2022-23 School Year–Week Eighteen

This was a pretty quiet week of school. Ladybug worked word problems centered around “distance equals rate times time” in algebra 2. She did more problems involving stoichiometry in chemistry. In history, she read about the early Lombards, as well as Japan and China. She already finished her grammar curriculum for the year! We continued our discussion of To Kill a Mockingbird. We turned our attention to Star Wars Everyday for a change of pace, and she made Hoth Chocolate Snowballs to celebrate what was, in the end, a pretty lackluster snow day in terms of snow, but still fun.

Chickadee did word problems involving perimeter and area in math. She finished the chapter on ungulates in science. We continued reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. In grammar, she reviewed conjunctions and the various ways commas are used. In history, we read about the line drawings of the Nazca and the giant heads made by the Olmecs.

I can’t believe February begins next week!

Snow Day

Today was a rather anti-climactic snow day as far as the snow was concerned (three inches at most that melted really quickly), but school was cancelled, so we had time to do some fun things like baking. We also made Hoth Chocolate Snowballs from Star Wars Everyday. I never would have thought of using malt powder in hot chocolateā€¦it’s really delicious!

We also had the Markel Family Snow Day Special for dinner…French Toast (made with vanilla brioche!):

We might not have had enough snow to really play in, and I didn’t get to shovel, but it was still a nice break from the normal!