Learning Log #37 (April 27th - May 1st)

KEIRA
Math - She did great working out of her Life of Fred book this week.  She did a lot of lessons from the Life of Fred Kidneys.
ELA - Keira read from The Law, and from Harry Potter this week.  She also rewrote parts of the Constitution, and memorized parts of the Declaration of Independence.  We had a fun aspect of ELA this week when we learned to play, Upwords Scrabble.  Lots of looking up words, and figuring out how to spell things.
Science - We did a unit study of Frogs this week.  We learned about the life cycle of a frog, class order, the differences between frogs and toads, and read from a book about frogs.
Music - She continues to practice daily, but no lessons this week.  She's also practicing her violin periodically, even though she's stopped having lessons for now.

GARRETT
Math - For math this week Garrett did some lessons from Life of Fred, and did some math puzzles as well.  One is called Alphameterics, where he decoded letters, using math.
ELA - He continues to read The Phantom Tollbooth, and did some typing lessons this week.  We had a fun aspect of ELA this week when we learned to play, Upwords Scrabble.  Lots of looking up words, and figuring out how to spell things.
Science - We did a unit study of Frogs this week.  We learned about the life cycle of a frog, class order, the differences between frogs and toads, and read from a book about frogs.
Tech - He picked up on Tynker programming again.  This set of lessons he has been doing has been glitching a lot, so he hasn't enjoyed it as much lately.  Hopefully it's a temporary problem that gets resolved soon.
Music - He continues to practice piano, but he's getting a little burned out on life right now, so he didn't practice as long this week.  No lesson this week, either.

LIBBY
Math - Libby continues her great math streak, and got a lot of lessons done this week.  All of her lessons came from Life of Fred; Edgewood.  She's doing great!
ELA - We did a grammar lesson out of The Good & The Beautiful, a typing lesson, and handwriting.  She got really pulled into a study of fish one day and spent hours reading and taking notes on unique fish.
Science - We did a unit study of Frogs this week.  We learned about the life cycle of a frog, class order, the differences between frogs and toads, and read from a book about frogs.
Music - Libby's making great progress on her piano songs again.  She practices every day, but no lesson this week.

WILLIAM
Math - We mixed things up a little this week, and did fun math worksheets this week,  Such as magic number squares, a toy store challenge, and hands on math with cooking.
ELA - Will went back to reading The Good & The Beautiful, Level 2 book.  He also did a lesson from The Good & The Beautiful's grammar book, and learned about adjectives, and practiced handwriting.
Science - We did a unit study of Frogs this week.  We learned about the life cycle of a frog, class order, the differences between frogs and toads, and read from a book about frogs.
Tech - Will made a little wooden bird feeder this week out of a woodkit we have.  He used wood, screws, and followed the instructions.
Portuguese - No Portuguese this week.