Book Report

Reading is so much fun!
For literature class Samuel spends 15 days reading a book or books in a specific genre and spends 5 days creating a book project.  Last week he finished reading The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill (realistic fiction genre), and created a timeline of the book with each chapter being an event on the timeline.  Two or three sentences describe each chapter and a drawing completes the task. The textbook Drawn Into The Heart of Reading gave detailed instructions of how to plan and implement this book project so that it would be finished in 5 days.

And I could sense a storm brewing...Samuel is not happy writing for school.  He does not mind spending hours writing and memorizing world geography facts, but when it comes to school work he is suddenly sleepy and tired!  He loves to draw and color National Parks, but if he has to draw ANYTHING for school....his fingers hurt...

Solution?  Work on the computer.  And that is how this became a Power Point presentation, which he was very eager to complete!

Please let him know that you saw his presentation!

The Year of Miss Agnes

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Justin Morgan Had a Horse

What a wonderful book!
Sometimes I wonder who is having more fun learning. Is it 7 year old Samuel or me?

The great thing is that with our curriculum, HOD we don't just READ a book for storytime. We learn a great deal. This book can be categorized as historical fiction and during our 20 days of reading it Samuel learned about this genre, about 'setting' in literature, and focused on faith, a Godly character trait.

This is a book that I read aloud to him and then we discuss or get involved in a short activity that takes us deeper into the book. But it is never too much for Samuel. Carrie (the author of HOD) has ensured that the questions are just right.

I never thought I would enjoy a book about a horse and a boy!

Literature Study

This week we have begun a new genre of literature - Adventure. The past four weeks we had been immersed in the biography of Helen Keller, which was awesome!

Anyway, yesterday Samuel went on a treasure hunt, following a map (you can barely see it in the background)that led him through the house, outdoors and finally back into the washing machine to find the treasure: a sword, 2 mint chocolates and the book entitled "A Sword in the Tree" by Clyde Robert Bulla.

This is going to be a good read! Already Samuel is asking for "more, more, more" and I am supposed to spread 14 chapters into 20 days....