Weekly update for the week of 3/1/10

I think N would tell you this was one of his favorite school weeks ever. We are in the middle of studying Medieval times so this weeks history project was a medieval feast. He made trenchers which were the stale bread plates that they used to eat off of. He then planned the menu and then helped make the food and prepare things. He was so excited. We decided we wanted the entire family to enjoy it so we made it our evening meal. The menu consisted of cheese cubes, roast, pears sprinkled with cinnamon, beans and lemon tarts for dessert. He washed everyone's hands before we ate by pouring water from a pitcher. He thought that was so funny, especially when his older sister squealed because the water was cold. He also enjoyed telling jokes in between courses and trying to eat off a knife.





We finished "Raiders From the Sea" this week as our read aloud. He was not happy with the cliff hanger ending. We then started reading "The Door in the Wall". He likes hearing about Robin and how he is learning to do things even though he can't walk. He is reading "Minstrel in the Tower" for his independent history reading. He enjoyed hearing about knights and the steps they take to become knights. He wrote a nice detailed written narration about this process.

In Science he continues to study the Coral Reef and enjoyed his Science experiment learning about how sponges get their food from the water.

In Math he is learning how to compute averages and how to add and subtract time. He is doing well with CLE Language Arts and seems to be retaining it well.

He had fun with his DITHOR activity today where he described a setting by saying where certain things should go and then I tried to sketch the picture he was describing. We talked about how words really do paint a picture and how if you leave out a few words the picture can look very different than you intended.

Overall just another great week.