What We Studied

Our week went well and we accomplished a lot of school work. But, I couldn’t shake the feeling that we needed a bit of a break. Makes sense in the we haven’t had a real break since Christmas. We made sure to knock out some lessons so next week can be a bit of a break.

Literature and Poetry

This week Arthur read one of my favorite childhood books, The Witches by Roald Dahl. I don’t think he enjoyed it as much as me, but thanks okay. We did get to watch the movie version for family movie night as an extra treat. Beyond the actual literature, we are working on some basic grammar skills. We continued the first Reading Explorer book which focuses on reading comprehension. He also continued his Super Secret Notebook from Blossom & Root.

• My America poem collection

• Reading Explorer 1

• The Witches by Roald Dahl

Quentin finished another in his favorite series. We covered a few different lessons from the Blossom and Root curriculum. He also worked on some basic grammar with some fun books.

• Sing a Song of Seasons

• Zoey and Sassafras: Grumplets and Pests by Asia Citro

• If You were an Interjection by Nancy Loewen

• If You were a Conjunction by Nancy Loewen

• If You were an Antonym by Nancy Loewen

• If You were a Preposition by Nancy Loewen

• If You were Homonym or a Homphone by Nancy Loewen

• The Little Mermaid by Jerry Pinkney

• The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen

• The Other Side of the Story

• The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

• Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root

• The Story Blanket by Ferida Wolf

• Good Night Wind by Linda Elovitz Marshal

• Rumpelstitlskin by Paul Galdone

• The Elves and the Shoemaker

• Rumpelstiltskin

• The Elves and the Shoemaker by Paul Galdone

• The Elves and the Shoemaker by Jim Lamarche

• Frankly I'd Rather Spin Myself a New Name by Jessica Gunderson

• Rumplestitlskin by John Cech

• Rumplestiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley

• Rattlestiltskin by Eric A. Kimmel

• The Girl Who Spun Gold by Virginia Hamilton

• Beaver Steals Fire by Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

• The Water Dragon by Li JIan

Math

Arthur finished a unit on Decimals. Most of it was review, but it was a good review for him. We’re flying through the lessons. We also dove into the Grade 4 Financial Literacy book and covered another units.

• Singapore Common Core 5B

• Orbiting with Logic

• Evan Moor Financial Literacy G4

Quentin continued Singapore 2A with a unit on measurements. We also continued our logic book; almost finished with this one!

• Lollipop Logic Book 3

• Singapore Common Core 2A

Social Studies

Arthur covered more about the Great Depression with a focus on the American Dust Bowl. I found some great resources and we even started watching Ken Burns’ The Dust Bowl documentary.

• 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

• DK Timelines of Everything

• DK History

• The Great American Dust Bowl

• The Dust Bowl Through the Lens: How Photography Revealed and Helped Remedy a National Disaster by Martin W. Sandler

• A Day that Changed America: The Black Sunday Dust Blizzard by Bruce Berglund

• Voices of the Dust Bowl by Sherry Garland

• This is the Rope: A Story from The Great Migration by Jacqueline Woodson

Quentin began the chapters of Ancient Rome with the founding and the Republic. We found a good balance of videos, textbooks, and small readings.

• 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

• Ancient Worlds

• A Journey Through Art by Aaron Rosen

• Ancient Rome by Peter Chrisp

• The Ancient Romans Cohn

• DK Eyewitness: Ancient Rome

• Stephen Biesty's Ancient World

• The Genius of the Romans

Science

We’re back at Chemistry class. This week they talked about the relationship between Hydrogen and Oxygen. We made sure to read another chapter 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 moving into the unit on Human Anatomy. We covered the digestive system this week.

• RSO Life

• DK Oversimple Biology

• DK Human Body

• Know and Glow Human Body

• DK Eyewitness: Human Body

• iDiscover The Body by Carolyn Scrace

• The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws and Other Weird Bits by Rachel Poliquin

• Click: The Inner You

• Click: Tastes Good

• Shape of a Stomach by Kirsty Holmes

• Blueprint for a Bladder by Kirsty Holmes

STEAM Coop

Arthur started his unit on spring growth. This week they talked abut soil composition and basic planting techniques. Quentin learned about deserts and had fun making a sand painting.

Art/Music/Crafts/Cooking/Documentary

We covered a bit of art and music and managed to start watching a documentary. We covered frescos and etching/printmaking/woodcuts for art and Verdi and Gershwin for music.

• 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

Field Trip

We didn’t have any field trips these week. But we did accomplish two nature hikes and two park playdates with friends. The weather was beautiful this past week and we took advantage of it!

High

We finally bought a membership and made it down to the Luminarium, the new local hands-on science museum. We spent a few hour after coop exploring with some friends. Even being there for a few hours, we didn’t actually get to see everything! We will definitely be back soon.

Low

Nothing. We had a great two weeks!

Next Week

• Continuing our current read alouds

• Hopefully starting and finishing the coop book club selection

• Moving through the 1930s for history, focusing on the Dust Bowl

• Continuing our math units

• Exploring some new concepts about the periodic table

• Diving into Ancient Rome for science

• Hopefully heading outside for a nature walk

Next up on the TBR pile: