Oct 21 - 25

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is learning to multiply 7's right now.  

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She is working on two and three digit subtraction with borrowing.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He is working on counting, number recognition and shapes.  He also attended his "Math through Music and Movement" class at ZigArts where he reviewed rhythm and practiced clapping, stomping and counting to songs like Oompa Loompa, Hakuna Matata and Yankee Doodle.  They also read "The Pie-Rits."  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He is reviewing commas in a series, apostrophes and homophones.  He also completed 30 minutes of reading every day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She is reviewing nouns and verbs and working on adjectives.  She also completed 20 minutes of reading every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also attended his Sing, Read and Write class and his Storytelling class at ZigArts.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They recited the Pledge of Allegiance.  They sang the Preamble to the Constitution and got their Smart treats from the Electoral College lesson the previous week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They talked about why we stand when we sing The Star Spangled Banner, and sang the Star Spangled Banner and Yankee Doodle.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week. They finished their final shading lesson with the lamps.  

They also had the opportunity to participate in Junior Achievement's BizTown this week.  It was our first year participating and it was AWESOME!  Marissa was assigned to work at KSL and ended up being chosen as the lead interview specialist.  She went to all the different businesses and spoke on camera to the CEO or manager to let others in the town know what services or products were offered at the business.  She shocked everyone with her natural charisma (her mom included) and was completely comfortable on camera.  She also had a talent for making others feel comfortable as well. She told me a story about the manager of Smiths who was very nervous.  He asked if he could get his script because he had taken notes.  She told him not to worry and to go get his notes and not to feel pressured at all.  Everyone loved her and she ended up being awarded "Citizen of the Day" by the Mayor of BizTown.  

Preston was one of the CFO's of Zion's Bank and had a very stressful day learning about cutting checks, making payroll, balancing spreadsheets and his checkbook.  It was a fun experience for him as well, but he learned that all jobs are not always easy and come with a lot of stress and need for expertise and experience.  The kids LOVED it and will definitely be participating again next year.  They learned so much about managing a business, buying and selling within a community.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They practiced making art to sell using just dots.  They used Q-tips to make dot paintings.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class this week.  He's been going to the lower class to review some of the katas he will need to know for his next belt test.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.  He loves it! 

OTHER

Preston:

Preston had the opportunity to serve lunch to homeless people this week.  He was a little nervous, but it was a really good experience for him.  One man talked to him for over 30 minutes about making good life choices and staying on a good path.  

Caleb:

Caleb got to play at Discovery Gateway with mom this week while Preston and Marissa attended BizTown.  It wasn't very crowded so we got to do EVERYTHING we wanted and had such a great time!