WOW! I haven't done a report in a long, long time. I am so behind on downloading pictures and everything. So sorry everyone but I hope to catch up soon.
Literature: We listened to two chapters of Robinson Crusoe. We are almost done with this book. It was a slow start and I almost dumped it but I am glad we persevered. The discussions we've had from this book have been fabulous. We also did 4 chapters each of Pollyanna and Secret Garden and continue to compare and contrast the protagonists of each. We started a new Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar. For our myth, we read Latona and the Rustics from Bulfinch's Mythology.
Reading: We started our humor unit. The kids are reading the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. We are examing cause and effect in this unit.
Poetry: Continued working on My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson plus reviewed the other poems learned so far in IEW Poetry memorization. We read two Goops poems and covered Jack Be Nimble for our weekly nursury rhyme in popular culture study.
Composition: The kids each wrote a summary about George Washington following the SWI-A guidelines. We added in a new layer and now they are editing each other after the self-edit and before the teacher edit. Wow! The kids raised their own expectations. We had a victory in this subject this week. My son, the one who used to throw tantrums over having to write one sentence, had to rewrite his final draft that took him an hour the first time because he doodled all over. He did so without any fuss!!
Penmanship: Few more pages of HWT Cursive and daily copywork.
Grammar and Spelling: SWR N-6. Worked on changing adjectives to adverbs by adding ly ending plus other derivatives and antonyms.
Latin: Finished up Latin for Children Primer A -Unit 10
Spanish: We had computer issues this week so we only got two lessons of Elementary Spanish done.
Math: Division speed drill. DS9 continued on with Singapore 5A and DD10 worked in 4B.
Logic: DD10 worked in Logic Countdown. DS9 has completed that book but redid same problems dd did for the fun of it. He also did all of Mindbenders A1. Both played chess and clue.
History: We read one chapter in This Country of Ours and five chapters in George Washington's World. Kids are reading Lion to Guard Us as a historical fiction go-along and a non-fiction book on the Sea Venture.
Geography: We read chapter 13 in Holling's book Seabird. We started a new unit on Oceans in Explore His World. Lots of mapwork as always.
Economics: We studied the dollar bill and learned some of the facts about it and learned about counterfeiting. They designed their own money while keeping in mind that it should be hard to duplicate.
Citizenship: We began a new life in our Plutarch book: Brutus to go with our Shakespeare play. This was well received and we had LONG discussions from this reading.
Science: Did 2:1-2:4 in Snap Circuit Student book along with 9 experiments.
Nature Studies: Made a nature video about maple trees in lieu of nature journal this week.
Music: Listened to Hallelujah Handel from Classical Kids; Reviewed some of Bach's works and read about Bach in our George Washington book. Also started He Shall Feed His Flock from Handel's Messiah as our monthly hymn. Reviewed several patriotic songs. DD10 worked on her song for her voice class and DS9 practiced guiar and had a lesson.
Art: Both kids worked on drawing dinosaurs and making stick puppets for a show. They worked on painting with control. They did dinosaur origami too.
Other (Both): Halloween: trick or treating, pumpkin carving.
Other (DD10): Scouts (made family fun jar); Horses (Horse show competiton -two seconds and 1 third plus class); Preteen Worship team and God Squad performances; Bible small group; Odyssey of the Mind; Co-Op (paper albums and American Girl); Drama, Voice, and Broadway Dance classes. She also brought a friend to our park playdate.
Other (DS9); Precepts; Historical Sworsmanship class; Scouts (earned Citizenship Belt Loop and worked on Athlete Badge); Guitar lessons, Lego League; Co-Op (Paper Airplane and Strategy Games); Also went to a friend's house for playdate.
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