Sneak Peek - Feb. 13-18, 2012

Mom’s work:

• Start planning Emma’s third grade units and lessons for the month of March.
• Finish the last round of edging on the crochet blanket I made for Emma’s friend,  and start Isaac’s blanket.  (I finished the edging Sunday night while watching the Grammys!  I’ll post pics later in the week.)
• Put away the Valentine’s décor, and pull out the St. Patrick’s Day decorations.
• Begin sorting and organizing my recipe binder (which is currently overflowing!)

In school:

As a group:

• Bible – We’ll wrap up our study of Job this week.
• Music – We’ll wrap up our study of Bach.

Logan – Senior Year:

• History: Learn about the beginnings of American government – Articles of Confederation, Constitution, etc.  Memorize and recite the Preamble. Read Johnny Tremain.
• Literature: Read poetry from Edna St. Vincent Millay and learn to quote poetry in paragraph form. Read Huck Finn.
• Art: Start learning about Surrealism with a  focus on Dali this week.
• Science: Gather weather data for an upcoming science experiment.

Isaac – 8th Grade:

• Geography: Starts a 2-week unit about Australia
• Science: Gather weather data for an upcoming science experiment.
• English: verbs: transitive, intransitive, linking, forms of be, tenses – simple and perfect
• Literature: All Things Great and Small

Emma:

• Literature:  The Secret Garden
• History: Dinosaurs
• Science: moving from bones to muscles this week
• Handcrafts:  finger knitting scarves

Around the house:

• Help Emma clean and organize her art table
• Find old frames to paint for “this” project
• Make overnight French toast
• Clean out the guinea pig cage
• Choose one area of craft closet to clear out and organize

Family matters:

• Emma has a dance competition this weekend.
• Isaac is having a sleepover while Emma and I are gone.
• Logan is coaching Upwards basketball Friday and working on Saturday.
• Matt is holding down the fort while I spend Friday and Saturday in Ft. Worth with Emma at her competition.