Weekly Wrap-Up: Wk. 5

Math

• Finished Math in Focus Ch. 5, Review, Test over Ch 3-5
• Primary Grade Challenge Math Ch. 6 Levels 1-3
• Worked on multiplication of 2's, 3's, 4's, and 5's (up to X12)
• 3 days of Xtramath.org math facts practice

Language Foundations

• Completed 2 sections in First Language Lessons, as well as the first Dictionary Skills lesson
• Successful memorization of "The Land of Nod" (I am amazed by this. Five weeks ago he could barely hold a 5-word sentence in his head for dictation. We started the memorization of this poem as suggested in F.L.L., but I didn't really have a lot of hope for him. Somehow, he just... got it. Yay!)
• Spelling Power: Completed 3 more groups
• Latin vocab: "Est" & "Es" 
• Reading. I only require one book (this week, it was Because of Winn Dixie.) We also have a book which I read aloud to them, which was Kenny and the Dragon. Everything else was his choice. He is a book devourer. Luckily we live very close to the library.
• Writing: Paragraph study (main ideas & supporting sentences)

Searching for animal tracks on our nature walk

Social Studies

• 2 Chapters in SOTW
• Geography: India

Science/Health

• 1 Unit in Read & Understand Science
• 2 experiments from "Adventures with Atoms and Molecules"
• Nature walk & animal tracking

•  2 lessons of Harcourt Health

We captured some carbon dioxide during experiment time.

Other stuff

Testing his homemade tomato soup and croutons.

• Cooking: made homemade tomato soup w/ homemade croutons
• Music: studied note lengths
• Art: Painting w/ "silver leaf" (aluminum foil) like Fra Angelico