Another strange week. Started out good but had some unexpected things happen towards the end end of the week, so we didn't finish as strong as I had hoped. Camera broke so I missed a ton of photo opportunities :( Computer crashed- what a week... Oh well, it's almost Christmas! We are all REALLY looking forward to our getaway!!
MATH-
DD- Saxon 2- L 100-103
DS- Saxon 5/4- L 64-66
DS- Math Worksheet (division)
Numerous logic games throughout the week
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Discussed Autobiographies
DD-Wkbk- Page 101-104(Journal Writing,Autobiography writing)
DD-Wkbk #2- Page 128-133 (Reading skills, Writing skills, Thinking Skills)
DD- Spelling P 54-58
DD- Spelling Pre-test 5/10
DD-Spelling test 9/10
DD- Master Reader Lesson #22
DS- Spelling Lesson #8
DS- Spelling Pre- Test-11/15
DS- Spelling Test (Last Weeks words) 16/18
DS- Workbook Pg- 120-121 (Types of Sentences)
Played Mad Libs throughout the week
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Continued reading from The Story of the World Vol 1- Chapter #8,#9
Read World Civilization- Earliest Cities to Greeks Overview from What yoru 2nd Grader Needs to know.
Review Questions Chapter # 8
Review Questions Chapter # 9
Continued reading from the Kids Money Book- (Where banking originated, money terms)
Continued our Mummy Project
Watched Video- "Amazing Wonders of the World- From Egypt to Israel)
Coloring Page- Ceremonial Mask
Map Work- First Cities of India
SCIENCE-
Continued our animal study- Predator and Prey and Snowy Owls,
Experiment- Color changing volcano- The kids had SO much fun with this one! Introduction to Carbon Dioxide- What a blast!
READING-
Continued to read aloud from book club selection "Among the Hidden"- Finished this week- (Good book, a little scarey for younger ones- but we all liked it and are looking forward to reading the next in the series)
Silent Reading 45 min daily
MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Bach throughout the week
Attempted to make a "Royal headress" inspired from Ancient Sumerian Jewelry- The beads were so small it was a difficult task- but fun!
Made Christmas ornaments for friends (Thanks for the idea S!)
Made soap- has become an annual Christmas tradition 
SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Playdate at a friends house
DD- Miss Lane County Pageant Christmas Party
DS- Sleepover at our house
Attended basketball game of family friend
Church
DD-Playdate at our house
DS- Playdate at our house
DS- Sleepover at our house
Pizza playdate with old friends
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2 comments:
Love these updates! You are doing so good Cendy... Keep up the great work! It WILL pay off in the end and you will be very blessed! Well... you already are by 2 amazing kiddos. :) Your ornaments turned out super cute! Better than the ones I created. :) Looks like your kids are having a blast! I really enjoyed our time together on Friday and so did Jocelyn! Ry is all I am STILL hearing about! LOL She told me the other day... "MOMMA"! Ry is a REAL princes!!! LOL She told me that as we were watching the Nutcracker and she seen all those beautiful girls in their dresses. It was so cute! Anyway... have a Blessed holiday and drive safe!!!! TTY when you get back. XOXOXOX
Wow! An awesome educational week despite the big hurdles. What life throws at you only makes you stronger, right? I love all the activities you are doing to correspond to SOTW - we didn't do hardly any. Oreo!! Miss him so much. Can't wait for Saturday!! :)
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