Weekly update

Math: Kara got through about 10 lessons in her math this week. I have ordered the next level of math for her which she will probably start in about 6 weeks. Ellie did 4 lessons this week learning about number placement and division with a remainder.

English: Ellie finished chapter 3 on nouns and Kara continues with OPGTR. Ellie also started working on the story ending she is writing for a Focus on the Family writing contest. We still have quite a bit of work to do on that yet.

Reading: Ellie continues to read A String in the Harp and we are reading The Horse and His Boy for read-aloud. Ellie of course reads several other books per week on her own that aren't assigned.

History: We learned about ancient Africa and heard the ancient African tale of Anansi the spider. We also finished our chicken mummy project. Here are a few pics from that:

Science: We are continuing to learn about the earth and why we have seasons.

Spelling: Kara finished 2 lessons in her Spelling Workout and Ellie finished 1 lesson this week. She learned how to spell ukulele. :-)

Art: This week we started learning about Mary Cassatt. We'll be learning about her for the next 3 weeks also. We reviewed the previous artists' works we had memorized, memorized Mary Cassatt's "The Bath," and they each colored their own Mary Cassatt work.