The children put in an incredible, absolutely fantastic week of learning! Nearly all completed ALL of their assigned work! Only one child with a few ’empty boxes’. So impressed with their application, diligence and their academic progress.
Let’s hope we can keep up the momentum. Quality learning happening.
Group Work:
Faith History – 2 chapters, Early Church 300 years+, St Athanasius & St Basil
History – SOTW German Nationalism and Hitler
Poetry- 1 session. Read a mixture of Australian and American poetry. Started Hiawatha.
Read Aloud – The Hobbit by JR Tolkien. Siena and Sebastian listening to Dad read, 5 chapters.
Morality – (Genevieve & Saxon) 1/2 Chapter Introduction of Christianity and Morality.
Genevieve
Spelling – Daily revision of 10 words, then test at conclusion of week. Getting 90% correct.
Dictation – 3 lessons. Very diligent doing really well
Writing Skills – 3 book reviews on Goodreads.
Writing Skills – IEW, 1 lesson on extracting main points and then retelling passages
Creative Stories – 2 sessions, A Girl and her Grandmother
Narrations – Story of the Church St Athanasius 1 page
– on The Mass
– America The English and Wampanoug (long)
Faith Novel – Study of the Mass 2 chapters
Maths – 5 lessons.
Geography – Brenda Runkle, 1 lesson.
Geography – 2 sessions of online mapping. Capital cities of the countries of Asia.
Science Biochemistry – Lesson 2 Chemical Reactions.
History Novel – SOTW 2. America The English and Wampanoug
Assigned Literature Read – They Loved to Laugh
Saxon
Spelling – Daily revision of 10 words, then test at conclusion of week. Getting 100% correct.
Dictation – 2 lessons. Getting quite quick and accurate.
Vocabulary – Wordly Wise 5, 3 lessons. A good stretch of knowledge and understanding.
Writing Skills – IEW, 2 lessons on extracting main points and then retelling passages
Narrations – Long Narration on Hitler
Creative Writing – ‘Jack’
Maths – 5 lessons. Statistics.
Faith & Life – 1 Chapter
Faith Novel – St Phillip Neri, 13 chapters!
Science Biochemistry – Lesson 2 Chemical Reactions.
Geography – 1 session, Online mapping program. Still focusing on the countries of the world, getting 99% correct each time!!
History Novel/Assigned Lit Read – The Cattle King, Sir Sydney Kidman by Ion Idriess. 16 Chapters!!!!
Ignatius
Spelling – Focused on 10 words each for 4 days, test on Friday!
Dictation – 1 exercise. Did well, talked all the way through.
Writing Skills – IEW, 2 lessons on extracting main points and then retelling passages
Narrations – History x Hitler & the Depression
– St Athanasius, long
Faith – St Pius XII, read 4 chapters.
Faith & Life – Old Testament Prophets 1 lesson
Maths – 5 lessons.
Geography –1 session. Mapping.
Sebastian
Spelling – Revised 10 words on each day, concluded with a test on Friday.
Dictation – 2 exercises. Doing well
Voyages in English – Moved him up to book 5. 3 exercises, types of Nouns.
Writing Skills – IEW, 2 lessons on extracting main points and then retelling passages
Narrations – 4 Narration sessions! St John Vianney. Still working on it as he reads the book.
– 1 writing story from ‘cards’.
Faith – St John Vianney; The Country Road Home, read 4 chapters.
Faith & Life – Old Testament 1 lesson
Maths – Mental Maths, 4 lessons & a test.
Nature Novel – 4 chapters! Junior Naturalist, talks for Aust children.
Geography –1 session. Mapping, Africa naming the countries, knows 95%
Science – 5 Sessions. Australia’s Wild Weird Wonderful Weather by Stephanie Owen Reeder. Focus on weather: tornadoes, hurricanes, fire, floods, heat.
History – 1920 & 1930s. Our Australian Girl Daisy, all of bk 3.
Siena
Reading – The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. 5 ‘sections’
Spelling – AAS 2 lessons
Dictation – 4 exercises. Began Spelling Wisdom and loved it.
Narrations – Bl Imelda, huge dictated narration.
Maths – workbook, 5 sessions, 20 min each. Additions
Faith – Bl Imelda, read 4 chapters, finished.
Faith & Life – Old Testament 1 lesson
Nature Novel – Wild Kratts: Sharks, Whales & Dolphins. Step 2 Reader. Read all on her own unassisted!
Science – Greg’s Microscope by Milicent Selsam, read half the book on her own!
History – The Long House in Danger, read all the book on her own!
Geography –1 session. Mapping, Africa naming the countries.
