FIAR Unit Study: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Read MWFD everyday.  Elijah *loved* this book!  (And, I must admit, I became quite attached to it, too)

Science: 
Read the following books
Ducks Don't Get Wet (Let's Read and Find Out Science)

did three experiments (two found in the back of the book); through the experiments we learned that oil repels water ("oil and water don't mix!")
Usborne Eggs and Chicks
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones (love this book!)
A Nest Full of Eggs (Let's Read and Find Out Science)
Animal Dads

Learned about animal babies at co-op including their names and how their parents care for them.  Alligator babies are hatchlings...and the mom can listens for them to call from inside their eggs!  Once they hatch, she gently carries them to the water for a bath to clean the sand off.   We played bingo-- a board made of animals with the adult/baby names.  The Mallard Duck was the free space and when someone won the game (Elijah was the first winner!), they had to yell "QUACK!"

Learned about the colors of the Mallard Duck (male) at co-op.  We replicated these beauties with a duck outline and GLITTER (much to all the children's delight).  Green glitter heads, gold glitter beaks, red glitter feet, and silver glittered collars.  When we got home we added bunches of feathers to complete our duck's look.

Started our Animal Classification System
Read a library book What is a Reptile? (plan on reading more from this series too)
We made a notebook with dividers for vertebrates and invertebrates...then we added categories within each section as appropriate for mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles, arthropods, arachinds, mollusks, annelids, etc., etc.  We hope to keep up with this project for the next few years!
Classified sheep (from A New Coat for Anna)
Classified Mallard Duck

Social Studies:
Learned where the ducks lived-- in Boston, MA.  Colored an outline map of Boston that included state symbols.   Elijah put the story disk on Boston and we reviewed where Boston, MA was each day. 

Language Arts:
Completed the rhyme lesson in the FIAR manual.

We read a duck poem by Odgen Nash ("Behold the duck..."); we read it almost every day!  Elijah loved the part about "bottoms up" because there are various illustrations in the duck books we read this week of ducks bottoming up while they hunt for food

Started our Vocabulary Box (I hope to do four words each week)...Elijah demonstrated his knowlege for Jason yesterday...he really "got" this week's words-- Boston, cozy, incubate, and molt

Read additional Robert McCloskey favorites such as
Blueberries for Sal and Lentil

Art:
Discussed the Caldecott Medal at co-op
Illustrated the duck poem mentioned in LA (Elijah made LOTS of peanuts for his duck to eat!)
Going on a field trip Monday to learn more about drawing!  I will post about it later.  I still need to post our *last* field trip


Phonics:
ABeka Phonics Lessons 31, 32, 33, 34 complete with Letters and Sounds pages and fun games (we used our Little People Noah's Ark to play the game mentioned in the manual and Elijah couldn't get enough of it!  He would read words all day long if I'd let him!

Read Bob Books 1, 2, and 4

HWOT:
I don't have the book in front of me.  Not sure what pages we completed, but we are finished with M, and played the Mystery Letter Game (completed that page, too)

Other:
Played about 100 rounds of Zingo!  (a Discovery Toys Game); it's great for memorizing some simple words and to develop fast thinking!
Weather Calendar
Made stick Puppets
Made a birthday card (more like a book) for Uncle B's birthday
Played a cheerios card/counting game (go-fish!)
Read various library books (I'm too tired to make a list!)