Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 29,30)

Monday:
We started the day off with a read again....

ALL:-Gospel of Mark
-finished the Aeniad
-practiced the Bath Song (our Tolkien poem)
-chores

Ar-Math
-writing: quidditch commentary
-Read: The Life of the Spider by Fabre, drew picture (yikes!... the spider, not the picture))
Oliver Twist- 2chpts.
lots of other stuff I'm sure....


Hannah-Math (hard stuff- Test 16)
-writing: quidditch commentary (very creative)
-Read: HP and Bible

Caleb- played dutch blitz with him and all kids (he needed a boost)
-read in his Magic Treehouse book
-had a little phonics lesson
-Math-U-See (almost ready for Delta)

Aaron- I Spy on the Computer
-phonics and some letters with me

Played outside lots in the afternoon, talking to Papa who was working. At night Hannah and I are still wolfing down the fifth HP together (and snuggling up with tea) and Matt is reading the 1st with the two younger boys. The younger boys and I enjoyed the St. Francis book as well as the awesome book called the Treasure.

Tuesday
Started off this day with no chores and a good Latin lesson instead!

(Caleb practiced violin before breakfast.)

Ar-new Henle lesson (went great) and made new vocab. cards
-Sequential Spelling
-Read: Bible
Rule For A New Brother
Oliver Twist
Book about Shackleton
(Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry at nighttime)
-Math (boy he is getting this great!!)
-writing: copywork from LOTR
-lots of pennywhistle

Hannah-new Henle lesson and new vocab. cards
-Sequential Spelling
-lots of piano
-writing: a bunch more of her commentary
-Read: HP, In God's Garden (7 pages...this is lots)

Caleb- Math (next page), also reviewed subtraction
-Sequential Spelling (he asked)\
-played with Aaron while I taught the kids Latin and spelling (great!)
-violin before breakfast
-read a Jataka tale online
-italics (2 lines)

Aaron- an informal reading lesson, and he also wrote out a bunch of letters, also counted to 100 (was very nice)

All: Memory verse and Bible
Read Aloud at lunch- The Door in the Wall
Tea Time- we all read a poem we picked (and I read Aaron's). This was amazing! and it
worked so well to do it later in the afternoon after lots of free time.

Nice Day. Slow start, but such is the course when we are all up late!!