{Exams} :: Term 3, Years 1 & 3

Here is a peek at our Third Term Exams. We actually finished mid-November, but have been busy with a flurry of fall friends & family activities so I am just now getting around to posting...

After taking the Ambleside Online suggestions as a basis for our exam questions, over the course of two days I sat at the computer while my 7-year-old and 9-year-old dictated their answers to me. This has proven the most efficient use of my time. I used to record them with an audio app, but then going back to re-listen and try to keep up with the typing proved a more difficult (and time-consuming) job.

I am so impressed with their progress in narration. It is amazing to see how far they have come and to compare the quality of narrations between my Year 1 and Year 3 students. Granted each child is different; however, I remember my oldest's Year 1 days, and his abilities have greatly improved.

Year 1, Term 3

Bible

First of all, I have to say I was rather stunned when my daughter failed to produce hardly anything of what we had read of the Bible. (!) Either I get an "F", her attention is lacking (quite possible!), or she is just having a hard time ingesting what we were reading.

For example,
1. Tell what happened at the tomb after Jesus died on the cross.
The mother of Jesus was very sad, but when she heard that Jesus had risen she was very happy.

2. Tell one story of Jesus after He rose from the dead.
???

Eek!!!

Writing/Penmanship

Copy “No storm stayed the ships.”

Tales

1. Tell one of Aesop’s fables.
2. Tell about ONE of these Just So stories: How the Alphabet was Made, The Crab that Played with the Sea, or The Cat that walked by Himself.

History

1. Tell a story about King Alfred: (1) how he learned to read (2) when he stayed with Denewulf & his wife in the country cottage (3) when he went to spy on the Danes in their camp 

I was actually pleasantly surprised when she recounted how King Alfred learned to read:

Once upon a time there was a little boy with his two big brothers and one day his mother was out reading and the boy saw his mother and he went over and looked at her book and it had so colorful pictures and she said whoever can read this book will get the prize and she loved the little boy the most and she hoped he would get it. And one day when the two big brothers were trying to read it, the little boy said let me see that so he took it and when he tried to read it he could read it better than the others so he got the book and his mother was really glad.

     2.   What do you know of Harald as a little boy in Norway?

Geography/Map Skills

1. Label as many countries in Europe as you can.
2. Name some things Paddle passed as he traveled through the Great Lakes OR trace Paddle’s journey on a map, from Canada to the Atlantic Ocean.

I wrote the names of the countries as she pointed them out.

Natural History & General Science

1. Describe one of your favorite times in nature you have had during our morning Nature Focus time and what you found.
2. Tell about all the new things we saw on our camping trip to Daingerfield State Park.
3. Identify these six birds. Choose one to imitate or tell a little about.

Math

Spanish

Look at these pictures and talk about what the children are doing. (Google “kids doing chores” in Images)

Artist/Picture Study

Choose one of Corot’s paintings we studied this term to describe in detail.

Free Reads

Tell about one of the wishes the children made in Five Children & It.

Draw a scene if you like.

She explains:

They wished for wings. They were so hungry when they had wings and they found this garden with lots of peaches so they got some and they ate them. 

But at sunset when their wish had gone away, the wings would turn to stone.

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Year 3, Term 3

Bible

1. Tell about Moses striking the rock with his staff OR about Baalam.
2. Tell the story of the 10 men Jesus healed of leprosy OR about the rich man asking Jesus how to gain eternal life.
3. Tell one story of Jesus after He rose from the dead.

Writing/Penmanship

Copy “Let the jungle listen to the things I have done.”

1. Print

2. Cursive

History

1. Tell about the Union Jack.
2. What do you know about how Canada was won?
3. Talk about the first experiences of the Separatists who came on the Mayflower to New England OR about Squanto.

Telling about how Canada was won (although he couldn't remember the Generals' names):

The British colonies in America didn’t like that there were French colonies on both sides of them so they decided to take over the French. They went up the St. Lawrence River into Canada and they came to a fort which was commanded by General M. and the British were commanded by General J. But the fort was heavily guarded, but General J saw a way to attack the British fort. It was a small pathway leading up to the wall on the back side which was not heavily guarded and the French thought that no one could get through there because it was such a tight squeeze. So as they were going up the pathway the French heard them moving in the bushes below the wall so they shot into the bushes and out came the angry British soldiers and a great battle began. And General J got shot in the wrist then he got shot a second time and then he got shot a third time in the chest and fell down with a groan and British troops immediately came to his side and said that they didn’t have anything to fix him up, and they said “but look sir the French troops are retreating. We have won!” And General J said “well, at least I lived to see this.” Then he died. But when England heard of the great victory that their soldiers had won, they rejoiced.

Tales

1. Tell your favorite story from The Jungle Book.
2. Tell about either John Henry or Joe Magarac.

Geography/Map Skills

1. Label as many countries in Europe as you can.
2. Talk about Marco Polo’s return trip to Italy.
3. Tell about three things or places in China you have learned.
   
   
   

To highlight one of Royal's responses, I absolutely loved his descriptive recounting of things he learned about China:

Cathay is a beautiful place with many creatures of many kinds and it is also the home of the great Khan. 

The Great Wall of China spreads for many miles over the mountains and it once was a fort that was all over China to protect themselves from the Mongolians. 

The Yellow River spreads 10 miles wide and there is even a bridge going across it that is wide enough for 10 horsemen to pass each other and the waters of this river are beautifully clear.

After he narrated this to me, he said, "Doesn't it sound like a commercial?" :-)

Natural History & General Science

1. From Secrets of the Woods, explain “tried to stalk a bear … but a kingfisher scared him.” OR tell all you can about Meeko the red squirrel.
2. Describe one of your favorite times in nature you have had during our morning Nature Focus time and what you found.
3. Tell about all the new things we saw on our camping trip to Daingerfield State Park.

Math

Spanish

Look at these pictures and talk about what the children are doing. (Google “kids doing chores” in Images)

Artist/Picture Study

1. Tell a little about Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot’s life.
2. Choose one of his paintings we studied this term to describe in detail.

Free Reads

Choose one of the following books you have read & draw a scene from the story; explain.

1. The Boy in the Alamo
2. Annie Oakley, Little Sure Shot
3. Quanah Parker, Great Chief of the Comanches
4. Stories of the Texas Rangers
5. Five Children and It
6. Amos Fortune, Free Man
   
   

   

   From Stories of the Texas Rangers

Especially interesting were some of the stories from Stories of the Texas Rangers, as this particular one took place where my husband and I grew up and the kids have visited a couple of times. This is Royal's narration:

Packsaddle Mountain

Captain Dan and his men heard reports of Indians raiding in that part of the country and the Indians were supposed to be Comanche. 

They started tracking down the Indians and then they saw them making camp on Packsaddle Mountain and so they snuck up on the Indians and started firing upon them. 

The Indians immediately grabbed their guns and started shooting back. 

And then they started to retreat and as one Indian was retreating one of Capt. Dan’s  men shot it and it fell down as dead as a doornail.

 But when they checked the dead Indian it still had its gun tightly grasped in its hand.

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TOGETHER:

Recitation

1. Psalm 139:1-6
2. The Arrow and the Song, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
3. Motto: I am, I can, I ought, I will
4. One of your memory verses from Sunday School

Singing

1.  The Bold Grenadier, Along the Road to Gundagai, OR Home on the Range

2.  Que linda manito

Now on to Years 2 and 4...

{Science} with A Drop of Water

We have continued with our water studies this term and conducted a few more experiments last week, which (again) were lots of fun! 

We read the sections on "Soap Bubbles" and "Bubble Shapes", then got some materials together for a little experimentation. After watching a youtube video here on making bubble shapes, and after reading Soap Bubble and Bubble Frame experiment notes in the back of the book, we got to work.

We connected straws to play-doh corners at first (to make our cube), but then the play-doh got slimy and didn't keep a firm grip on the straws. After that we decided to use pipe cleaners twisted together at the ends to form a cube. This worked fairly well, although the cube was a little lopsided. However, we did manage to get a shape to form in the middle. It wasn't the 3-D bubble cube like in the book or on the video. It was just a flat square ... but still cool!

We then attempted to bounce bubbles with our gloved hands. The kids had a ton of fun doing this, although I should have taken it outside. At least it wasn't a dirty mess.

After reading about how to rest a bubble on the mouth of a jar in order to drop a pin through it, we couldn't resist trying this out. We wet the pin with bubble solution and dropped it through the bubble. The bubble didn't pop! And quite by accident (as our hands were already so covered with solution) we discovered that even our fingers could pass straight through the bubble without it popping:

How cool is that?!?

After all this experimenting and excitement, Royal mentions how maybe we should start a science journal and write down our findings. ... And after blinking and pinching myself, I said: "Ok, good idea!"

Alice dictated to me her notes, then she copied them from the white board.

This addition to our Year 3 studies has been so much fun!

... and apparently inspiring as well ...

:-)

History Alive: the Alamo!

Last week our family enjoyed a week away from normal. We ventured south a bit to enjoy some time with the grandparents and to make a visit to the Alamo.

This past year's Ambleside Year 3 readings of American Tall Tales has sparked a wonder-filled world of frontier life and awestruck fascination with Davy Crockett.

Let him ... linger pleasantly over the history of a single man, a short period,

until he thinks the thoughts of that man, is at home in the ways of that period.

-Vol 1, p280

As Royal's interests gravitated toward this hero of the 19th century, I began to keep my eyes open for books he may enjoy and found a handful at various thrift stores:

Davy Crockett, Young Pioneer

Davy Crockett, Defender of the Alamo

The Story of Davy Crockett

Susanna of the Alamo

I also ordered Davy Crockett's Own Story, As Written by Himself.

I confess I did this because I was inspired by my son's interest, along with the notion that this book could be an option for Year 10's biography selection.

From my Commonplace:

(I can't help but think that Charlotte Mason would be proud to read this as well!)

What a pity it is that these theaters are not contrived that everybody could go;

but the fact is, backwoodsman that I am, I have heard some things in them that was

a leetle too tough for good women and modest men;

and that's a great pity, because there are thousands of scenes of real life that might be exhibited,

both for amusement and edification, without offending.

p168

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Let a child have the meat he requires in his history readings, 

and in the literature which naturally gathers round this history, 

and the imagination will bestir itself without any help of ours;

the child will live out in detail a thousand scenes of which he only gets the merest hint.

-Vol 1, p295

With all the past year's talk of Crockett and the Alamo, playing at frontier life and singing the Ballad of Davy Crockett, my kids were ripe for a visit to this shrine of Texas history.

Photos are not allowed inside the mission, but it was amazing to view relics once used by so many involved in the Texas Revolution...a Bowie knife, Crockett's rifle, a large wood piece from his Tennessee home's chimney, and his leather wallet (which we sketched to try replicating in the future, as Royal is now beginning to do leatherwork). 

Talking with various museum attendants:

... we learned where Davy Crockett's battle position at the Alamo was and where his body was found afterwards 

... we enjoyed handling a real flintlock rifle and .69 caliber round balls 

... and did you know Phil Collins (he was seriously my favorite rock star growing up!) is an Honorary Texan because of his generous donations of Alamo relics he has collected over the years? He has amassed around 250 articles relating to the Alamo and the Texas Revolution. A select few are already on display at the Alamo, but the rest Mr. Collins has asked specifically that there be a place where the entire collection can be housed together. These plans are in the works now.

For a bit of History in the Headlines, read this article: Phil Collins has always Remembered the Alamo

my little Davy Crockett & Jim Bowie

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The Church of San Fernando,

one of the oldest cathedrals in the USA

and the marker for the official center of the city of San Antonio lies on the floor of the back chapel:

Besides being beautiful on the outside,

the inside is quite lovely as well:

And in the entrance on the left side of the church,

another piece of history:

History is now alive in our minds!

"Education must be an appeal to the spirit if it is to be made interesting."

{Science} with a Drop of Water

Although we are in the final term of Year 3, when I saw that there had been added a science component using the book A Drop of Water, I didn't want Royal to miss out.

We began the book during our first week of Term 3 and have been enjoying the wonderful photographs along with the succinct, yet informative description for each topic.

Since week 1, the kids have been begging to do the "floating steel" experiment. Well today we finally got to that portion.

After reviewing some basic properties of water molecules and discussing the reasons why and how a steel pin can float, there was a lot of excitement when I gathered all the materials for the experiment.

I have to say it was pretty amazing that we were all successful at floating the pin!

After a first attempt fail, we tried a different way of lowering the pin into the water, balanced carefully in the cradle of a paper clip, held in "V" formation, so as not to disrupt so much of the surface tension:

Really amazing to see from below how the pin is held suspended on top of the water...

And then to float the paper clip:

If you are using this book, how are you all enjoying it along with the experiments?

My Best Laid Plans

Well I feel as if my brain and the computer have been having a discussion now for several weeks on how to better a working (yet not quite perfect) schedule. (Is there such a thing, though?) I am on the hunt for it and will let you know if I find it! I also suppose that what may work right now may not work in a Term or two... we will see. Things always change and education is a life, as you know. It grows right along with us. And if there is one thing (out of just a handful) that is certain in life...it is change.

