We had a great winter break and last week we got back to school work. It was a short week because the older two kids started a new activity, Archery. They were supposed to have safety class at the range with the league Monday and Tuesday but the class did so well the coach graduated them earlier.
Everett and Annika both love it and started leagues this past Monday, the 12th. Now we're looking at buying them each their own bow so they can practice at home as well as compete in tournaments. Annika is in the light blue shirt on the far left, Everett is in green just to her right.
We had some changes to some of our programs, we moved from IEW to Writing with Skill. WWS is a bit more challenging, but the kids are adapting. We also put Fix It! Grammar aside and brought Analytical Grammar back. We stopped phonics lessons with Lucas because his reading has taken off, so we opted to start grammar with him. Everett has gone from answering questions for science to outlining the text and doing the projects. We will also being doing more outlining in history. The days have gotten longer but the kids are buckling down and getting it done.
I did have to send in grades for the first semester, which is a new experience for me, VA was a non-grade submitting state, but the kids did excellent. Everett got and A in Algebra, English, History, Science, Personal Finance, Health, and Spanish, as well as an A- in computer programming. Annika and Lucas got As across the board.
We're looking forward to a good second semester.
We've done it, we've made it through the first third of this school year. We've been wrapping things up to get to a good place to take a nice long winter break.
Things are going well over all. We'll have a few program tweaks coming up in the new year. The kids have done well for this first 12 weeks, finding their groove. I've found my groove with teaching and planning our days.
We've looked into a new activity for the older two kids to try starting in the new year... Archery! Ev and Annika are super excited, Lucas opted not to try it right now.
This post is really short, and very boring, I sure hope I become more verbose in the new year. Here's some pictures from this last week.
We've reached the ten week mark. That means we've completed almost one third of our school year. It's been interesting to say the least. The last couple weeks have been rough, we had some time off that I wasn't anticipating and we've had some issues with making it all fit in.
Since I last posted, the kids have been trucking along in math using Teaching Textbooks across the board. Algebra is going really well for Everett, Annika is tackling fractions like a champ and Lucas is blazing through math 3, often doing double lessons because he likes it so much.
We did end up with almost a week off because Everett had to have his wisdom teeth extracted and was pretty miserable for about 4 days afterwards. He handled the surgery much better than I thought he would, and is back to my normal 15.5 year old kid.
Annika turned 13 last week, so now I have two teens in the house, what fun.
We also spent a day last week at the Brook Museum to see the Animal Mummies exhibit they had. It was a pretty small exhibition, but interesting none the less.
My brain has decided it's on vacation already, so I'll end this post wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!
Everett and Annika both love it and started leagues this past Monday, the 12th. Now we're looking at buying them each their own bow so they can practice at home as well as compete in tournaments. Annika is in the light blue shirt on the far left, Everett is in green just to her right.
