MATH
Preston:
Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week. He is working on multiplying 3's and is also starting to learn fractions.
Marissa:
Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week. She is working on double digit addition and subtraction. She is also very eager to learn fractions and multiplication with Preston.
Caleb:
Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week. He is working on counting and adding. He also attended his "Math through Music and Movement" class this week. They read a story about ants and learned how solving mysteries is math. They got to follow clues to solve a mystery. They also started learning "Tomorrow" from Annie.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Preston:
Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week. He is learning about plural nouns and also learning about possessive nouns and using apostrophes. He also reads at least 30 minutes every day. He is LOVING the Nate the Great series and has checked out 20 books so far form the library.
Marissa:
Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week. She is learning "ar" words right now. She also reads every day out loud for 20 minutes. She is excited to be reading Junie B. Jones books now and has several on hold at the library to pick up.
Caleb:
Caleb completed three assignments in his language arts book this week. He also attended "Sing, Read and Write" and "Storytelling" at ZigArts this week. In Sing, Read and Write they learned what nouns and verbs are through discussion, song and a game and wrote a poem together as a class. In Storytelling they looked at folk tales and how the same basic story can be told throughout the world with different cultural nuances. They explored Cinderella and took turns relating it to their own lives.
AMERICAN HISTORY
Preston & Marissa:
Preston and Marissa attended their "Let's Rock American Government" class this week. They learned about the three branches of government. They sand the song and talked about how they are all equal and are set up to be checks and balances.
Caleb:
Caleb attended his "I Love America" class this week. They talked bout flag etiquette and started to learn "Take Your Hat Off." They also learned about the leadership habit of being proactive. They read about a squirrel who was bored, bored, bored, and followed his journey through visiting others who weren't. Then they learned that it was in his control if he was bored or not and watched him turn and incredible idea into a service for someone else.
ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)
Preston & Marissa:
Preston and Marissa attended their "Art of Business" class this week. They did shading with lamps and passed out art tools to use. They drew cups with foam blocks and foam balls. I can't wait to see what they are creating to sell!
Caleb:
Caleb attended his "Art of Business" class this week. They painted with sponges this week and talked about how everything around us is basically made of sales. They used shapes to create their own picture. Next week, they will practice some more and make a picture to sell.
OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)
Preston:
Preston attended his karate class twice last week (after that they had belt testing that he did not participate in)
Marissa:
Marissa attended her tumbling class and also had a private tumbling lesson. She is improving so much!
Caleb:
Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week. He loves it! They made paintings of flowers in nature and talked about leaves in autumn.
OTHER
Marissa:
Marissa attended World of Dance at BYU and got to meet one of the cloggers. She was so excited since she is taking clogging at ZigArts this year!!
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