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.

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

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

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

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

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/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

Field Trip

The weather cancelled our planned field trip. Thankfully we got it rescheduled for later in the month.

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.

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

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