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

And We're Back

 

Don’t let what you can’t do stop you from doing what you can do.

JOHN WOODEN

Math- AM continued with Singapore Math

LA- AM continued to work on writing his story, spelling, and lots of reading. We are also doing grammar lessons.

Science- Learning about ocean animal, created Moon Sand

Art- Clay sculptures

Music- We listen to and danced to music at home.

Highlights- AM created his own dinosaur game called Find, where you search for a dinosaur and its matching footprint.

Spring Break

Learning never stops. In fact, some of the best learning happens outside of a classroom. This week for spring break we went and explored natural, unique, rock formation. AM also did lots of activities at Grandma's house.

Moving Through March

 My feelings matter. My voice matters.

I believe in me.

I choose to see the good.

I’m going to have a good day. 

No misfortune is so bad the whining about it won't make it worse.

Jeffery R. Holland

Personal Character Traits of the Month- Optimism and Gratitude

AM's Highlight of the Week- Playing on Minecraft

Math- Singapore and Xtra Math, UNO addition/Subtraction game 

LA- Writing more of his story, Spelling Training,  reading more of our novels- we finished Dragon Masters #18 and #2 in the Percy Jackson series, reading to self

Music- children's choir

Art- Pictures for his book and craft club where they made a thaumatrope

Science- Planted plants and talked about what they needed to grow. Took apart our toaster and learned how it works. 

Beginning of March

 

My feelings matter.

My voice matters.

I believe in me.

I’m going to have a good day. 

Always keep a positive mindset, it will improve your outlook on the world.

ROALD DAHL

Personal Character Traits of the Month- Optimism and Gratitude

Highlight- Friends over on Friday

Math- Singapore and Xtra Math, UNO addition game 

LA- Writing more of his story, Spelling "ug" words, reading more of our novels, reading to self

Music- children's choir

Science- We watched a show called Itch, in it, the teenage chemist does a lot of experiments with household materials.  This week, inspired by Itch, we made a bouncy ball with borax, water, and glue.

Not perfectly round, but it bounces

Presidents' Day

PE was swimming and lots of walks this holiday week. And then a lot of time in the snow.

Here's the highlights of the week- Game Day/Read-a thon on Friday and the craft of the week was yarn weaving. (Science with Dad too)

Math-Singapore and Xtra math

LA- Spelling and reading comprehension. AM is working on writing a story that will be published on the blog at a later date.

Reading is it's own category- Read-a-louds: Percy Jackson, Farmer Boy, Dragon Masters series. AM is reading Dragon Masters on his own too (20 books in all, we got a lot to read)

Science-With Dad, AM picked apart flowers and learned about their different parts and how pollination works.