MP3 sends out these nice little emails that revolve around a theme. I take a look and think of how I can implement this with what I am currently doing. I try not to do something extra because I believe that they already do quite a bit. If I can't fit it into what we are doing, I send in some of their current work. I use my scanner for all of this. This month is based on Reading. Last week it was about learning to read and this week is comprehension. In history we are studying the beginning of the war for independence which leads us to Paul Revere and his midnight ride. One of the things we had to do was read the poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Instead of the intended project of writing a dialog between the child and Paul Revere I decided to use the comprehension idea. I've been wanting also to use watercolors. We also study a lot of art history when we study history. Those two just go hand in hand. But instead of looking at art, I thought it would be fun to make our own. So we read out loud the poem and the boys and I picked a stanza we each wanted to illustrate. We drew an outline yesterday and today we worked through a watercolor tutorial shown in the Heywood meadow website. Then we got to work on our masterpieces.
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