTORY (WORLD GEOGRAPHY)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

For history this week, we learned more about Antarctica.  The kids broke up into younger and older kids and did some individual research on their favorite animals.  Preston and Owen ended up looking up information on seals.  They also did some reading on orcas and blue whales.  Marissa, Slade and Caleb stuck to their favorite animal, the emperor penguin.  

We also took a little bit of time on Monday to learn about Martin Luther King Jr.  We listened to a video on Brain Pop and talked about his "I have a dream" speech.  

TECH (BUILDING & ENGINEERING)

Preston:

Preston made a remote control car out of pieces that are similar to Lego's using a kit he was given by his grandmother for Christmas.  He had a great time building it and making the remote control work, but was disappointed with how easily the pieces fell off of the vehicle if the car hit anything even at a very slow speed.  It was a good lesson about building materials and how he could tweak the remote so it was more precise in turning and slowing to a stop.   

Marissa:

Marissa made light up lanterns for building and engineering this week.  They were more work to assemble than she realized, but they were so beautiful once the lights were turned on with all the colors behind them.  

Caleb:

Caleb made snowflakes in his music class this week, but I didn't manage to snap a picture before we left.  He also built several "ninja" structures and a vehicle with Lego's.  

OPTIONAL (PE)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class four times this week.  He loves it!  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.   

Caleb:

Caleb attended karate class two times this week.