Weekly Update - October 29 - November 9, 2018

Again, I missed a week in posting a weekly update. 

But, we have been making progress.

History:

Megan has been studying the missionary Jim Elliot.  In the process, she has also been learning about the Aucas, South America, the Waodani, the Andes Mountains, animals native to the area, the climate of the area, and Ecuador.

Bible:

In New Testament studies, Megan has been reading and learning about the book of Hebrews.  She has also been reading about John the Baptist, the birth of Jesus, Simeon and Anna, the Magi, and Mary and Joseph fleeing to Egypt.

McGuffey:

Megan read three McGuffey stories in the last two weeks.  We do McGuffey daily, but each story takes several days as she rereads, does vocabulary, draws original artwork, writes narrations, answers questions, and does copywork. 

Literature:

Megan continues to read Miracle at Camp Friendship.  She has also learned about Owls, first and third person point of view, homophones, phases of the moon, and lizards.  Yes, all of that was in her literature study.

Megan finished When Will This Cruel War be Over and began reading Derwood, Inc. 

Word Building:

Megan has continued to progress in her learning of contractions and the months of the year. 

Science:

Megan finished the science workbook she had been studying and went back to reading about the Birds of the Air.  When she finishes that book she will be jumping into a special study about horses.

English:

Megan has continued to study about making words plural.

Math:

Megan has been learning more advanced place value, fractions, sequencing, Greatest Common Factor, and Factoring. I am proud of how hard she has been working in her math and the gains she has made.

Read Aloud:

We have been switching off our time between reading Anne of Green Gables and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.  She is enjoying both books immensely.  We just read the part in Anne of Green Gables where Anne dyes her hair green. Megan was laughing hysterically at that part. 

Things are going to be changing up a bit over the next few weeks as we dive back in to some delight-directed learning.