Weekly update for the week of 3/8/10

This week N continued to study the Middle Ages. He learned about the Crusades and loved the story of the three kings that went on the third crusade. He sometimes has trouble remembering names, but for some reason he can easily remember what happened to all three of those kings. I think part of it is that our music minister, and very good friend is named Richard. So he thought it was very funny that when King Richard was kidnapped they found him by singing a song all around the countryside and when they passed under the tower he was in, he sang it back to them. He said that is just what would happen with Pastor Richard.

His history project this week was a relic box. He made the box and then was supposed to put a "relic" in it. It was to be something that was important to him. He warmed my heart when he drew a picture of our family and put that in there because he said that was the most important thing in the world to him. He then dictated to me what he wanted his note to say.




His poem this week was "Young Night Thought" by Robert Louis Stevenson. His writing assignment was to write his own version of this poem telling about what he thinks about at night before he falls asleep. He is a huge lover of Australian animals. So his poem was about seeing Australian Animals marching by. It was very cute!

In Science he continued learning about the Coral Reef and for his science experiment he learned how Coral Colonies are formed. He enjoyed making the Coral multiply.




He also learned about Gothic Cathedrals this week and wrote a written narration of what he had learned. He was funny because he didn't want to say the words flying buttresses because he thought he would get in trouble. We looked at pictures of different Gothic Cathedrals and even found an aerial view that showed how they were built in the shape of a cross.

In Math he learned about averages and continued to work with adding and subtracting fractions. In Language Arts he learned more about adjectives and how to identify them and is starting to learn about how to take good notes.

He finished the book "Minstrel in the Tower" and is now reading "Pedro's Journal." For DITHOR he is reading "A Mouse Called Wolf". It is very easy reading for him, but he loves it! He is able to do a better job of analyzing it because it is easy reading for him.

It is hard to believe the school year is 2/3rds of the way done. He and I are going to be very sad when we are done with Preparing Hearts for His Glory. It has blessed us in so many ways.