measuring & super mind

Drew finished up the measuring section of his math today. He had to measure wavy lines using string and then holding the string on the ruler. He thought that was so cool! He also did a little beginning geometry with lines...he told me he can't wait to begin geometry. Me either! I actually understood geometry really well when I took it in HS!


We began doing something crazy with his spelling words during the last unit before vacation. I finally took pictures of it today. While Drew isn't looking, I write each spelling word on a separate line with bogus letters filling up the entire line in between the correct letters. When I give the paper to Drew, I say the first word and then Drew has to find the correct spelling by circling the correct letters in order across the line. He LOVES this ~ mainly because it gives him a break from writing the words himself, I think! :o) Today he circled the correct letters in marker. Here's what it looked like afte the first two words...Kate learned about Samson today (strongest man in the Bible). An activity to go with her story was to compare various cans/boxes and put them in order lightest to heaviest. She did a great job...some were really close in weight.

All done!While Drew was busy with his work today, Kate surprised me and stayed at the table working on Super Mind puzzles. It had been a little while since we had them out and she can now do most of them on her own with just a little help from me (if there's a big blank space to fill in with a lot of shapes). :o) She wanted me to take a picture after each puzzle was done. She completed 4 of them today.

Drew kept wanting to help out, too!