Weekly Report - Week 8

This is a late update, so this weekly report is for LAST week. We had a 3 day school week, as we went to Memphis for a family vacation (so I could go to the homeschool convention!). We did our normal 5 days' worth of work, but just doubled up some things each day to get it done in 3 days. It wasn't that hard, and we somehow still managed to finish around the same time as normal each day. Weird.

Tornado Boy

Math: We worked through more of MM2A Chapter 1, doing ordinal numbers, fact families, and learning some simple fractions (fourths and halves).

Reading: Still working on Charlotte's Web. I have him read about a page out loud, then he reads the rest on his own. He's needing help with very few words now, often none at all.

Grammar: We switched our grammar curriculum to First Language Lessons 1 this week! I had some issues with Rod & Staff, and I'm VERY happy with our change. We did the first 3 lessons, which were very simple, but we were introduced to poem memorization, which we had not been doing. I think this will be a good change for us. :)

Independent Reading: We borrowed several good books from a friend of mine, and during the trip to Memphis, most of them were read. I am often finding Tornado Boy with his nose in a book these days. So refreshing to see!

Writing: This week's passages were from Caddie Woodlawn. Narrations are slowly but surely getting better.

Handwriting: No separate handwriting this week. He still had to write neatly for WWE's copywork, however.

Spelling: We did one step of AAS level 2 this week. He's definitely retaining rules, as he notices when he's able to apply a previously used rule to what he's doing now. Very cool to see!

Read-Aloud: No read-alouds this week.

Bible: We learned the story of Ruth this week. Ruth followed Naomi (her mother-in-law) from Moab to Judah. Ruth picked up the leftover grain from the fields as they were being harvested. She was noticed by Boaz, and he had his men leave more grain leftovers for her. Eventually, they married and had a son named Obed. This continued the lineage of Christ.

History: We learned about the old and middle kingdoms of Egypt, along with the history of Joseph, from being sold into slavery on up to being reunited with his brothers and father.

Science: We made an anemometer. Unfortunately, our paper plate was too heavy (it was the good, thick kind), and our cups were too small (dinky bathroom drinking cups), so it didn't really work very well. It took a lot of wind to get it to turn at all. Oh well. We tried. :)

Art: We skipped art this week.

The Brute

The Brute didn't have school this week.