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| Hard at work-- IEW--Excellence in Writing |
Our Read Aloud this week was FANTASTIC: The Journeyman by Elizabeth Yates. What a great book! and that is an understatement. I really loved it. Yates really captures the feeling of New England. It felt similiar to Understood Betsy- that same earthy feel. I will keep this book for as many years as I can!
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| She was dipping a empty calligraphy pen in her black ink-more fun, I guess! |
Dd had a few new books she read this week. For SL she read "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan; and some of Skylark (the sequel). "Meet Cecile" (American Girl Collection) by Deise Lewis Patrick. "The Call of the Wild-Graphic Novel" by Jack London/Neil Kleid/Alex Nino. "Amelia Earhart- An American Flying Pioneer" by Cynthia Benjamin.
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| IEW final draft |
The math book I added-In:
"From Simple Shapes to Geometry" by Jerry Pallotta. We watched some of "Khan Academy" about fractions. We also watched some "Mathtacular" on fractions too.
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| Oil pastel of a hot air balloon |
Math was 6 lessons from Teaching Textbooks; and 5 lessons from Math U See.
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| Oil Pastel of a basketball |
Excellence In Writing-IEW- This week Dd wrote a paper on Andrew Jackson (kwo, rough draft, and final draft).
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| We worked on ASIA this week in Geography |
Odds:
Reason for Handwriting; BrainPop (M,T,W,Th,F) and BrainPop, Jr. (Monday); First Language Lessons-Lesson 31; A Child's History Into Poetry-Langston Hughes; Landmark History. We are still working on a few print-out worksheets from the Spectrum Grade 4 Test Prep for the upcoming IOWA test. More hemp necklaces made. Geography focus was Asia; we did the maps twice and listened to "Geography Songs" cd. Dd was definitely feeling artsy this week---she made a bowl out of clay, numerous oil pastels, drawings, hemp necklace, and she has been writing in her journal every night---and don't for get the piano daily...she is on a roll.
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| Dd making a necklace for a friend |
We are also working on some flashcards - some for math (measurements); Grammar (definitions from First Language Lessons; and English From The Roots Up (Greek & Latin).
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| Here is the close-up of the necklace-hemp & beads |
VHS: The Magic School Bus-"Takes Flight". Maybe all the "flight" stuff at the Children's Museum piqued her back into flight again. You know, Dd made her own kite last month. She took it to the backyard and flew it. I should get a photo of that. She did it all on her own; I don't know where she thought that whole thing up.
Our activities for the week: Dd had Swim & Gym on Tuesday. They didn't get to do the swimming b/c the pool was too busy with the Spring break people. We invited one of Dd's friends to come home with us so they could play for the rest of the day. We took her to her soccer practice at 5:45pm. We played basketball in the driveway a few nights. We went to the library. Dd has been really enjoying the piano every day. She has been figuring out "Jesus Loves Me" without the music; by talking to Giz on the phone.
We fit in some different books for our morning bible study. We also used our Explorer's Bible too. In the evening we had our evening bible study as a family. Our church has given the congregation a bible devotional for the month. For us to pray as a church about the possibility of building a new church. We also read our normally scheduled bible readings. This week we read from John, Psalms, and Timothy.
Punchinello and the Most Marvelous Gift (New Stories and Products in Max Lucado's) by Max Lucado
The Easter Story by Brian Wildsmith
The Way Home: A Princess Story by Max Lucado
Someone got a haircut--by Momma!
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| Haircut Today!!! |
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| Hey Everyone-- See my haircut! |
Here I hope to post a picture of the clay bowl Dd made this week:
It is for a dog- it has dog paws and a bone.
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