April- After Easter

 

Affirmations and Quote of the Week

I am always moving forward.
I can adapt to anything.
I get better and better every day.
I care about others.
I have great ideas. 

Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.

– Bonnie Blair

Math- Learned about money, reviewed addition and subtraction by playing games and letting AM be the score keeper.

LA- Finished Dragon Masters #19 and started reading Magic Tree House. Worked on Spelling words that end in -ick. (Last week AM started writing another story, did -est spelling words) Starfall too. 

PE- Bike ride with Dad, tag with friends

Art- Learning about photography and shape designs

AM wanted a close up of the dog. :D

Special Highlight- Meeting with emergency responders and learning about fire trucks, ambulance, police cars, etc.

April

 We have a good couple weeks of learning. With the weather warming up, we've been able to get out and explore more as well.  This month we will be talking about kindness and confidence.

My brain is powerful.
I love to solve problems!
I keep trying, even when things are hard.
I learn from my mistakes.
I can do great things. 

Why fit in when you were born to stand out?

DR. SEUSS

Math- Singapore

LA- Spelling, grammar, read-out-loud Dragon Masters. Last week AM finished writing and illustrating his story The Cat Who Walked Through Fire.

The Cat Who Walked Through Fire

(Based on the story of Scarlet the Cat)

A cat named Pumpkin ran out of a burning house. She forgot her kittens Lag, Sag, and Pag.

She heard them meowing and crying. She ran back. She was breathing softly. She was walking determinedly. And she didn’t notice that her tail was on fire.

She said, “Huh? It doesn’t even hurt.”  

Then she noticed Lag. The kittens were at the top of house. Pumpkin used the fire to fly. But when she got to the top of the house, her kittens were not there.

There was something on her back. It was Lag, Sag, and Pag. The whole place was burned, even their cat house.

 She flew high, but did not see safety, but at least Pumpkin had walked through fire. She flew a mile and finally saw safety.

Pumpkin became known as a fire cat.

The End

Exploring the world- AM had also done plenty of Legos, bubbles, a dinosaur digging kit, hiking, etc. We also found an ant colony while gardening.

Cooling off in the creek

Indian Ruins

Wild life- lizard

Colorful rock layers