Review -- Nov 29 - Dec 3

I thought Week 11 would be rough after a two week break from book work, but it turned out to be a good week with a fair amount of work accomplished.   
On Day 1 we...
started out with a field trip to Matt's ship.  It was no ordinary field trip, we were there to see Matt get promoted to the rank of Commander.  We are all very proud of him and were all extremely excited to be able to be a part of the ceremony. (sorry the pictures are so small, I'm not sure why that is)

Everett...

completed quiz 14 and lessons 86-88 in Teaching Textbooks 6 and after looking into the rest of the book I've decided he's done with it and we'll move on to our next math program.  He chose to use Saxon 7/6 which I'm actually pretty excited about, as I'll actually be the one teaching him again.  He finished the 5th unit of Junior Analytical Grammar covering  Subjects and Verbs, and did great on the unit test.   All About Spelling level 2, has been shelved and we'll begin working on Soaring with Spelling level 3.  Although I love the idea of AAS and have waffled with it, in the end it's just not challenging enough for him. I'm also glad to say that he's gotten back into the habit of reading every night.   

Annika...

completed lessons 73-75 in McRuffy Phonics and Reading 1 and she finished reading Blaze and the Flock. I was really impressed with the progress she made in her reading fluency.  She's still a little choppy but her speed has sure picked up and things seem to be sticking in her mind a little more. She asked to go back to McRuffy math 2 and completed lessons 3-6. We'll be doubling up lessons for a little while until we hit a more challenging spot.  

Science and History for Everett and Annika

In history we listened to Chapter 5 of Story of the World Volume 3 about the Warlords of Japan, they each colored a picture and did some map work.  I'm always amazed at how colorful they make the pictures.   For science we've returned to Chemistry with R.E.A.L. Science Chemistry level 1.  We started making periodic tables, and made a flipbook of the the first 18 elements.

Lucas...

Asked me if he could start doing his "ruff dog" papers again, which means his McRuffy work.  I had put it away because it seemed to be moving to fast, but pulled it back out to give it a try.  He did great.  The math was fun and pretty easy for him and he completed lessons 15-18 in McRuffy math k.  He also complete lessons 15-17 in McRuffy phonics K, and did pretty well on blending the letter sounds into some simple words.  He also completed lessons 10 and 11 in McRuffy Science K which completed unit 3 on weather. 

We'll be working most days for the rest of the month with the 24-25th and the 30-31 off besides weekends because Matt won't have much time off other than that.  We will take our winter break the first week of the New Year instead.