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.