Ok, all that said... back to the conversations between brain and computer. I actually love plans. I love planning, so I really don't mind all this labor so much - except when I have a deadline in my sights. And I really want to start this next term with a fresh start. It will be Term 3 of Years 1 and 3. So perhaps this is a good "test tube" to see if a decent rhythm can be achieved before more change comes when I begin Form II (Year 4) towards the end of 2015.

So I really want to thank all you that have been posting your own plans and how you hope to work through your school days! It is a tremendous help to so many :-)

:: This last term I have employed the idea of scheduling by week that Celeste over at Joyous Lessons uses. This has helped a lot. Oh, and I just love filling all those bubbles in :-)

:: This summer I also read through Brandy's summer loop schedules on her Afterthoughts. I had desperately been needing to do some house cleaning. Ahem. And *I* don't want to do it, so I was looking for a good way to get my kids teamed up with me on this not-so-likable task and just GET.'ER.DONE! 

:: Finally...such a timely post at A Sabbath Mood. Thank you, Nicole!!! I so needed to be reminded of working, not only on a weekly schedule, but on a time-based one. As mentioned above, I love filling in bubbles ... which also translates to checking things off lists ... which can lead to GMS (Grumpy Mama Syndrome) if things *don't* get checked off (or I keep pushing to finish it all), which tends to make the environment of education not so educational. Hmmmm...

So for those of you that like to look at schedules and other people's ideas, I post mine here. Maybe you are like me. Maybe you need inspiration from without to muster up the inspiration from within.

Starting with Nicole's time-based weekly schedule inspiration, I have worked out the following:




This is the sheet I will print out for myself to have for the week in my binder. A few notes:
:: You may notice the circled numbers. This actually corresponds to the following Weekly Worksheet in a couple of categories, as there are choices for Alice in Year 1 under Natural History and Literature. Here she may choose which reading, if more than one is scheduled for the week.
:: There is also a Key of sorts on the right, grayed area. In addition to this being (hopefully) more of a day to do nature-focused things, I also wanted to provide myself with a list of the Clean Zones for the month as well as to note that (E) means information can be found on Evernote and (K) signifies a Kindle book.
:: The Spanish cells are for me to plan out language activities for the week. If I don't write it down, I have no idea what I'm doing!
:: Focus on Nature (under Day 1) is something I would like to start incorporating into our mornings once a week ... basically just a time for each of us to sit still for awhile (alone) with our eyes and ears attuned to the sights and sounds around us. This can be entered into a Nature Journal or not at this point. I just want to start encouraging more opportunities to find "friends" in nature. We'll see how this goes!
:: Under the days' headings are Handicraft, Drawing and Nature Study. This reminds me of our afternoon focus (since I ran out of space at the bottom!)
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Now the Weekly Worksheet is what the kids see, and hopefully they can become more and more independent in reading, doing and checking off what they've completed as the days go by.


This sheet will hang on a clipboard for the kids to check off as we go along. A few notes:
:: Titles with bubbles are readings to be completed as per the Weekly Schedule. 
:: Titles with the # sign are books scheduled throughout the term; however, they are not in the current week's assignments. This way I can just change bubbles to # (or vise versa) and not have to re-type things.
:: Math is at the bottom. I really need space to write out assignments. (Again, if I don't write it down, I don't know what I'm doing)! This seemed the most logical place. The kids can see it also and know what to expect.
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Finally, here is a closer look at our Cleaning Charts. I have printed these, cut them into strips, laminated them and hung them under a light switch in one of the Zones. Kids (minus Almanzo) can read what his or her work is for that area and continue to work until they finish their jobs or the time is up. (Scroll down to see page 2)

Now, after all this brain-stretching work, I hope that at least something is a wonderful addition to our life as a family and as students in general. I do know that the hardest part of making this work is ME. I have to be the one to get things going and *keep* them going. 
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
And I like what Silvia mentions at the end of this post: "if you are learning, your children will too."

Royal's Exam :: Year 3, Term 2

Royal has just completed his 2nd term of Year 3. This go-round I decided to type it up as he spoke because last term I recorded him and never mustered up the energy to go back through it and type it out. This manner of recording seemed to work out quite well. After a little bit of a rough start (mostly me trying to keep up with his speech), we both fell into a groove of him speaking, noticing what I was writing and pausing until I caught up. Now I've got it all ready to print, store for record-keeping, and post!

