Week 17- January 3rd - January 10th 2021
Happy January. We finally got back into a semi-routine with school. Micah and I continue to read "The Secret Zoo". He has started his own book about a Zoo. Stay tuned for the plot. He is on page 6! He is also moving along with his sight words and word lists.
His science lesson this week was on landforms. We talked, read, and watched all sorts of things about caves because that was where he was drawn. At the end of the week, we attempted a lab that would show us how stalactites and stalagmites were made. This was good in theory and also a complete flop. Ha. We did a quick pivot and opted to try our had at making crystals, a.k.a. rock candy.
Stirring to make a concentrated solution.
The set up for the failed stalactite experiment.
New set up!
Jonah is working his way through the Kindergarten Fundations book. He is not a big fan of coloring or drawing but can be encouraged by his brothers who talk about Ms DiCarlo's "three start coloring". "Fight the white, mom," he says. He is also working on patterns and counting/small addition problems with the calendar and DreamBox math.
Norah got new grammy mittens and a hat and she was glad to have them on her bike (yes we added a helmet after the photo). She also went over to the Meetinghouse at the church to help work though some camera/lighting problems with mom and dad.
So. Many. Buttons.
Emmett and Micah and I are reading Finding Langston. He has a small project that is based on The Great Migration that he is working on a bit. He also continues to study the work of Langston Hughes, although I am not sure he is sold on poetry quite yet. His physics lesson this week was about density and his engineering lesson was related to floating and flying. He did a classic salt/fresh water experiment with eggs. I think that the concept of density might need a bit more work.
This is the end of a cold, grey week. Looking forward to a bit of time outdoors next week and some cold sunshine, fingers crossed.
Kate
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