TOG Year 4 Week 9 - End of Unit One

One quarter of our school year is officially done.  Or at least it will be on Monday morning when Princess E takes her unit test.  We had hoped to get it done today, but due to some issues I've had to deal with one of the other princesses the last few days, I didn't have a chance to sit down with her to teach her how to review for the test.  TOG has a handout giving the Dialectic students tips on studying for it, but I know that alone will not be enough.  And since we're rather busy this weekend, it will be pushed back until Monday.  Also, there is a movie that works with the time frame we are studying - Newsies - that is on our cable On-Demand.  I want to watch it with them to get an idea of how people lived, dressed, etc.  Princess S did take her unit end test and only got one wrong.  I was pleasantly surprised by her results.  I guess she remembered more than she has let on.

Next week we are taking the week off (except for Princess E on Monday) because I have to "celebrate" my birthday.  We have a few fun things planned, including an opportunity for service at the church on Friday when they will join up with their friends and wash and sanitize all the toys and equipment in the nursery.   I plan to use some of my spare time this next week reading the new Tracie Peterson book Embers of Love.

Princess E - 6th Grade - Dialectic
Latin for Children Primer A: Lesson 17
Math-U-See Delta: Work on Lesson 24 - She needs more practice before taking the test so I used the Worksheet Generator to print out some more worksheets.
IEW: We did a second KWO, rough draft and final draft for Lesson 4.
Foundations 1:  Work on suffix -ED.
MCT Language Arts:  The girls had a writing assignment to write a short 10 sentence play.  One character could only speak with action verbs and one could only speak with linking verbs. 
Spelling: We did not get a spelling bee in this week.
Science:  We did lesson 30 this week on the Space Shuttle and learned about Rick Husband, the pilot of the Colombia.
TOG Yr4 Wk9: Timeline; SAPs; AQ/TQs; Reading - Eric Liddell, , Idiot's Guide, The Scopes Trial,  Peter Pan

Princess S - 4th Grade - UG
Growing With Grammar 4: Chapter 2.6 to 2.8
Math-U-See Gamma: Finish lesson 23 and begin lesson 24.  The same issue we had with Princess E began to rear its ugly head.  She refused to line the numbers up and consistently got wrong answers because her numbers were all scattered.  After two days of working on the first worksheet, I think that she finally has decided that the suggestion Mr. Steve has for lining up numbers isn't a bad one.
IEW, Spelling and Science: same as above
TOG Yr4 Wk9: Quizlet vocab; important people; SAPs; Reading - War, Peace and All That Jazz, The 1920s, Eric Liddell. 

Princess L - K - LG
Winter Promise Advanced K: Handwriting practice; Explode the Code - pgs 40-47; Reading - A Bug and Stuck Duck; word family -ump; Concentration games with -ug, -um, -ump.
Math-U-See Primer: We finished lesson 22 and began lesson 23 - using tally marks.  Complete and total melt down.  She cannot seem to grasp the concept of counting by 5s and then switching to count by units.  I'm debating between sitting here another week, and just skipping it.  After all, I think the number of times I use tally marks in a year (maybe twice) means it's a little used skill - especially when you are five.
Awana Sparks verses: She earned the first red jewel and is well on her way to earn her first green one next week.

Princess M - PreTOGger
Fun and games with big sissies.

TOG Y1R U4 Week 29

This week should, potentially, be an easier week. The older two princesses are in the final stretch of preparing for their spring piano recital. Princess L is preparing for a ballet performance at a local Christian bookstore, and Princess M is preparing for her four eyeteeth to break through any day now. (Please LORD, let it be any day soon.)

Princess E
Growing With Grammar: Lesson 7.1 through 7.4
Math : Test for lesson 1e, lesson 19 and starting lesson 20 if there is time.
TOG: vocab, geography map, important people copywork, Student Activity Pages, prayer letters
Reading assignments: Usborne Internet Linked Ancient Worlds (excerpts), Famous Men of Rome (selections), Vacation Under the Volcano

Princess S
Growing With Grammar: Lessons 92 through 98
Math: Test for Lesson 29, start lesson 30
TOG: Same as above
Reading assignments: Classical Kids, Who Were the Romans?, Brave Cloelia

Princess L
I am debating starting Math U See Primer with her. She loves to play with the blocks like legos. She also loves to count and color. I just am not sure whether we should start before our six week summer break. Decisions, decisions. I did purchase My Father's World Kindergarten to start with her in the fall. She will only be 4 1/2. I started Princess S at 4 1/2, however, I had one less child to deal with, and less attitude to deal with. So I think I'll spread this out over two years.

Princess M
Same old, same old. Life must be fairly boring for her now as we reach our homestretch.

We will be taking the CAT test soon. I have the tests in my possession, but have to look through them and decide how to administer two of them. This is the first year Princess S has to take it. And with her ADD tendencies, it could make for an interesting ride.