If you are so inclined, you may read through all of this. If not, no hurt feelings here! 

I pretty much took the Exam from the Ambleside Online website, only with a few minor adjustments. We spread this exam over 3 days, about an hour at a time. I know there are a small amount of mistakes in his remembering certain details; however, this is part of finding out what our children are (or are not) remembering. I am usually WAY more impressed with what they *do* remember than what they don't!

Bible

1. How the Israelites were fed in the Wilderness: One day God since the Israelites had starved, so God put out whatever it was called (manna) and He kept feeding them this for about 7 days. (afterwards I reminded him it was 40 years and not 7 days!)
2. Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego: One day the king decided to make a statue of himself and said everybody should bow down to it whenever they heard the instruments, but Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego would not do this. So they were brought before the king and he said, "Why have you not bowed down to the statue?" and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said, "We will not bow down to it because there is only one true God". So the king said, "I will give you one more chance and if you do not bow down to it I will throw you into the furnace", so they heard the instruments but they did not bow down to the statue. So they were thrown into the furnace. The men who had thrown them in had died from the heat. But then the king said to his men, "Didn’t we put three men in the furnace?" His men said, "yes we did, sire". The king said, "Well why do we see four men? And the fourth man looks bright and looks like a god". Then all the of the sudden he was filled with terror for that shining person was Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego's God and so he said, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, come out of there!" And so they came out and he said everyone should obey Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego's God for he is the one true God!
3. The Parable of the Mustard Seed (Mt 13:31-32) & explanation: The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants. It grows branches and birds come and make nests in its branches. … The mustard seed is like the tiny little beginning of something and then it grows into something bigger and it makes you kinder. It’s like growing in God.
4. The story of the Good Samaritan: One day a man was robbed and was left half dead on the side of the road. Then a priest came by and looked at the man and passed by. Then another man came by and looked at the man and passed by. Then a Samaritan passed by and looked at the man and had pity upon him and so he put him on his mule and took him to an inn and gave the hurt man all his money and some good clothes and sent him on his way.

Writing/Penmanship:

Copy "Edward walked on without making any reply" in print, then in cursive (as much as you remember):

Free Read:

Choose one of the following books we read together this term. Draw a scene from the story & explain.

     *Alice in Wonderland

     *The Water-Babies

     *Mary Poppins

     *The Door in the Wall

     *The Bears of Blue River: This is after they had made the tree house and the bear had come in and slept with them. On the right Balser is trying to aim at the bear, and under the bear is Tom being attacked. Jim with Tom’s hatchet is whacking violently at the bear.

History

1. What do you know about Sir Walter Raleigh? One day Queen Elizabeth was walking through the streets and in those days people didn’t take good care of the streets so she was coming upon a huge mud puddle that she would have to cross in her nice shoes. So a guy came up named Sir Walter Raleigh and took off his beautiful coat and put it over the mud puddle so that the queen could cross. After that the queen started to like Sir Walter Raleigh and gave him a high position in the castle. Until one day he did something against the queen and was put in the Tower of London and was put to death.
2. Tell about how London was burned: One day a fire started in a bakery and spread through London and burned most of the houses to the ground. This was called the Great Fire of London. Many people died and when the workers started to rebuild the houses the fire came too fast so they had to run away from their work and their work was burned to the ground.
3. Talk about the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe: One day a Scottish colonist from Virginia decided to see what was over those mountains so he took a couple of men and set out on his long journey over the mountains. When he got to the top of the mountains where he could get a good view, he gave each of his men a golden horseshoe so they could remember him and called them the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. 

Math

        1. Use < or > : 53 __>__ 37

        2. If a trucker drives 231 miles on Friday and 172 miles on Saturday, how much farther did he drive on Friday than on Saturday? _313_ miles. (had to go back and talk through why this is subtraction and not addition)

        3. You, Heath and Andrew each have 6 knives. How many do you have altogether? _18_ 

            If you have 12 sticks to whittle, how many will each of you do so everyone whittles the same number of sticks? _4_ sticks each

Tales

1. Tell about Edward Beverley & King Charles: As the king was walking through the streets with his soldiers behind him and Edward at his side, Edward spotted two young ladies looking out the window at him.And then one of them shouted out, “Edward!” and said it so loud that the king and all his men heard her. And the king said, “Are these your sisters, Edward?” And Edward said, “Yes, they are, Your Majesty.” And the king said, “Well, we’ll have a couple of court beauties, won’t we?” 
2. Tell a story about Davy Crockett: One day while Mr. Miller was asleep, Davy Crockett decided to sneak away to his home because Miller had been so cruel to him. So Davy Crockett traveled for about two years when he finally came to his home and at first he did not tell his name when all of a sudden his sister recognized him and said, “This is my long lost brother!” And his pa said, “How did you get here so fast?” And Davy Crockett said, “Well, I just saw a comet coming by and grabbed it by the tail and it took me here.” … He like to make up stories alot, but his pa never like them. He just frowned.

