All in all I will say we got a good start on our second half of this school year. We started the week with icy cold weather and a bit of snow. The kids of course wanted to declare a "snow day" but the temps were too frigid for outdoor play. Hubby stayed home on Monday so we ended up taking that day off anyway. Three cheers for an extra vacation day!
As I am sitting down to write this post, I have discovered that I did not take any pictures last week! So I will have to recap this without photos. I do remember that on Tuesday, we did our work in my bedroom because it was chilly downstairs. Imagine, all three kids with books, papers, pencils/pens on a queen-size bed. No one cared that I didn't have a spot. They were literally like three peas in a pod. :)
We were back full steam ahead on Wednesday. T(8), is moving along with her multiplication. She has grasped the concept and is bulldozing her way through. E(11) is finishing his decimals unit. He's overjoyed about that. Dividing decimals has kicked his butt. Next up, percentages! A(7) is finishing her regrouping/renaming (or, carrying/borrowing depending on your generation) with 2-digit numbers. As long as she remembers her basic math facts, this unit is fairly easy for her. She's not a confident mathematician but once she's on a roll she has no trouble.
I am on the hunt for a science curriculum. I have toyed with purchasing Elemental Science. I would rather do something a bit more relaxed but easy enough for me to "teach". I definitely want to get a library load of reference books. For E, I really need to discuss his prior learning to gauge where he is with science. He does a lot of independent study and is probably well versed in the typical 6th grade scope. T and A will be fairly easy as they've done minimal science in the past. Either way, we'll all tackle Life Science first and then Earth Science. My plan is start sometime next month and work through the summer. Kind of like a summer of science. We'll see what happens.
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