I've been wanting to do sort of "week in review" posts lately, mainly because I'm soooo behind in my scrapbooking that I fear if I don't write down what happens in our lives, I may forget it!! So, while I may not get to it every week, I'm going to start now!
In schooling this week, the kids finished week 29 in spelling (3 weeks to go until book is finished). Both kids had math tests and both got A's. Abby does however need some help understanding fractions. I need to get some hands on materials to work on that with her. She can answer the questions correctly, but she doesn't understand the why part of it. Noah is doing a unit on fractions as well, working to reduce them to their lowest common factor, adding and subtracting them, deciding if they're equivalent, etc.. He seems to be understanding pretty well. We finished unit 2 in science about heavenly bodies (stars, asteroids, comets and meteors) did a meteor experiment, created comet artworks and took a quiz. I was pretty happy with the level of comprehension there. We finished our first unit in our new history books. We did creation through the flood. The kids made their own game called Creation Memory and the pretended to be Adam naming all the animals which really showed their creativity!! We also made fossils of the kids feet and handprints. We read "Adam and His Kin". What a fascinating book. We also finished reading "Emily's Runaway Imagination" by Beverly Cleary. A cute, fun book and taught us a little about life in Oregon in the early 1900's. We are doing our first writing unit in our new English books. Noah is writing a compare/contrast essay and Abby is writing instructions for a game. That is going very well. I'm really liking our choice for that so far. We also finished our first unit in our new Bible study, where we memorized Psalm 109: 6-10 and learned the hymn I Sing the Mighty Power of God along with our other studies. It was a good week.
Other business: We went to a new park (new to us) on Wednesday. It's called the Patricia Allyn park. It's between Lebanon and Centerville. It's fabulous (pictures to come at a later date). I loved it there and I think it may be one we frequent! Abby had piano on Tuesday. Her teacher was so impressed that last week Abby wrote out the check for our May payment. She thought it was so cute to be in her handwriting! We had a great evening Monday as we grilled out hot dogs, ate outside, planted two new trees and just played for awhile. Noah had KidzMin on Wednesday and we had small group on Thursday (B), a great talk about trusting God in our marriages. Friday night Abby and I went to Grammy's church (Steve's Mom) for a mother and daughter tea. We arrived late due to a traffic tie up, but it was a nice evening anyway.
Oh and I had a fabulous Mother's Day last Sunday! I received homemade cards that were worth at least $5 each!! I also got a new canister set for the kitchen, something I've wanted for awhile. I was pampered, loved on and doted on. My husband even gave me a really long back rub. It was a great day!
I think that's the highlights for this week!
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