Weekly Report # 24

This week we were battling terrible colds and a few late nights due to special activities- Because of the added stress of being sick and tired we didn't spend much time on Math as math is one of our biggest stress triggers. We spent a lot of time cuddled up in bed reading, finishing more than one chapter book even this week!We also watched a lot of movies as by the end of the week we were all miserable and not up to doing much else! Looking back at it now I am actually quite surprised at how much we did accomplish with everyone feeling under the weather!

BIBLE-
Memory Verse for the next couple of weeks is The Lord's Prayer.

"Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name
They kingdom come,
They will on earth be done on earth as it is in heaven,
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our debts
As we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not in to temptation
But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory forever. Amen."


DS and I watched movies 1-3 of "The Left Behind" Series

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH-
Copied Memory Verse - The Lord's Prayer
We talked about Groundhog Day- what it means, what legends are, etc.
Daily dictation of memory verse
The kids then wrote out their own predictions. (They both predicted an early spring) We watched last years prediction on YOUTUBE. We read Phil's prediction for this year.
We added to our Months of the Year book- Adding the February page. DD- has been doing a lot of independent writing lately. She brings her notebook with her just about everywhere and is always writing.
We wrote letters to Great Grandpa and made cards for his upcoming birthday.
DD- Continued our "Seasons" Study- Adding WINTER, drawing a picture of the tree we selected at the beginning of the year, and writing a description of winter.

Watched 3 episodes of Reading Rainbow- (Team Work ,living with disabilities, Astronomy)





MATH-
DS- Multiplication Worksheet
DD- Saxon Lesson 65 (Assessment # 12)`
Played Money Bags 1x 30 min

GEOGRAPHY-
(life skills) We continued using our Saudi Riyal currency to pay for things (meals, etc.)
Review of what we learned previously of Asia- specifically Saudi Arabia. Continued to study Asia map.

Read from " A Trip Around the World" (pg 60) Arabic alphabet- numbers 1-10, common Arabic sayings, Days of the week
Copied the Arabic Alphabet
Colored the Saudi Arabian flag- talked about flag facts
Saudi Arabia Flag Quiz
Watched "Wild Asia" Video
Wrote a paper about all the facts we know about Asia
Added to our "Continents" lap book- South America, Saudi Arabia, Europe

Watched "Wildest Asia" (though it has a similar title- this one was about the endangered animals in Asia)
Book Basket 20 mins




SCIENCE-
I read aloud from "Living Places" Pages 84-87- A Sahara Salt Caravan, Oases
Watched 2 episodes of "Oregon Field Guide" -Geologic Structures. Burrowing Owls


MUSIC/ART-
Card making.
Clay figures

DD- Dot to Dot DVD


READING-
I read aloud "Asia" by Allan Fowler.
The Boxcar Children "The Ghost Mystery Ship" by Gertrude Chandler Warner
DS read "Snow Day from the Black Lagoon" by Mike Thaler , Started new book club book "Limeny Snicket"
I read aloud "Spongebob- Ice Cream Dreams" "Barbie and the Pyramid Adventure"

SPORTS/EXTRA ACTIVITIES-

Girl Scouts- We rented Skate World so that the girls could have the place to themselves. We all had such a good time! DS brought a friend and all the girls brought Mom and Dad and their siblings. DH even closed shop early to come skate with us! It was a late night though and we definitely paid for it the next day- the kids were so grumpy and tired!

Cheer practice
Book Club meeting- Discussion of "Hoot" They brought in a live owl from the Raptor Center. The kids then made owls out of pine cones. They had a great time!

Cheer competition