Snapshot Summary, January 16-20, 2012 week 16

Snapshot Summary, January 16-20

This week we have...

 enjoyed a few games of Power Sharks! It is nice for learning the names and some facts about sharks, and a little math thrown in as well.

We explored math blocks...practiced math facts...

learned about the Constitution, the presidents up to Grant...

and the branches of government.

Alex wrote about the Ohio River boats of 1795.

 We got our geoboard in the mail.

 and they enjoyed exploring it.

 Quentin dictated to me his third story this week.
We have practiced reading and writing copywork.

It has been so cold we have had the fireplace going all week to heat this big old house.

We are still waiting for some snow. The temperatures are cold enough for it, but we have been having sunny skies.

 We have been studying the French Revolution with the younger two boys. 
Alex and Sam have been studying the connections between the French Revolution, Napoleon's rise to power and the Louisiana Purchase. I love studying American History in World History context. It makes so much more sense this way.

We have enjoyed reading In Search of Honor. Amazon's description of it is good:

Young Jacques Chenier, caught up in the anarchy and terror of the French Revolution, finds himself living a precarious existence as one calamity succeeds another. His biggest fight, however, is to free himself from the prison of his own bitterness.

We had Cabbage Burgers for dinner to celebrate our study of South Dakota. They are shredded cabbage and beef pasties.

We will be taking a staycation in three weeks, so we will be doing some unit studies for the next two weeks because the subjects I had planned don't break well in three weeks.