This week the kids all worked on their math. Elsie did chapter 24. She had to do most of the problems, doing long division, dividing double digit numbers into 4 digit numbers. She is working really hard on writing out all of her work so that she can keep everything straight. She also reviewed long multiplication and worked out some story problems as well. Peter finished chapter 23 and took the test, which he did well on. He also started chapter 24 where he is learning to find the volume of a cylinder. Anna did her math as well, and she is learning to add 0's. She also did some review and story problems as well. Kimball did chapter 18 for his math, learning to multiply by 7s. He also reviewed greater than/less than, and did some story problems.
For Language arts this week Elsie read some more of The Railway Children, about 60 pages. She is now on page 190. She practiced her cursive from her workpages, and she worked hard on writing her stories. She wrote a Christmas story and worked more on her WWI story. Anna read a chapter from her book primer book. She learned about new blends, like "ing, ang, ong, and ung", "ue" as in blue, and "ow" as in low. She also learned about compound words and practiced reading some. She practiced her handwriting from her workpages as well, and she helped me write my grocery list. Kimball continued to do some reading on his own, reading the scriptures. He also read outloud to me, reading the book Dinotopia. He read 2 pages a day for 3 days. It has some harder words, but he is enjoying the book and narrating to me what he reads. He also practiced his writing, doing his workpages. Peter enjoyed reading about half of A Wind in the Door this week. He also wrote a very short story with a moral. Peter went to his debate class and watched 12 Angry Men. He really liked it, and learned the persuasive power of debate. As a family we started reading A Christmas Carol, and are really enjoying it.
For Science, Peter worked hard with his friend at building a boat. He went to our neighbor's house who has an indoor pool, and tried it out, only to find it didn't work. They had to make many changes. They went home, did some research on good ole YouTube, and found out what they needed to change. They found a stronger motor from one of his old rc cars and took it apart, a battery from an old laptop, and put everything together to build a boat. When they took it to the neighbor's to try it again, they realized it was a little top-heavy. With some slight changes, they were able to get the boat to go, and it drove very well. They were really pleased. Then they started to work on writing up their materials and methods and conclusions. They still have some tests to run though. Peter also went to his forensic class and reviewed what they have learned. The other kids, Anna, Kimball, and Elsie, watched a documentary on Nature. They learned about people who help abandoned wildlife and nurse them back to health so they can reenter the wild. They learned about a sloth with pneumonia in Costa Rica (they also learned about the amazing digestive system of the sloth), a walabi from Australia, and a koala from.....we can't remember. The kids didn't even know walabi's existed, so it was fun to learn about them as well.
Peter worked hard on his Mindcraft. He made the deminsions for a house and drew it out. He had already built it though, so he didn't need to build it. He also learned a little about pixels and drew a picture of a Christmas tree on graph paper. He just needs to turn these assignments in. The other kids did not get to their business class this week.
The kids are also working hard at finishing learning about all the states. We are about done learning about the Rocky Mountain States, and only have the Pacific Coast states left. Also, they are working on memorizing states and their capitols through a song.
The kids also worked on Spanish. We are learning to say in spanish, "I take the soap. I turn on the water faucet. I scrub my hands with the soap. I wash my hands well, the right hand and the left hand. I turn off the faucet. I dry my hands on a towel." We act it out and the kids repeat the phrases in spanish after me until they can say it with me.
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