It feels like we’ve been all over the place this week, school-wise. Rockford and I didn’t get back into town until Monday afternoon, so there wasn’t any schoolwork on Monday. Starting the week that way always makes the rest of the week feel a little off for me, so I’m feeling kind of like we didn’t actually accomplish anything this week.

This is one of the good things about writing it all down. If we really didn’t do anything, I know I’ll need to get things back on track next week. And if we did accomplish something, then I can stop worrying so much, I guess.

Math
Poppy started the second chapter of her math book this week. It’s subtraction, and so far she’s having no problem with it whatsoever. She also did her usual 30 minutes a day on Dreambox Learning.

Recitation
“Fog” by Carl Sandburg is the first non-rhyming poem I’ve asked Poppy to memorize, and she’s having a hard time with it. So we’ll continue it next week.

Reading
We’re near the end of “The Secret Garden.” Poppy’s done a great job with her 20 minutes of free reading this week. Yesterday morning, in fact, she tucked Pete into her bed and read to him. And I didn’t even ask her to do it! I was stunned and so very pleased.

Science
It was our week to host the Ballerina Science Club again. We read “The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top” and watched a short video of volcanos erupting and magma flowing about. And we made a volcano. We made it erupt three times; it was a big hit.

It appears we did accomplish some things! So that’s good.