Week in Review 2/9-2/13, 2015

This week in review once again covers more than 1 week.  I just don't take as many pictures now that he is older.

This week he decided to get started earlier each day and he was a man on a mission.  He would get bible done before I even had breakfast.  He liked finishing up his day earlier so I'm not sure if he will continue this or not, but it worked well.  He told me this week he finds the Science interesting.  He is doing well with it.  I didn't get any pictures but this week he did an experiment of a hydrometer and last week he looked at parts per million.  My dh is an environmental engineer who has one of the big oil companies as a client so he was able to give N. very practical applications for what he learned.  He usually does very well with the workbook.

He drew Japan in World Geography and also has been reading about the discovery of Australia.  He is learning to take bullet point outline type notes.  He dictates these to me since there is no way he can write that small.

He finished up his Expository Essay.  I didn't use a prompt from the book because none of those appealed to him.  He writes much better if he is interested in the topic.  I let him answer the prompt of "If you could invite 3 people to dinner who would it be and explain why you would invite them".  He did a really nice job.  He decided he would invite his Youth Pastor, his best friend and Colton Dixon the contemporary christian singer. I really likes the reasons for inviting each one.  He is enjoying writing essays and says he really likes EIW.

Grammar has been a challenge lately.  He is really hitting a wall and honestly is just guessing many days.  I am not much help here because I am struggling with it also since I don't ever remember learning some of these things.  I have Easy Grammar Plus, but I am undecided if we will just stick with Rod and Staff through this year and then re-evaluate or if I will switch now.  I love Rod and Staff and think it is a fantastic program, but he just isn't grasping the higher level concepts.

He finished reading Queen of the Dark Chamber and answered the questions in his notebook. He didn't go as in depth with his answers as I would have liked, but that's just a boy thing I think.

 

For his P. E. credit he continues to take his Parkour gymnastics class and has now taken up bouldering.  Here are just two videos of his newest things.  It still amazes me what God has given him the ability to do despite his CP and an MRI that says he should be in a wheelchair.