Term Three Evaluation ~ Monkey

 ENGLISH:

Reading ~
* You can see from my Weekly Review posts that we read (aloud and independently) a LOT.
* A book list is included in Monkey's portfolio with all the books he reads each term.

Writing ~
We still use and LOVE the following curriculum
Institute for Excellence in Writing Program
Teaching Writing: Structure and Style

In Term Three Monkey wrote paragraphs on the following topics: The Gold Rush (non-fiction), The Shoemaker and the Elves (narrative rewrite), and Jack and the Giant Slayer (narrative rewrite)

We use our IEW paragraphs primarily to show learning in history, geography and science. I do not use textbooks or workbooks for these subjects and instead rely on quality books from our local library.

Grammar ~
Monkey is taking a break from grammar this year. He will continue with Analytical Grammar (the follow on program to Junior Analytical Grammar) in high school.

Literature ~
"Ramona Forever" by Beverly Cleary

"Ramona's World" by Beverly Cleary

"Henry Huggins" by Beverly Cleary

"Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens

"Henry and Beezus" by Beverly Cleary

"Henry and Ribsy" by Beverly Cleary

MATHS:

Monkey completed his Haese Yr 5 mathematics textbook during Term 3. This means he will begin working through the Haese Yr 6 mathematics textbook in Term 4.
Over the course of the term he completed chapters 10 - 15 in the Yr 5 textbook which covered the following topics: Further Measurement, Probability, Sequences, Location and Position, Transformations and Statistics.



SCIENCE:

Below is a list of the science related books we read.
"Everyday Chemicals" by Science World

"100 Inventions That Made History" by DK

"Chemistry: Getting a Big Reaction" by Dan Green

"How Does a Plant Become Oil?"

"Pandemics" by World Book

"Super Scientists" by Anna Blanchard

"Brilliant Women: Pioneers of Science and Technology" 

"Cracking Chemistry" by Steve Parker

"Fighting Sickness" by World Book

HISTORY:

The following books are part of Monkey's Australian Gold Rush Unit Study:

"The Gold Rushes" by Melanie Guild

"How Gold Changed Australia" by Melanie Guile

"Gold Rushes" by Melanie Guile

"Life on the Goldfields" by Doug Bradby

"On the Goldfields" by Melanie Guile

"Eureka Stockade" by Marion Littlejohn

"Do You Dare: Eureka Boys" by Penny Matthews

Other History Books:
"Olympics From Ancient Greece to the Present Day" by Richard Platt

"To The Bridge" by Corrine Fenton

"The Story of the Olympics" by Richard Brassey

"Horrible Histories Vicious Vikings Ages" by Terry Deary

"Australia's Federal Government" by Nicolas Brasch

"The Olympics: Faster, Higher, Stronger" by Australian Geographic

"Federal Government" by Stella Tarakson

"History of the Olympic Games" by Melanie Guile

"Cook and the Endeavour" by Nicolas Brasch

"Horrible Histories Rotten Romans" by Terry Deary

Monkey read all of the Horrible History books independently.

GEOGRAPHY:

Below is the list of books read aloud and/or independently through Term Three:
"Crops We Grow" by ECO STEAM

"The Food We Eat" by ECO STEAM



PDHPE:

Below is a list of books we read specific to Personal Development, Health, and/or Physical Education during Term Three:

"Pandemics" by World Book

"Fighting Sickness" by World Book

CREATIVE ARTS:

Below is a list of books we read specific to the Creative Arts (music, drama, dance, visual arts):

"The School of Music" by Meurig and Rachel Bowen

"The Ultimate Guide to Music"

We also enjoyed free Mark Kistler drawing lessons on his YouTube channel

SOCIAL:

Term Three Social Events:

We celebrated Monkey's 11th Birthday

We continued to enjoy being able to attend church in person

We continued to visit the library in person for weekly returns and borrowing

We were able to meet up with our homeschool group a couple of times (outdoors)