Weekly Wrap-up

Here's our Weekly Wrap-up. The week got off to a slow start and we skipped school on Monday. It was one of those cold rainy days that just makes you want to sleep all day - so we did just that.

Math:

T completed 15 pages of MCP Math A - We are now in chapter 2 and working on Addition, T's current favorite thing to do. T is now a full 2 days ahead in math {but I'm not telling her!}

Reading:

T read 4 stories from Days Go By Pathway Reader, and completed 10 workbook pages to go with the 4 stories. We are slowly working on the issue of her not wanting to read aloud for school - I have managed to get her to read up to 4 sentences aloud at a time this week, so we are gaining.

Grammar:

T completed 8 pages of Climbing to Good English 1. I am considering jumping ahead in the book - she already knows the material we are reviewing currently.

Science:

T read 3 pages of Behold and See 1, planted from roots a carrot and sweet potato in water, and planted from seeds in soil 5 types of seeds. Our butterfly caterpillars arrived Thursday, so T is observing their growth and behavior.

Handwriting:

T completed 5 pages of Zaner Bloser Handwriting a Way to Self Expression 1. I am finding this text works much better for her than what we were previously using. I am excited to see how her writing improves by the end of the course.

Spelling:

Finally placed her in Rod & Staff Spelling 2 at week 14 - now just waiting for the student book to arrive to begin lessons.

World Geography:

We skipped this this week - I am not really liking our Rod & Staff Our Father's World text, so I am thinking strongly of dropping this until next year when we'll use a different program that covers the same material.

Girl Scouts:

T finished up earning her Sunny petal, and is now working on earning the Mari petal. We also completed session 1 of Welcome to the Daisy Flower Garden Journey, and planted Purple Coneflowers for our daisy garden.

Manners & Health:

Completed Lesson 2 of Rod & Staff Manners & Health 2. The topic was good table manners.

Read Aloud:

We continued reading from Little House in the Big Woods.

Some photos from this week:

 T drawing of "Mr. Carrot and Mrs. Sweet Potato"

 We practiced recycling by using empty 2 liter soda bottles to plant our seeds into

 Our Butterfly Caterpillars, just after arrival. In a few weeks we'll have Painted Lady Butterflies!

T's drawing of a Monarch butterfly