Map Skills:

Choose to label one of the following maps:

     *Great Lakes Region (He pointed and I labeled)

     *Oceans & Continents

Geography

1. Describe the beautiful city of Cambalu: It is a huge mass of land and has beautiful lakes with boats on them. And it has flowers and lots of gold writings and beautiful fields and hills, but centuries later it just crumbled to pieces. And today you will find stone pieces with still some writings on them.
2. Talk about the Khan's great hunts during the spring months: They hunted geese, cranes, tigers, lions, bears, elephants, hawks. They would hunt with their pet hawks and the Khan, to amuse himself, would let his hawk go attack a crane while getting fish. And they stayed there for about 6 months and then went back to Cathay and in their hunts they stayed in huge tents and the Khan had one big tent with a little tent on the side. They had dogs that would hunt wild boar and while the dogs were attacking the boar, the hunters would come up and spear the boar and kill it.
3. What causes the change of day and night? When the earth is turned away from the sun it’s dark. (ended up doing a physical demonstration with balls and body spinning)

Composer Study:

Draw a scene from one of the following works & talk about it:

     *The Sorcerer's Apprentice

     *Hansel & Gretel

     *Peter and the Wolf: Peter has gotten out of the house without his grandfather knowing. And in the pond the duck is swimming, and on the branch of a tree there’s Peter’s friend, the bird. And in the background is the woods. And in the front is the gate. And Peter is playing around in the yard. 

Natural History & General Science

1. Tell what you know about hermit crab homes: When it is born, it is as small as a pencil dot. If you put it in a upside down beer cap, it would be like an ocean to a newborn Pagoo. And then it keeps shedding skins until it is big enough to find a shell. It is hard to find a shell sometimes. Many hermit crabs fight over shells. And at one point in a hermit crab's life, it looks just like a crawfish. 
2. What do you know about Tookhees the wood mouse? Tookhees the wood mouse peeks out of its home and checks for danger, then goes back in. And it keeps doing this for a couple of times and then it finally comes out all the way and starts wandering around the woods. It’s predator is fox, bear, bobcat, and mountain lion. And the moment it sees a predator it scurries back to its hiding place. When a wood mouse is swimming across the river, it can get caught in a current and if a trout is hungry enough it will come up and devour the mouse. 
3. Talk about one of the entries in your nature journal: The copperhead grows up to 2 1/2’. It has dark brown spots along its back and the rest is a coppery color. It likes to eat frogs and toads. And you can step on it without knowing because they are very stealthy. They are the least poisonous of the vipers.

Spanish

        1. Take me on a tour of the house, telling me what each room is and some things found in each room. (I noticed this was a bit difficult and only got mutterings or one-word tellings)

        2. Choose one of the following rooms and tell me what you do here: (These were series we have completed and ended up being a nice narration of actions and vocabulary that were apparently more difficult to recall in the context of a list, as in question #1. Interesting!)

            a. the bathroom

            b. the bedroom: Me quito la ropa; Me pongo los piyamas; Me meto en la cama; Duermo.

            c. the living room

Picture Study:

Choose one of Monet's paintings we studied to describe in detail: Woman with a Parasol

This painting is by Monet. There is a woman. It is Monet’s wife and his son, Jean. And Monet’s wife has a parasol and her son has a sailor suit. And there are flowers and they’re on the top of a hill. And it is a sunny day in France. And his wife is wearing a purple dress and a hat with a flower on it. The sky is blue with white, puffy clouds.

Recitation with Alice

1. the Parable of the Mustard Seed

2. Twilight, by Sara Teasdale

3. Ephesians 2:8-9

4. Joshua 1:9

Singing with Alice

1. The Ballad of Davy Crockett

2. de colores, by José Luis Orozco

3. Let us with a Gladsome Mind