Week 3 (9/5/11-9/9/11)

Scripture:

1. Girls - God loves a cheerful giver. 2Corinthians 9:7
2. Boys - Generosity: I share my things with a cheerful spirit.

Reading: The girls worked on their final Reader's Theater. The script came from Shiloh Season. It was a great tie to our read aloud. The girls really used their knowledge of each character when making the puppets. We continued (as suggested) reading Shiloh aloud.

Social Studies: We went to the Food Bank on Thursday. We went to the NM State Fair on Friday. We had a great time exploring all the different exhibits, especially the ones featuring NM animals. We enjoyed the Native American dancing and Mariachi group in the Hispanic Village as well.

1. C&C - Continued working from Neighborhoods and Communities book. They worked on a calendar and explored different types of communities (rural, urban and suburban) and how they work together.
2. Madelyn - Continued working from Map Skills: The United States. She explored concepts relating to latitude and longitude, regions of the US, map scales and population maps.

Math:

1. C&C - The girls continued to work from their Sprints books. They completed Unit 1, Week 2 from Singapore Math 2A.
2. Madelyn - Like her sisters, Madelyn continued to work from her Sprints book. She completed Unit 1, Chapter 1, Week 1 from Singapore Math 4A.

Writing:

1. C&C - As anticipated, the girls reviewed Week 1 from Writing with Ease now that they have their workbooks for that program.
2. Madelyn - Completed Lessons 126 through 135 from Primary Language Lessons.

Science: We continue to study the Earth. We made observations on our salt bed and crystals that we started Week 1. We also demonstrated how the crust of the Earth moves using paper towels and PlayDoh. We continue to use Earth Science for Every Kid as our lab book.

Preschool: Seth and Sam completed Week 3 from their Sonlight program. They also worked from Essential Math and Developing Early Learners.