This week we rowed a really fun book called "Night of the Moonjellies" by Mark Shasha. It's about a seven year old boy that is helping in his Gram's restaurant for the summer and he makes a neat discovery - a moonjelly!
Monday:
Today we read the book and talked about the illustrations. We discussed the warm and cool color palettes used on the different pages. We mixed paint colors using the primary colors and learned which ones were warm and which were cool.
Then we took different colors and "warmed them up" by adding warm colors and "cooled them down" by adding cool colors. The boys really enjoyed mixing paints to make new colors. They were excited to see which colors they were making. I can't believe we've never really done this before.
We also did our vocabulary words - marina, pier, and moonjelly.
Tuesday:
We read the book again - the boys really enjoy this story. The story takes place in New England, and the actual restaurant from the book was in Connecticut. We read a book I had on the shelf, N is for Nutmeg: A Connecticut Alphabet. We then completed a Connecticut state page and labeled the six New England states on a blank map.
We also used pastels to create an ocean picture with shining moonjellies. I copied the cover of the book and cut out the boats for the boys to glue on their picture. They loved using chalk pastels!
Wednesday:
We read the book a third time - I'm making sure we read the book each day. We talked about jellyfish today (even though moonjellies aren't really jellyfish). I printed out a book on the parts of a jellyfish from Montessori Print Shop (they were $3.00) and we labeled a jellyfish using a free printable from TPT.
We also read lots of information about jellyfish from several books we have. The boys then wrote down some interesting facts they learned on a notebook page.
Thursday:
We read the book a fourth time. I asked if they were getting tired of the book yet, and Silas said he wasn't. Titus said, "Kind of, but I do like the book!"
We learned about bioluminescence by reading some books and watching a few YouTube videos. The boys thought it was really neat! I had them make their own notebooking page about what they learned and then we used glow-in-the-dark and neon paint to paint our own bioluminescent creatures.
Friday:
Today we read a book called, "Why Is the Ocean Salty? And Other Questions." I had the boys draw the ocean zones and we talked about them for a bit. We just learned about them a few months ago.
They also did their book summary sheet and filled in all of the information.
Tonight we are cooking hamburgers, fries, and homemade milkshakes, just like the restaurant in the book! Next week I think we are rowing "The Bee Tree."
They each worked in their Math Lessons for a Living Education and Learning Language Arts Through Literature, as well as a few new workbooks I bought for them. Silas has a cursive workbook, a Grammar Minutes workbook, and a workbook on writing good sentences. Titus has a manuscript penmanship book, a grammar workbook, and a workbook on sentences.
Eli had a basketball game last night and Mercie and I went. They lost (only their second loss all season). Today is Mercie's 13th birthday! We will have cake and ice cream with her best friend and my in-laws.
How was your week?
Those are some great pastel drawings. I love working with oil pastels but haven't been brave enough to let my daughter use them yet.
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