Weekly Report #35

Back at it! Doing our best, still trying to find what works for us with our new routine.
The kids did well. Even coming up with a comedy routine during unstructured playtime. (Making a script, schedule, invites- very cute, hoping to get them to re enact so I can record it!)

MATH-
DD finished Saxon 2 months ago, rather than starting on the Saxon 3 I decided to spend the rest of the year in review and start 3 in June/July.
DS is struggling in math so we stopped Saxon 5/4 and are working on review as well. Going back to triple digit multiplication. We are doing one short lesson a day of review. Not sure if we will repeat 5/4 when we pick it up again, start up where we left off or find a new curriculum?

DD- Review of word problems,pictographs,Bugs worksheet, Triple digit adding and subtraction review, number lines

DS-triple digit multiplication TEST- (17/20! We are making progress!), Bugs Worksheet
Pre-test- (Thermometers, multiplication review)



ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Parts of language review
Writing Workbooks- Writing with adjectives, adverbs
Reading workbooks
Bug Words
Spelling-
DS-Lesson 18 review
Bug book (Lessons 1-3)


HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Insect unit study- Insects from different continents



SCIENCE-
Insect Unit Study- Lesson 1-3- What makes a bug?/Where to find bugs/Bug Hunting



ART-
Made an insect flip chart
Made Bug Book Holder
Made Bug Container


READING-
Read independently 1 hr daily (DS is still reading a lot, hours daily)
Read aloud "The Phantom Tollbooth" By Norton Juster Ch #1-10
Book basket- Insect books 15 min daily




FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DD/DS
Rosetta Stone- daily

EXTRA CURRICULAR:
DS- Sleepover at our house
DS- Drum practice 30 mins 6x
DS- Drum Lesson
DS- Soccer Practice 2x
DS- Soccer Game

DD- Playdate at friends' house
DD- Gymnastics 2x

Getting Motivated Again!- Update on us :)

Hello! The last few months have been very busy around here. Things are settling down somewhat and we are trying to find a new routine that works with our new schedule. During our move I lost drive and motivation. We were so busy, working from 7-until 10or 11 every night. I was exhausted and so were the kids. We didn't give up on schooling but definitely had a much more relaxed pace. I was busy in the office getting things up and running so the kids did a lot of independent reading and review work. DD went to a science camp for an entire week. She had such a blast! DS went to a Harry Potter science camp. He enjoyed it as well! They have both been working hard on their extra curricular activities as well. DS is doing great in drum lessons. He got his own drum set finally and has been practicing daily. He is playing spring soccer and his team is doing great. Two tie games and a win so far. He really comes out of his shell when he is out on that field!
DD finished up cheer season. She was awarded the "Miss Congeniality award" from her coaches, and also won a special trophy "Most Inspirational" She is working hard in gymnastics and is perfecting her back hand spring. It is looking great! She is determined to get her tuck this year! If only I could have half of her motivation and drive!
Now that things look to be getting more normal I am ready to gear back up and give this another go. It is really neat having our own school room. It gives the kids a quiet place to learn and I have the space I need to spread out our materials and try to stay organized. There are some definite challenges from schooling at work (Customers coming in and calling at unpredictable times for one) but we are all determined to make this work.
The kids are VERY interested in insects right now so we are going to do a 20 lesson unit study that I expect to take us in to the summer. We purchased an ant farm a few weeks ago and have been having a lot of fun watching them! My goal is to try to get us all revamped and have some FUN learning again!!