This was a 75% normal week. We missed one day because Big Sister had an appointment that kept us busy for much of the day. That was fine. It was hot as blazes here this week, so there was lots of outside time, which is never a bad thing.
The very best thing we did this week was spelling. I'm not sure Henry would agree, but I was tickled with it. His suffixes were -able, -ible, -id, -ly, -ness, -or, and -ure. His spelling words were: rupture, actor, vividness, sensible, plentiful, quietly, and teachable. That was all fine and dandy. He wrote them twice, and used them in sentences. The great thing was having him think of other words using those suffixes. He came up with words like: mindful, impossible, swiftly, proctor, capture, and messiness. There were others, but those were the ones that came to him immediately. It was a wonderful, thought-provoking, sometimes laughter-inducing exercise. I will definitely employ that strategy in the future.
We're still touring Mesopotamia. We learned about Babylon and King Hammurabi and King Nebuchadnezzar II. If any of you listen to the podcast, "Oh No, Ross and Carrie", you know that Ross can spell Nebuchadnezzar like a boss. It makes me chuckle every time I see the word.
Math was math. I am not entirely thrilled with the hopscotchy nature of the Critical Thinking book. I might take it apart and make it a little more orderly, or I may use that as a supplement. I would like something that has a little more flow to it. For example, this week, Henry did probability, averaging, algebraic thinking and multiplication. All of those are great things, but I would like to have it in larger chunks, rather than the sporadic nature we are getting.
He's reading I Survived! The Hindenburg Disaster of 1937. I swear, if he asks me if I was alive in 1937 one more time, I'm getting a face lift.
Only 31 weeks to go!
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