On top of that, Tornado Boy and The Brute were leaving town with their Daddy later that afternoon for a Nashville Predators (hockey) game. So we had to get all of our schoolwork done Thursday shortly after lunch and still have time for those two to get in a short nap before their trip, since they'd be staying up late. Oh, and our wonder pup, Keiko, had a skin issue that we needed to get checked out at the vet. Tuesday. It's a wonder we got school done at all this week, but we did!
The Brute lost two teeth this week as well, so he's our toothless wonder!
Tornado Boy
Math: He finished the percents unit and did Review 9. He found the review to be quite easy and finished it in one sitting. Hooray! We'll be getting to some geometry next, and he likes geometry (unlike his mother).
Reading: He finished George Washington: Young Leader.
Grammar: We did possessive pronouns as adjectives this week.
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| Diagram (review sentence)... and that should say "Joel's" |
Writing: We did week 27 of WWE.
Handwriting: He did 4 pages in Pentime 2. He's working on capital letters now.
Spelling: Finished week 5 of R&S Spelling 4. He aced the test plus got two bonus words (I never tested the first week, so I took the two hardest words from that week - he remembered them;). He also did very well on the work itself this week. He often has several that he misses, because the exercises can be pretty hard, but this week he got most of them right.
Latin: We did lessons 48 and 49, and had much 8 year old boy giggling as we learned "sed" ("but"). I had to say, "No, not that butt..."
Read-Aloud: We finished Toliver's Secret and Mr. Revere and I. I think I only got to one chapter in Five Children and It this week.
Bible: Still harmonizing the gospels.
History: We learned about the writing of the Constitution and the issues involved with big states vs. little states, the setup of the 3 branches of the government, etc.
Science: We did Chapter 2.5 of "The Brain", learning about the layers surrounding the brain, the blood brain barrier, and cerebral-spinal fluid.
Art: YES! WE DID ART!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, we did it on Saturday, but it still counts! :) We did the first activity in Usborne's Art Treasury, doing a swirly landscape after learning about Van Gogh's "Starry Night".
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The Brute
Math: We worked with 2-digit numbers and did several exercises. This stuff is still super easy, so we usually did 2-3 lessons per day.
Reading: We did a couple pages in Phonics Pathways and read more Star Wars Phonics readers. Ah... bribery. :)
Writing: We worked on the letter 'u'. I think we only did handwriting one day this week.
Other: We did a week of Sonlight and another chapter of Life of Fred Cats. We're almost done with Cats.
Art: Same as Tornado Boy.
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Mischief
Mischief did a few words here and there in Phonics Pathways plus his little workbooks. He also played Starfall a lot, since he didn't go on the hockey game trip.
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| Sitting on the arm of the chair... |
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