Feb 29-Mar 4

BRENDEN

English-This week Brenden learned how to add "ed" and "ing" endings to words. He also learned the difference tenses in which those endings are required. In grammar, he learned about conjuctions and how to diagram a series. He also did his dictations, copywork, and narrations.

Math-Brenden is learning how to find the area of a trapezoid. He also started playing around with using the blocks to find averages. It's a bit complicated to describe, but he substitutes the smaller blocks for an equal number of larger blocks and rearranges them until they form a square. He saw Mr. Demme doing it to find the averages and is now doing it for all division problems, even the ones he already knows. It's taking a lot longer, but I think it'll come in handy later when he needs to learn algebra (I once attended a workshop taught by Mr. Demme and knows how he'll use the blocks for algebra)

History-In history this week, Brenden worked on catching up in his reading. I wrote the assignments out for him. I know he's caught up in three books, I think he still has more to catch up on. Once he's caught up, he should be at the end of the Revolutionary War (approximately).

French-Brenden did not do French this week.

Engineering-Brenden did not build anything with the kit, but he's still been building a lot of things with Legos. He even went to Lego club at the Springville Library.

MALCOLM

English-This week in reading, Malcolm learned how to read words with the silent E at the end of the world. He's doing ok, but is learning he needs to pay closer attention to make sure he's saying it accurately. He'll get there. He's also doing handwriting with copywork and is learning to pay attention to how he forms letters.

Math-Malcolm took a unit test and did well. He's also learning the double addition facts (ie 3+3, 4+4, etc).

History-Malcolm did not do history this week.

Engineering-Malcolm did not build with his engineering set, but continued to build spaceships out of Legos.

PE-Malcolm went to PE at UVU and went to tumbling class. He did the same rotations they always do.