Nov 11 - 15

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He also watched two episodes of Odd Squad to learn more about math in the real world. 

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She also watched two episodes of Odd Squad to learn more about math in the real world.  She also practiced real world math with cooking and patterns in nature.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also attended his “Math through Music and Movement” class at ZigArts.  They read "Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Week" and worked some more with rhythm and clapping out in 4/4 time with occasional 1/8 and 1/16 beats and practiced the song "Annie" for the performance.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  We are really focusing on spelling right now so Preston completed 3-6 modules in Type, Touch, Read and Spell each day.  He is getting really good at typing and his spelling has improved so much!  He also completed at least 30 minutes of reading each day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She is also working on spelling through TTRS.  She completed 2 modules per day.  She also completed 20 minutes of reading each day.  In addition to her regular language arts work, she is preparing for a storytelling audition and hopes to be able to attend the Storytelling Festival at Weber State University this year.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also attended his “Sing, Read and Write” and “Storytelling” class at ZigArts.  They learned five parts of sentences.  They looked at sentences from their skit and evaluated why they chose specific words and punctuation for certain situations.  They introduced adjectives and rehearsed their skit or the recital.  They also used word blocks to create sentences.  They practiced creative collaboration by helping each other create sentences and worked on reading skills with sounding out words.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed amendments 1-4 of the Bill of Rights and learned about the 5-7 and the Miranda Warning.  

We also watched a video on Brain Pop about Veteran's Day and attended an assembly at the Utah Military Academy honoring veterans.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed the Betsy Ross Flag and Star Spangled Banner Flag and then introduced them to the next flag and talked about Congress passing a bill that all future flags would only have 13 stripes.  They reviewed America, Yankee Doodle, and Star Spangled Banner.  They also read about the habit of listening with your heart and your eyes and your ears.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  They learned literal inspiration verses non-literal inspiration.  They drew out and cut out letter shapes to be used as stencils for vinyl cutouts that will be pressed on tote bags for art supplies.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They made salt dough.  Each of the students took turns stirring the ingredients together.  Then they all made their own salt dough creations.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended six karate classes this week.  He is hoping to be ready for his belt test next weekend.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  She also attended a private lesson working on her tucks and whips.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.  They made an adorable fall garland and sang more songs about autumn, leaves, nuts and squirrels.