Not really, just for the week. Because tomorrow morning we are going to Ohio to visit the outlaws and stay in a hotel! With a pool! Now that there is cause for excitement. And seeing Dr. D's parents, of course, but when you're seven/four/two Grandma and Grandpa take a backseat to a hotel pool.
But since I'm in the mood (again) to do a school report, and I'm still not using HST, here it is.
Monday:
- LLOTG 53, St. Nick read the whole thing aloud.
- Read Run with me Nike by Cassandra Case which St. Nick found remotely interesting (more so than I did), and I found slightly disturbing. When did I get so conservative on books? I used to be all for just about anything (i.e. when studying children's literature in college, then I had kids), and now a book has a character who prays that some ancient Greek god will make him run faster and I'm disturbed.
- On to math: exercises 51 and 52 which were so easy St. Nick laughed at them. He's getting a watch when he finishes his math books, so he is very motivated. Oddly, neither Dr. D nor I wear a watch.
- Dr. D read a chapter in Little Sir Galahad by Lillian Holmes, which is part of the Lamplighter Books series.
Tuesday:
- Psalm 43
- Math ex. 53 and 54
- Scholastic Success 1st grade lesson on linking verbs and pages on the state map
- An Ancient Greek Temple by John Malam and Mark Bergin. This one was a huge hit. St. Nick wanted me to read every word by every picture. The how-to of building the temples absolutely fascinated him.
- Two stories in Unwitting Wisdom, a beautiful collection of Aesop's fables. Beautiful, but the writing isn't very accessible. I actually read them to Mud Pie and Fish.
- We went to the library. I cannot even begin to record all the books St. Nick reads. Scooby Doo, dozens of easy readers. We could go, literally, every three days to replenish our books. Instead, we go once a week and he reads the books several times.
- Another chapter in Little Sir Galahad
Wednesday (today):
- Scholastic Success 1st grade City Maps
- Math 55-56
- An article on Alexander the Great in the August 04 issue of Cricket magazine. Don't ask why I still have that - it was a sample I'd ordered ages and ages ago and kept "in case I might need it." I am not normally a packrat. Really! In this case, I'm glad I kept it.
- Read Life in a Greek Trading Port by Jane Shuter. This one is funny. I opened it up to the usual protest of "This is boring!!!" and I said, "Ok, YOU read one page and we'll be done." St. Nick could hardly believe his luck. "Really? One page?" "Yup." So he read one page - with some big words like Warships and, oh, I don't even remember. Big words. He did great! I was so stunned I asked him, "How on earth did you learn to read so well? I don't believe it. I think you were tricking me. Read another page to prove you really did read it on your own." This became a challenge. He read another four or five pages before starting in with "Can we be done now?" I was so thrilled that I happily agreed to set aside the (less than engrossing) book. Wow! I'm still wondering how he learned to read so well.
That's it for school. I'll look forward to reporting on the Great Ohio Adventure after it happens!
