Sep 30 - Oct 4

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also practiced his math facts using wrap-ups.   

He also used his math skills in counting and figuring out tax for the Lego set he has been saving up for.  He has been saving his money for over a year and finally purchased the Apocalypseburg set from Lego Movie 2.  It arrived and he spent several days assembling it as part of math and building and engineering skills.  It's a set made for age 16+ so we thought it would take him a long time, but he assembled over 3,000 pieces in 4 days.  It was so much fun to watch him from the time he started saving his money until the last piece was in place!  

Marissa:

Marissa completed three assignments in her math book this week.  She also practiced math facts using wrap-ups.   

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also attended his "Math Through Music and Movement" class at ZigArts.  They did a story mat about the circus to practice circles, adding and subtracting, sequencing events and following directions.  They also learned the next part of "Tomorrow" from Annie.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed three assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also attended his Storytelling class at ZigArts and read for 30 minutes each day.   

Marissa: 

Marissa completed three assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also attended her Storytelling class at ZigArts and read for 20 minutes each day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also attended his Sing, Read and Write and Storytelling classes at ZigArts.  In "Sing, Read and Write" they reviewed nouns and verbs and learned about adverbs.  They illustrated the importance of adverbs in storytelling with the Mad Libs game.  He also worked on phonetics.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their "Let's Rock American Government" class at ZigArts this week.  They begin each week with the Pledge of Allegiance.  Then they sing the Preamble to the Constitution.  After that, they talked more about the three branches of government and how the people are more powerful than the President because the President can't vote.   

Caleb:

Caleb attended his "I Love America" class at ZigArts this week.  They learned about the habit of being proactive with setting goals, writing things down, and using time and money wisely.  They also learned about the first two American Flags - the Betsy Ross and the Star Spangled Banner.  They listened to the song "I Love America" and talked about ways America is unique.    

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their "Art of Business" class at ZigArts this week.  They finished their shading lesson and then worked on other projects until the end of class.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his "Art of Business class at ZigArt this week.  They continued working with stamps. As kids finished their standing project, they did water color and created sculptures with their play dough.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended karate once this week (because they were closed for belt testing the rest of the week).  He attended the self defense night and learned new skills for using martial arts to defend himself.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  She also practiced tumbling after her older brother's volleyball game, showing off her skills to everyone she could.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.  They made cards depicting musical signs (like f and p) and the patterns that go up and down to get softer and louder.  

OTHER

Preston:

Preston found out he will be playing Humpty Dumpty in "Wonderland" at ZigArts in the spring.  He was so excited!   

Marissa:

Marissa found out she will be playing the "Ump" for one of the scenes in "Wonderland at ZigArts in the spring.  She's not sure what that means exactly, but she's excited to have a part and start working on her lines.