Week # 20

We had a very busy week- Cheer competition season is in full effect and has us running more than ever- Girl Scouts cookie season is also in full swing so I am bombarded with cookies, and work is still crazy, but we managed and did quite well with our school work. The kids had great attitudes all week which made it all that much better. One of the better weeks we have had :)

BIBLE-
I read aloud from Window on the World- Riffi Berbers
I read aloud Mathew 13:31-52
I read aloud from Hero Tales the story of Marry Slesslor.
Memory Verse- Daily.


LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH-
Copied Memory Verse
Vocabulary word of the week- Abrasive- Copied to Vocab notebook
DS-Yellowbook pages 110-119 + Assesment #13 (100%)
DD- Workbook #1 Pages 100-121 Finished the workbook- she is flying through them, I am going to move her up a level starting next week.
DD- Workbook #2 Pages 26-28- Working on vowels
SPELLING-
DD- Spelling DVD 3x 25 min each
DS- Spelling test (-1)

MATH-
DS- Saxon Lesson 56-61 + Assesment #11 (100%)
DD- Saxon Lesson 52-54, Workbook #4 Page 6, 9-11, 24 (addition tables, greater than, less than, number stories)

GEOGRAPHY-
The kids made thier geography game boards for Africa with no help from me for the first time. They did a really good job!
Played Geography game 2x 30 min each. Did very well for not having studied too much beforehand!
DD- Africa coloring pages- children of Africa
Book Basket- 3x 20 min each.
DS- made Irio (A Kikuyan tribe recipe) for dinner. The only help he had was the peeling of the potatoes. He did great and had a lot of fun with it!
DS- Continued to work on his AFRICA packet.

SCIENCE-
I read aloud from Living World- Grasslands, Grassland plants, and Grassland plant eaters.
We did the "Elephant Experiment"

MUSIC/ART-
Tooth Puppet
Tooth Box
Gingerbread house

READING-
DS read HOOT chapters 1-9 and numerous Pokemon books that he didn't log.(He is a reading machine right now!)
DD- read Hippo wants to Play
I read aloud from David Livingstone Chapters 3+4, A Light in the Attic pages 40-54, AFRICA by A.R, Schafer, A is for Africa by Ifeoma Onyefulu

SPORTS/EXTRA ACTIVITIES-
Cheer 4x (Competion on Saturday- They took 2nd place!)
Book club meeting- They made clay animals and discussed the book- Both of the kids winning the raffles- they were very excited!
Bible Study-
The kids both attended Royal Ambassadors(I have been calling it Royal Rangers...oops!)
Girl Scouts- we have begun cookie sales--- it is going to be very busy for some time now....