I forgot to do an update last week, so this one is actually for the last 2 weeks. I also haven’t done a very good job of taking pictures. Hopefully, I’ll do better next week.
The past two weeks we did Unit 19 – Christianity in the Roman Empire and got about halfway through Unit 20 – The Spread of Christianity. We read about many different men who helped spread Christianity throughout the world including St. Valentine, Polycarp, Augustine, St. Patrick, Boniface, and Charles the Great.
We’ve continued working on handwriting and explode the code. Samuel loves it when he gets to the end of a handwriting lesson and gets to write his verse and color the page.
In math, we continued working on addition and subtraction and actually finished that section. We did a review of all we’ve learned so far, and starting next week we will be learning how to tell time.
Samuel is continuing to do a great job with his reading. He is working through the Emerging Reader set from Heart of Dakota. He also loves to go to the library and get books he can read himself. Lately, he’s been enjoying Henry and Mudge and Nate the Great books.
Samuel’s verse for Unit 19 was John 3:16. He was so excited that it was a verse he already knew. For Unit 20, we are now working on Psalm 119:105.
We’ve enjoyed reading The Adventures of Grandfather Frog. We were worried when he got caught by Farmer Brown’s boy, but he was able to escape with some help from some of his friends only to jump into more trouble getting trapped in a spring. Samuel was a little anxious about how the book would end, but Grandfather Frog finally made it back home to the Smiling Pond. We’re looking forward to starting The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel next week.
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I loved seeing Samuel's smiling face! His coloring and writing for his handwriting page is lovely! Isn't it amazing how he is progressing with his reading?!? I remember when we started HOD's Emerging Reader's Set and me thinking, 'there is no way he is going to be able to read those harder books down the line' - but then he WAS! Very exciting stuff. Aren't the Burgess books neat? My dc could hardly wait for what would happen next, and I think it really helped build their comprehension to have the same set of characters from read aloud to read aloud. Is Samuel in a go-cart? Oh my, my, my - would my boys have some FUN with that! What a neat blog - I'm glad I visited!
Julie
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