November 2-6

BRENDEN

English-In spelling, Brenden's lesson was on words that have soft and hard c and g sounds. He got all the words correct on the pretest and the test. Brenden also read a large number of Calvin and Hobbes books. That was pretty much all he got from the library.

Math-Brenden continues to get better at his multiplication tables by practicing with the Learning Wrap Ups everyday. In MUS, he's moved on to 3+ digit multiplication. He has no problems with this. We're nearly done with his Gamma book.

History-I had Brenden read from Johnny Tremain. This was the only history for the week.

Engineering- The boys played with the engineering set, but they didn't build one of the structures from the books. They just made up their own structures.

French-Brenden worked on French this week, but I don't know what the lessons were on. Dad (studied French in high school and lived in France for two years) helped him with his French this week.



MALCOLM

English-Malcolm read a lot of the Calvin and Hobbes books that Brenden got from the library. Sometimes they read together. Even though his reading ability has surpassed where we are in OPGTR, we're still continuing to make our way through. This week, his lessons were on words with SM, SP, SC, SK, SN, ST, BR, CR, and DR blends.

Math-I had Malcolm move on from the adding 100s lessons because those were too easy for him. He started a lesson on basic algebra that helps prepare them for subtraction. An example of the problem is "? (what) + 3 = 8" then he has to solve and find that ?=5. This type of problem is also really easy for him.

History-We learned about the first settlers and how the transition from hunter/gatherer to settlers was made. We learned about taming animals, building houses, crafts (spinning fibers, weaving, basket making), farming and how those skills helped improve life for settlers.

Engineering-He and Brenden played with the engineering set. It was just free play, they didn't build one of the structures from the books.

PE-Malcolm went to tumbling. He had a different teacher this week, one who demonstrated handstands and cartwheels and such. I think that helped Malcolm more. He made a lot of progress on his handstands this week.