The Inclusive Atrium

For the Week- in a Whirlwind – AV

Tedious is not the way I would define our week.  I was challenged this past week on my lack of store-bought (or web-bought) curricula.  Although when I am “following the child”, as Dr. Montessori called it, I am never more sure of the rightness of this for the AV and JV.  But in the cold light of a skeptical mom, one trembles, quivers, and behaves like jello.  I hemmed and hawed, stammered, and made some platitudinous statements. So anyway, this post is for the skeptics.

AV’s Week – 6th grade

  • Monday:
    • Water bear project – in depth research continues, rough draft completed; editing of draft; spelling and grammar evaluated; final typed into computer; graphics located
    • Silent reading
    • Began watching and discussing A Comedy of Errors – Shaespeare
    • Discussed proposal for Blue Heron Glass as art for semester with teacher and other participants
  • Tuesday:
    • Algebra
    • Typing
    • Silent reading
    • Sculpy model of Water bear (managing baking it in oven, too)
    • Research into Halo-plankton – creation of example in Sculpy
    • Latin
    • Completed watching and discussing A Comedy of Errors – Shaespeare
    • Worked on super dodecahedron
    • Took the day off from writing as yesterday was all writing
  • Wednesday:
    • Went to retrieve glass models of zooplankton and phytoplankton from Blue Heron Glass. (note: clear on black fires – clear)
    • Turned in proposal for Blue Heron to create art project space for semester art
    • Algebra
    • Silent reading
    • Research on Zoo-plankton
    • Geography quizzing
    • Completed super dodecahedronAV and JV super dodecahedron
  • Thursday:
    • Algebra
    • Silent reading
    • Discussion of plant cells, reproduction
    • Began listening to “Guns, Germs, and Steal” – discussing Clovis peoples moving from hunter gathers to herders
    • Learning to paint with acrylics
  • Friday: – singularly the most engrossing for all the children
    • Algebra
    • Paragraph summary on research into IBM’s photograph of a molecule.
    • Current – grounding – wiring of plugs, batteries and strenghts
    • Stop-motion LEGO video begun
    • Use of microscope to see mud puddle creatures.
    • Lecture on Adaptation of Fish Species at Grice Marine Labs
  • Saturday
    • Visit to Charleston Aquarium – in depth discussion of Conchs v. Welks
    • Cultural visit to Roller Derby – discussion of Citadel, military mind, customs