Weekly reviews January 23-Feb 3

I'm reporting for the last two weeks because they've just been a blur.  Things are starting to get back into a rhythm now that we're over the initial shock of the news about my dad.  Things are going ok for him, he had surgery to help with his nausea issues and starts Chemo on Tuesday.  Unfortunately it's his birthday that day, but he just wants to get things going.

Sammy loves laying on Annika's desk while she works

Everett is really focused on his paragraph about the panda's habitat

Annika did 5 lessons and a quiz in Teaching Textbooks 4, completed step 5 and most of step 6 in All About Spelling 2. She also did some reading work as well as her usual vision therapy homework. 

 Everett started up Institute for Excellence in writing's Student Writing Intensive B, but I'm letting him pick his own topics for the first 2 units since they are a review for him.  

He also started up Junior Analytical Grammar again, and is doing well and finding it not as frustrating as last time we tried it. He also completed 5 lessons and a Quiz in Teaching Textbooks 7, as well as completing step 10 and starting step 11 in All About Spelling 3.

Lucas is cruising right along in math and LOVES his All About Reading Level 1 program.   He finished lesson 3 and is most of the way through lesson 4.

He's starting to sound out simple consonant-vowel-consonant words and learned the sight word "the" this week. He's doing really well and is very proud of himself.  We also had a few fun days at the YMCA, using the pool.  Annika and Lucas start swim lessons next Tuesday, and I also signed Lucas up for Little League which starts next month.  

Hope you all have a great weekend.  We plan to really jump back into things more next week now that we seemed to find our groove again.