Week in Review XV

What a busy week we had. It seemed incredibly long for several reasons I am sure, but mostly because we were so excited to finish up the week and enjoy our two week vacation.

Language Arts was fun this week. Midge read the book The Snowy Day and did several related crafts. She improved even more this week, remembering all of her sight words and such. She also knows her numbers from 0-100 and can identify them when reading. Tea finished Forest Fables and did a poster project about the characters. She also took her 3rd assessment and is ready to move on. We will work on alphabetizing. She understands the concept, but I think practice will improve her speed. Chiggie finished her unit and took assessment 3 as well. She can identify all parts of speech and parts of a letter. She will move onto a poetry unit after the break. She wrote a descriptive paragraph about her best friend this week and her writing is really improving. No more Dick and Jane style for her.

Our Church program is coming along well. If the girls don't know the Christmas story by heart, they never will. Chiggie is the narrator, Tea is an angel, and the little girls are sheep.

Math was just same 'ol this week. Midge learned how to figure the perimeter of an object using counters. She likes to do this a lot. We are working on money and will play around with that even during the break. Tea is moving onto more geometric concepts. She has mastered working with money. We will continue to cement those addition and subtraction facts over the break. Chiggie moved on to division with a double digit divisor and has no trouble. She will be working on division and multiplication facts.

We finished the moon in science. We will continue with our moon charts throughout the month. We didn't get the chance to watch the lunar eclipse when it happened, but we were able to watch a video. The girls really thought it was neat. After the break we will be moving on to Mars.

Pirates were interesting in History. We read Pirate Diary, drew pirates, made pirate flags, and drew a treasure map. We all enjoyed this.

I am so happy that we have come so far and we are able to take a break. It will be so nice to sleep in and get more done around the house! We are also having a Christmas Party/Slumber party for the big kids. I can't wait for the King to be home so the fun can begin!