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Our week was chugging along swimmingly until this morning, when Pete woke up with stomach trouble. He’s the only one who’s had an issue so far, so I’m guessing it was something he ate yesterday. Either way, he’s spending the day in quarantine. Hello, first sick day of the year. 🙁
Here’s a little of what Pete and Poppy worked on this week:
Language Arts
Reading
Pete zoomed through the rest of his Barnes and Noble Reading Challenge books this week. The program includes a section where the reader recommends the book to others who might enjoy it. My favorite recommendations from his this year? He believes that “people who like wedgies” might enjoy Dav Pilkey’s “Captain Underpants And The Wrath Of The Wicked Wedgie Women” and that those “who like airplanes and strong ladies” might enjoy Kate Boehm Jerome’s “Who Was Amelia Earhart?”
Spelling
The eminent JJ T. Cat helped Pete make the spelling words vanish.Pete definitely prefers hands-on work (in every subject) to written stuff, I’ve continued to look for and use tactile projects for his spelling lessons. One of his favorites this week was using a foam brush and some water to make his spelling list vanish from the sidewalk outside.
Math
Every so often Poppy and I hit a point in her math curriculum where my explanation of how things work doesn’t connect with her mode of understanding. That happened this week with her reintroduction to multiplying multiple numbers. So we turned to MathAntics, and they once again solved our dilemma. Thanks, MathAntics dudes!
History
We’re still talking about Napoleon this week.
Extracurricular
Almost all of the kids’ extracurriculars are back in action now, but somehow it didn’t feel overwhelming this week. Pete had guitar, Poppy had two soccer practices, and they both went to tae kwon do. Poppy will be back to piano next week, and Pete’s soccer practice starts in a few weeks. I’m guessing it’ll start feeling busy then!
The kids and I are all having a hard time getting in gear for school today. I stayed up way too late watching TV; I suspect the kids are just taking advantage of my malaise. So they’re watching “Teen Titans Go” and I’m Photoshopping esteemed actor Judd Nelson onto pasta.
The good news is: We have nothing on the schedule this afternoon, so we’ll dive into math and history once the Teen Titans finish vanquishing their foes or eating pizza or whatever.
Monday: Choose Your Own Adventure Burger
We have some veggies burgers and some Trader Joe’s chicken-lime burgers in the freezer.
Tuesday: Breakfast for dinner?
Poppy starts soccer practice this week, and it’s my turn to drive the carpool. We may end up at McAlister’s for kids night instead of have BFD.
Wednesday: Spaghetti & meatballs
Pete thrust his fist into the air à la John Bender when I asked if he’d like meatballs this week. That’s always a good reaction to the menu plan.
Thursday: Meatball subs
I have a theory about meatballs, and that theory is this: If you’re going to make meatballs, you may as well make a lot of them. Hopefully I’ll have some left over for the freezer, too.
Friday: Pizza
It’s pizza-on-the-grill night! Will I put meatballs on the pizza? Probably so!
” and that those “who like airplanes and strong ladies” might enjoy Kate Boehm Jerome’s “Who Was Amelia Earhart?
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