Weekly Report #28

Thinking about giving up on the blogging thing... I have used this blog mainly as a way of keeping accountable and keeping record of what we have done but I am thinking I can do that offline just as well. Not sure yet...
MATH-


DD- Math Review Wkbk Pg 22-29 (Telling Time, Tally Charts, Bar Graphs, Naming 2 dimensional shapes)
DS- Math Review Wkbk-Ch 1 Pretest, Ch 1-Lesson 1-5 (Decided to skip ahead to Chapter 5 to work on the area where he is struggling)
Ch 5 Pretest-


ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
DS- Spelling- Pretest 13/15, Lesson 15, Test 15/15
DD-Spelling Pre test 5/10 "Magic Giant Lesson" Test-
DS- Spectrum 5 Wkbk- Lesson 2-4 (Keeping on the topic, Developing Paragraphs, Writing a Science Paragraph)
DS-Writing drills- Writing supporting sentences, topic sentences and details)
DD-Spectrum Writing 3- Lesson 2-4 (Naming a story, Writing Titles, Finding Main Ideas
DD-Spectrum Reading 3- Pg 10- (Vocabulary, study, and reading skills)

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Watched "Egypt:Engineering and Empire"
Read Chapter 25 From "The Story of the World:Vol 1"
Review Questions Ch #25
Continued to listen to "History- Tunes that teach" throughout the week

SCIENCE-
Spectrum Lesson 2.1- Atoms
Worksheet 2.1
Introduction to the Periodic Table of the Elements
www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html

www.periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm




READING-
Continued reading aloud from "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare Ch#3-6
Silent Reading 1 hr daily (DS reads more like 2-3 hours a day)

MUSIC/ART-
DS- Drum Lesson
Created a pharaoh's pectoral

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD-Cheer Practice 2x
DD-Tumbling Practice 2x
Skate World outing 2x
Chuck E Cheese outing
Nationals Cheer Competition in Tacoma WA