Greek History Read ‘Perseus’. Dc narrated. Xavier was struck with how silly the Greek gods seemed to him. French Revolution Chiara worked onher narration of Song fo the Scaffold which has been turned into a book report. Religion Read the ‘Agony of the Garden’. The dc then narrated and ‘googled’…
Changed our routine this morning. We started with our reads and then seatwork in the hope that some children are free to go once they finish their work. Like any change it will take a while to assess the results. Greek History –Read Deucalion and the Flood and Cadmus and…
Monday’s are always difficult to motivate the dc:( Chiara -Completed a timeline of the French Revolution. Then had a bit of a cry over having to complete her other assigned notebooking pages on the FR. We then discussed the purpose of her education of why I assigned the pages. That…
– Dictation by C and D – Spelling by all. Really starting to see the fruits hereJ – Copywork, D has started a new book. Running writing a big hit with all boys. – Creative Writing, need to push the boys to complete by end of term! – Maths, good…
Selection of Titles Chiara has read in previous weeks. Other titles include: My story A marathon of her own by Irini Stavvides The Emigrants by Helen Sandall and Elizabeth Henniker Heaton Anna at Bloom Farm by Martha Sandall-Bergstrom Came the Dawn by the Daughters of St Paul Turn of the…
– D and X accomplished about 3 pages of maths each. C also did a fair amount of maths. – Moved MJ up to DK Level 2 readers as he was breezing through Level 1 quite easily. Level 2 is a stretch but if he concentrates well he is fine.…
Reading Malachi read well from DK reader Mariah read from Faith and Freedom, I think better suited to her. X read aloud to me, he needs work still, I was surprised at some of the words he struggled with. Copywork C, D, X and M all worked on their copywork.…
Handwriting X and C worked on copywork. Reading Malachi read DK level 1 Duckling Days, read 4 pages. Mariah read a beginner beginner bk and a story from Faith and Freedom Reader. Chiara read a passage aloud to me from Rakkerty Tam, her pronunciation has improved. Spelling Gave the three…