February 17 - 21

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked on multiplication facts using Musical Multiplication.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She also worked on multiplication facts and completed lessons on the Math Seeds App.  

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 another Math Start Level 2 book called Spunky Monkeys on Parade.  This book introduced skip counting by 3s and 4s to the students.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes every day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and read for 20 minutes every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He also attended his “Sing, Read and Write” and “Storytelling” class at ZigArts.  IN class they read chapters 5-6 of Mr. Popper's Penguins and acted out a portion of the story to explore different emotions in storytelling.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They watched two videos and went over all the steps a law will go through to become a law.  Next week, they will begin moving to committees.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed the Preamble and talked about another of the 6 promises: Ensure Domestic Tranquility.  Their song broke down the words to show the kids that this means keeping peace in our communities.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  In Art, they introduced grids.  This is where math and art come together to help you create the right proportion and accurately reflect the piece you want to draw/paint/etc.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They learned about crayon watercolor resist.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class two times this week.  He won't be belt testing this month, but is hoping to be ready to belt test in May.    

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  She worked on her half layout with spotting.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week. 

OTHER

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

On top of our normal busy week, we had strep throat pass through the family, got a new chair for our front room (which left a pretty big box for the kids to play with), played at the park when the weather was decent, and said goodbye to dad for a week while he visits his homeland of Argentina for a family wedding.  

February 10 - 14

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked on multiplication facts using the "Musical Multiplication" curriculum.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed three assignments in her math book this week.  She also worked on multiplication facts using the "Musical Multiplication" curriculum. 

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also attended his “Math through Music and Movement” class at ZigArts.  They read another MathStart Level 2 book today - Let's Fly a Kite.  They talked about symmetry and asymmetry.  They also talked about simple fractions.  Caleb has started using the Math Seeds app and is FLYING through it.  He loves it and seems to be catching onto math concepts so quickly.  He finished 5 maps (which is 20-25 lessons) this week and has moved onto learning about time.  I may have to reevaluate his level at some point because his math book will probably be way too easy for him (other than the actual "writing" the numbers point since his fine motor skills have not caught up to his understanding of mathematical concepts).  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed three assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes each day.  He is on book 5 in the Box Car Children.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed three assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and read for 20 minutes each day.  Marissa also got to attend a play with me this week.  We went to "Peter and the Starcatchers" and then talked about the book and about Peter Pan.  I think this will be a new read aloud or two for our family.  The play was so much fun to watch!  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his "100 Easy Lessons" book this week.  He also attended his “Sing, Read and Write” and “Storytelling” class at ZigArts.  They had a Poetry Tea Party and shared poems, songs and stories while they ate treats.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They had a brainstorming session.  Students got input from their sponsors on ways they can improve their laws.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed the 6 promises in the Preamble to the Constitution and the Preamble song.  They started to discuss the first two: being united and being just.

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  They made Valentine's Day cards and learned a new art medium: the weaved basket.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They learned how to make pop-up cards using hearts.  They also made some more Valentine cards for them to take home.  Caleb was SO EXCITED!!  He said he "really, really, really LOVED making pop-up Valentine cards."  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class twice this week.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.  He made hearts and a cuddle bug craft.  It was so cute!  

 OTHER

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

We had a fun Valentine's breakfast and the kids got to make cards all week.  I love that we can bring in fun during the holidays and have a little change from the normal school routine.  

January 27 - 31

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked on "Musical Multiplication" and worked on the Math Seeds app three times.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed two assignments in her math book this week.  She also worked on the Math Seeds app three times.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked on the Math Seeds app five times this week.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed three assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes every day.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed three assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and read for 20 minutes every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed four lessons in "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons."  He is starting to sound out words better and better and his handwriting is finally starting to come along with the help of a chalkboard and small piece of chalk.  Who knew?  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:
All three kids watched Brain Pop videos this week because their class at ZigArts got canceled due to multiple cases of Influenza in teachers and students.  We were grateful to have a break and let everyone get feeling better so we don't catch anything.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston, Marissa and Caleb:

Preston, Marissa and Caleb practiced making art at home.  They also watched two episodes of BizKids.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class three times this week.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week. 

Feb 3 - 7

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked on multiplication facts using the "Musical Multiplication" curriculum.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed two assignments in her math book this week.  She also worked on multiplication facts using the "Musical Multiplication" curriculum.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his math book this week.  He also attended his “Math through Music and Movement” class at ZigArts.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed two assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes every day.  He has a new goal to read 100 chapter books before he starts school next year.  It's a big goal, but I really think he can do it if he puts his mind to it.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed two assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and read for 20 minutes every day.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed two assignments in his "Learn to Read in 100 Easy Lessons" book.  He also attended his “Sing, Read and Write” and “Storytelling” class at ZigArts.  

He started working on a mini-story for his storytelling class.  I didn't realize it was an assignment for class, but with his sister's help, he created a really fun comic book style story about Farmer Corndog, Evil Pizza Doctor and the Masked Meatball.  :)

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa's “Let’s Rock American Government” class was cancelled due to a late start at school.  Instead the kids watched Brain Pop videos about American History this week.  They loved the one about Abraham Lincoln!  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They talked about the countries that were hoping America would fall apart for their personal gain and how the Founding Fathers pulled it all together.  They also talked about the 6 promises in the Preamble to the Constitution.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  This was their last day of making sculptures to sell at the spring recital.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They used doilies and stickers to create Valentine Art.  They talked about how you can create things to sell by taking items that others have created and putting them into a new creation that people will want to buy.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class two times this week.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.