March 2 - 6

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He is reviewing adding and subtracting large numbers through estimation, money and time.  He is also working on math facts.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She is reviewing time, money and adding and subtracting using borrowing and carrying.  

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 MathStart Level 2 book today - Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes.  This book used shapes to resolve conflicts in space.  

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 daily.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed three modules in TTRS and read for 30 minutes daily.  She is reading more books by Kate DiCamillo that are add-ons to the Mercy Watson series.  They are a little challenging, but she is really enjoying them.  

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.  They read three more chapters of Mr. Popper's Penguins, stopping to define unfamiliar words.  They worked on their Recital skit with Schubert's Military March, talking about how music can make su feel different emotions.  Then they did some handwriting practice with passages from Mr. Popper's Penguins.  

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” class at ZigArts this week.  They finished writing their Bills and formally signed them.  Next week, they will name them and assign them to committees and begin passing them through committee.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “I Love America” class at ZigArts this week.  They reviewed the Preamble and talked about another of the 6 promises: Promote the General Welfare.  Their song broke down the words to show the kids that this means they can have Free Enterprise, to be what we want and enjoy competition that makes products and services better.  

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston & Marissa: 

Preston and Marissa attended their “Art of Business” class at ZigArts this week.  They continued working on their grid project.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his “Art of Business class at ZigArts this week.  They continued working on crayon watercolor resist.  They learned how to hold their brushes and clean their paint sets.  

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class once this week.  It was closed for belt testing most of the week.  

Marissa:

Marissa attended her tumbling class this week.  

Caleb:

Caleb attended his Musikgarten class this week.  They sang songs about frogs and made a darling frog pond to bring home.  

OTHER

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF UTAH

We visited the Natural History Museum of Utah.  It was so much fun!

UTAH SYMPHONY

Marissa, Preston and I attended a performance about birds in Hawaii put on by the Utah Symphony.  It was beautiful!  Marissa could not get over seeing GOLD all throughout the building - even in the bathrooms.  Funny girl!