Blog: Today in the blog we are writing about language arts, math, social studies, science, the sub, French, and weekly wisdom.
Language Arts: In language arts we are reading civil war books. Some people are reading Bull Run, some people are reading I'll Pass for Your Comrade or The Boys' War. Some people are done with their books so they are doing a different book. That's what we're doing for language arts.
Math: We did a whole bunch of math pages. We also did Xtramath.com and CML. Two of us are on subtraction and the rest are on addition. Math is fun!
Social Studies: This week we worked on our Civil War projects all week. All of the kids worked very hard on their boards and reports. Finally on Thursday, we had an open house for all of our people like General Grant, General McClellan, Elizabeth Van Lew (a spy in the Civil War) and lots more. And all of them had astonishing outfits made from places like Goodwill or other costumes. They all looked good!
Science: We did not do science so there's not much we can say. We did social studies instead to get ready for our Forum of Famous Faces.
Weekly Wisdom: Our weekly wisdom this week was, "Happiness is a choice. Today I will choose to be happy." It is a good Weekly Wisdom.
Substitute: We had a sub today. Not much was different.
PE: In PE, swimming lessons have stopped, and we are back to our old PE.
French: We didn't have French this week. Our teacher is home sick. She usually gets sick around this time of year. Instead, we did a fun game.
Language Arts: In LA we are reading books about the Civil War. Then we journal about them. There are 3 books-The Boys' War, I'll Pass for your Comrade, and Bull Run. The girls finished their book and are reading another. That's what we are doing in LA.
Math: We did some pages in our math book. We also did Xtramath.com. The math pages were fun. Xtramath was even more fun!
Writing: This week in writing we are still doing our Civil War diaries and hopefully we finish them by next week.
Social Studies: We are working on FFF (Forum of Famous Faces). Right now, we're writing information on note cards and sorting them in labeled pouches in a folder. It's pretty cool. When we're done, we're going to do a report. Also we are making a tri-fold board, a presentation, and we get to dress up like our person. It'll be fun.
Science: In science we have been looking at water samples. One has a fly in it (ick and ew!). But it's also yum and taste bud! It's pretty cool, the germs! Can you believe what is crawling up your shoulder? Woohoo! Oh yeah, groovy! (You must read this in a high pitched singish voice)
Computer: We made charts using Excel in computers. This is what charts we did. We did pie charts, donut charts and all sorts of charts. We made charts for how many deaths were in battles of the Civil War, lots of wars, and of diseases.
Free Time: At free time we are doing a puzzle. We first did a 300 piece puzzle. We got a new puzzle that has 500 pieces because the cleaners finished our first one!
Brownie Points: We are two brownie points away from a brownie party. We are trying to earn one for Monday. Cross your fingers!
Pizza Party: We got a pizza party on Wednesday from Little Caesars for having the most walkers and donations for the Hunger Walk in the Fall. We made a thank you card for Little Caesars.
Art: For art we are participating in the Google Doodle contest. You had to draw it on the best day ever.
Silent Reading: So in silent reading we're reading reading things like Harry Potter, Taran Wanderer, and Percy Jackson books. But most people are reading the classics like Peter Pan and Dracula, or better yet, Ivanhoe and King Arthur.
PE: This week in PE we are doing swimming lessons. This week is the last swim week. Everyone got better at swimming. We go on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Performing Arts: We have played on our recorder. Two songs were "When the Saints Go Marching in" and "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." That's it, bye!
I'm blogging on the blog. Today is First Friday and there is school store. Here is more information.
Language Arts: We are still working on Language Arts. We're reading a chapter then we make a "trading card" for it. The girls are on the last chapter. The boys are working hard too. We are all almost done.
Writing: We started learning how to write in cursive. We are going to have to write our spelling words in cursive this week.
Math: We had a math test this week and it was fun. We did XtraMath.com too. Math is fun!
Social Studies: In social studies we have been doing our stuff that we do in social studies. We are people from the Civil War like General Mitchell or Mary Chestnut. So basically we are studying social things!
Science: For science we started a new experiment. We are seeing the effects of mold on fast food. Wendy's and Subway are growing mold the fastest. McDonald's and Dairy Queen don't have any mold and it has been 11 days! It is just plain gross.
Lunch: So right now we are having pizza from Godfather's every Friday. We also had a school store. School store is a store that runs during lunch every other Friday. Everything is over 25 cents and under a dollar. It sells things like pencils, erasers, bracelets, lollipops and candy. Our lunch is pretty normal.
Recess: In recess we are just doing the usual stuff. Nothing much is going on.
Gathering: In the First Friday Gathering we were talking about the auction. It is called Cirque du Seabury. We also watched a videos about Bradley Oberhofer and how he donated some albums and other stuff for the auction. It sounds very fun!
French: In French we are learning about months and days of the week, you know, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. You get it, only we do it like lundi, mardi. It rocks, I mean learning with Madame Olliphant is so awesome. I love it. Woo!
