Home Schooling Agenda: Week of December 8

Hi, this is Adam signing in for my weekly report.  We partied pretty hard during Isabel's birthday week, but now it is time to get down to business.  Here is what my sisters are working on:

Fifty Famous Stories Retold:  Whittington (British, 1423)

Aesop's Fables:  The Lion and the Gnat

Blue Fairy Book:  Master Maid and Prince Hyacinth

Paddle to the Sea:  Chapter 12

Burgess Bird Book:  study of the Purple Martin

Math U See:  Ongoing study of addition, place value, and solving for unknowns

Spelling:  introduction to the concept of syllables

Language Arts:  Review of verbs, proper and common nouns

Geography:  study of France, introduction to the Louvre museum

Latin:  Ch. 1 of Minimus "Starting out in Latin," story of "Medusa," ongoing study of Vindolanda and Roman culture

Poetry:  one poem each day from the Oxford book of Children's verse

Isabel in Wonderland

On Dec. 3rd we celebrated Isabel's 5th birthday!  Isabel chose an "Alice in Wonderland" theme.  She showed off her outstanding counting skills by counting her age for everyone who would listen as well as taking a constant inventory of her birthday gifts.  We played many lively games including pinning a tail on the Cheshire Cat and a wild chase through the house to capture the White Rabbit (aka Adam).  Isabel is now officially a big kid.