Reading, Science
Read together The Wonder In Water, by Swanson. Learned about different types of bodies of water, including our own body and sweat.

Art
Went to the library to pick up some more books. Faith colored a picture while there of a pumpkin and created a silly face on it.

Played with friends this morning.

Reading, Science
Read Let's Explore a River, by McCauley. Learned about wildlife, currents, plants and seasons of a river.

Faith read Why the Frog Has Big Eyes, by Franco
Faith read Wish and Win: The Sound of W, by Flanagan

Math
Took turns writing and figuring addition and subtraction problems with chalk on the driveway. Faith learned how to add larger sums by adding up columns of two numbers (Ex: 22+33=55 and 2,000+3,000=5,000)

Math (Money)
Worksheets: Draw lines to match the rows of nickels to the price tags (counting by 5's).
Worksheet: Write the missing numbers in the rectangles (1-20)

Science, Music
Experiment: To see how different amounts of water in a glass affect the sound produced when struck. Filled four glasses with water of varying amounts and listened to the sound each produced. Talked about vibration and sound. More water means a lower sound is produced because the vibration is slower.

Went to the library. Faith chose the letter "W" to learn about this week. We checked out books about water.

Reading, Geography
Read A Cool Drink of Water, by Kerley. A book by National Geographic showing picture of people and water from around the world. Contains a map that shows where each photo was taken.

Faith read My "w" Sound Box, by Moncure.

Science, Reading, Art
Learned about the Water Cycle from this website and printed out a coloring page of the water cycle that Faith colored.
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

Art, Writing, Science
I gave Faith a poster with waves at the top and asked her to write "water" and then draw pictures of things that live in the water. She drew seaweed, fish, clams and of course, Ariel, the little mermaid.

Art, Writing
Went outside and collected "wood" (sticks) and glued them to paper in the shape of a W. Faith wrote the word "wood" on her paper.

Reading, Bible Study
Faith read David, from Classic Bible Stories by McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing
Read from Egermeier's Bible Story Book

Physical Education
Went to the park. Visited with friends. Went to the pumpkin patch and looked at all the shapes and sizes of pumpkins.

Art, Writing, Life Skills
Faith wrote and illustrated Thank You cards to relatives who sent gifts for her birthday.

Geography
Discussed where Moses lived (Egypt and Israel) and found those places on the globe.

Reading
Read Is That True? Kids Talk About Honesty, by Nettleton
Read Monster Laughs: Frightfully Funny Jokes About Monsters, by Dahl

Reading, Bible Study
Read "David Counts His Soldiers (2 Samuel 24; 1 Chronicles 21-22)" and "Solomon Becomes King (1 Kings 1:1-2:12)" from Egermeier's Bible Story Book

Physical Education
Played with friends in the morning.
Went to Gymnastics in the afternoon.

Reading, Bible Study
Read "Absalom Tries to Become King (2 Samuel 15-17)" and "Absalom Loses His Life (2 Samuel 18-19)" from Egermeier's Bible Story Book

Geography
Found New York and New York City on the globe.

Reading
Faith read Follow the Monsters! by Lerner

Science, Reading
Read Where Does the Moon Go? by Rosen
Learned about moon phases, rotation of the moon, the earth and orbits, Neil Armstrong visiting the moon, gravity, what makes a day, what makes a year, etc.

Experiment: Using a globe, a rubber ball (moon) and a flashlight (sun), demonstrated the areas listed above. Faith told Uncle Shawn later that, "The sun does not move!"

Reading
Faith read My "m" Sound Box, by Moncure.

Art
Made lion masks.

Reading, Science
Read Why Does the Moon Change Shape? by Isaac Asimov

Reading, Bible Study
Faith read Follow the Monsters! by Lerner
Read "The Lame Prince (2 Samuel 4:4, 9:1-13)" and "David's Sin (2 Samuel 11:1-12:25)" from Egermeier's Bible Story Book

Math (Money)
Worksheets: Adding Nickels and Pennies

Writing, Reading
Worksheet: Recognizing objects that begin with the letter M