~Week 5, Part 1~

We had a three day school week, so this week and next will be our "Week 5" for my records.    We had many things going on this week and we just decided to cap it off at Wednesday and pick it up next week where we left off.    For this reason, we didn't get to Science or History.


Hermoine has been working through a few Reviews in her Math book.   She has reached the end of the first unit and there were two Reviews she needed to do.   I usually assign her one Review per day when they roll around, but this year they are about 8-10 pages long so I've split them in half (or thirds)in her plan book.

In Language Arts she finished her work for the week in Spelling, has been working on diagramming sentences with both compound subjects and predicates in Grammar and is working on determining important details in Writing.   She began reading The Silver Crown by Robert C. O'Brien for Literature.

In Art she finished her relief sculpture with paint and took the end of unit assessment.   For Music she studied Mozart.

Logic, Geography and Latin are all moving along smoothly.

Ramona also finished a unit in her Math book.  She was able to work through both Reviews in her textbook and workbook as well as a Practice that was in the textbook.

As for Language Arts she moved her through her Spelling and Handwriting.  She finished memorizing her poem in Grammar and is working on proof reader marks.   For Writing she is working on story webs and the proper order of her ideas in a paragraph.   She is still reading Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder for Literature.

For Art she learned about the different places artists get inspiration for their artwork.   The main focus was the famous painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware by Leutze.  She then had to create her own sketch using the painting as inspiration.   She gave the soldiers modern clothing and placed them in different areas. 

I'm still not happy with her Music.  It's silly and way too simple although she absolutely loves is, making it at least tolerable for me.

Her Geography was centered on the lines of latitude an longitude.  She is still enjoying her Logic.   She did one lesson of Typing.  She did get stuck on one lesson in Spanish, repeating it all three days this week and still not passing.    She's having trouble with the verbs hungry, tired and thirsty.   I know she'll get it next week, though.