Math
Emily practiced measuring again this week. She measured in inches, feet, yards, centimeters and meters. She did a few pages in her Intensive Practice book too. Those problems are challenging! Gone are the days I can check her work by just looking. Now I either have to work the problems out myself or check the answer key.
Cami had fun learning about shapes in RightStart. Emily sat in on this lesson too, as a refresher. They learned about ellipses and hexagons. We finally got to play with the geometry reflector and learned about lines of symmetry. To go along with the hexagons we read a few books about honeybees and the girls had a snack of toast and "royal jelly" (creamed honey we got from a local bee farm) to turn them both into queen bees.
Handwriting and phonics are going well. Cami's still plugging away at McRuffy. I wonder if we should even keep going with this, though. We're on Lesson 56 and still working on CVC words. I'm thinking about dropping it and going with Explode the Code or just skipping ahead.
Science
In science we learned about the three states of matter. The girls had fun playing with ice and water. We turned steam back into liquid by holding a cookie sheet with ice on it above boiling water. They were floored by it and couldn't believe we could make our own rain.
History
In chapter 6 of Story of the World we read about the rise of Islam. We read the story of Muhammad the prophet and learned about Ramadan and the five pillars of Islam.
We ended the week by heading to the park for an art lesson on top of a big hill. The girls made landscape drawings with oil pastels and Ian just rolled around on the grass. We ended up meeting some friends afterward for a nature walk by the lake.
Books we read this week:
Muhammad by Demi
Honey in a Hive by Anne Rockwell
In the Trees, Honey Bees by Lori Mortensen
The Bumblebee Queen by April Pulley Sayre
Honey in a Hive by Anne Rockwell
In the Trees, Honey Bees by Lori Mortensen
The Bumblebee Queen by April Pulley Sayre
Sounds like you had a successful week! Your daughters' handwriting is so neat! I wish I could get my DS6 to write that neatly. :)
ReplyDeleteI'll be reading your weekly reports with interest - we're on Story of the World volume 1 with plans to do volume 2 next year. Looks like a very fun week! Your girls are just adorable!
ReplyDeleteLove the art lessons outside! Looks like a great week!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait until our weather cools down to do some lessons outside. Looks like a fun week! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lot of fun! My post about our week also included pictures of the kids doing art at the park beside a lake.
ReplyDeleteHi, I got here from WTM. It looks like a really fun week. DId you cut all those hexagons?
ReplyDeleteHi, Lisa! The girls cut out their own hexagons while I read out loud to them. We used the RightStart template.
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