Reading: Ethan continued reading silently in Vostasse and Eli read more adventures about Pocahontas. I just ask questions to check their comprehension. The boys add any important information or interesting fact to their personal Book of Centuries. TO/WITH/BY will begin again on Monday.
Math: Math U See lesson 10 in the Delta book. The boys learned a super way to memorize the 9's times facts.
Geography/History: We read about the early Egyptians in lesson 11 of Mystery of History. We discussed Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt and all admitted that it sounded backwards to have the southern part of Egypt called "Upper Egypt." We began an exciting story called The Death of a Princess which is set in ancient Egypt. The boys have added quite a few words to their vocabulary books: harem, pharaoh, and intrigue being the most recent. We also have been putting dates, facts, pictures, and tidbits of information in the Book of Centuries that each boy is compiling. To finish out our lesson on ancient Egypt the boys will each choose a project out of Step Into Ancient Egypt. We have a couple more books to read (either aloud of silently) for our ancient Egypt lesson: Tut's Mummy Lost...and Found and Pharoah's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt.
Language Arts: I have been taking sentences from the boys' reading books and printing them on paper. I read the selection to them as they follow along and explain any words that need clarification. The boys take a few minutes to study the passages noting special punctuation (contractions, quotations, etc.) and focusing on words they know or suspect will be a challenge to spell. They practice those words then and there. Then, I dictate the sentence as the boys take their time to write the passage. After they are satisfied with what they've written I take their papers and mark in red any corrections. Any misspelled words become the spelling words for the week. A traditional 'spelling test' is given at the end of the week. Any words still misspelled go on the following week's list. This method has worked very well for Ethan and Eli.
No Science today.
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You are so good, Oney. I wish I was doing more indepth stuff with MOH. With each lesson I think of other books and activities we could do, but I just move on. You are inspiring me to slow down.
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