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Amazed!!!
Feb. 9, 2009
Week 21, Feb 2-6, 2009
This week's Bbile readings were from 2 Sam, chapters 4-7. We read about David's victories and his rise in power and authority as the king of Israel. We read about the Ark coming back to Jerusalem and about the heir of David building the house of the Lord.
We finished up our unit on Peter in Starting Strong. It was wonderful to read about his strength and confidence as a Christ follower, especially after his initial struggles and failures. Again, Peter just gives me hope and his life and works were a wonderful study.
We read more about WWI in The World Wars this week. We read about the German U-boats, chemical warfare, and continued stalemates and deadlocks. The rest of the world--all the colonies of the European countries--have gotten involved and we read about the Turks, the Australians-New Zealanders and Austria-Hungary and Serbia and their roles in the war. We have been very impressed with how truly devastating this war had been.
We began reading Cheaper by the Dozen this week, as K's read aloud. What an enjoyable book! So hilarious. Now, I have to admit the mild language put me off a bit, but it was a great time to explain to K. and A. what "cursing" or "swearing" was and why it is not good language to use. I am glad they are getting this lesson at home! K. started All of a Kind Family for her reader and I am reading it to A. for her read aloud. A. is continuing forward with Emily's Run Away Imagination for her reader. She's doing so much better with comprehension.
L. is on week 21 in her core and doing great as usual. She is really speeding through her readers and I'm at a loss as to what to do with her next year. I guess I will just wait and see what happens. She's reading at a second grade level, possibly even easy 3rd grade.
All the girls are doing well in math. K. began Epsilon this week and A. and L. are continuing in Gamma and Alpha, respectively.
For science, we continued with our unit on plants. We read from Mysteries and Marvels about plants who survive harsh extreme cold or hot climates. We also read about plant cells and reproduction.
We are going to be hard pressed next week to get everything done due to a doctor's appointment in the middle of the week, but we'll try very hard!!
A.H.
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