What We Studied

We ended up with a light week, but covered some ground.

Literature and Poetry

We started our new read aloud. There’s a dragon, a journey, and a collection of folklore stories. I’m digging it. Not sure how much Arthur is, but we’ll keep going.

• The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

• Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin

Math

Arthur worked through 3B Unit 7 about capacity. We discussed milliliters and liters. We’ll be finishing the unit this coming week.

• Logic Liftoff

Social Studies

We covered two Indian Empires for our middle times. Specifically, we learned about Razia Sultana.

• DK Timelines of Everyone

• When on Earth

• DK History

• DK Timelines of Everything

Arthur Independent Time

To allow for one-on-one time with Quentin, I have added an hour of independent work time for Arthur. Each week, he will have a mix of packet work (mostly grammar and math review), independent reading time, and special projects. Many of his projects will be aligned with our literature selections (some taken from B&R Language Arts curriculum) and history.

Science and STEAM Coop

For science, we did a mini unit on weather to coincide with our coop theme. At home we learned about the weather and various weather states. We tracked the weather and working on some activities. In coop, I taught the older kids and we discussed what makes the weather and made a weather station.

• Snow is Falling by Franklyn M. Branley

• One Snowy Morning by Kevin Tseng

• First Snow by Nancy Vlau

• Some Snow Is... by Ellen Yeoman

• Snow Day! by Candice Ransom

• The Snow Day by Komako Sakai

• Sizing Up Winter by Lizann Flatt

• What Will the Weather Be? by Lynda Dewitt

• Watching the Weather by Lisa J. Amstutz

• Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons

• What Makes a Blizzard? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

• Kate, Who Tamed the Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon

• Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse

• The Fog by Kyo Maclear

Art/Music

None this week

Quentin

I have scheduled at least four 1-hour time blocks for one-on-one time with Quentin. I bought Blossom and Root’s Early Years Volume 2 curriculum to use as our base. I love the variety of activities and some of the bigger projects included. We covered a variety of snow activities, shapes, colors, and math.

ELA

• Biscuit Phonics Books

• The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Math

• Lollipop Logic Book 1

Other

Field Trip

On Monday we had a nice walk at Heron Haven. It was a bit icy, but it was lovely to get outside for an hour. This wasn’t a big coop field trip, but a more spontaneous outing to take advantage of the weather.

Documentary Selection

I have carved out a one hour time block each week to watch a documentary related to our studies. We ended not watching anything particular.

Misc. Picture Books Read

• The Koala Who Could by Rachel Bright

• Let's Pop, Pop, Popcorn! by Cynthia Schumerth

• Jackrabbit McCabe and the Electric Telegraph by Lucy Margaret Rozier

• Interrupting Cow and the Chicken Crossing the Road by Jane Yolen

• Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein

• Max and Marla are Going on a Trip by Alexandra Boiger

• Snow Falls by Kate Gardner

• Interrupting Chicken: Cookies for Breakast by David Ezra Stein

• Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise by David Ezra Stein

• In My Heart: A Book of Feelings by Jo Witek

• I am by Human: A Book of Empathy Susan Vrede

• I am Love: A Book of Compassion by Susan Vrede

• I am Courage: A Book of Resilience by Susan Verde

• I am One: A Book of Action by Susan Verde

• I am Peace: A Book of Mindfulness by Susan Verde

• When the Snow Falls by Linda Booth Sweeney

• Tidy by Emily Gravett

High

• Tuesday morning we had a lovely relaxing playdate with a friend. The friend had to leave the coop, but it’s nice to continue the friendship.

Low

• We lost a whole afternoon of school because I decided that we needed to clean up the playroom. It needed to be done, but involving the kids meant that it took almost four hours.

Next Week

• Finishing 3B Unit 7 for math

• Continuing reading Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

• Concluding weather and climate change for coop

• Covering China for history

• Getting acquainted with Renoir for art

• Working on phonics for Quentin

• Spending more hours outside

Next up on the TBR pile: