M & M Adventures: Max Week 11

L. Arts: I practiced the SH/CH/TH digraphs. Read some mini books. Spelled some words. I played Night Zookeeper.

Math: On Dreambox I used numerals to represent addition and subtraction problems. I did some workbook pages. We are learning about counting on as a way to help add numbers. We practiced this with our math dot cards and also with our foam dice.

Science: In co-op we learned about spiders and some of the different ways they catch prey. Some spin webs, some make web mets, some hide behind trapdoors, some just hunt and pounce. We made webs out of popsicle sticks and yarn. At home we did our MEL SCIENCE kit about crystals and made three different kinds of crystals. One of the experiments was supposed to make iridescent crystals when viewed through polarizing film, but it didn’t really work even though the crystals did form the second time we tried. Our other crystals are still sitting in the cupboard while the liquid evaporates.

History: We learned about Ancient Africa. Where the Sahara desert is now used to be a place with water and plants and lots of people lived there. Fossils have been found so they know that it wasn’t always a desert. We also learned about Amanda and listened to two stories about him. One had a moral about how if we treat others badly, they will probably treat us badly in return.

Music: This week was a parents week, they come every other time. We accompanied the group singing Boom Boom Ain’t it Great to be Crazy on the autoharp. It’s tricky to play while people sing along. We also have a new song called Baby Step Leap. We take small little steps and then jump when the song says leap.

Tech (Engineering): We built a giant pile of leaves and jumped in it and buried ourselves. It was really fun. We also made monsters in co-op class. At the playground, we talked about different simple machines that show up in the playground equipment. Swings are a type of lever. There’s a drill kind of thing that is a modified inclined plane. We also watched my dad remove the flat tire and put the spare tire on the car. The lug nuts were super tight so he put the wrench on it and then had to jump on it to get more leverage.