Week in Review 9/29- 10/3

Another busy week! Reagan learned more about fractions, percents, types of trinagles and pie charts in math. Avery learned about place value, addition with exchanging and the commutative property of addition. They also had spelling, phonics, reading, grammar and catechism lessons.

For history on Monday we read about the cave paintings at Chauvet and checked out some interent sites with info and pictures. Avery and Mary made their own drawings on rocks. On Tuesday we went for a nature hike instead of our Chemistry lesson because the fall weather demanded it! The kids also had fun catching crickets. They built a house for them out of Duplos, but I wasn't crazy about crickets hopping all over my house so we built a more suitable habitat for them following the directions in Pet Bugs: A Kids Guide to Catching and Keeping Touchable Insects. The book also had some interesting information about crickets, such as the fact that only the males chirp which answered Avery an Mary's heated debate about whether the crickets were boys or girls.
On Thursday our Gospel reflection time was particularly exciting. We read Matthew 21: 33-43. The phrase "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone;" led to some wonderful demonstrations of the importance of a cornerstone, using blocks to build walls that were then knocked down by removing the "cornerstone".

On Friday our puzzle maps saw a lot of use, Mary did the world map, Avery and Reagan completed the map of Africa.

Jameson did all the puzzles I have out for him: shapes, animals, and this "puppy" puzzle.
We also did our weekly nature study. This week we learned about seeds. The boys collected some and we compared the different types. Some had fluffly little parachutes to catch the wind and some were prickly and stuck to Jameson's shirt!