Weekly Report -4

Better late than never ... right
This week was a busy week for me with all my jobs. I had meetings at the Palmer Event Center for MamaCents, a workday at church for Mothers Day Out and I had bookkeeping work to do ... plus keep up the house and homeschool. I will be glad when September is OVER.


Field Trips-
Monday we went to the Not Back to School Party
Friday- Shelby and I got some art supplies and went to the library. We now can get 45 books out at a time and we DID!

Living books -
From Head to Toe (mainly for Abigail)
Aesop's Fables
Could a Tyrannosaurus Play Table Tennis?
The Impressionists
What did you put in your pocket?
Mummies Made in Egypt (and watched reading Rainbow Video)
Bill and Pete go down the Nile
You can't see your bones with binoculars


Shelby read to me
I like Stars
Zip and Zoom
Run and Jump
First 1000 words - cast,cap, eggs, back, cut and chin
Did 4 lessons and one quiz on Reading Eggs online
Learn to Read in 100 Easy Lessons-Lessons 22-24

Matthew Read to me
1 Bob book
Learn to Read in 100 Easy Lessons Lesson 5
Reading Eggs online -Completed 1 quiz and 8 lessons

Explode the Code
Shelby book B pages 40-52
Phonic Card Game

Copywork-Memorization
Shelby- "I am Fearfully and wonderfully Made"

Handwriting without Tears
Shelby orange book pg 17-27

Journal work
Shelby- wrote a lot about tree's this week in her free writing and illustrated them
Matthew- practiced writing name, letters and numbers

Spelling-Shelby
short i words
test on both scored 6 out of 6

Math
Rightstart math lessons 14 odds and evens
Kumon Addition book lesson 11 and 12 writing numbers 1 to 100 - Shelby
Singapore Kinder book b- Shelby lesson 18 pgs 18 to 24 tens and one
Both helped me bake a cake. Shelby read what was needed and they both measured and mixed it together.

Math Centers
Dot to Dot book- Matthew numbers 1 to 20
Dot to Dot book - Shelby 1 to 40
Sticker Math-Shelby pg 16-22 odds and evens
Cuisenaire rods with cards
Games- domino war, bingo and RS math card games

History (mainly Shelby except for readings and activities)
Story of the World Lesson 2

Science (both)
Living books and reference books
went over Skeleton- we will cover this over three weeks
Games- Skeleton puzzle, Apron Organ game, Built machines with Lego's

Music
Only in Grace Harbor

Art
Impressionist - Read book and viewed artwork
Created our own painting based on Van Gogh's Starry Night

Shelby-
Also got Character Building, Spanish (working on letters), Music (hymns), Art (cutting and writing), Public Speaking (introducing yourself) and PE (endurance and running) at Grace Harbor

Abigail-
Is currently working on her colors.