I still surrounded by grumpy children getting up earlier then usual so we can be dressed and ready for the contractor who keeps showing up late. Huge pet peeve of mine-but that is another story.
In spite of the grumpiness they got through their lessons.
Math-M continues with division and review of measurement facts. B is starting to add mixed number fractions that result in an improper fraction and how to fix that.
Grammar-M reviewed pronouns and B reviewed reflexive and interrogative pronouns.
History - we are taking a detour from the middle ages and doing a quick unit on the Terra Cotta Warriors because we are going to go see them in DC on Friday. We learned a bit about the first emperor of Unified China and why he would need this army. It is interesting how many cultures buried people alive with the dead. Wives, servants, slaves. It was so not good to be the servant of a prominent dead person.
Science-Finally we are catching up on those experiments. Today we used our home made litmus paper to determine which solutions were acidic or basic. Our control acid was a vinegar solution and our control base was an ammonia solution. Then they dipped the litmus paper in soda, orange juice, milk, water, and bleach. Dipping litmus paper is fun. Writing all our results, defining vocabulary words, and answering basic questions about the chapter is a form of torture.
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