Weekly Update

Here is our weekly update from last week. We didn't get nearly as much done last week as I had hoped, partially due to me working 2 nights last week.

Spelling: Ellie did a review lesson with 50 words--she got 1 wrong on the pretest and got them all right on the post test.

Math: Ellie got 2 lessons and 1 test done. Kara got 2 lessons done.

English/Reading: Kara's reading has really taken off and she is now reading Frog and Toad books, among others. She got several lessons done in OPGTR. Ellie got 2 lessons done and finished the ending she wrote for Clubhouse Magazine. We mailed that off on Saturday. She also finished reading A String in the Harp and wrote a one-page summary. She was glad to be done with the book as she didn't really care for it. It was a fantasy book and she says she doesn't really like that genre.

Bible: Ellie continues to work through her book on Genesis. We are continuing our study of the 10 commandments. This week we studied commandment #8--Thou shalt not steal.

History: We first studied Queen/King Hatshepsut. She was the only successful woman to rule Egypt as a pharaoh. She dressed like a man since the Egyptians weren't too keen on a woman ruler. Later we studied King Tut and learned what they found in his tomb.

Science: Didn't get any done.

Other: The girls started a theater class a couple of weeks ago. It is a 6-week class run by a home school dad who also does lots of theater stuff. I'm not sure what sort of training he has had but I've seen him working with other home school theater groups and he's good at what he does. He also relates to the kids well and can draw out the shy ones. I had originally planned on only sending Kara as she is a bit more dramatic than Ellie, but when I mentioned it, Ellie was immediately interested. So I signed them both up. They are both enjoying it although Ellie is getting more out of it than Kara. Kara's a bit young, I think, for acting classes. She sees it more as just playing, whereas Ellie sees the technique behind the acting.

Art/Music: Didn't get that done either. Here are the photos of the Mary Cassatt they colored the week before.