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May 27-31

Language Arts: Kennedy gave an oral book report about Double Digit club book. Kingston wrote "birthday" on the whiteboard. We listened to more of Swiss Family Robinson. Kennedy read two books in one day and started a third. She gave an oral book report about Danny Champion of the World and also Being Teddy Roosevelt.

Math: At lunch we discussed what double digits are. We talked about birthdays and ages, days of the week, months, years. We played Feast and Famine (includes lots of counting and calculations and money). Kennedy is reading Life of Fred: Dogs.



Social Studies: We are reading A Child's History of the World and learned about earth's creation and early humans and cave people. We played Feast and Famine, an ancient Egypt game.

Science: Kennedy helped Mom plant fruit trees. We learned that scientists learn by observing the world. We spent lots of time outside with water and nature. We took a nature hike to Mesa Falls.







Tech/Trep: Kingston built with Legos. Kingston is learning to use Fusion 360 to draw parts. We all discussed what extrude and revolve mean in relation to creating 3D shapes in Fusion.

Elective: We played basketball and rode bikes. We learned about drawing pictures using a grid. We watched Curious George use a grid to paint a billboard. Kennedy traced a hummingbird picture.

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