Our Week in Review - Week 34

This is our list to-do list from Monday.....

Joey

Math- Math Mammoth - Place value, adding thousands

Grammar- Rod and Staff - Noun names, Names of people & places, Proper Nouns

Science- ABeka...Nervous system, eyes

Spelling

Social Studies - Martin Luther King Jr. Video and book--Difference between urban, rural and suburban

4H Project - Using Computer basics

Handwriting - Letter E & L (Cursive Handwriting without Tears)

Bible study - Creation of the world

Scholastic Newspaper

Brayden

Math - Adding thousands, adding whole hundreds

Grammar - Rod and Staff - Noun names, Names of People & Places, Proper Nouns

Science - Penguins

Spelling - Review words

Social studies - Martin Luther King Jr. Video and book --- U.S. Symbols

Scholastic Newspaper

Lydia

Math - A+ Interactive Math (2nd grade level) - counting past 100, skip counting review.  (Watch for the upcoming review)

Science - Carnivorous Mammals

Reading - Headsprout, McGuffey Reader

AG Club - Caroline Book 3

Site Words - Writing words zero to five

Geography Words - Badland, Bay

Phonics - A Beka Letters and Sounds

Handwriting without Tears App

Caty

Comprehension - Playing Red Light/Green Light, Practice our phone number, Following directions on how to build a snowman

Math - Practice counting to 20, Practice writing numbers to 10 in her dry-erase book

Reading - Letters A & B review w/ coloring cards

Art - Tissue Paper Matisse

Geography - Be an explorer at home

We almost got everything done this week!!!  Joey had a couple of rough days, and didn't finish his science reading.  So we will catch that up this next week.  Since I have to do his 4-H project with him hands on, we were short 1/2 the lesson.  Daddy finished the other half with him.

Brayden also did all his work, including watching an Animated Hero Classic about Ben Franklin on You Tube.

I wanted Joey to watch the same video, and this is how I caught him watching it at lunch (since lunchtime equals free computer time)....he had Minecraft on his laptop, the Youtube video going on his iPad and his lunch right next to him....ugh...but at least he could tell me about Ben Franklin.

Lydia loves drawing...this was us as dogs...lol

She loves art class too.  She had to do Caty's art study this week (since she didn't have one due to the abbreviated school week).  Caty was learning about colors similar to Henri Matisse, The Snail.

Lydia has decided to step back from Headsprout phonics again.  So we are working our way through A Beka Letters and Sounds and using the old McGuffey Readers.  She is doing a lesson in the book a day.  She has started remembering more.  So I just go with what she wants to do....she's obviously learning.  She doesn't remember the phonics rules though sometimes when she is trying to sound out words.  So it still frustrates her.

We did this Science activity on Sunday, after Last weeks post.  It was her science project about prey/predators....we hid red/green M&Ms in color bits of paper.  Some were easy to find, while others were more difficult.

She learned about various members of the canine family in science, so we watched Old Yeller as a treat when she finished her work.  She really liked this movie!

Sunday, Lydia cooked lunch with Daddy's help.

We did a couple science experiments.  We tried to throw water in the air to make it freeze...and did frozen bubbles.  The frozen bubbles was a full success...not so much our water though.

Working on her Handwriting without Tears app on her iPad (watch for the upcoming review).

Our American Girl Club hosted local historian, Clinton Mauk.  He talked to the girls about the importance of our area in the War of 1812.

Joey has District Cheerleading competition this weekend in Lexington, KY.   This was our drive through Ohio yesterday....yucky!  Yucky!!  part of the way.  We feared Kentucky because we kept hearing about an ice storm...but the roads were better once were crossed into Kentucky.  Could actually go the speed limit...lol.

Tried to walk some energy out at the mall by our hotel.  Our kids ARE NOT accustomed to visiting a mall at all!!  We avoid them because of the massive sensory overload involved.  I thought Caty was going to flip out there was so much to see.

I couldn't figure out why there was a Hermit Crab kiosk...seriously?!?!  I always buy hermit crabs in Lexington, KY...does anyone else?  But Caty thought this was so cool!

Eating dinner....the girls chose soft pretzels the size of their heads.

Joey chose a steak sandwich, after I eliminated how much he could not have.  The people at the restaurant were very nice with all my allergen questions.  He enjoyed the sandwich.

Brayden refused to eat there....too many unfamiliar restaurants.  He wanted McDonald's.  I swear...McDonald's is like crack for kids with autism.  He has to have 6 chicken nuggets.  No more..no less.  Ugh....I know it will be like this our whole trip.  Brayden gets a food obsession and will only eat that during the whole trip.  Not sure what it  may be.  I think it will revolve around chicken and Reese's Puffs.  I'll let you know.  But he has had Chicken McNuggets for 3 meals now....so you can see where this is going.  When we get settled in at Brentwood later tonight, he'll relax a lot more.

Our Week in Pictures - Week 28

The boys kind of hung back this week.  They didn't have a lot of photos.  Joey did a great LEGO project for Wednesday's LEGO post.  

Joey spent the week working on his Benjamin Franklin book for Adventure Club.  

He also worked on his new Math Mammoth book.  It really shows me what he needs to work on.  Brayden and Lydia also started Math Mammoth.  This program has opened my eyes....we are going to step back and make some adjustments because I feel like we need to strengthen some more basics in the math area.

We had fun learning about Manet this week.  This is Lydia painting her version of an "Angry Sea"  seascape.  She used puffy paint and glitter.

Lydia also started working back again in First Language Lessons.  She enjoys poems, and this program provides the work that she likes with little or no prep work from me.  It's great!!!

The girls loved magnetic dolls.  This is a whole bunch of sets combined.  They pulled them out a couple times this week.

For her science experiment this week, Lydia made a melting snowman...without ice.  Check out Hooked on Science for this awesome project.

You mix borax, school glue and a cup of warm water.

 Form your snowman....

 And watch the molecules separate out.....

 We did some puzzles.

Lydia's science lesson this week was actually on plants.  I printed these Montessori cards and she was able to use them as copywork to create a plant book (found at Enchanted Learning).

Lydia working on her etching.

Lydia, Brayden and I went to the Art Museum.  Lydia was sketching an Egyptian coffin.  She liked the design on the case.

 And of course we visited the traveling Manet exhibit.

Lydia and I also began our study of the American Girl Caroline and the War of 1812.  I learned more this week reading than I did when I was in school.  I was going to focus on War of 1812 with her, but then decided to cover the War but also some geography and information about our wonderful Great Lakes.

We are liking Caroline so far.  So exciting and we are only halfway through the first book.

All the kids got their assigned work done this week.  Brayden was excused of a couple math sheets because he was having an off day.

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