Hi Everyone!!
I thought since we are halfway through our school year, now would be a good time to share some updates on how the kiddos are doing. Today i'm starting with Super Guy, who is in 5th Grade.
I still can't believe he is already in 5th grade.
Here is how the school year has been going for him.
This was our first year of trying out A Beka Book's
Read & Comprehend Skills Sheets 5. It's timed reading exercises followed by a comprehension quiz. I have to say that i really liked this for him. I think it helped a lot to improve his reading skills.
I didn't test him at the beginning of the year to see his reading level and i really wish i would have. However, i did just test him the other day and he is reading at a 6th grade level!! :)
We are still using Math-U-See for our math curriculum, which i absolutely love. It makes teaching math so much easier, especially when you have several children at different grade levels. Super Guy however does not love it, but he really struggles with math so i don't think he would like
any math curriculum.
This year we have really gotten into using the Rosetta Stone Language curriculum i purchased a few years ago.
He has been doing great on it! His Spanish vocabulary has definitely increased.
Everything else has been going pretty great too; Science, History, Handwriting, Vocab, Bible, Art. He is excelling in them all. :)
As far as things he is struggling with, i would say the main thing would be writing. He doesn't like to do any writing at all.
Coming up with what to write and how to write it, is a big fight with him. Mostly when it comes to English assignments (book reports, letters, etc.)
And although he doesn't like math, because he hasn't totally mastered his multiplication facts and so it takes him awhile to finish math assignments, he still does really well.
So that's how our school year has been going so far, it's shaping up to be one of our best years yet! :)
