Re: Week in Review Sept 12 - Sept 17
Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2010 7:54 pm
I'm sorry that I keep posting so late. I will try to be more diligent next time.
CTC Unit 5 ~ Unit 6 Day 1
DS put in a full week last week. He made pawprints for science and we all enjoyed that because he got the idea to use our cat Abbey and dog Lucy's footprints.
He wrote a descriptive paragraph about the cat for WWTB and he did very well with this I thought. WWTB is so awesome! It really eases the kids into creating interesting writing all on their own. He also wrote a paragraph about milk for R&S 5. I'm not really sure how much correcting I should do in the area of writing and as I'm sure you've noticed, my writing skills are lacking a little. If Julie or Carrie has any input on how they're doing with written narrations and creative writing I'd appreciate it.
Bigger Hearts for His Glory Unit 2 Day 5 ~ Unit 3 Day 4
DD did an extra careful job on her Science notebooking page this week. She has been struggling with oral narrations this week. Arggh. She keeps reading her paragraphs over again and then saying she can't remember what she read. I know that several of the words are hard for her in History and Science but she was doing pretty well in the first unit so I will try to keep her going this week and see if we can get past it. Her cursive is looking pretty good to me. I love to hear her singing every day with her hymn.
I'm wondering if her written narrations are looking OK Julie?
CTC Unit 5 ~ Unit 6 Day 1
DS put in a full week last week. He made pawprints for science and we all enjoyed that because he got the idea to use our cat Abbey and dog Lucy's footprints.
He wrote a descriptive paragraph about the cat for WWTB and he did very well with this I thought. WWTB is so awesome! It really eases the kids into creating interesting writing all on their own. He also wrote a paragraph about milk for R&S 5. I'm not really sure how much correcting I should do in the area of writing and as I'm sure you've noticed, my writing skills are lacking a little. If Julie or Carrie has any input on how they're doing with written narrations and creative writing I'd appreciate it. Bigger Hearts for His Glory Unit 2 Day 5 ~ Unit 3 Day 4
DD did an extra careful job on her Science notebooking page this week. She has been struggling with oral narrations this week. Arggh. She keeps reading her paragraphs over again and then saying she can't remember what she read. I know that several of the words are hard for her in History and Science but she was doing pretty well in the first unit so I will try to keep her going this week and see if we can get past it. Her cursive is looking pretty good to me. I love to hear her singing every day with her hymn.
I'm wondering if her written narrations are looking OK Julie? 
Boy did they have fun! We also really enjoyed making a beach and putting small, meduim and large "bird food" on and under the sand. What a cool way to learn about different size bird beaks and how they function.
For WWTB, we utilize the checklists in the back of that guide in helping kiddos complete the writing assignments to fit that expectation. 
