This week was very busy. Monday and Wednesday my 8 yo had speech, which he goes for an half hour each day. He is struggling with the TH sounds still, but is slowly making progress.

On Wednesday me and my 17 yo went and he got his driver's license! He is so happy to finally have it and I have more grey hair LOL.

The younger kids and I are reading about Lewis and Clark in history. Below is my 8 yo's narration ( Can't tell he is a boy can you? LOL):

Seth, Andrew and Nathan did a leson in BJU science on dinosaur bones and will finish the lesson today. I am hoping to bury some chicken bones so they can dig them up.

We didn't do a lesson in Latina Christiana this week, but spend time each day reviewing vocab cards. We will start lesson 6 on Monday.

I listened to SWB's " Writing Without Fear" CD this week and I started dictation with Alisha, Seth and Andrew. We have been doing copywork, but not the dictation part. I chose a selection from the Lewis and Clark book for them to dictate and it went better than I expected. Nathan copies a sentence each day from his CLP Phonics Reader.

I also started Seth and Alisha outlining. I had Seth outline a selection from SOTW 3 and Alisha is outlining her Apologia Geneal Science reading. It is a slow process, but they are doing really well with it.

We are finishing up our read aloud  The Slave Dancer  this week and the kids asked me to read aloud The Magician's Newphew instead of Swallaws and Amazons. I will save Swallows and Amazons for when we finish the Narnia series.

Yesterday was CO-OP which everyone loves! The older ones reviewed their speeches from last week and thier assignment for next class is to write and present a pursuasive essay. They have till Monday to pick a topic and I will work with them this week on the format. This is something I have been wanting to do with them for a while.

Alisha, Mike and Seth are doing logic today, while Andrew and Nathan do math. Danny and Mike have to finish their week's history and Alisha is doing a science experiment. Then we will review latin, dig up some bones and call it a week!

Posted by Anonymous

Great week! We were learning about Lewis and Clark 2 weeks ago! We read that same bit of information. *Ü*

We are going to Oregon ( just me and the girls ) and travle and see some of the Lewis and Clark sights. *Ü* Fort Clatsop and some of the beaches!

Loved your post! Keep up the good work!

Lisa

Posted by LocalHomeschooler

Another Driver in the house! Excellent. (....and maybe that explains my own gray hairs . .. . )

Loved the Written Narration. I can tell from the product you asked for The Most Important Points of the reading :-)

We do "just flashcards" for Latin every now again too. I find my student needs some time off sometimes to get solid on his memorization and just because sometimes all that New Information needs to settle in his brain before adding some more new stuff.

How are you doing the outlining? Perhaps you can post an entry dedicated to explaining that process? I'd be eager to read it. I started by having my student write 1 Summary Sentence for each text paragraph. Other than that, he doesn't do a whole lotta outlining at all I don't think.

What are you using for Logic?

Quiz, quiz, quiz. Sorry to ask so many questions this morning!! ::embarrassed::

Sounds like you all had a great week! Thanks for sharing.

Posted by Tami

It looks like you are rocking in the Language Arts department! My dd likes dictation too, and I think it really covers so many areas of LA. I also liked your "Invisible" post. You are an inspiration, as always!

: )
Tami

Posted by guardedmodesty

I just wanted to tell you that your son's paper about Lewis and Clark cutting out the heart of that bear... that was totally hilarious! My brothers do the same things. Gotta love the creativity of the male mind!

Posted by Anonymous

Wow -- what great handwriting and spelling!