Math - R&S Math 5 (75/170) changing unlike fractions to like fractions so we can add and subtract. We've added a new online resource to help 11yo with her math fact fluency - Reflex Math. Definitely worth the subscription price! We also added Math Minutes, grade 5 for daily review.
Spelling - Trying to restart Logic of English. We've been reviewing the cards and using the essentials workbook (lesson 9 ... still).
English grammar - R&S English 4 (110/127). Learning to find prepositional phrases in sentences and how to determine if they adjective phrases or adverb phrases. Next up is learning how to diagram them. This makes me happy. 11yo? Not so much. Lol!
Latin - We made it through Prima Latina and the accompanying DVD lessons. We've jumped back into Lively Latin Big Book 1 (7/16). We've read about Horatius at the Bridge and will be reading the poem "Horatius" this coming week.
Current events - CNN Student News every day! It's the first thing 11yo requests.
Sayings - currently reading through the sayings in the 4th grade level of core knowledge. ex: "As the crow flies," "beauty is only skin deep," "the bigger they are, the harder they fall," etc.
Classical Studies - for now we are only using the Roman history included in Lively Latin (mostly from Famous Men of Rome). Thinking about postponing Famous Men of the Middle Ages until we are studying the middle ages in world history.
Christian Studies - one lesson (death of Moses) and a review lesson and we will finish Christian Studies 1. :)
Geography - Iraq
World History - Combining three Usborne books to read our way through ancient history. We've been reading about the predynastic period of Egypt.
American/State History - We added R&S's grade 5 Homelands of North America for more lessons about Native American tribal regions. We are now back in A History of US: The First Americans. We recently read about the Viking explorers and will be learning about Christopher Columbus soon.
Science - R&S Science 5 (29/48). Chemistry
It is hard to find a balance. So much time is being spent on history (one of 11yo's favorite subjects) and math (not her favorite) that I am struggling to find time for subjects we need to do and want to do. Oh, and did I mention that 11yo is the master of avoidance?
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