Co-op
We read A New Coat for Anna
Educational Activity
Learned about bartering (trading)- discussed the examples from the story 
We read “A Rooster and a Bean Seed” aloud
Divided the story into parts (hen, farmer’s wife, farmer, cow, blacksmith, rooster) and had a mini-drama (each child had a part in acting out the story) complete with props.  The lines were done in rebus fashion so even the non-readers could take part
Fun Activities
Each child made a woven placemat
Each child got to choose four pieces of fabric and sew them together on a real sewing machine!

FIAR Unit Study- A New Coat for Anna
Applied Math
We measured Elijah as if we were going to make a new coat for him (and then he measured me!)
Language Arts
We read the book each day
I had Elijah look for the word the (our sight word that we are working on)
A New Coat for Anna tells us the story of how a coat is made, so Elijah wrote his own how-to story—“How to Take a Bath” complete with illustrations.  We are going to have it bound with a comb-binder and laminated.
Art
Discussed war and how we can see the effects of war in the illustrations
We also sewed (hand-stiched) our very own Lauri Ladybug puppet
Social Studies
Geography—We chose Germany to place our story disk.  Elijah colored the flag and an outline map of Germany.  We also reviewed where Germany is each day by looking at the atlas again.
Supplemental Reading
A Visit to the Farm
Farmer Duck
Charlie Needs a Cloak

Handwriting Without Tears
Letter N
Worked on the slate
Completed workbook page 9
Completed 2 rows of N’s on the grey block paper

Phonics
ABeka K-5 Phonics Lesson 29
ABeka K-5 Phonics Lesson 30
Letters and Sounds pg. 35
Read BOB books--
Mat
Mac
Sam
Dot
Dot and Mit
Peg and Ted

Other
Scissor Practice
Weather Calendar