Wednesday!

So far this week, nothing too exciting.  We are getting back into the groove after the Holiday.   The kids had a good time with their cousins.  Mister B fasted for the full day.  I was very proud of him.

In math, Mister B is learning about mode, median, and mean.  I like this lesson.  Even I can understand what is going on the first time.  Grammar-review of plural and singular nouns, Literature-The Giver, History-Around the World in 80 Days and mapping his course, for Science he learned about where different units of measure came from and what they were used for.  For example, I was unaware that 1 foot came from the average length of a man's foot.  Seems kind of obvious now but trust me, it was a "well, duh" moment.

Little Miss M is reviewing multiplying and dividing fractions in math.  For grammar she is working on indirect and direct quotes.  Literature-The Endless Steppe, Science-she finished her chapter on environments.  History-Around the World in 80 Days.  Critical Thinking-Outlining and Summarizing and for Vocabulary-this week- the root Voc and Dict.

Yesterday, they had music class.  They learned about the different keys on the piano and the notes they make.

Today they had Discussion Group.  Since us moms needed to sit down and figure out where we want the group to go the kids played an assortment of games that required them to talk, such as, Would You Rather and the 1 minute game.  The 1 minute game had a variety of topics in an envelope and you had 1 minute to talk about your topic.

While the kids played we talked about where we want the group to go.  This is our 3rd year with the group and it was time to set some goals and determine if we all have the same end goal in mind.  It turns out we do: They should all have the ability to discuss a topic thoughtfully and be able to disagree respectfully and be able to back up your thoughts.  We decided that in order to get them to the next step we need to set some group guidelines/expectations of participation and preparedness.  We will also be introducing "The Talking Ball" .  You can not speak if you do not have the ball,  We feel this will help the shyer members of the group be heard and curb some of the more talkative members so there is better balance in the discussion.