Review -- Nov. 15-19

We had so many fun educational outings or days while my mom was in town it was like doing school without even knowing it.  

We started the week by going bowling where we practiced math facts (adding the pins) and got some physical education.  The next day we went to visit the Jamestown settlement which was wonderful and only 45 minutes away.  The kids loved it and were amazed at the replicas of The Susan Constant, The Godspeed and The Discovery.  The Native American Village was Lucas's favorite because he was allowed to touch everything and even play with the items.

The next day mom and the kids had a Home Ec day and made cupcakes for Annika's birthday and then we all worked together to make a wonderful turkey dinner so we could celebrate Thanksgiving a bit early while mom was still in town.  

Friday was Annika's 9th birthday and the kids went to The Little Gym for a Parent Survival night which must have been great fun because they slept like rocks that night.

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, I'm sorry this was a week late in posting but it's been crazy here.  

Review -- Nov. 18-12

This week was the wrap up week for our first quarter.  That's right, we finally have 1/4th of the school year behind us.  Not much work to be done this week so I won't be including any slideshows.  I'll make sure to put them in again when we're back to school after our 2 week break. 

Everett...

completed lessons 82-85 in Teaching Textbooks 6.  He began the 5th unit of Junior Analytical Grammar working on Subjects and Verbs. He's doing alright, but those pesky Pronouns are still a thorn in his side. He completed steps 11-12 in All About Spelling level 2, and worked on some penmanship practice pages I made for him using startwrite software. 

Annika...

completed lessons 70-72 in McRuffy Phonics and Reading 1 and she started reading Blaze and the Flock. She completed lessons 11-12 in Saxon 3 and is loving it.  She also did a few pages in Handwriting without Tears Cursive. 

Science and History for Everett and Annika

Nothing to finish up for this week. 

Lucas...

did a few penmanship pages from HWOT Letters and Numbers for Me and  completed lessons 27 in Saxon Math K this week as well as played some math games with me.

We'll be on break for the next two weeks.  We take a bit longer than most this time of year because Annika will celebrate her 9th birthday next Friday, and my mom always comes to visit for the kids birthday weeks.  During our break Everett will focus on reading more since he's slacked off on that, and Annika will be going back to re-read some of her favorite McRuffy stories to help build fluency.  We'll be back after Thanksgiving, and will be changing plans for science.  NOEO has great books, but the kids want Experiments, Experiments, Experiments, so we'll be starting up Real Science Odyssey again.  
We hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Review -- Nov. 1-5

This week is finished.  It seemed pretty crazy, but at the same time feels like we didn't accomplish much.  I think we're starting to get restless about our upcoming time off for a visit from my mom and Thanksgiving.   Here's a run down of what we did.

Everett...

completed lessons 79-81 and Quiz 13 in Teaching Textbooks 6. There isn't too much left to TT 6 and then we'll be moving on to Saxon 7/6, to make sure it all sticks. He also completed the preposition unit in Junior Analytical Grammar and did well, but still thinks "Pronouns are tough."  I'm sure it's the whole "they can be adjectives too" that makes them hard, but he's working through it.  He completed steps 9-10 in All About Spelling level 2. I've slacked off a bit with spelling, so I'll have to get back on the wagon next week. We've shelved Institute for Excellence in Writings Student Writing Intensive A  until we've completed JAG then we'll bring it out and focus on writing for the rest of the year. He also did a page in Can Do Cursive, and I'll now start making up penmanship practice pages for him using startwrite software. 

Annika...

Finished up lessons 57-65 in McRuffy LA 1, and she read The Singing King. I'm happy to say that even though she stumbles on some words, her reading is moving along again.  She completed lessons 4-10 in Saxon 3 and is loving it. All About Spelling Level 1 will be pulled out again just to reinforce her McRuffy lessons.  AAS will be review for her, but she enjoys it so we'll do it and then once we're done with McRuffy I won't have to worry about where to go for spelling. She also did a few pages in Handwriting without Tears Cursive. She also read me a story about Gump the Turtle, from her new AAS reader The Runt Pig and other stories.

Science and History for Everett and Annika

History has been put on hold for now because we're ahead of where I had hoped to be at this time.  For science we read about the five kingdoms of living things and animal classification and the kids did a notebooking page. 

Lucas...

did a few penmanship pages from HWOT Letters and Numbers for Me and we jumped ahead in Saxon math after review some concepts.  He completed lessons 25 and 26 this week as well as played some math games with me.

No art again this week except for their random crafting projects.