We've had a busy week in the "school room" in the loft and Benedict has achieved quite a lot of work.
Monday 10th May -
Benedict wrote the numbers and corresponding words from 40 - 60. His handwriting is much improved and he has worked hard at keeping the letters neat and on the line.
He drew a small picture of a boat and accompanying sea creatures.
Read " The Victorian Adventure" from The Oxford Reading Tree Level 8.
Practical Life Skills: organised the recycling, swept the dining room floor and cleared the table after lunch.
Independent reading after lunch - Benedict chose a diabetes information book which is solely geared towards children with the condition.
Independent writing - Benedict wrote a letter home as an evacuee during The Second World War. His writing deteriorated and concentration waned towards the end. He was very tired both physically and mentally.
Benedict has worked incredibly hard today and I am very pleased with all his efforts.
Tuesday 11th May -
Peculiar BM's all day, swinging from one extreme to the other. Despite this he did manage some work - he copied out the evacuee letter with correct grammar and spellings, practised this weeks spellings, read "The Surprise" from The Oxford Tree Scheme, constructed a complex marble run creation and made a picture scene with modelling clay.
Wednesday 12th May -
Drew a picture to accompany the evacuee letter. In it he added barrage balloons, an anderson shelter, sandbags, gas masks and an incendiary bomb. He was able to describe in detail the function of each item.
Mathematics - Tens and Units using cuisinaire rods. We listened to the Times Tables soundtrack game. He needed a lot of help from me but we had great fun!
Copied numbers 60 - 80 and their corresponding words whilst listening to "The Junior Jug Band - Songs to Sing". The tape was sent to us from our friend in Canada and when he'd finished writing he did his own jive movements, the rhythm was quite infectious!
Using numbered cards as a visual prompt he counted in 2's, 5's and 10's.
Read "William's Mistake" from The Reading Scheme.
Thursday 13th May -
Today should have been our Home Ed Group meeting but due to a lack of numbers it was sadly cancelled. The lady who runs it had put time and effort into organising a theme for the day and I felt for her that, only two of us had bothered to reply to her e-mail stating we wished to attend. Benedict was very disappointed and asked could we do something "fun" rather than stay at home. We had a treat lunch at our local "Frankie and Benny's" and then paid a visit to the shoe shop. Pip was lucky she got a pair of slippers and shoes at less than the cost of her first pair!! We couldn't find anything for Benedict so I think we'll have to look further afield.
All things considered it has been a good week!
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