Week of 10/10- 10/17/2014

Ever have one of those weeks that just seems to go so slowly?  That's how this past week felt.  Not necessarily in a bad way, it was just slow.  Sunday we went to Red Top Mountain State Park for a picnic with our Sunday school class.  The weather was overcast, but we had a nice time.  We definitely prefer the view at Fort Mountain State Park though. 

When you're on a tight budget, board games are a great source of family fun.  If you knew how many times a week my family plays Monopoly, you would think we're nuts.  Someone has finally decided that he is big enough to join in on the fun.

 

Today we did a huge monthly grocery trip.  While we were in Rome, we tried out a different restaurant called Cookout.   They have burgers, dogs, chicken sandwiches and BBQ pork.  The prices were SO reasonable and the food was really good.  We fed all six of us for $20...and we got a TON of food.  After we were done in Aldi, we saw part of an airshow.   The kids enjoyed seeing the planes that looked like they were falling from the sky.  On the way home, we noticed that a few leaves are finally starting to change their color around here.  Hopefully we can make a trip to Fort Mountain to see the beautiful colors soon.

AWANA has been going great.  One of my students was very excited to share that he received Christ as his Savior last weekend.  That made my heart so happy.  I love sharing the gospel with them each week.

This week I got word that my grandma was lifeflighted because she had some medical complications.  She will be in Iowa for about five more weeks.  She has been through so much this year.  I am praying she makes a speedy recovery.  I hope to visit her if we are able to make it up at Thanksgiving.

We had a pretty good week of school.  Miss Claire finished the letter J.  J is for JESUS!  She and Aiden both learned some J Spanish words and said their J Bible verses.  

Jesus letter match

Baby Jesus cut and paste

do-a-dot

Lion coloring paper (We were working on neatness.  Lately she's become a little sloppy in order to get done quicker.)

Our daily learning notebooks.  They trace the day of the week and color in a bubble with the date.  They also write the number of the week, and write it.  We fill in a square to chart how many days of school we've completed.  We've done 60 so far.  One the next page is the number of the week that they have to trace and the last page is the shape of the week which they also trace.  In the front pocket of our binders we also have a chart we fill in each day to chart the weather.  They were excited because Tuesday was the first rainy day that they got to fill in. (It has rained since we started in July, just not at the time we do the weather.)  There is also a calendar page where they write the date in the square.

Lacing beads

J color match

J magnet page

Aiden had the sight words was & the this week.  He has really been improving in his ability to sound words out.  He gets so excited when he figures it out.  I love it!  No way would I want someone else to have the joy of teaching him that.  I've been trying to throw in some extra fall themed worksheets to change things up. 

graphing pumpkins

sight word practice

beginning sound recognition

ABC connect the dot

cutting practice  (Aiden cut out combs and he and Evelyn were combing their hair.)

color by sight word (like color by number)

Jacob and Evelyn studied VanGogh's painting Sunflowers.  They also listened to a classical piece by Johannes Brahms.  We played music bingo to see which instruments we heard in the piece.  We're getting closer and closer to finishing Charlotte's Web in literature. 

I introduced Evelyn to the world of equations this week.  It's basically simple algebra.  She was not as excited about it as I was, but she is getting the hang of it.  We've been discussing the meaning of singular and plural in Language Arts and how to make certain words plural.  We're reading about William Penn in history and finished up reading about pond life in science.  

Jacob just started a unit on the ocean in science.  We also just started a unit on Africa in history.  We've been reading about ancient Egypt.  It's been a blast.  Jacob has also memorized the Preamble to the Constitution and is now moving on to the first amendment.  We've been continuing researching Operation Desert Storm for his research report.  We're working on percentages in math.  

Working on flashcards while I help Aiden graph his pumpkins

We finished up this week with a J party.  We had jambalaya while watching Tom and Jerry.  

I will not have typical post next week as we are not doing a full week of school.  We are having friends from Ohio stay with us for a couple days, so we are going to enjoy visiting with them.  I may do a book review post though since I have finished a couple of them recently.  Hope y'all have a great weekend!