School - First Semester Fun

Here is what we've been up to with school first semester!

Full disclaimer...I don't get a lot of school-related pictures of Lorelei these days! She loves being at school three days a week, but is experiencing some of the woes that can come with middle school...including having a few teaching personalities she may not care for! Character building for us, but that's life! She is LOVING her extracurriculars: choir, speech, Spanish and art. She loves diving in and preparing speeches and speaks Spanish around the house more than the rest of us really care for. Learning some new art techniques is always a favorite for her as well! One other highlight from this semester would be having House Activities. Upper school is broken into four different houses grades 6-12, and Lorelei is in Veritas. They do various activities as a house, including putting together fun activities at the school picnic for the elementary students - they ran the inflatable water slide, and the Thanksgiving Feast - they had four long house tables which they planned and decorated and then ate a potluck feast for lunch that day.

Raze - to tear down completely; demolish
A new word this teacher got to learn.
He needed to hear mom say, "you were right." ;)

We are choosing various books for reading this year.
We find some great resources to go with our books from teachers pay teachers.
Frindle was the first book of the year - loved it.

Designing a tshirt from the town from the book.

We have a full history book, but also wanted to read some biographies from the Heros of History series.
Makin picked four heros he wanted to learn about and we have been reading those as part of our history as well. Then he does a project about the person. His first hero was Clara Barton.

When science is about rocks and you get to take a field trip to find some!

Making a mold of a shell and a cast of an acorn using plaster of paris as well as clay.

Loved learning about Thomas Edison from Heros of History!

How we all get along on home days... ;)

Miss Independant on a home day.
She typically listens to a variety of Harry Potter music.

One big blessing is that Mrs. Buman is working as Lorelei's math tutor via zoom.
(She is having her do problems on the board in this pic, while she watches from the computer!)
She helps Lorelei stay calm and helps her better understand her assignments, which is a HUGE win!

Makin and Charlie read Where The Mountain Meets The Moon for another reading assignment.
Then they each built a favorite scene from the book with Legos.

Sometimes working from home is tough.

Our December reading, which the boys didn't love,
but hey now we know what this "classic" is about!

We took a break from our usual writing curriculum and
 did some creative writing for most of December.
Love it so much!