M & M Adventures: Max

L. Arts: Max- I read minibooks. I finished up the lessons on SH/TH/CH. I practiced reading a list of Silent E words and I read A LOT more in one minute than I did the first time I read the list a few weeks ago. I did an assessment and had to read a poem and two passages. I only made one mistake in each of the passages, and no mistakes in the poem.

Math: We practiced adding on. One day we practiced math facts while jumping on the trampoline. We made Candy Countdowns to Christmas and practiced couting and writing numbers. I built a 100 chart by filling in where the numbers go on Dreambox. I practiced adding as well.

Science: We learned about air. We learned about the layers of the atmosphere. We used a blower and floated coffee filters, balls, and little ghosts made out of coffee filters in it. We also had ghost races where we blew them with straws.

History: We learned about the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The Egyptians were defeated by the Hyksos because the Hyksos had chariots and bows and arrows. But about 100 years later, the Egyptian princes joined together and used the same technology to drive out the Hyksos. We learned about Hatshepsut as well, the only female pharaoh of her time.

Music: We practiced Chords in Pieces and our other songs. We could wear our costumes to class if we wanted to. This week was a “no parents” class.

Tech (Engineering): We made our Candy Countdowns. We started out using staples and tape but then figured out that hot glue worked a lot better.

Other: No Tumbling this week because of Halloween. We had fun trick or treating. We had a halloween party with our co-op. We practiced our Spanish lessons. We are learning how to answer and ask questions. We learned a new type of question, which is a statement with “verdad” at the end, which is like saying “right?” at the end of an English sentence.

Flips!

Playing Do-mi-mi, mi-so-so, ra-fa-fa, la-ti-ti

Fun with the vacuum airstream