Week 28 (Adventures 24) Samuel Morse, Florida & Texas

State Studies: Florida and Texas

We read a book about hurricanes this week, in addition I found a video at the library on Hurricane Katrina that we watched – it was a tear jerker for me, Treyton was all about the storm.      

 

Samuel MorseWe read about Samuel Morse in “The Story of the U.S.” written by Marie Hazel, put up our timeline piece and then I had Treyton complete his notebooking page.

We used our Morse Code Sheet from MFW to “code” a few words to one another (like the kid’s names). Treyton enjoyed this.

Read-Alouds

• Riding the Pony Express by Clyde Robert Bulla
• Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
• Welcome to the River of Grass by Jane Yolen
• Alligator at Saw Grass Road by Janet Halfmann
• The Great Pig Search by Eileen Christelow
• The Inside Outside Book of Texas by Roxie Munro
• The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry

Math

Treyton continues to do increasingly complicated addition problems in his Singapore Math 2A book, and is understanding the concepts well. It’s fun to watch him master such a needed math tool.

Science:

In R.E.A.L Life Science this week we learned about Cnidaria focusing primarily on Jelly Fish. Treyton has always had an interest in Jellyfish (though he keeps calling them octopuses).

I had him watch a few jellyfish videos on National Geographic, God has made some truly amazing creatures. The kids LOVED watching the videos and I cannot tell you how much they learned from a few videos – Treyton, I knew would, but Alexa blew me away. It’s been a few weeks actually sense we watched the videos and Alexa is still telling me things, here and there, that she learned.

We did a couple of different labs, one of which we colored and illustration of the life cycle of a sea jelly, the second one we made a hands-on illustration with cups, yarn and tape. This was a GREAT activity to actually “see” and re-enact what we were learning about (this is just one of the things we love about R.E.A.L Life Science).

(Side Note: I took pictures of all of his Jelly Fish studies, but I thought I had already posted them, so I deleted them… ooops… Oh well, you’ll just have to take my word for a job well done.)

Bible: Jesus Calms the Storm

We read the story of Jesus Calming the Storm in our Hands-on Children’s Bible (which I love, especially for Alexa’s level). After reading it a few days in a row, we had a little water fun of our own. I filled up the tub, and had the kids lean over the edge to create a storm. When I called out “Jesus calms the storm,” the kids would stop the storm and watch as it calmed down.