Too Hot for Fall
This year Baltimore experienced the "summer that wasn't" and I couldn't have been happier. Cool temperatures and low humidity meant coffee on the deck in the morning and Thursday we got to spend the entire school day out there working. It was gorgeous. Labor Day weekend came and now we are stifling. It's going to be 95 and humid, meaning the kids can't play outside, the dogs can't be outside for more than a minute and my house will heat up quickly if we open and close the doors too often or even keep the blinds open too much. Looks like sandwiches for lunch and a late dinner.
Today is the last day my youngest will be nine. We had a party for him Sunday night, complete with Minecraft inspired food items. He got his own laptop, which really opens up schooling for us. Currently he has done his morning work and finished his reading assignment. He is now typing away, doing a book report, and loving his freedom. He is testing out in Math to see where we start and that should last several school days. We are also reading these crazy grammar books by Brian P. Cleary. Today we read How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? and Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk. Then we practiced a page each on homonyms and synonyms.
In Science, we checked out our petri dishes from last week that are growing our own personal fungus from our body. Ewww! He is recording his findings for that and then growing bread mold. I hear that different breads grow different color molds and since I currently have several different kinds of breads, we are doing to try on a few of them. A little more practice in scientific notation will close that out for the day. History is about the nomads. We read our chapter, did the vocab and important people and then read You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mammoth Hunter. I love those books, but last year Koda didn't care for them. I hope he has grown into them! A little BrainPop on Digital Media Safety for Technology and Health and vvvwwwaaallla! Done!
Tomorrow is the big birthday. We will be celebrating with friends. No school for us. Thursday and Friday, however, we will be back on track. Love, love, love that fall is here....but hoping the summer weather disappears as quickly as it came!
Today is the last day my youngest will be nine. We had a party for him Sunday night, complete with Minecraft inspired food items. He got his own laptop, which really opens up schooling for us. Currently he has done his morning work and finished his reading assignment. He is now typing away, doing a book report, and loving his freedom. He is testing out in Math to see where we start and that should last several school days. We are also reading these crazy grammar books by Brian P. Cleary. Today we read How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? and Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk. Then we practiced a page each on homonyms and synonyms.
In Science, we checked out our petri dishes from last week that are growing our own personal fungus from our body. Ewww! He is recording his findings for that and then growing bread mold. I hear that different breads grow different color molds and since I currently have several different kinds of breads, we are doing to try on a few of them. A little more practice in scientific notation will close that out for the day. History is about the nomads. We read our chapter, did the vocab and important people and then read You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mammoth Hunter. I love those books, but last year Koda didn't care for them. I hope he has grown into them! A little BrainPop on Digital Media Safety for Technology and Health and vvvwwwaaallla! Done!
Tomorrow is the big birthday. We will be celebrating with friends. No school for us. Thursday and Friday, however, we will be back on track. Love, love, love that fall is here....but hoping the summer weather disappears as quickly as it came!
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