I really don't know what this says about my management skills, but we've managed to pack a lot into the last two days. Almost a week's worth of lessons in some subjects. We haven't really had Math as a class, because Mr. Vahle's class does their testing at the end of the day, so that's been a tad bit lacking, but that's about the only thing that is.
We've done a lot in Health, Social Studies, and Reading. We're in the thick of the American Revolution at this point, and we'll probably have a test of some kind at the end of next week, but I'm undecided as to the format; length, open note/open book/traditional test is still up in the air.
We're taking a break from a spelling list this week, and there is no Caesar's English this week, either. But one fun thing we're doing this week is that I'm going over some Latin phrases with them each day that are commonly (well, kind of) used in modern-day English. So far, we've had ante meridian (AM), post meridian (PM), anno domini (AD), etc., pro bono, quid pro quo, ad hoc, and ad infinitum. Our Word of the Day today was gung ho.
We also read (okay, I read it and the kids just had to listen along...) the story of how Isaac Singer started his sewing machine business way back in ye olden days. I think it's kind of interesting in a Fast Company kind of way, but the kids didn't seem to agree. Ah, well; win some, lose some.
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