December 12 - 16

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

PRESTON

Preston finished up classes at Polar Star.  He read "Up From Slavery" and had a book discussion in his Georgics class.

Preston has been working a lot on math this week.  He is working on pre-Algebra/Algebra right now.   

MARISSA

Marissa finished classes at Polar Star.  Her final book for Key of Liberty was "Being George Washington."  She finished the book and had a book discussion in class.  

Marissa has been working on language arts and math.  She's been reading "Misty of Chincoteague."  She really likes reading books about animals, and especially is enjoying reading a book about horses.  

She and Caleb have also been playing lots of games lately.  This week, they played the United States game and worked on learning states and their capitals. 

CALEB

Caleb has been working on language arts and handwriting.  He also completes math lessons every day.  He's also been reading the "Maple Ridge" series.  

Caleb and Marissa also had their choir concert this week.  They did such a great job!

OTHER

LIVE NATIVITY

We attended a live nativity this week.  The kids learned to write their name in Hebrew, played a dredel game, learned to weave and bake bread, made an oil lamp, learned carpentry skills and more.  It was such a great experience!