*Discovered this week that he likes doing dictation. I started dictating to him some of the "special sounds" from his A Beka phonics charts, as well as some short vowel words, and he thought it was like a game. I let him use a white board to write on. I think he's going to like it once we start the All About Spelling program that I plan to start here in the near future for both him and Miss Melody.
*Got a perfect score on his math test and completed 4 more lessons.
*Copied his first full sentence from just looking at a model from a distance (without having it displayed for him on the paper), and realized that spaces between words are important. He got the capital letter and period correct, though. :)
*Read a few more stories from his A Beka reader and is getting better with fluency and figuring out longer words.
*Enjoyed "researching" with Miss Melody about praying mantises
This visitor came knocking on my laundry room window yesterday morning, and our math time had to be altered in order to accommodate a praying mantis capture/rescue mission. He now resides IN my laundry room in this butterfly habitat. My kids (and husband) have been feeding him spiders, and it's fascinating to watch him eat. I suppose we'll try to keep him for as long as he'll last. He'd just die out there in the cold eventually anyways. He's huge! I think he's almost 4 in. long. Miss Melody just recently learned about these creatures in her A Beka book, and she was quick to inform me that they are entirely trainable and make great pets. He actually recongnizes her, I think.
In addition to her insect research, Miss Melody has...
*Completed some more reading and copywork from her Who is God? book
*Completed 6 math lessons in her CLE math (much of it is still review)
*Started learning about southern/central Asia
*Completed 3 lessons in BJU English, with an emphasis on learning the difference between dependent and independent clauses
*Did dictation for spelling
*Learned more about light with an experiment on creating a rainbow using a home-made spectrum and tying in her knowledge of light with how the human eye works.
Brother Brass...
*Did well on his first English test
*Was satisfied with a B on his history test, but confesses that he could probably do better if he studies more
*Got an A on his A Beka Prealgebra test, covering the beginning of the Algebra unit.
*Not sure he likes the idea of using algebra to figure out story problems... (way too abstract for him)
*Completed 4 lessons in Physical Science and is still keeping up so far
*Saw a picture of a normal human liver, compared with a fatty liver and a cirrhotic liver, and decided that a healthy lifestyle may be worth pursuing...
Sister Strings...
*Spent all week watching Chalkdust Algebra 1 videos in order to review and gain some more perspective in the world of Algebra with some successful light bulb moments
*Started another writing unit and completed 5 BJU literature lessons, which she loves! BJU American lit follows a chronological historical perspective, so she's getting a lot of history teaching, context, and review with that as well. She especially enjoyed several excerpts from William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation this week.
*Completed 4 Physical Science lessons
*Is almost done with her 2nd American history PACE and is learning to highlight and take good notes on important details to remember in all of her classes
*Was pleased to submit her final copy of her last writing assignment for the blog...
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3 comments:
Awesome week! I havent even thought to do dictation with Middle A, but a game She would totally love that! Thanks for the idea!
Awesome writing! I can see where your daughter did not really need IEW! She is an awesome natural writer!
Great pics!
Dee :)
Wow - you guys accomplished a lot! (I can only dream of my kids doing 6 lessons of CLE math in one week!)
That praying mantis is really neat. I have never seen one in real life.
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