Weekly update for week of 10/17/11

N. enjoyed another week of RTR.  This week he got to cook for his history project.  He always enjoys doing that.  He made Marzipan cookies and then read portions of the poem "The Cyd" to S. and I why we ate them.  They were quite tasty.

He also drew 2 more drawings from his Draw and Write Through History book.  He then later in the week drew more castles and princesses in his free time.

We have one more day of reading in "The Illustrated Book of Knights."  He has found this book fascinating.  I understand there is a episode of Modern Marvels called "Battle Gear" on Netflix that I plan on letting him watch this weekend because it covers some of the things he has read about in this book. 

In Grammar he is working on identifying adjectives.  He is doing well with this although I will say Grammar is probably his least favorite subject.  In dictation he is what I consider behind for his age.  He is in Level 4 and was on around 40 or so.  He was getting where he wasn't missing anything so I jumped him up about 8 passages and he was still getting them all right so I jumped him up another 8 or 9 passages.  He finally missed one, so we will continue to work from there.  I don't want to get caught up in whether he is behind, but I also want to make sure it is challenging for him.  He continues to plug away with the IEW writing. It is a good fit for him.

He still loves the Looking at Pictures Art study.  He does a great job describing the pictures from memory. 

I can tell we are in the pre-teen/teen years.  Some days he is right on his game with everything.  Other days it is as if he has never done any of this before.  Most days thoough he continues to give it 100% and continues to make gains.