Weekly Wrap-Up 12-20-09

We kind of had an easy homeschooling week building up to Christmas Break.  Tasha spent two days at our Pastor's home babysitting his children.  It was there that she finished her work for the semester.  She has completed a whole year of high school English in one semester.  This will make up for the English 10 credit that she had done so poorly on in public school with the teacher that failed half her students.

Tasha is already ahead for next semester in Science.  She finished up her other classes a few weeks ago.  Basically, she hasn't had a stressful time the last few weeks in school.  She just plows through her work and gets it done.

Laura's classes this week were not difficult either.  We did four days worth of work.

Math - Laura did a few pages a day in Math.  She studied about the history of Christian Education in Social Studies.

History and Bible - In History and Bible, we read about the birth of Jesus.

Reading - In Reading, Laura read four stories in her Salute to Courage Book.  We also finished up The School Story.  Laura is also reading A Journey to the New World, the Diary of Remember Patience Whipple.  She picked this book from the library on her own.  It is a book set up like a diary of a girl on the Mayflower.  She loves it and has spent many nights reading past her bedtime.

Science - Laura really hasn't done much this week.  We didn't want to start anything new right before a long break.  We will start fresh after the new year.

Language Arts - This week wasn't a big week for Language Arts.  Laura continued her handwriting practice.  She also worked on commas in her Abeka book.

We are now officially on Christmas Break.  Except for reading, I don't plan to make Laura do much work.  It's time to enjoy our family and friends and celebrate the birth of Jesus. I have planning to do for next semester.  I don't think I'll get to planning until after Christmas.  Right now my efforts are focused on the Holiday.  I am waiting for some stuff to arrive before I fully plan things out anyway.

Tasha's planning will be coordinated with the lady we are going through for High School planning.  Tasha's English 11 will go through her.  I can't afford a large amount for curriculum, so we are going to use some alternative things.  Tasha has more papers to write this semester, which didn't get her excited, but she knew it was coming.  We also have another elective to choose to replace Speech.  This will all happen over the next couple weeks.  I'll keep posting about our plans.