Mind Games

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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