Caleb practiced subtraction with 8's this week. He is getting very good practice learning when to add and subtract and using addition and subtraction to undo each other.
Caleb worked with consonant blends GL and GR this week. After identifying words with these sounds he practices writing words and making up sentences. Caleb enjoyed reading books from the library and listening to Peter Pan and Little House in the Big Woods.
We went on a field trip to Seattle & Tacoma, and it was by far the highlight of our week! "I loved the Seattle Science Center. I liked everything, but probably the dinosaurs the best." The dinosaur exhibit had many realistic-looking dinosaur robots moving around. We also saw real animals in the reptile, insect, and tide pool exhibits. We have been reading books about how the human body works so we enjoyed the exhibit that tested different body parts, like muscle strength and flexibility, and senses like sight, smell, and hearing. The picture of Caleb is at an outdoor exhibit that shows how water can maneuver and operate things, including rolling this 4000 lb. ball.
The next day we went to Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma. In addition to a long hike through the woods and observing giant redwood trees, walking on the beach ("We saw a seal!"), we also went to Fort Nisqually. This is a living history museum located in the park. It was a Fur Trading Fort in the 1840's and it has many of the original buildings preserved, filled with authentic artifacts from the era. It was a wonderful glimpse of how people lived then. "I liked the tower best, and the general store that had real animal furs in it."
ART
Since we were out of town on our field trip this week, Caleb did not attend his art class.
P.E.
Our hike through Pt. Defiance was our outdoor exercise this week. We had good weather and followed trails all throughout the woods, observing how different the forest near the west coast is, compared to our drier mountain woods to the east.
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