Thursday, May 24, 2012

Week 1: The Beginning

(Better late than never right? I went back and completed a summary for week 1...)

This week we got off to a great start!!!

Lainey did so well with her assignment sheet. I admit I cringed a little when another mom suggested I let her decide how to get things done, but it really seems to be working!

At first, Lainey was a little confused. "You mean I can do ALL my reading in one day?" Yes. "Really!?" Yes.

And so she did.

Some days she felt like doing the entire week's worth of a certain subject. Other times she rotated. Either way, the work was getting done and we weren't butting heads.

A-MAZING.

Grammar: Lainey refreshed her memory of alphabetical order, sentences vs. fragments and helping verbs. We are using Rod and Staff English 4: Building Diligence, but I also bought the worksheet packet for the level 3 work too. We used level 2 last year and flew through it. Everyone had warned us it was "ahead" of grade level and since she hadn't had a formal grammar program that we should go a level below her grade, so we did. But she flew through, so we skipped the 3rd level and moved to 4. I think she will do fine.

Reading: Lainey is reading Detectives in Togas. She loves mystery books.

Social Studies: We are using Christian Light Education's Social Studies 4. It focuses heavily on geography and Lainey loves it. One night she was at her desk in her pajamas at 8pm, reading her geography book. She enjoyed her mapping exercises as well.

Science: She learned about resources, recycling and pollution. We also used some library books and DVDs that went along with our themes.

Math: Lainey is doing a review section.

Other: I assigned a review of cursive.

Julianne is still working mostly side by side with Mama. We did the letters O and P and completed phonics worksheets for those. One afternoon, she did FIVE math workbook pages and FIVE handwriting pages. I've not finished making my plans for the 2012-2013 school year because we are still finishing some of her books from this past school year. She is making steady progress though and only has issues settling down every now and then. *smile*

Julianne continues to love to be read to. In fact, Lainey read her science library books aloud and shortly after a crowd gathered. LOVE that!

1 comment:

  1. We also use Rod and Staff / CLE in our homeschool too. :o)

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