After a week off, we eased back into our school routine. I'm starting to have some doubts again about what I'm doing and if it's enough to keep him up to speed. I feel pretty good about the content we're covering in math, science, and social studies, but I'm really concerned about his reading level - if I'm doing enough, and if it will be enough for him to enter 4th grade. Ultimately, it doesn't matter on some level. I don't want to push him too hard, and if he is at least at a 3rd grade level when we arrive in Nairobi it should be OK. But another part of me would love for him to stay at grade level. Yet another part wants him to do third grade again, to build up some confidence and maturity… Sigh. At any rate, we had a pretty good week and we're moving right along!
Barton is going well, and we started up with level 3. In this level we work more with reading actual paragraphs, spelling, and sight words. I think both of us appreciate seeing where the program is going! I also finally looked up the tutoring help page and found a ton of info on more practice, spelling games, apps that we can use to help mix our lessons up a little and keep things more exciting!
I do not take photos of the tears that happen…this week it was because he drew a picture on a card about Squanto (Native American who helped the pilgrims survive their first year in Plymouth) and drew him with a gun instead of a spear. The great thing is that he realized his error that Squanto would not be using a gun to help the pilgrims, the bad thing was the 20 minutes of crying and discontent followed…The positive side is that we always ends with science and that usually allows us to finish our school day on a positive note -
We continued our work with rocks and transitioned into soil. Oscar LOVED making soil out of yummy layers of marshmallows, pudding, crushed vanilla wafers, and gummy worms…
Barton is going well, and we started up with level 3. In this level we work more with reading actual paragraphs, spelling, and sight words. I think both of us appreciate seeing where the program is going! I also finally looked up the tutoring help page and found a ton of info on more practice, spelling games, apps that we can use to help mix our lessons up a little and keep things more exciting!
I do not take photos of the tears that happen…this week it was because he drew a picture on a card about Squanto (Native American who helped the pilgrims survive their first year in Plymouth) and drew him with a gun instead of a spear. The great thing is that he realized his error that Squanto would not be using a gun to help the pilgrims, the bad thing was the 20 minutes of crying and discontent followed…The positive side is that we always ends with science and that usually allows us to finish our school day on a positive note -
We continued our work with rocks and transitioned into soil. Oscar LOVED making soil out of yummy layers of marshmallows, pudding, crushed vanilla wafers, and gummy worms…
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