Friday, May 4, 2007

Lessons w/ Mom:

History: mapwork
narrate from Discovery of the Americas
Literature: poetry from Favorite Poems
Narrate from The Door in the Wall ch. 2
Language: Erin: language lesson #105, 106
Math: Mathemagic: The Secret Word
Art/Science: add dry brush details to moon phase painting, label phases


Individual assignments:

Erin:
Theology: review catechism section
Bible: Genesis ch. 23-24 read & narrate
Science: World & Space pp. read & narrate
Typing practice: 15 minutes

Aidan:
Theology: review catechism section
Bible: 365 Bible Stories read & narrate
Science: World & Space pp. read & narrate
Typing practice: 15 minutes

Mother's notes:

Taking a break from formal spelling lessons to try out copywork as a combined vehicle for spelling and handwriting, per CM. I must plan ahead well and be prepared with passages for copying. Erin will continue with Getty Dubay at a slow pace, in order to move ahead into italic cursive. I am striving to really focus on handwriting...they both write legibly enough, but we need to work towards neat, beautiful printing that is even and regular. E&A are a bit tired of dynamic addition/subtraction, so we'll take a break from that also and focus on multiplication/division. We need more science, more nature study, more drawing.