Weekly Report, September 20 - 24

Week 3 concluded with our first "Shakespeare Friday" and a family viewing of The Taming Of The Shrew starring Elizabeth Taylor.  Watching Netflix movies on the iPad in our school room is so convenient.  The girls loved the movie and all of Kate's stubborn antics.  We read a few lines of the play in our poetry book entitled Music Of The Hemispheres. The chapter on 'alliteration' referred to Shakespeare's use of alliteration in Taming Of The Shrew.

 

Here is Abi's impression of Kate's behavior.  

 

We read about Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son, Richard The Lion-Hearted.  

Below is Abi's narration (in her own words) from a chapter in Our Island Story by H.E. Marshall.

Aly's copywork from First Language Lessons...

 

Here are highlights from Week 3. I am enjoying all our curriculum and outside activities.  The girls love art class and Wednesday-night crafts at church.  Anna is in a groove in her online classes.  God is so faithful.  I'm still navigating the Singapore math curriculum and trying to get my brain around this new paradigm which involves minimal 'me' time and a plethora of 'kid' time.  I'm reading The Scarlet Letter and looking forward to some great discussions with Anna. 

 

ABI:

Bible:   CLE Bible 2 daily lesson, nightly reading from Taylor’s Bible Story Book

Hymnody:  He Leadeth Me

Math: Singapore Math (money), TT (rounding/estimating/place/money/mult), MM blue (mult), Mind Benders

Reading: On The Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town On The Prairie, CLE Reading 3 (2 lessons), CLP Nature Reader

Read-Aloud with Anna: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Writing: IEW SWI:A (Key Word Outlines), Writing With Ease (3 lessons)

Grammar:  Shurley 3, subject/verb agreement, subject pronoun, understood ‘you’

Spelling: SWR List L-3, daily phonogram/spelling rule review, Spelling City

Cursive: daily cursive copy work

Poetry & Shakespeare: Music Of The Hemispheres: Alliteration, Taming Of The Shrew

History:  ‘Our Island Story’ chapter on Richard The Lion-Hearted, Story Of The World: Visigoths

History Memory Work:  discuss/memorize Eleanor of Aquitaine & King Richard

History Time Line Cards & Song (CC):  Veritas Press cards 1 - 22

Geography Memory Work: European River, Waters & Countries

Science Memory Work: Biomes (Grasslands, Deserts, Scrublands, Tundra, Deciduous Forests,  Coniferous Forests, Tropical Rain Forests), Consumers (Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores)

Science topics:  Mud Wasp, Sea Snakes, Saturn's rings

Latin:  1^st Conjugation—Present Tense: AMO, Song School audio, Latina Angelica songs

Spanish: one video lesson

PE: Soccer

Drama: Christian Youth Theater class, rehearsed for Showcase

Piano:  Met new piano teacher

Art: local art class

Composer Study:  Mozart

Classical Conversations:  Love it all!

ALY:

Bible:  daily reading with Mom

Hymnody:  He Leadeth Me

Math: RightStart daily lessons (place value, addition, tens, hundreds on abacus), Singapore Math (parts & wholes), MM blue (subtraction)

Reading:  BOB Books daily, Magic Tree House

Read-Aloud with Anna: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Grammar & Writing: Explode The Code (10 pages), Writing With Ease (3 lessons), Shurley jingles, classifying simple sentences with subject noun/verb, First Language Lessons (Nouns)

Spelling: SWR List C, daily phonogram/spelling rule review, Spelling City, Victory Drill

Cursive: daily copy work

Poetry & Shakespeare:  Robert Louis Stevenson, Taming Of The Shrew video

History:  ‘Our Island Story’ chapter on Richard The Lion-Hearted

History Memory Work:  discuss/memorize Eleanor of Aquitaine & Richard The Lion-Hearted

History Time Line Cards & Song (CC):  Veritas Press cards 1 - 22

Geography Memory Work: European River, Waters & Countries

Science Memory Work: Biomes (Grasslands, Deserts, Scrublands, Tundra, Deciduous Forests, Coniferous Forests, Tropical Rain Forests), Consumers (Herbivores, Carnivores, Omnivores)

Science topics:  Mud Wasp & Sea Snakes, Saturn's rings

Latin:  1^st Conjugation—Present Tense: AMO

Spanish: one video lesson

PE: Soccer

Drama: Christian Youth Theater class, rehearsed for Showcase

Art: local art class

Composer Study:  Mozart

Classical Conversations:  Love it!

ANNA:

Bible:  Daily Bible reading, More Than A Carpenter

Math: Chalk Dust Algebra 1 daily lesson

American Lit: The Scarlet Letter

Writing/Grammar: The Potters School English class

Vocabulary:  Word Within The Word

History: The Potters School US History class online, finished reading William Bradford, Pilgrim Boy, outline/rough draft on William Bradford paper

Science:  Bob Jones Physical Science class, 3 experiments

Spanish: Spanish 2 Class, daily reading, conversation & grammar study

Music: Piano (daily practice 1 hour), Choir class w/ daily practice

Drama: Improv class at CYT

Community Service:  Keyboard for kids’ worship team, Sunday