SL Core D Week 21 "A"-LOW (Oct 24-28, 2011)

Our Read Aloud is Carry On, Mr. Bowditch.  There are two terms that I really have appreciated in this book:
1)"Lose an anchor to windward"-
*this means that an anchor holds a ship in place; and when one loses an anchor one drifts from important things.  This analogy is used to describe people and how we can lose an anchor to windward.
2)"Sail by the ash breeze"-
*this means when you get ahead by your own efforts, or your own get up and go.  This is also an analogy to describe the main character, Nat.   Nat has had to sail by the breeze (so far) all his life.

We have  been enjoying The Life of Fred-Apples.  Dd asked if this was "math" and I said no, it was logic.  That is true, right?!

Did I mention we are doing this about once a week and it is fun for dd:
Typing Instructor For Kids Platinum (Windows/Mac) by Individual Software
This week for bible, we are using:
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
(I love the swords we make and the concepts behind it; but I am ready for something more meaty soon.)

IEW-This week we are working on "Oysters".  Monday we made it through 3/4 of the KWO (Key Word Outline) and Wednesday we made it through 1/3 of the rough draft.  This program is difficult for dd.  I am hoping it will get easier as we progress.

Dd's Reader:

The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory

AAS-Step 6
WWE-Week 10
FLL- Lesson 14 (we did lesson 14 on Mon and again on Wed b/c it was such a good lesson on Adjectives I thought we could remember it better if we did it twice.)
Teaching Textbooks 4- Lessons 54, 55, 56
Story of the USA 2 chapter 4
Skip-Counting Songs (MUS) 8 Family


Activities:
Monday-dentist (no cavaties!)
Tuesday-Aqua Athlete's
Wed-Lessons
Thursday-LHE Co-op
Friday-Lessons

Audio:
finishing:
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 3) by Rick Riordan

Playaway:
Anne of Green Gables 

craft:

Lauri Toys Peel and Stick by Numbers Pets by Patch Products

*this is not the exact one she is doing; but you get the idea. 

vhs:  

Dear America the Winter of Red Snow (Unknown Binding)

*this vhs movie (from our library) is based on the reader dd is reading; we've watched this movie 3 times now!