Week 36

We are almost done with school!  We had our last visit with our supervising teacher and Samuel was given grades so really everything else we do now is bonus! For science, we made a mini water cycle. That worked well.  The boys have an end of the year grammar assignment to make a menu.  Samuel was all over that idea, looking up different items to put on his menu.  Nathan said he would rather wait until next week to work on it.  Haha!  4 more school days and then we have 8th grade graduation and the end of the year celebration!

 

Week 35

This week was a whirlwind! The boys did a science experiment with yeast so that’s always a hit. We also did a little activity to learn more about the Underground Railroad. We are entering into our last 2 weeks of school so we’ll be wrapping things up. The weekend was busy with my nephew’s wedding and Mother’s Day but we’re back at school with a supervising teacher meeting tomorrow.

 

Week 34

 

This is the only picture I got of our week!  This was Monday, Brian’s birthday, and we took the day off to celebrate! We also had a visit from our supervising teacher but filled the other days with regular schoolwork. Nathan is in his final assessment in math, which involves a new test each day.  We’ll circle back to the topics he needs extra work on to fill the rest of the school days.  We started our last science unit, which is on weather.  Everything is definitely winding down, which is exciting for everyone!!

Week 33

 

This week, Nathan’s math wrapped up with a lesson on the compass. He’ll start his post test on this level and be finished with it by the end of school. Exciting! For science lab, we made a wind turbine. It was a rainy day and Brian volunteered to be sprayed by the water. We are counting down these last days of school and working on wrapping up everything. 

Week 32

 

These pictures aren’t in order but our science lab was making a hovercraft after learning about wind power. It did work!  We also finished our read aloud and it was different but good. We couldn’t have guessed how that ended! I got out the books I had left and they picked our last read aloud. We’re winding down, hard to believe!

Week 31

Monday was the solar eclipse and we were ready!  We had already done a field trip about it and had the glasses ready.  Samuel has been very interested in it so him and I sat outside and had a perfect view.  We attempted a picture with an old phone but it didn’t do it justice!

The rest of the week was pretty normal.  We did a successful science lab!  We separated the hydrogen from water, as pictured in the glass of water.  It’s the little bubble like things by the copper wires.  Easy to do and it worked—love those labs!  We started an art project and just kept on with our other subjects!!

 

Week 30

We had a successful science lab this week!  We made the LED light turn on using lemons, washers and wires that Nathan stripped the coating off of.  We also had an optional art activity.  It was optional because it was using bleach to draw a picture.  I hate using bleach but Nathan wore an apron as a precaution and was successful drawing a cat.  For history, we played a gold rush game because we just finished a lesson on that.  Nathan won the most gold!  I can’t tell if the boys are loving the read aloud but I enjoy it!  I have no idea on the mystery part of it.