What We Studied

This week was a bit strange with me working on a project for J’s company. As we had so much to do, we ended up doing only half days of school this past week.

Literature and Poetry

We finished reading The Magician’s Nephew this week. I had never read it and I loved the story. It explains so much about the creation of Narnia and where certain things come from.

• The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis

Math

It was another review week in math. I created some math packets and little projects. One of our favorites was a mystery packet. Arthur had to use various math techniques and skills to solve the case of the missing pumpkins.

• Money Math by David A. Adler

• Me Counting Time by Joan Sweeney

• If You Were an Even Number by Marcie Aboff

• Max’s Math by Kate Banks

• How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz

• Peg + Cat: The Pizza Problem by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson

Music

Our composer of the week was Felix Mendelssohn. I didn’t realize how much I loved Mendelssohn’s music. Arthur didn’t love his music, but liked it much better than some of the other composers we studied.

Unit Theme

Our theme was the election of course! We learned the basics of how elections work and the details of this year’s election. There are some great picture books about the election.

• Why are Elections Important? by Jacqueline Laks Gorman

• The President of the Jungle by Andre Rodrigues

• One Vote, Two Votes, I Vote, You Vote

• Buddy for President by Hans Wilhelm

• Today on Election Day by Catherine Stier

• Monster Needs Your Vote by Paul Czajak

• Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio

• Robin Hill School: Election Day by Margaret McNamara

• What’s the Big Deal About Elections by Ruby Shamir

• If I Ran for President by Catherine Stier

• LaRue for Mayor by Mark Teague

• Vote for Our Future by Margaret McNamara

Misc. - Random picture books read

• Cece Loves Science by Kimberly Derting and Shelli R. Johannes

• There was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider by Jennifer Ward

• Ghost Cat by Kevan Atteberry

• Rocket and the Perfect Pumpkin by Tad Hills

• Never Kick a Ghost by Judy Sierra

• Ollie’s Halloween by Olivier Dunrea

• How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green

• Autumn Leaves by Ken Robbins

• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

• We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt by Steve Metzger

• Because of an Acorn by Lola M. Schaefer and Adam Schaefer

• Leaves! Leaves! Leaves! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

• Peppa Pig and the Library Visit

• Steam Train Dream Train Colors by Sherry Dusky Rinker

• Summer Green to Autumn Gold by Mia Rosada

• Horrible Bear by Are Dyckman

• Thanksgiving for Emily Ann by Teresa Johnston

• Ralph and the Rocket Ship by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

• I am a Leaf by Jean Marzollo

• Be Brave, Little Elephant by Carol Bicak

• To the Beach by Thomas Docherty

• Jo MacDonald Had a Garden by Mary Quattlebaum

• Colors by Katie Wilson

• Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur by Judy Sierra

• Fletcher and the Falling Leaves by Julia Rawlinson

Highs

• Our math lessons were lots of fun.

• I loved reading The Magician’s Nephew.

Lows

• So incredibly busy!

Next Week

Back to our regularly scheduled program, hopefully… We are going to study our last four U.S. History lessons for the fall semester. We are also going to finish our formal art history lessons this week. Then we will be focusing on more creative free art. We will be studying weather for our unit theme and finishing up our National Parks research project.

Next up on the TBR pile: