Maeven
Monday
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Watched Word Girl
- Watched Martha Speaks
- Read Ch 1, Noun Pointers, of Painless Grammar
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- History of Us, Book 1, Ch 6
SCIENCE:
- Started working on Minecraft project. After reading about the Anasazi Indians in our history lesson today, Maeven took on the challenge of creating pueblo-like buildings in the side of a mountain in Minecraft. (That’s the history book to her left, open to the photo of the pueblo houses…She’s using it for reference.)
ART:
- Art project–painted paper and after dry, cut them out into shapes that she glued together into a picture:
Tuesday
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Academic Adventurers class at ERCLC
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
MATH
- Academic Adventurers class at ERCLC
SCIENCE
- Science class at ERCLC:
Goofy Maeven during her science class today. Her team made a water “pump” out of straws that actually pumped (threw) water!
Wednesday
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
SCIENCE & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Worked on her Minecraft Project
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
- Swimming with friends
HOME ECONOMICS:
- Chores
MATH:
- Played Math Blaster with Tyren (computer game borrowed from ERCLC)
Tyren was having a hard time figuring out the Math Blaster computer game we checked out from ERCLC, so Maeven sat down and helped him out. She ended up doing a fair bit of math in the process!
- Played “Time Bingo” (game I picked up in the dollar section of Target):
- Played Winominos:
Thursday
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
- P.E. class at ERCLC
- Played with friends outside
SCIENCE:
- Gardening class at ERCLC
ART:
- Art class at ERCLC
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Friday
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- History of Us, Book 1, Ch 7 & 8
SCIENCE:
- Filled the bird feeders and helped move them to a new location, outside her bedroom window
The feeders have been empty/unused for months…We decided it was time to fill them up again!
The pink/purple one she made from scratch years ago with her Bompa!
- Picked grapes from the neighbors grape vines that are encroaching in our yard:
- Explored pre-made and group-made slides in microscopes (first time using microscope!)
MATH:
- Teaching Textbooks 3, Lessons 1 & 2
- Played Winomino
PHYSICAL EDUCATION:
- Swimming with friends:
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Saturday
MATH:
- Played Where’s My Water (iPhone app)
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Sunday
SCIENCE:
- Watched Nature (hummingbirds)
- Found a praying mantis, looked up on the internet to find out that they rarely bite humans, so she felt safe to pick it up:
MATH:
- Played Where’s My Water (iPhone app)
LANGUAGE ARTS:
- Heard more of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix