ECC 2nd Edition: Week 5

For Bible this week we read about Cuba. I typed up the prayer list and posted it in our pocket chart. I can't quite make it large enough for me to see across the room, so it stands on our coffee table. We continued in Matthew. I need to remember to have the kids narrate and ask them what they think God is saying to them.

Geography was either more about North America, or about Mexico. I'm not making Rabbit do anything that seems to babyish - she has enough on her plate as it is. I didn't have her color the sombrero page from a Trip around the World, for example. We also started the Geography Game this week. Pooh doesn't think it is fair that you have to skip your turn if you already have a marker on the country. 

Science transitioned to talking about deserts. I remembered to put up our desert biomes poster. The Properties of Ecosystems worksheet for this was on the back of the desert map. That was one thing missing from the notes in the TM.

The boys learned multiple digit multiplication this week in math. They are doing pretty well with it. Pooh does his with the traditional carrying method, and Tigger uses the Math-U-See method. Tigger occasionally struggles with where to line up the numbers, though.

Both boys are very close to finishing their All About Spelling levels. We will go back through all the words, and any they miss will go into the review section as we start the next level. I have a feeling Pooh is really going to struggle.

Rabbit had a science test and an English test. She scored in the 80s on her science test but only a 70 on her English test. She didn't read some of the questions the right way.

We are making progress in Rabbit's math. I think we will finish Saxon 8/7 by Thanksgiving. That is our goal anyway.

We started working on our piñata for our art project. We are not doing the traditional paper mâché piñata. Since we buy cereal in bulk, we have good sized boxes that aren't too thick, and then we hot glued party hats on. Here is the picture of phase one:

We'll add a coat of white paper over this to hide the colors before putting on the tissue paper.

I can tell things are getting a bit better. The kids are doing better about sharing books. And they are working bit faster on some things.