Third Grade Reading List

This is the reading list that I have prepared for ds8 who will be entering 3rd grade.  Many of these books come from the Sonlight Advanced Reader Package for Core 2. 

Along Came a Dog

The Children of the Noisy Village

Emily’s Runaway Imagination

Encyclopedia Brown

Frindle

Henry and Ribsy

The King’s Equal

Little House on Rocky Ridge

A Llama in the Family

Lumber Camp Library

Marco Polo

McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm

Misty of Chincoteague

More Stories from Grandma’s Attic

Mustang, Wild Spirit of the West

Ralph S Mouse

The Toothpaste Millionaire

The Whipping Boy

Medallion

Ten Boys Who Changed the World

African Adventures

Rainforest Adventures

Three Dollar Mule

Outback Adventures

I basically created a chart that listed these books, with boxes to mark the date the books were completed and a rating for each book.  This chart is posted on the refrigerator.  When ds8 completes one of the books on the list, he gives me a brief synopsis (or narration) of the book and gives the book a rating (1-5 stars).  At the end of the year, we have a handy dandy one page sheet that lists all of the “required” books that ds8 has read that can be filed in his portfolio.

Blog Walk ~ Week 7

I missed Week 6 of the TOS Crew Blog Walk ~ we were enjoying a wonderful, and very busy vacation on the other side of the country…but we are home now, and I am ready to resume “blog walking”.  This week’s featured blogs are:

Closing Time
One Blessed Mamma
El Cloud Homeschool: Busy Minds, Busy Hands, Busy Feet
Alive in Spirit
Ozark Rumblings
Army of 5
Fenced In Family
Debbie's Digest
Footprints in the Butter
Got Chai?

Our Vacation Story ~ Spending Time with Granny & Grandpa

One of the main reasons we headed out west was so that our kiddos could spend some time with their Granny and Grandpa.  They all had a blast doing lots of fun things like…

Listening intently to one of Grandpa’s many stories…

 

Taking walks…

 

Playing in the creek…

 

Filling the bird feeders…

 

Raiding the garden…

 

Making barrettes and headbands…

 

Climbing mountains…

 

Tooling around town in the golf cart…

 

Making family memories that will last a lifetime :)

Our Vacation Story ~ Birch Bay

During our visit up north, we also spent an afternoon with family at Birch Bay ~ exploring the shore…

 

tossing rocks into the bay…

 

just plain having fun :)

Our Vacation Story ~ Peace Arch Park

While visiting family in the north western part of Washington State we made sure to spend a little time at Peace Arch Park…

On one side of the Peace Arch you are in the United States,

and on the other side you are in Canada.

The park is beautifully maintained, and it has lots of wonderful gardens to explore…

Our favorite gardens were the ones that replicated the American flag (on the US side) and the Canadian flag (on the Canadian side).

Before heading out of the park, we had to at least attempt to get one good picture of all three kiddos…

Um, if you know these kiddos, you’d know this one was perfect :).