For her project Sis researched the French tricolor flag. We read about what the colors stand for and when the French adopted this flag. Then Sis had to make a tricolor flag out of paper. The French word that each color symbolizes was written on the front and then she made flaps to write the English meaning on the backs.
This week for unit 33 we learned about the Civil War. I know it seems like we're moving too quickly through history here, when there is so much to learn about these time periods. However, this year is just a brief introduction to these subjects. Over the next four years (5th-8th grade) we will cover each time period in much in greater detail beginning at creation. Sis project for unit 33 was to color and label a Civil War map. She colored the confederate states grey and the Union states blue. Of course we learned about Lincoln this week as well as slavery. We also learned about the Industrial Revolution, and Sis did a written narration on how it changed the world.
Reading: Sis finished reading The Wonderful Winter for history this week. It took her three weeks to finish with just reading about a chapter a day. She's been getting plenty of reading in on her free time though. She read all three of the American Girl of the Year Lea books. She asked for these for her birthday. She also re-read two of the Grandma's Attic books this week. Those are still some of her favorite books. I'm excited that Boo will be reading the first one next year for 2nd grade.
Science: In anatomy we started a new chapter on the senses. Sis' first reaction was "really? I learned the 5 senses in kindergarten!" Oh but there is so much more to learn about those senses! Sis is studying the Olfactory system (a fancy word for the parts that give us the ability to smell.) She's learning about glands, taste buds, the parts of the ear, sound waves, the parts of the eye, colorblindness, near and farsightedness, the difference between animal sight and human sight, and balance. We will probably spend one more week on senses and then move on.
Math & Spelling: This is the most exciting thing that happened this week. Sis took her final math and spelling tests!!! She is officially finished with these for the summer! I love it when we start finishing up subjects as the school year comes to an end. It means less work and shorter school days. We don't do official grades until High school because we are not required to. She got an "A" for spelling this year though! She never missed more than one word on a test all year. She did well in math too, although I think that long division made her dislike math. Next year we will be doing MathUSee Epsilon, which deals mostly with fractions.
I've decided to stop blogging about Boo's work for the remainder of the year, mostly because it's getting pretty repetitive, nothing new really. She's been doing her reading, drawing in her notebook, workbook pages, and math each week. She's a little bit behind Sis and still has about 5 weeks left in MFW 1st. For now we're just trying to get through it so we can be done for summer break. She's doing well though and I will post pics here with Sis' work if there's anything exciting to show.
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