Weekly Report...

Been a while since I've posted one of these, but they really help me keep on track! So here's a brief rundown of this week....

Language Arts:
the Elf:
Read aloud, of his own free will, each night before bed. Currently favorite: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Copywork is up to three sentences at a time - we were still at one just a few weeks ago
Almost done with ETC 3

the Fairy:
Lots of alphabet singing
Practiced writing alphabet in lower and uppercase
Lots of starfall letter activities

We are finishing up Charlotte's Web and I plan to read Farmer Boy out loud next, as we have been very busy in the garden lately, and the Elf keeps saying he wants to be a farmer.

Math:
the Elf:
Up to lesson 94 in Saxon Math 2 now. We plan to finish this in the fall, then work out of a different book for most of 2nd grade. He's doing multiplication, word problems, telling time, fractions and more at this point.

the Fairy:
Review of numbers 1-10, starting work on 11-15. I use a lot of learning page printouts with her.

History:
We are working our way through a unit on Ancient Greece. We read 2 chapters in SOTW, and looked at Greek art online. We made togas this week out of sheets... so what if they were orange and bright green... ;) I dug out my copy of Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Daily Life in Ancient Greece, etc. for next week - I think we'll try mosaics!

Science:
We are reading about protazoa in RS4K. Elf has spent a lot of time using his microscope since Wednesday (it was a birthday gift). Both kids help out a lot in the garden - all our beans and lemon cucumbers are sprouting! Elf is still very interested in birds and has spent a fair amount of time watching them. Fairy collected, and set free, about 20 ladybugs this week.

Other:
Wednesday we took the day off, mostly, due to a birthday.
The kids finished up their charter school classes this week, so we're done with art, Spanish and music until fall.
Elf has built approximately 8 million Lego creations in the last 2 days!
Fairy has been in a difficult mood all week - hope it ends soon.