Week 23

Preschool

Ellie wasn't pushing to do school much this week.  I was fine with that because she spent it with constructive play and me time to clean the house.  LOL

Junior K

Language

Reading

He worked through the first two stories in the Free and Treadwell Primer.  I love that these are common stories!

We've also kept up with decoding words in a list form so he can't guess based on context or picture.

Spelling

He spelled CVC words with short i this week.  He loves that his brother wants to do spelling time with him.

Math

Emmett's focusing mainly on reading, so his math is somewhat self-directed.  When he feels like it, he grabs his folder and does a few sheets.  This week he worked on addition sheets from Miquon Orange.

First Grade

Language

Grammar

We worked through lessons 90-92 this week.  There was a poem narration and we moved into discussing sentences.  I also grabbed video of Abby reciting Mr. Nobody.

Writing

This week's narration and copywork came from How to Eat Fried Worms.  The kids have heard this book on audiobook, so Abby was pleased to revisit it.

Reading

Poppy definitely is taking it's time to work through.  She only reads it half an hour a day.  The rest of this past week, she's been working on reading a bunch of books to earn points for Book Adventure.  This past weekend she asked when she could get her own library card.  She suggested when she got 1,000 points on Book Adventure and has been working toward that goal in the evenings at bedtime.

Spelling

This was her last week with All About Spelling Level 2!  The step this week worked with differentiating when to use "ou" and when to use "ow" for the sound of /ow/.  Toward the end of the week, she even copied her words in cursive.

Handwriting

We skipped any formal work this week, but worked with the white board connecting letters and reviewing some strokes.

Math

This week we moved into two- and three-digit mental subtraction.  As I predicted, she struggled a bit with it more than the addition section.  It's not because it was too hard, but because she throws up some kind of block or something when she sees it's *gasp* SUBTRACTION!  So, instead of it being a cakewalk, we actually pulled out the rods here and there to work through some problems.

All Together

Science

We moved into the plant kingdom this week!  I'm realizing we only have but a few weeks of science left.  We will be finished with RSO: Life long before the school year is done.

We studied the reproductive parts of flowering plants this week.  We made our own diagram, and then I bought a huge lily so we could see the petals, stamens, and pistil easily.

History

We learned about ancient Americans this week.  We attempted to close our eyes and maker our own version of the Nazca drawings.  We learned about the Olmecs and their ancient heads, which Emmett thought was fascinating.

Chess

We are continuing to work on the strategy of attacking with the bishop.  I don't want to have to move too quickly through chess since they are so young.  They still love it, though.  :)