Feb. 18, 2008 - wk 17 (S-2)
1/28-2/1/08
We have finished The Cat of Bubastes! HURRAY! It was a great book, and the last few chapters were intense fun. We have now started Carry on Mr. Bowditch, which ties into the American History two of my students are studying.
Tuesday, Part 1
WARM-UP Review quiz on O-4 words and phonograms from Preliminaries (see WG pg 178).
Tuesday, Part 2
DICTATION I dictated Section S-2 and discussed root words vs. derivatives and how some words as verbs can be turned into nouns or visa versa.
A POST-TEST followed on Section S-2. I also added words from various Reference Pages which have been taught in the past. This caught the children quite unprepared, but it taught them a good lesson that any word we have covered is “fair game” for future quizzes.
Tuesday, Part 3
REINFORCEMENT The kids added words they missed on the quizzes today to their word banks. This took a while, but it was excellent review.
Wednesday
My husband designs sleds and outdoor sports equipment for a living. Due to our recent rains in California, the snow was excellent today for much-needed product testing. Therefore, my children were whisked away to the snow for the day to help Dad field test his samples. Can you guess what didn’t get done today?
Thursday
Unfortunately, other classes again took priority today. We worked on finishing our writing class papers since not much was done on this ealier this week. Praise the Lord the children are much more independent this year on their writing, so they have a good deal of this done before I step in to help with typing and editing.
Friday
After our writing class this morning, I left for a weekend getaway to get caught up on my grading and recordkeeping. *sigh* After a weekend of going over our semester, I will be renewed in my desire to be consistent and persevere with spelling. Is anyone getting an idea why we have a hard time with consistency around here?
