November 2 - 6

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston's favorite part of the week was finishing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.  He was so excited!  That's the biggest book he's ever read by himself.  He got to watch the movie over the weekend and is already started on Book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  

MARISSA

Marissa's favorite thing was her Doodle Crate for her tech class.  It came in the mail and she was SO EXCITED when it was the exact one she's been hoping would come.  She got to make a portfolio with sketchbook.  It was such a fun project for her and she's already started sketching in her new book.  

CALEB

Caleb's favorite activity was his building and engineering class.  He also got to put together a crate from Kiwi Co.  His was all about stars and space.  He LOVED it!  He made a meteor game, a galaxy in a bottle, a glow in the dark moon and constellations out of marshmallows and tooth picks.  He was so cute and built the constellations we already learned from our Constellation book.  I couldn't believe he had paid that close of attention.  He even remembered there were three stars for Orion's Belt.  So cute!

OTHER

FALL FUN

We took our learning outside to the bird preserve one day this week.  The kids really wanted to observe and explore so we hauled our books in a wagon and spent a couple hours working on schoolwork while we enjoyed the beautiful weather.  

We also helped rake some leaves for the kids' aunt who needed some help.  We showed up right before dark and had to work quickly, but Preston, Caleb and I managed to get the job done.  We called ourselves "The Three Musketeers" until Caleb decided "The Cleanup Crew" was a much better name.

LANGUAGE ARTS

We are loving these books we found at the library.  This week we learned about prepositions and alliteration.  It's amazing how well the concepts are sticking using these fun books.  Caleb will be a pro by the time he hits these concepts in his language arts' books.  ;). 

POETRY

We love reading a couple poems every week from our Robert Louis Stevenson book of children's poems.  This week we had a fun time talking about the imagery in a poem about the Summer Sun.  

ART

Marissa sketched a picture of Jesus during our read aloud time this week.  It turned out so great.  I love how much she enjoys art and creating!