Week+Two

Congratulations on making it successfully through week one and helping your students to produce excellent work. Overall, their writing and presentation skills were impressive, and other work was completed correctly. This week should be much easier since routines are becoming more established, and we are basically repeating the same procedures for the coming week.

I realize that some families are going out of town or have special plans for the holiday weekend, ours included. I did not want to major modifications to the assignments in the guide because it becomes difficult to keep up with if too drastically altered. If your student could potentially miss two days of work, please just prioritize the workload and let me know if you make changes. For example, you might suggest that they make a very nice rough draft in pencil and make corrections to eliminate the time required to rewrite a final, or maybe read //It Couldn't Just Happen// one time rather than two if your activities limit time. We certainly want to encourage good learning/work habits, but a flexible schedule that allows for enjoyment of family outings is also an important part of homeschooling.

Geography reminder: We are drawing and labeling the U.S. from memory next Thursday. Also, please bring best drawing from home.

Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend,

Cara