What We Studied
The weather threw us for another loop and we had to cancel a variety of activities this week. On the flip side, we got a ton of random school bookwork done this week instead of going out.
A’s ELA, Math, Science, and History
Literature and Poetry
Arthur finished both our read aloud and the coop book club selection. And we started the next read aloud. It’s related to our previous one and should spark some interesting discussions about censorship. Beyond the actual literature, we are working on some basic grammar skills. We started the first Reading Explorer book which focuses on reading comprehension. He also continued his Super Secret Notebook from Blossom & Root.
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Konigsburg
Band This Book by Alan Gratz
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
My America poem collection
Reading Explorer 1
Quentin finished our read aloud. He gave it three stars out of five stars. But he claims that he really liked it. We are pushing our Blossom and Root lessons out two weeks. He also worked on some basic grammar.
Sing a Song of Seasons
Just Beyond the Very Very Far North by Dan Bar-El
Fox Versus Winter by Corey R. Tabor
Winter is for Snow by Robert Neubecker
Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
Penguin Problems by Jory John & Lane Smith
Winter White by Christianne C. Jones
Five Flying Penguins by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett
Penguins Don't Wear Sweaters by Marikka Tamura
The King Penguin by Vanessa Roeder
Pirate & Penguin by Mike Allegra
Winter Lullaby by Dianne White
Virgil & Owen Stick Together by Paulette Bogan
The Trouble with Penguins by Rebecca Jordan-Glum
When Winter Comes by Aimee M. Bissonette
Q’s ELA and Math
Math
Arthur finished the last unit for Singapore 5A. We covered ratios this week. We will move on to 5B.
Singapore Common Core 5A
Orbiting with Logic
Quentin continued Singapore 2A with a big review of numbers to 1000. We also continued our logic book.
Lollipop Logic Book 3
Singapore Common Core 2A
Q’s Bird Unit
Social Studies
Arthur covered the Spanish American War this week. This sets use everything for our World War I study next week.
DK American History
We were There Too! Young People in US History
Words that Build a Nation
Heart and Soul
Nat Geo Our Country’s Presidents
An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States
A Different Mirror for Young People
This is Our Land: A History of American Immigration
Cobblestone: The Spanish-American War
Quentin took a little break from our regular history chapters and covered the ancient city of Troy this week.
History Quest Early Times
DK When on Earth?
Human Wold
DK History
DK Timelines of Everything
DK A Child Through Time
A History of Western Art
DK Science Year by Year
DK Myths, Legends, and Sacred Stories
Find the Journeys Around the World by David Long
The Wooden Horse of Troy by Cari Meister
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
Q’s ELA, Math, and History
Science
We ended up not going to chemistry class due to the weather and my migraine. We did cover the text information and should be good for next week’s meeting. Plus we read two chapters in our Story of Science book.
RSO Chemistry
DK Super Simple Chemistry
Story of Science Vol. 2: Newton at the Center by Joy Hakim
DK The Elements
Quentin got back into the RSO Life curriculum and covered birds this week.
RSO Life
DK Oversimple Biology
Birds by Ann O. Squire
Birds by Jon Wood
Birds by Carme Lemniscates
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Birds by Pamela Hickman
Birds by Miranda Krestovnikoff
Bird Count by Susan Edwads Richmond
The Last Rainbow Bird by Nora Brech
A’s ELA and Math
STEAM Coop
The weather gave us a bit of a break the meant we actually got to meet this week. Quentin’s class takes about shapes and made some 3-D shapes using toothpicks and clay. I taught Arthur’s class and we covered symmetry. Along with a name symmetry graphing activity, we started an origami project to carry over to next week.
Art and Music Time
Art/Music/Crafts/Cooking/Documentary
Because of the weather, we ended up bumping art and music into our plan this week. The boys really got into the art from Andy Warhol, especially loving the soup paintings. And they enjoyed the music for the week also.
DK Music and How it Works
DK The Arts
DK Art and How It Works
Modern Art Adventures by Maja Pitamic and Jill Laidlaw
13 American Artists Children Should Know
A Child's Introduction to Art
Women in Art by Rachel Ignotofsky
Iconic Composers by Nicholas Csicsko & Emi Ferguson
13 Art Movements Children Should Know
13 Artists Children Should Know
13 Modern Artists Children Should Know
The Story of Paintings by Mick Manning & Brita Granström
Why is Art Full of Naked People? by Susie Hodge
Andy Warhol: Pop Art Painter by Susan Goldman Rubin
Andy Warhol Pop Art Painter by Susan Goldman Rubin
Uncle Andy’s by James Warhola
Uncle Andy’s Cats by James Warhola
Fabulous! A Portrait of Andy Warhol by Bonnie Christensen
Art is Everywhere: A Book About Andy Warhol by Jeff Mack
Biography Book by Mike Venezia
Art nad Music Unit
Field Trip
The weather cancelled our planned field trip. Thankfully we got it rescheduled for later in the month.
Q’s ELA
High
Getting stuck in the house was not exciting, but we did get a ton of book work done. And we had lots of cozy time reading and playing games.
Low
The weather was killing us once again. Snow storms and temperatures below zero really hindered our plans.
A’s ELA
Next Week
Starting our new read aloud
Beginning our World War I study for history
Jumping into new our math units
Exploring some new concepts about the periodic table
Easing into Greece with some myths and stories
Learning about mammals for science
Hopefully heading outside for a nature walk and field trip
Next up on the TBR pile:
