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March 28, 2008
Weekly Report
This will be interesting, because it feels like we spent most of the week alternately glaring at each other and looking out the window only to yell "What? It's snowing again?"
Yeah, snow. At least three times this week. Last night we had four inches dumped on us. At least it's sunny today. Soon, I believe, the traditional Michigan spring rains will set in. Sun is scheduled again in June.
I'm not complaining, though. Honest. I'd still rather this than tornado sirens.
Anyway. Math. Aidan made it to lesson 85 in Right Start E, despite much grumbling about division. In fairly typical Aidan fashion, he refused to be taught, but figured it out himself. Lachlan did lesson 41 in Right Start B, and Griffin spent the entire week on Lesson 75, adding two two-digit numbers with a sum greater than 100. That was a tough lesson for him, and we'll probably either have to keep working on it next week, or take a breather and do something else for awhile.
Grammar - Griffin completed through lesson 55, and Lachlan through lesson 12, in First Language Lessons. Lachlan's lesson involved me reading "The Lion and The Mouse" to him, for him to narrate back.
Me: What did the Lion think about doing to the Mouse?
Lachlan: Nom, nom, nom, nom ....
Greek - I don't really know where we are in Greek. I made assignments, but Aidan worked ahead and Connor did not quite finish what was assigned. I forsee more private tutoring in the future. These combined classes never work out for us. I think Aidan has launched into Week 4, and Connor is somewhere in Week 3.
Latin - Connor completed through 6.17 in Latin Prep, doing very well, He always amazes me with how well he remembers vocabulary. Aidan and I read through half of Cap. II in Lingua Latina (we're moving quickly right now because we've done these chapters before); Connor tagged along.
We only did history once this week - Story of the World, the Diaspora. Plus, Connor read several chapters of The Story of Europe. We did watch the Kevin Costner "Robin Hood." My goodness, why didn't any of you warn me? That was far worse than I remembered.
For science, we watched a documentary about dinosaurs, and one about volcanoes. We also watched "Alien" and "The Time Machine." Does that count? Aidan really liked "Alien." I'm sure we're terrible parents.
Aidan is still reading Just So Stories, and Connor is reading The Two Towers. Griffin and I read many Greek Myths ... I think the last one we read was about Io. Just two chapters of The Long Winter - this wasn't a good reading week, as you can see. Griffin and I are also reading lots of Jack Prelutsky, though Lachlan has temporarily regressed to Sandra Boynton.
I also started Connor back into Classical Writing today, with Week 2 of Homer B. Instead of the workbook model, he's rewriting the scene in which Deagol finds the ring and then meets his death, in medias res.
Here endeth the week.
Posted by lynx at March 28, 2008 4:48 PM
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*sigh* We got snow again this week, too. I'm feeling hopeful about the future, though. Ernie read that this was supposedly the worst winter in this area of the country in 60 years.
Posted by: KathyJo at March 28, 2008 8:16 PM
Hey, I tried to get you to go with Charleton Heston. Costner's "Robin Hood" is bad on so many levels. Even Rickman was off in that one. Freeman was good, but that was about all.
"Alien" is fun, but "Aliens" is more fun. Don't bother with the 3rd one, though. I've never seen the others.
Which "Time Machine"? Please tell me it wasn't the new one.
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at March 28, 2008 8:53 PM
We're going to watch "Aliens," but I had never actually seen "Alien." I *certainly* didn't know Bilbo was in it. I have no desire to watch the third one, but I hear the Joss Whedon wrote the fourth, which is tempting.
Aidan is now making little clay Aliens.
No, not the new "Time Machine." I've seen enough of that, at least, to know better. It was the 60s version ... I forget who starred. It was pretty cheesy, but fine. The main character was an idiot. It's been too long since I read the book, so I don't remember if "idiot" is true to Wells' vision.
Posted by: Stephanie at March 28, 2008 9:15 PM
I hear you about the weather. I know others have it a lot worse then us here in WA, but man... I can do without 2 days of snow (melted quickly) and all this cold this week. I WANT SPRING!
My children have seen that movie too, actually all of them (DH took the 2 oldest to see the recent one in the theatre). :o)
Have a wonderful weekend.
~Tina
Posted by: Tina in WA at March 29, 2008 12:42 PM
The Long Winter is depressing even when your own life is cheerful; if you're reading it under the burden of crappy, snowy weather it might kill you.
Posted by: GailV at March 29, 2008 2:25 PM
Sun is scheduled again in June?? You Michiganers are made of much sterner stuff than we are down here in New Mexico, People here get cranky after just one full day of clouds. Which doesn't happen too often.
But for your sake, I hope the spring rains will set in soon. Enough snow for you, already!
Posted by: Elisheva Levin at March 30, 2008 9:24 PM