Read a few more chapters out of Sweep. They talked about Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night, which was a fun reminder from SOTW earlier this year.
Aaron day today. He made a new goal to do 15 minutes of Khan every day, so we did it together. Mostly comparing fractions. He had no trouble at all. Catherine started working on fractions with different denominators and did a great job as well. She made it to 50%, which was her goal!
Learning journal day. Aaron wrote about the mirror refraction experiment with the arrows flipping. Seth wrote about how mirrors flip on the z axis as well as why we can't be our shadows (little weird, but his logic was sound). Catherine didn't do hers today. So...tomorrow.
Aaron's piano lesson went beautifully. I think the iPad note game has really helped! And his counting is still amazing.
At lunch we watched a video on Bonfire Night, a Physics Girl on your eyes vs. a camera, part of a boring video on the Crystal Palace, and a Mark Rober glitterbomb 3.0.
We had our book club meetings today. My last week hosting/teaching for Other Words for Home, so we enjoyed some qamar al deen to drink (basically apricot juice), plus feta, hummus, olives, and some awamat (fried donut holes covered in honey). We discussed Islamophobia, terrorism, the war in Syria right now, and how the book should have ended. Lots of heavy stuff. Catherine's group discussed Matilda and each shared one of their favorite books (Catherine's was Percy Jackson).
Then the kids spent the rest of the afternoon running wild and having tons of fun.
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