World
Geography and Science
We visited Great Britain this week and while we
had a lot of fun, it seemed a little flat to me. I guess because I’ve studied
British history quite a bit in college and since the US used to be a British
colony there wasn’t as much difference between our country and Great Britain as
say between Russia and the US, which we studied last week. Plus the amount of
books on GB is astounding!!! We could have spent a month on it and barely
touched the resources available.
We built Stonehenge out of Lego blocks.
We had a British tea party with scones,
sandwiches, and cake.
And at the last minute I swapped out my planned
science for a dinosaur dig since the first dinosaur bones were discovered in
England and an Englishman invented the word “dinosaur” to describe these “terrible
lizards”.
Of course I checked out lots of great British
children’s literature to read including King Arthur and Robin Hood stories, Wind in the Willows, Mother Goose
nursery rhymes, Beatrix Potter stories, a story about Queen Elizabeth, some retellings
of Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and
biographies of Charles Dickens and Shakespeare. See what I mean? So many
topics!
Don’t forget that I am posting all of our world
geography and science plans on my blog. Just click on Globe Trotting Girls in
the tag cloud or on the specific links under the curriculum tab to take you to
all of those posts.
Chipette
Math: We completed pages 73-96 in Math in Focus and she finished up the
corresponding workbook pages. She also did some pages in Intensive Practice and Challenging Word Problems.
Read Aloud: I started reading The Ordinary Princess by M. M. Kaye. This is a wonderful story and
beautifully written. We are both enjoying it a lot!
Literature: Chipette took her first test in K12’s
literature course and did great! We also completed one lesson from Unit 2.
Spelling: We completed one level in Apples and
Pears.
Language Arts: We read and discussed 12 pages in
Grammar Island. Chipette did 4 pages from her New American Cursive book, and we
did three days of lessons in Student Writing Intensive A.
Loop Subjects: We didn’t complete any of these. L
Independent Reading: Chipette read 20 pages from Emily’s Runaway Imagination.
As part of Chipette’s independent work for third
grade, she’s been learning to type correctly on the computer. We’ve been using
Dance Mat Typing which is a free typing program from the BBC. There are four
levels and underneath each level are three stages. She works on one stage for
an entire week before moving on to the next stage the next week. It should take
her about 12 weeks to get through the entire program before we move on to
another free resource I’ve found.
She LOVES Dance Mat Typing and I use it as the
treat at the end of our school day. As you can see Magpie likes to watch and
learn too!
Magpie
Math: She did 6 pages in her math workbook, and we
did two lessons from MEP Reception.
Phonics: We completed 2 lessons from Logic of English Foundations and she
finished up Book A of Explode the Code Primer. Yay, Magpie!!!
Handwriting: She did 4 pages in Doing It Carefully
and practiced writing letters and words using a, d, g, and c in
Italics.
Logic: We finished one lesson in Lollipop Logic.
Science: Nothing L
Literature: We started our literature study of Curious George, but haven’t made it very
far.
Reading Mother Goose rhymes made a big impression
on Magpie this week, so while I was working with Chipette during school, she
grabbed the small marker board and drew Humpty Dumpty.
I thought it was pretty good for a five year old,
especially his face!
Monkey
This week while the sisters were at our homeschool
group, Monkey and I made our usual trip to the park. He found a feather by the
swings and was so proud!
He carried that feather around all day, brought it
home, and it’s still in his room. J
Looking forward to travelling to Italy this next
week in the tree house,
Chelli
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