WEEKLY REVIEW 3/15 - 3/19

BOTH GIRLS

Bible: Psalms

Memory passage: Romans 8:33-39

Composer: Bach - Listened to cd and/or works online daily and read about him

Artist: John Constable - Looked at works online daily and read about him

Country: Germany - Looked at web sites and books; watched video

Elements of Periodic Table: Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon

Daily poetry reading

American History: John F. Kennedy biography

Renaissance and Reformation: The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster

Extra Reading: These Happy Golden Years

BIG GIRL

Math: LBC- 2 Lessons

Grammar: Our Mother Tongue- 4 Lessons

Spelling: Homemade review of problem words

Literature: The Outcasts of Poker Flat by Bret Harte; An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce

Systematic Theology: The Trinity

Independent Reading: Bible; Putting the Amazing Back Into Grace by Horton

BJU World History: Chapter 9: Princes and Popes

Writing: She is working on a couple stories

Economics: Personal, Career, and Financial Security by Richard Maybury

LITTLE GIRL

Math: Key to Fractions; multiplication copy work

CLE Language Arts: 4 lessons

CLE Reading: 2 lessons

Vocabulary Vine: tele

Spelling: List using SWR words

Dictation: From Spelling Wisdom

Cursive practice

Map workbook

Science: Reading Astronomy Book by Henry and Nature Friend Magazine

Independent Reading: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry, Book of Marvels, Bible

Big Girl finished up her math book this week. Now she will just read the Richard Maybury books we have, and when she is finished with those, she will do an economics book. Then, her final math will be Lifepacs Consumer Math. She will be finishing up her English book next week, and move on to her next writing book, Wordsmith Craftsman. That is one of the countless wonderful things about homeschooling. When you finish one thing, you can just move onto the next, at your own pace. No waiting around for the teacher, or for another school year.

Little girl is doing great with her new math. It is super easy right now, but will get more difficult as she goes. I added Vocabulary Vine to her subjects this week. It is Greek and Latin root study. She is doing it in a notebook instead of making the cards. She is also relearning cursive, as she doesn't use it and had forgotten it. I am just making out letters and words for her to copy. She has taken to writing some of her own stories and poetry on the computer, like big sister. :-)

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