I feel like our learning times are in a time of transition this month. This week, we finished something major (a math level) and found a new, fun workbook to replace his beloved Classic Stories book. We also picked up a used copy of the BBC’s Spanish course, Muzzy, and started watching that.
If you’re interested, you can find my summary of the week’s learning notes behind the cut.
Math
- Math-U-See Beta, Lessons 29 and 30: Reading Gauges and Thermometers, Bar Graphs and Line Graphs; watching the dvd, doing several practice problems and the test for each lesson. He finished Beta!
- a variety of worksheets from a new book - Flash Kids G&T Grade 3 Reading, Writing & Math - focusing on number sense, rounding, and a computation puzzle - he enjoys these sheets as they are illustrated, in color & presented as fun puzzles
History
- The Story of the World Volume 1: Chapter 16: The Return of Assyria, and Chapter 17: Babylon Takes Over Again - reading and review questions
- map work SP47 - Nineveh and Assyria, and SP49 - Babylon and Nineveh
- read from The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia on Assyria and Babylon
- drew the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- made an Assyrian siege engine from Legos!
Science
- This week, science slipped through the cracks a bit - except that we did talk about the aerodynamics of a basketball, the process of turning iron ore into chain mail, and enjoyed a day-long study of animals and their behavior at the zoo - you know, the daily-life science we all learn & love.
Language Arts
- a variety of worksheets from his new book - Flash Kids G&T Grade 3 Reading, Writing & Math - focusing on synonyms, antonyms, and words with more than one meaning; nouns, verbs, adjectives and compete sentences - he enjoys these sheets as they are illustrated, in color & presented as fun puzzles; he liked illustrating antonyms and doing a mini Mad Lib
Spanish
- watched the dvds for Muzzy level one - Spanish audio with English subtitles. He says this is one of his new favorite movies and watched it once each day!
- listened to the Muzzy audio in the van
Fitness & Health
- went to basketball practice on Wednesday and had a basketball game on Saturday
- practiced his white belt katas daily
- went to karate on Tuesday afternoon
Misc.
- attended a second medieval presentation on Monday night
- read about & participated in the election!
- read at the library on Tuesday
- went to the zoo for BabyGirl’s birthday on Thursday
- played at his friends’ house on Saturday night
- went to see Beverly Hills Chihuahua on Sunday
Reading
- JediBoy read lots of books on including:
- all of his Magic Tree House books, several more than once - these are his current books of choice for reading during meals or snacks
- Stuart Little, again, and a nice Jan Pienkowski collection The Fairy Tales several times
- read aloud to BabyGirl a few new readers in the Joselina Piggy series
- greatly enjoyed a new picture book called Mucumber McGee and the Half-Eaten Hot Dog
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