Making Joyful Noises!

When you set the stage for learning, sporadic moments of educational collaboration pop up at any time! As the kids were working quietly on their booklets for Social Studies, two of the boys were singing one of the songs from music class.  Because we don't have the book yet, my two couldn't practice "Mary Had A Little Lamb" at home very well.  My son told this to his friends, who began teaching him how to correctly play the piece.  They came over, one on each side, and showed him the fingers to use for each note.  The love of learning is a beautiful thing!

Spanish- The kids learned names for foods that they will be serving in their restaurant! It is going to take lots of preparation, but they are all ready to learn their Spanish words, make their costumes, and get ready to perform for their parents!

Spelling- On this wet day, we made sure to do lots of jumping around as we studied Spelling List 5! These words are super hard, so we went over the spellings of each word, looking for tips and tricks to get them to stick in our brains!

Poetry- We started our first poem today. We will be working for quite a while on memorizing “The Duel”, which is found on p. 37 in the Spelling and Poetry book.

Math- We reviewed addition problems where you need to carry multiple times. Even carrying three times in one problem couldn't trick these kids up!

Social Studies- Today, Mr. Dennis led a discussion of why the explorers that we are learning about decided to set sail and explore at all!  We learned many reasons for this, and we started a brand new booklet to write each one in.  The kids worked to summarize the seven reasons in their own words, illustrating as they went.  Their job is to finish these by Thursday so we can really let that information take root, and to show them off and post them on our board!

Art- In art today, we used knowledge of primary and secondary colors to create a beautiful project!  We traced overlapping leaves onto our paper, and worked with oil pastels to color them.  The leafs were primary colors, with the overlapping areas colored with the appropriate secondary color.  Beautiful!

Music- There was a passion for music in the air today!  The kids were volunteering to play Mary Had A Little Lamb, and we are working at home to learn the right and left hand parts to this.  We all need to practice 10 times on each hand every day!