April 22 - 26

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is learning how to find the area of a square.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She is reviewing perimeter and learning about higher numbers by figuring out counting by hundreds up to the thousands column.

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He did a lot of work with shapes this week.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He read and narrated a fun short story about twins who want to find a lucky plant.  One goes searching for the lucky plant and the other one ends up finding it while doing her chores in her own yard.  He also completed some reading assessment sections in his language arts book.  His fluency has improved so much!

Marissa: 

Marissa completed two assignments in her language arts book this week.  She is still working on phonics lessons for "sh", "th" and "ch."   

Caleb:

Caleb comleted two assignments in his language arts book this week.  He is getting really excited about letters again so we checked out the movie "The Letter Factory" from the library and he watched it twice last week.  It's getting him excited about early reading skills again.   

HISTORY (WORLD GEOGRAPHY)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

We are still studying Japan for world geography class.  We read a book called "Kikuchi's Sushi" that explained a lot about traditions in Japan and also explained the process of making sushi.  We made carp flags that are flown on May 5 to celebrate Children's Day.  It was a very simple activity, but the kids LOVED it!!  Everyone commented on how much fun the craft was to make.  Caleb was so excited about it that he decided to make an octopus and a crab out of the same materials.  They weren't exactly authentic ocean creatures, but I was thrilled for him to be so excited about something so we continued crafting while the older kids finished reading and playing on their own.   

We also purchased some California rolls from Sam's Club (I know...not exactly authentic, but close enough).  The kids did not love it, but it was a good experience sampling something that was new.    

Carp Flags 

(Marissa and Slade have serious faces because they are preparing for an epic launch of their carp flags).   

 Caleb's crab

Caleb's octopus

TECH (BUILDING & ENGINEERING)

Preston:

Preston completed his Tinker Crate this week.  It was called Color Mixer LED Crystal and was created with circuits and a battery pack.  It was really cool to play with the different colors after we got it working. 

Marissa:

Marissa completed the second half of her marble timer Kiwi Crate this week.  She died wooden shapes that were made into bracelets. 

Caleb:

Caleb completed his Koala Crate for building and engineering this week.  One of his favorite parts was making a felt face game.  You get to spin the wheel and decide which body part you get to add to the blank face.  He and Marissa had so much fun playing with it for days! 

OPTIONAL (PE)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class three times this week.   

Marissa:

Marissa attended tumbling this week.   

Caleb:

Caleb attended tumbling twice this week.  His class is almost over and we will not be continuing karate with him until fall.  He has one more week of classes.  He will continue having PE class at home with me with outdoor games and sports for the remainder of the school year.