Weekly Report # 3

Yet another busy week, still trying to find our "Normal" Beginning to wonder if that is even a realistic word? Still dealing with the struggle- knowing that this is what is best for our family, but trying to find the best possible way to make it work with our increasingly busy schedule.

BIBLE-
Read aloud Genesis 3-9.
Discussed Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark.
Wrote summary of Adam and Eve.

MATH-
DD- Saxon 2 Lesson 27-32
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 19-23

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DD- Workbook #2- Page 32-39 (Reading, Writing, Thinking skills)
DD-Workbook #1- Page 31-36 (Comparisons with -er and -est, Describing people)
DD- Alphabetical order- worksheet
DD/DS- Continued to practice Adverbs, Adjectives, Nouns
DS- Writing Lesson #3
DS- Workbook Pgs 58-67 (Vowel Pairs)
Read aloud about the Mythical Gods of Rome and Greek (What your 2nd Grader Needs to Know pages 51-56.
Continued to learn about myths- reading "Demeter and Persephone,Promeheus and Pandora, The Quest of the Golden Fleece)
Discussed "myths" "explanation myths" and "quest Myths" and located Rome and Greece on world map.
New Vocabulary Word "Photos" (From English from the Roots Up" Made new vocab card, wrote out definitions of words, looked up words in dictionary, wrote sentences for each vocabulary word, Test.


SCIENCE/GEOGRAPHY-
DD- Zoo Map (Map Skills)
Genesis for kids- Experiment # 1 (Light)
Review of World Map

HISTORY-
I read aloud from Dinosaurs of Eden
Added Adam and Eve to our history notebook.

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to the story of Vivaldi-
Listened to music composed by Vivaldi throughout the week


READING-
I read aloud "The Doll People Chapter 12-18 (Finished way ahead of schedule)
I read aloud "Tyrannosaurus was a Beast" by Jack Prelutsky
Book Basket (A collection of books related to our current unit- currently "Dinosaurs") 15 min 2x
Started our new chapter book "Eleven" by Patricia Reilly Giff (chapter #1)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DS- Rosetta Stone Lesson #1- Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading (Lessons repeated throughout the week)
DD- R.S. Lesson #1- Core

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS-Football Jamboree (3 Mini Games)
DS- Football Practice 2 hrs 3x
DS- Play date at a friends house
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD-Tumbling Class 1x