Monday November 12/h2>
Bella: math, composition (draft of a letter), read and narrate Story of the Church (about Pius X intervening to try to prevent WWI), I read and discussed an article on the Treaty of Versailles and post-WWI reparations. She’s reading The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt.
Sophie: math, copywork, French, Child’s Geography
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code, read Little Bear
Anthony: math, copywork.
Lucy: copywork
I’ve been reading WWI poems the last few days. Today we also looked at a short video of three poems that had been animated. Also looked at photographs of a sculpture installation in a cemetery in England, eleven ghostly soldiers made of chicken wire standing near their graves, one for each fallen soldier from the small town.
Afternoon stories: Doll’s House, Story of the World, Magna Charta, St Louis de Montfort, Book of Marvels, Lectionary Readings. Good discussion of the readings.
Bedtime story: Canadian Summer
Tuesday November 13
Bella: math, composition, Latin grammar (endings for the second declension), read and narrate George Washington’s World (about the Seven Years War), She’s still reading The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt.
Sophie: math, copywork, French (Duolingo)
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code, read Little Bear
Anthony: math, copywork, read and narrate from People in History (about St Gregory and St Augustine of Canterbury).
Lucy: copywork (Hickory, Dickory, Dock)
Afternoon stories: Library picture book about Henry the Navigator, Doll’s House, St Louis de Montfort, Men Microscopes and Living Things, Lectionary Readings.
Bedtime story: Canadian Summer
Wednesday November 14
Bella: timeline, Latin grammar, copywork
Sophie: math, copywork, French (Duolingo), Child’s Geography.
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code, read Little Bear
Anthony: math, copywork
Lucy: copywork (Jack be nimble)
Afternoon stories: Library picture book about Henry the Navigator, Doll’s House, St Louis de Montfort, Book of Marvels, Lectionary Readings.
Bedtime story: Canadian Summer
Thursday November 15
Bella: Composition, math, Latin grammar
Sophie: math, copywork
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code, read Little Bear
Anthony: math, copywork, Child’s History
Lucy: copied from Sheep in a Jeep
Afternoon stories: Doll’s House, St Louis de Montfort, Lectionary Readings. (short stories because I had a late lunch after going to the grocery store)
Bedtime story: Canadian Summer
Friday November 16
Bella: math, composition, read and narrated from a book about the Iraq war
Sophie: math, copywork
Ben: math, copywork, Explode the Code, read Little Bear
Anthony: math, copywork,
Lucy: copywork (Sheep in a Jeep)
Bella and I went to the library and picked up a bunch of books.
Afternoon stories: Doll’s House, St Louis de Montfort, Lectionary Readings.
Bedtime story: Canadian Summer
