It’s finally the last day of February (and the month decided to be annoying one last time with the gift of a flat tire, but that’s neither here nor there….)!

Ladybug began reading Jane Eyre for her next literature study. In religion we discussed Calvin and Zwingli and Reformed theology. She worked on extending sentences with prepositional phrases, participles, and appositives in writing. In psychology she read about spotlight effect and self-esteem. She finished Wuthering Heights and continued to read Travel as a Political Act.

Chickadee learned how to calculate slope, rewrite equations in slope-intercept form, and solve systems of equations in pre-algebra. In history she read about Santa Anna and Mexican independence. We finished reading Heart and Soul, which was an overview of Black history in the US, and turned our attention to the stories of some specific Black Americans…in addition to more well-known figures like Ruby Bridges, Coretta Scott King, and Jackie Robinson, we also read about a few lesser-known individuals like Ann Lowe and Ethel Payne. In science she learned about the skeletal system and began a section on muscles. We began reading The Bronze Bow.

We also went to the library to check up on the chicks. We saw some the day they hatched:

And we went back once all five of them were moved from the incubator to the box they’re currently residing in:

We’re hoping to go back to the library next week and see the chicks once more before they move to the farm that will be their new home!