Ahh, the memories. This week we studied the presidency of George H. W. Bush. I remember much from his presidency. I was a junior in high school when he took office. I was not yet paying attention to the world going on around me at that age. But, my senior year the Berlin Wall came down, and I do remember that. I was a freshman in college when Operation Desert Storm was launched, but was visiting home when I heard about it on the radio. And my sophomore year of college, the president came to a nearby town on a whistle stop train tour of Wisconsin. A bunch of friends and I piled into cars and drove to the depot. We all went through metal detectors and climbed up the temporary bleachers that had been moved in for the event. As the train passed by, we could see the president and first lady on the end of the caboose waving to the crowd. We were so far away they looked tiny, but the loudspeakers were great. That is the closest I have come to a president. This was the first election that I was able to vote in, so it was definitely a memorable event. These were memories I was able to share this week with my princesses.
Princess E - 6th Grade - Dialectic
Latin for Children Primer A: working on lesson 32
Math-U-See Epsilon: working on lesson 7
IEW: We are going to take a break from this to finish our TOG studies, then take the last two weeks of May to finish our IEW, MCT and science.
Foundations 1: Finish suffix -LESS, begin prefix IN-
MCT Language Arts: See IEW above
Practice Island: Sentence 77-80
McCrabbs: 76-78 - We have now finished book A. We will not start book B until next fall.
Science: See IEW above
TOG Yr4 Wk32: Timeline; SAPs; AQ/TQs; Reading - The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; Homeland: The Illustrated History of Israel; Idiot's Guide; Joni: An Unforgettable Story; Tensions in the Gulf; Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs. Read Aloud - The Story of the World, Volume 4, and Red Scarf Girl (which we finally finished).
Princess S - 4th Grade - UG
Growing With Grammar 4: Chapter 7.8-7.10
Math-U-See Delta: Finish lesson 6
IEW, MCT Language Arts, McCrabbs and Science: same as above
TOG Yr4 Wk32: Quizlet vocab; important people; SAPs; Reading - All the People, Countries of the Middle East; The Cold War, The Indian in the Cupboard. Read Aloud - same as above.
Princess L - K - LG
MFW First Grade: Lessons 90-97.
Math-U-See Alpha: Begin lesson 7 +2 She went all through the workbook pages, but she is still counting out the answers. She is nodding her head twice as she counts in her mind. So we're going to do some flashcards and a few extra worksheets before giving her the test
Explode the Code Book Two: Lesson 67
Princess M - PreTOGger
I'm going to be planning out what to do with this little one as soon as we finish our TOG studies. We will have a bit lighter of a load for the last two weeks of May, so I'm going to look at what I have on hand and what I'd like to accomplish with her next year. Since she has a November birthday, it is a little bit iffy as to whether we can do a K4 curriculum, or keep with a preschool type curriculum. If I go with a K4, I will be slowing it down - more for myself than for her.
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