Sunday, July 20, 2014

4th Grade - Week 1

We started back to school on July 14th.  We only did 3 days of school this week, because we had some fun things scheduled on the other days.  Samuel told me over and over how much he enjoyed school.  In our Bible time, we've been memorizing Proverbs 2:3-5 and discussing how we must be persistent in seeking after God.  In history, we have been reading about Christopher Columbus and his trip to the New World.  We did a landscape painting of the sea, following detailed instructions of what colors to mix and how to paint in the foreground, middle ground, and background of the painting.  Samuel loved this activity!

 Samuel painting the foreground with the lightest shade of blue.  

Painting the middle ground with a darker shade of blue 


Painting the sky 

The finished product!

In science, we are going to be studying the seashore, and this week we specifically began learning about the tides.  We watched a great documentary on Netflix (The Blue Planet: Episode 7) that brought to life what we were studying and showed how many animals and plants are dependent on the tides.


 Copying diagrams of high and low tide from the book

 His finished notebook page

We also did a science experiment to see why some things float and others don't.  Samuel loves any type of experiment so he had a lot of fun that day.  

 Filling the sink with water...

 dropping a coin and watching it sink

 Being silly...he was supposed to be trying to push the balloon under the water

 Being more serious..feeling the water push back against the balloon

 Working on his notebook page describing what happened. 

His experiment page

We also started reading George Rogers Clark for storytime.  So far, Samuel has really enjoyed this book.  Especially since the last chapter we read involved a secret tunnel and catching a thief!  

For Drawn into the Heart of Reading (DITHOR) we are finishing up Fantasy since that's where we ended last year.  He is reading Catwings and is almost done with it.  Next week, he will begin working on his end of book project.  

So far, our year has been off to a great start!



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