Our week in Review- Week 11

Well our week has been a little strange, dh was home sick on Sunday and Monday, the mold count is through the roof and has been effecting both of us for weeks (since Gustav blew through and then Ike). So we are getting a little behind but I have some "catch up weeks" scattered in before Christmas.

Week 3 at co-op unearthed my 14yo test taking skills, she received a 93 on her first Spanish test and has a 120 homework average (yep she is the extra credit master in spanish). In biology she took a test, and it was hard it is Abeka Biology, and got a 74 so we learned she needs to really review hard before she takes her tests. She is currently gathering up extra credit to take in on Friday to be added to her test grade.

This week in History we are studying Ancient China, the boys are writing mini-reports on Chinese inventions, the both chose gunpowder. Isn't that a big suprise considering wants to be a police officer and the other wants to be a parimedic SWAT member (yes the have some of those in Dallas). She is doing a mini biography on Confucius mainly to understand a little bit more about how that religion got started.

The chef to be is loving doing TOPS science Monday he made a circuit out of a clothes pin and enjoys the hands-on feel of TOPS. WE are going to start working on our science fair projects soon. The queen would like to make a model of the heart, and the chef would like to do an electricity project, the wacky prince wants to do something but not sure on what?

Math is coming alone, how else to describe it? The queen is getting ready to start Pre-Algebra in the next two weeks. Math is not her thing but I think she is turning a corner and it is starting to get easier for her. The wacky prince is thriving in Saxon and is doing really well, I think he really needs the spiral method. The chef is doing well and is taking a math class to help with his facts at co-op. The class seems to be helping him and his rate of computation errors is going down.

Tomorrow we go to week 4 of our co-op, we love co-op but it is a little exhausting for mom. I teach three classes and I still have to prep those. I have two chapters to read for my literature class and I need to firm up my plans for my 4th-6th Africa class I have already worked out what we will do in the 1st-3rd grade. Everyone have a good weekend.