Our week with Ferdinand, and Beyond biscuits

Our FIAR story for the week is The Story of Ferdinand. This is one of our favorites because Ben served a mission for our church in Spain when he was younger. He served in the Southern portion of Spain. So this is always an exciting story. Just a few highlights of our week with Ferdinand-

Monday we talked about the culture of Spain, found it on a map, then we watched some clips on YouTube- First the Disney short cartoon Ferdinand, then a Goofy clip where Goofy is a Bullfighter.

Tuesday we had Ben show us some pictures from his mission of the Alahmbra, talked about the use of repetition throughout the story, and the way the author includes you in the story by asking questions.

Wednesday- we noticed how Ferdinand had a growth chart on a tree in the story- so Doodle practiced measuring things. Then Wednesday night we made "Ferdinand's Fabulous Paella" for dinner.

Today we'll talk about Cork trees, and Vultures for Science, and call the week a success!

Bug has been doing Skylark for our Beyond Fiar title for the past few weeks. In the story it talked about Sarah making biscuits- so his assignment today was to make biscuits. He did a SUPER job- they were delicious! Other things he's done this week- Learned about the Great Chicago Fire, and he did some research on the Yellowstone Fires and did an Electronic Field trip on the Yellowsonte Fires. He's also written a paper about the firefighters, and what qualities make a good firefighter.

And his latest project- My Harry Potter obsessed boy- is writing a sequel to the Harry Potter books. He was so dissapointed that there won't be another book- that he's decided to just write his own. In his book, Harry, Ron and Hermione are in training to be aurors. He's got some good ideas, so in a few years if you see Harry Potter book 8 on the shelves, pick it up and read it! lol.