April 20 - 24

MATH

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his math book this week.  He also worked on math facts in the MathSeeds app several times.   

Marissa:

Marissa completed four assignments in her math book this week.  She also worked on math facts in the MathSeeds app several times.  

Caleb:

Caleb completed three assignments in his math book this week.  He also watched his online “Math through Music and Movement” class on YouTube.  They read a book called "Dinosaur Deals."  It was really cute!  He doesn't like Zoom classes very much, but he does like listening to books being read over YouTube so we're doing that more and more.  

LANGUAGE ARTS

Preston:

Preston completed four assignments in his language arts book this week.  He also completed three modules in TTRS and 30 minutes of reading every day.  He is currently reading "Ralph S. Mouse" for his silent reading and has a goal to complete 50 chapter books this summer.  

Marissa: 

Marissa completed four assignments in her language arts book this week.  She also completed two modules in TTRS and 20 minutes of reading every day.  She made an acrostic poem for one of her language arts assignments, which was pretty cute.  

We found ourselves on a Story Time reading on YouTube this week, which was really fun.  One of Marissa's favorites was a story called "If I Was An Astronaut" that was read by an astronaut while she is up in space.  It was so much fun and created a curiosity and desire for more information.  We watched several more videos about astronauts and how they live while they are in space.  YouTube is definitely not my favorite as you never know what you will get, but with mom's help, we are finding some gems that we love and will revisit in the future.

Caleb:

Caleb completed three lessons in his “Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons” book.  He also watched his “Sing, Read and Write” class on YouTube.  They are continuing to read chapters from "Mr. Popper's Penguins."  All the kids are enjoying listening to the chapters being read aloud by Caleb's awesome teacher.

Another fun story we read came from a YouTube channel of a grandpa reading a book.  We listened to "The Mysterious Tadpole" and loved it so much!

AMERICAN HISTORY

Preston & Marissa:

Preston and Marissa attended their “Let’s Rock American Government” Zoom class for ZigArts this week.  They listened to several bills and voted on them.  They will be presenting on their bills next week.   

Caleb:

Caleb (and the other kids) watched his “I Love America” class on YouTube.  She read a story about Thomas Edison.  They were really excited to learn about all the invention and even about how many times he tried and failed at many different things.

ENTREPRENUER (The Art of Business)

Preston, Marissa & Caleb:

The kids all made crayon rocks this week for art.  They also watched a movie about starting a business.

OPTIONAL (Karate, Tumbling, Musikgarten)

Preston:

Preston attended his karate class over zoom two times this week.  It is hard for us to time it to make it to the live classes each day, but he is also getting in extra exercise with the trampoline, his bike and scooter.  We also FINALLY put together the basketball hoop.  Preston is THRILLED and practices every single day!

Marissa:

Marissa rode her bike, went for walks and jumped on the trampoline for P.E. this week.  She also practiced clogging in the garage.  

Caleb:

Caleb listened to his CD for his Musikgarten class this week and practiced singing some of the songs.  He also practiced his penguin performance for his "Sing Read and Write" class.  They are performing to Schubert's Military March.  He LOVES that song!