Friday, October 8, 2010

Weekly Recap 10/4-10/8/10

We began this week with some time at home.  M6 has developed a love for Amelia Bedelia.  H11 and S8 were happy to share their reading skills with her as long as they could spend some extra time snuggling.

We spent time this week learning about lift and what makes a wing fly.  While some of our experiments worked perfectly, some required a little more, well, experimentation.



Overall this week was a pretty great one.  We got the house totally straightened for a realtor walk through, had some extra fun in the kitchen and completed all of our lessons.  M6 even completed FLL Grade 1.  She's very, very pleased with herself.  That makes her an official kinfirsecond grader. 

We are moving right along with Story of the World 2.  We learned about Australia and New Zealand this week.  That was especially fitting since Rob is in Australia.  I think we'll be watching Whale Rider this weekend.  We love that movie.

Much of our math was done while cooking but S8 and H11 did start multiplying multiple digits with carrying.  Fun stuff.  It's a review for H11.  She doesn't seem to mind.  S8 is thrilled with the orderly nature of math. 

H11 is also preparing for the NaNoWriMo by working on the young author's workbook.  She's anxious to get started with the actual writing but has agreed that the pre-planning will help her be successful in November.

11 comments:

  1. Sounds like a good week! We enjoy Whale Rider here, too.

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  2. Hee, hee... I love the mix of grade levels! My ds 6 is about to finish FLL1, he also is going into 2nd grade level math... he immediately asked me if he is now a 2nd grader instead! Um... NOPE, but nice try! ;-) Looks like you had a great week. Oh.... house on the market. Not easy! I hope it sells fast for you!

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  3. I wonder how many others have children doing the NaNoWriMo? We've been pre-planning here too. We signed up and determined a reasonable word count. It is an ambitious project.

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  4. We love Amelia Bedelia too. Sounds like a nice week.

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  5. What is at the end of the string in the blowdryer picture?
    Lots of NaNo plotting going on here also.
    Clean house for the realtor, fun in the kitchen, and completed all your lessons - in the same week? Awesome!!
    Lee

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  6. I loved Amelia Bedelia when I was a little girl. :)

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  7. Are you keeping a house in selling mode when your dh is away??? Good gravy! Love the hands-on science pictures :) Dd10 is gearing up for NaNoWriMo by starting the workbook!

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  8. My dd6 is also going through an Amelia Bedelia phase - love those books! Looks like you had a nice week!

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  9. Lee, the kids made a wing from card stock and were using the blow drier to fly it up and down the string. It was a neat activity once we got it going.

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  10. Sounds like a good week. My girls love Amelia Bedelia too.

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  11. A wonderful week! I'm impressed at being able to keep things realtor ready. That's tough to do. We've never watched the Whale Rider. I'm going to Netflix it.

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