Aug 19 - Sep 6

MATH

Preston:

We spent time working with money to review a little bit this week.  Preston is saving money for a big Lego set he wants.  He counted all his money and then completed problems in a book called "Money Math" for extra practice.  

Marissa:

Marissa also spent time practicing with money.  She read "Money Math" with the family and practiced solving problems in the book.  It was a fun one.  We also got our workbooks out and completed a few assignments.  We plan on using Life of Fred as a family and working through the books in addition to our regular math textbooks this year.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his "Math through Music and Movement" class last week.  They practiced singing and counting rhythms in 4/4 time.  They also read a story from India about a smart monkey who problem-solved his way out of a crocodile's grans and sang the Five Little Monkeys song.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston has been reading daily for language arts.  He is finishing his creative writing story (which he wants to publish).  He also attended his storytelling class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  

Marissa: 

Marissa has been reading daily for language arts.  She wrote two entries in her creative writing journal.  She also attended her storytelling class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  

Caleb:

Caleb has been practicing his alphabet.  He also attended his "Sing, Read, and Write" class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  In class, they did an assessment of what students already know with alphabet and sounds, sight words and basic writing and shape drawing.    

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa

Preston and Marissa attended the "Let's Rock American Government" class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  They did the Pledge of Allegiance and listened to the first School House Rock song - King George - and discussed the overview of the war of independence.  They discussed terms in the Preamble song and sung it through a few times.   

Caleb

Caleb attended his "I Love America" class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  They learned the song "America" and talked about the words and what they mean individually and in relation to America and Freedom.  They learned the history of the song, "America the Beautiful" and sang the first verse.  Then they looked for rhymes in the other verses.   

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa

Preston and Marissa attended their "Art of Business" class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  They talked about still-motion drawing and were given an assignment to come to class next week with something they love that they can learn to draw.   

Caleb:

Caleb attended his "Art of Business" class at Ziegfield Arts Academy last week.  They practiced and created a piece of artwork to sell using finger painting.   

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston: 

Preston will be starting his karate class next week.  He has been practicing soccer and volleyball with his older brother, Dylan, the past few weeks.  He has also spent a lot of time jumping on the trampoline and riding his bike and scooter.

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  She loves it and has landed her whip a few times (never on camera yet).   

Caleb:

Caleb's optional class this year is Musikgarten: Cycles and Seasons.  His class starts next week, but we have been practicing his old songs and collecting leaves from nature for his first project the first day of class.