5/02 to 5/04

On Wednesday we looked at our plants and discussed how their leaves and blossoms have turned toward the sun. We talked about this being a characteristic of living things in how they are reacting to their environment. We also discussed the process of photosynthesis and chlorophyll.

Georgia filled out a KWHL chart on George Washington. (K= what I know, W=what I want to know, H=how I can learn more, L=what I learned) And she worked on a biography of George Washington, reading about his early life, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the Constitution, his Presidency, Legacy, and time line of events. The book includes activities and questions to answer as she goes through the book. I printed the book from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/.



On Thursday, Georgia finished the George Washington book. She also read about how plants make food and about pollination from http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants. Afterwards, she dissected a flower from one of our hanging baskets and identified its different parts.

Georgia worked in her math workbook reviewing money and making change. She practiced addition and subtraction with four digit numbers.

The girls went to the library. Afterwards, Georgia read from Fudge-a-mania by Judy Blume, and Olivia and I read her new National Geographic Kids magazine.

Olivia also practiced rhymes, counting, identifying numbers, writing, and reading.

The girls both checked out the ASPCA's kids site at http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=kids_home. They read about different types of pets and watched some cartoons on helpful pet owner tips.

For snack we had watermelon and had fun making a bowl out of the rind and making watermelon balls with a melon baller.

On Friday the girls watched the Standard Deviants School Geology 1: The Basics DVD. Georgia learned about the various disciplines in geology, relative versus absolute dating, geologic time, eras, ages, epochs, and periods, sedimentary and igneous rocks and how they are formed, and some geologic principles such as the principle of original horizontality, superposition, faunal succession, etc. I don't expect her to remember these terms, of course, but she understood the principles themselves.

We also learned about honey bees and their anatomy and life cycle. And Georgia filled out a worksheet on what she had learned. I printed out an article from CNN.com about the honeybee's decline but we did not get to it yet. (article is at http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/05/03/honeybees.dying.ap/index.html)

In the evening we watched A Night at the Museum and loved it! We borrowed it from Netflix but this is definitely a movie that we would like to own. And it made us all excited about learning history!

Georgia's Saturday soccer game was canceled due to the rain. Mark is at work, but when he comes home we will celebrate el Cinco de Mayo with a Mexican fiesta!