School Report Oct 20-24

• Extra: shared memorized poems at Poetry in the Park
• Gov/Election Unit: Learned about the executive branch.
• Field Trip: Kaleidoscope Dance Performance; Bean Museum
• History: reading about Egypt, mummies. Started tomato mummies in salt.
• Miles (Preschool): story kit about Cowboys.
• Amanda (1st grade): read the Gingerbread the Little Red Hen, read Boy, phonics reader 2 part 2, finished Dinosaurs Before Dark (mom read),
• Hannah's Reading (3rd grade): The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (pg. 90)
• Emily's Reading (4th/5th grade): finished Swallows and Amazons, reading Water Babies, reading Anne of Green Gables.
• Read aloud: The Golden Goblet (history), Charlotte's Web (Amanda), Misty of Chincoteague (Hannah), Children of the New Forest (Emily).
• Gospel Study: Pres. Packer (May '08 Ensign); Book of Mormon Alma 60-63.
• Shakespeare: The Taming of the Shrew; we also watched Kiss Me Kate.