April 19 - 23

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston's typing is getting so good.  He's also spending a lot of extra time working on his math.  He's practicing multiplication and division with decimals.  He's getting really close to being ready for pre-algebra.  

MARISSA

Marissa's favorite thing this week was finishing reading "Heartland Hotel."  We got the next one in the series from the library and she is looking forward to reading more books with Mona the mouse.  :)

CALEB

Caleb's favorite thing was building using dominos.  He had some help from his siblings, but it was one of his favorite activities this week.  

OTHER

HISTORY

This week we read a book about the Statue of Liberty.  It talked about how it was a gift from France and also about how it represents freedom, liberty and people coming from all over the world to the USA.  

MUSIC

We also read a book called "The Magic Flute" and then looked up the music from Mozart's opera.  We watched portions of the opera online and enjoyed knowing a little bit more of the background from the book we had read.  It was a fun break from what we usually learn during the week.  

April 5 - 16

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston's writing is improving so much.  He had to write a summary review of a story he read for language arts.  I was extremely impressed with how well he did without any help from me.  Deep and meaningful answers to the story with only a few spelling and grammatical errors.  He is definitely growing and improving this year! 

MARISSA

Marissa was super excited to receive her Doodle Crate this month!  She got to make knitted animals!!  The first animal she made with the yarn was this adorable little penguin!!

CALEB

Caleb's FAVORITE thing to do is play games.  We decided to appease him this week with another game of Monopoly for some extra math practice.  

OTHER

GEOGRAPHY

We read a book this week about Amsterdam becoming the world's biggest bike town.  The kids really liked it and decided it is time to get bikes out and fixed up for the spring and summer.  

SPRING BREAK

We decided to continue our regular schoolwork during spring break, but also get in some extra fun outdoors.  

WSU football game (in the spring!). It's so weird attending football in the spring, but the kids are not complaining at all!

March 29 - April 2

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston learned about Holland this week in his language arts book.  He read about it, did some map work and also drew a picture using pastels.  It turned out great! 

MARISSA

Marissa is working on her multiplication facts.  She started using flashcards, which I think is helping her brain organize the facts a little easier.  Her learning tends to be much more visual than anything else so we're trying this for now.  

CALEB

Caleb's favorite thing this week was reading about Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and finding out that Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood was made from that older show.  We read a really informative and touching book and spent some time looking at old clips of the show from years back.  

OTHER

CHARACTER BUILDING

The kids are really enjoying "A Little Spot of..." books.  This week we read "A Little Spot of Giving" and talked about ways both big and little that we can give to others and help make the world a better place.