Faith
Boys – read St Benedict, long picture book. Very meaty
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Language Arts
All About Spelling
Ignatius – 3 lessons. Painful to get Ignatius to settle but once his attention is focused he does well.
Genevieve & Saxon – 3 lessons. Moving along at a good pace. Noticing they apply what they learn outside of their lessons 🙂
Notebooking
Genevieve – Oral Narration: The Young Marie Curie – Clare H Abrahall.
Writing Skills
Boys – All three are diligently working on writing stories. Saxon is writing his in Word, lots of focus and energy. Ignatius prefers me to write his sentences on board and then he copies. Sebastian writes independently just asking me to write down unknown words on board. He isn’t afraid to use big words. Has spent hours working on his story.
Mariah – Worked on continuing her Journey of the Rose story. Wrote 2 chapters. Enjoying writing immensely, writes extremely well.
Handwriting
Boys- All three completed their assigned lessons. 3 for Saxon, 5 for the younger two. Sebastian loves, loves handwriting. Saxon does well once he settles. Ignatius needs constant monitoring, still a struggle to overcome a few areas.
Spanish
Mariah – 10 lessons
Genevieve – 3 lessons
Saxon – 1 lesson
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Maths
Sebastian – 5 lessons
Mariah – 6 lessons, woo hoo.
Genevieve – 5 lessons.
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Science
Genevieve –The Young Marie Curie – Clare H Abrahall. Read & finished entire book!!
Boys – Began second book of Young scientist set. Read a few sections
Nature
Genevieve – read 6 chapters, Flying Possum – Veronica Basser
Boys – read Wonderland of Nature, a few sections
History
Mariah – Little History World – Gombrich, 4 chapters. Enjoying still.
– Keeping timeline on important events.
Boys – Read 9 chapters of Golden Bull, History novel set in Mesopotamia, big hit!
Musical Biographies
Boys – Chapter of Chopin – Opal Wheeler
Geography
Mariah – Physical World of Geo – Brenda Runkle, 1 chapter. Answered questions, took a long time.
Boys – read a couple of chapters in Golden Pathway: Explorers, including Lief the Lucky.
Mapdrill
Genevieve – 5 lessons. South & North America.
Saxon – 5 lessons
Sebastian – 25 lessons!! He became obsessed and can now name with 100% accuracy all the countries of Europe!
Geography Novel
Mariah – Famous Explorers by Sea. Read about exploring above Canada, Hudson and Co.
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Poetry
Boys – John O’Brien poems still
Literature
Sebastian – Is no longer doing his AAR lessons, now daily reads ‘real’ books. He is diligent and happy.
Ignatius – Pink Motel – Carol Ryrie Brink
Saxon – Star Wars still
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Music Practice
Mariah – 2 practices
Genevieve & Saxon – 1 practice.
