May 10 - 14

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston had a review section in his language arts book this week.  He reviewed sentence diagramming, run-on sentences, semi-colons, prepositional phrases and spelling words.  He did a great job!  I love that we have found something that is helping him progress in his reading, writing, spelling and grammar without being too all-consuming.  

MARISSA

Marissa finished her language arts book this week and got to move onto a new level.  Reading has been difficult for her to pick up, which affects her writing and spelling as well.  We have decided to move more slowly and go at her own pace and it is making all the difference.  She doesn't worry about which level she is on, but is proud when she accomplishes something big...like finishing a whole book!  

CALEB

Caleb has been focusing mostly on reading and writing, but still attends his Musikgarten class each week and finds time for building for his tech class.  This week, he created a couple of original Lego structures for building and engineering.    

OTHER

SCIENCE/P.E.

We explored rocks and fossils this week while we were in Moab.  We hiked to Delicate Arch for the first time.  It was just Preston, Marissa, Caleb and mom, and we made it (even though we didn't realize Caleb's shoes were way too small for him and his feet were hurting so bad from hiking so long).  It was so much fun to get in some extra outdoor time like hiking and swimming as well as a whole lot of reading!