What We Studied

We ended up taking it a bit easy this week. My body was in a lot of pain, so I eased off our workload. Instead, we spent more time with some easy activities.

Literature and Poetry

Arthur covered another of Shakespeare’s play. We are continuing with a light study of the actual play with focus on the story and a good short experience with the language of the 17th century. 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

• Much Ado About Nothing by Shakespeare

Quentin started the next read aloud. He also worked on his reading and comprehension skills.

• Sing a Song of Seasons

• Charlotte’s Web by EB White

Math

Arthur moved into looking at averages, line graphs, and plotting. We will definitely be finishing 5B by the end of this “school year.”

• Singapore Common Core 5B

• Orbiting with Logic

Quentin got back into Singapore with a unit on multiplication and division concepts. He then started on 2 and 3s.

• Singapore Common Core 2A

Social Studies

Arthur stared on the Cold War with a large scale overview. We then moved onto the politics and Korean War.

• 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

• Dwight D. Eisenhower by Mirella S. Miller

• The Year of Impossible Goodbyes by Sook Nyul Choi

• The Korean War by Andrew Santella

Quentin covered the second chapter about Ancient China. And we even watched a documentary. We’re still moving through our Ancient Times curriculum.

• 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 China by Dale Anderson

• D is for Dragon Dance by Ying Chang Compestine

• 20 Fun Facts About the Great Wall of China by Therese Shea

• Great Wall of China by Kristine Spanier

• DK Eyewitness Wonders of the World

Science

We had a break week from chemistry class. Only three more Chemistry weeks to go for the year! We made sure to read more 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 continued the Plant Kingdom section of his curriculum. We talked about seeds.

• RSO Life

• DK Trees, Leaves, Flowers & Seeds

• A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis

• Seeds and Fruit by Melanie Waldron

• Seeds We Eat by Katherine Rawson

• Seeds by John Wood

• Seeds by Carme Lemniscates

• A Seed is the Start by Melissa Stewart

• Seeds Move by Robin Page

• Seeds by Grace Hansen

• The Journey of Seeds by Soo-bok Choi

• Sprout, Seed Sprout! by Annika Dunklee

• A Seed in Need by Sam Godwin

• Spring is Here! A Story About Seeds by Joan Holub

STEAM Coop

We had coop outdoors. Unfortunately the wind was incredibly high. It made things a bit complicated. Oh well, we survived. Arthur and Quentin both covered conservation.

Art/Music/Crafts/Cooking/Documentary

No formal music or art this week. But we did slip in some documentaries. Arthur watched on about D-Day and underwater archaeology. Quentin watched one about Ancient Chinese chariots.

• 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 took Wednesday off to hit up a park for the Omaha Parks Challenge. We spent some time there with friends. Afterwards, we moved over the Omaha Children’s Museum to use one of our GetOut Passes. The kids enjoyed their time, but I was reminded why we don’t go there often. I was very overstimulated by the time we left. We also got in a nature walk on Friday morning with some friends that we haven’t seen for awhile.

High

After coop on Thursday, I didn’t feel like going home and doing schoolwork. So we decided to go to the zoo. I finally got to see the new baby elephant! We also visited the jungle, aquarium, and kingdoms of the night.

Low

My body was very angry and created some issues for me. I am thankful for the flexibility of homeschooling to work around these issues.

Next Week

• Continue Quentin’s read aloud

• Reading a Shakespeare-inspired story for Arthur

• Moving through the early Cold War years

• Continuing our math units

• Covering more chapters in the Story of Science

• Learning more about the Byzantine Empire

• Exploring more parts of the plant kingdom

• Bringing back some art and music

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