Scriptures - This week I added our memory work during scripture time and that worked much better.
Reading Time - We continued reading The Hobbit, family history, Beowulf and a storybook each day.
Science - We learned about fresh water habitats. We discussed about the different plants and animals that live near fresh water. We discussed the different types of fresh water habitats such as rivers, streams, lakes, and swamps. We went on several different outings this week to different bodies of water. We sent to Silver Creek, a trail in Show Low near a river, a pond, and another area of Silver Creek.
History/Geography - We learned about Columbus. We colored pictures of the ships sailed by Columbus and his group. We continued to review the continents and oceans of the world. We also talked about the different types of houses that Indians lived in.
Music - We are studying Chopin
Individual Learning
Derek - Math: Continued reading Life of Fred, we are now in the Cats volume. We learned about rounding and different types of measurements. He worked on math facts and we focused heavily on the addition math facts of 7. He had another spelling test this week which he did much better on.
Derek working on his independent assignments for the day
Emily matching dominoes to numbers
Sarah doing her "school work" - coloring in shapes
Pictures at Silver Creek near the fish hatchery. There is a little shallow spot with rocks the kids like to play in. The girls ended up in just shirts because they got their skirts and underwear wet. The had tons of fun playing in the water.
Derek spend most of his time trying
to find crawdads without much success.
He found a couple dead ones and
a few babies.
With the increase in rain around the area,
the vegetation has gotten very green.
I just loved all the green and the contrasting colors
of wildflowers scattered throughout the grass.
I'm amazed sometimes about kid's tolerance for
heat and cold. Here Sarah is relaxing with
her feet in the water. I thought it looked nice
and relaxing so I put my feet in...WOW...it was
cold. My feet would ache if I left them in for
more than 2 seconds.
A lot of mint grows in this area. Emily
loves mint and had fun picking
and smelling it.
Emily looks grouchy in the above picture
because she just fell in the water again
and proclaimed "I am the dumbest
girl!!"
I didn't get many pictures on this outing. We went to a little preserve on the way to Show low. It was pretty and so quiet. The kids didn't like this trip as much because there was nowhere to really get in the water.
Derek wanted to get in the mud
of course and I wouldn't let him. In this picture he
is "not" getting in the mud because
he is trying to cross it on a branch:)
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