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Weekly Wrap-up ~ Summer School (A Giveaway!)

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We got back to a somewhat regular routine this week, and it was amazing!

Tuesday through Thursday we did some actual schoolwork. We realized pretty quickly that our brains were a little dusty, especially in math. We had to brush up on some basics in adding fractions and then moved on to adding those with unlike denominators. By the end of the week we were back on track.

Additionally, we did a grammar page each day and some personal reading.  We read more out of Farmer Boy this week and finished a great book by Chris Grabenstein called Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library.


We have an extra copy of this book so we are going to give it away! 

All you have to do is leave a comment below letting us know what you are most excited about studying this year in your schooling. I will choose a winner next Saturday, August 1st (my birthday). This giveaway is restricted to U.S. residents only.

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  1. scatteredleavesJuly 25, 2015 at 12:25 PM

    I'm looking forward to learning a new language.

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  2. UnknownJuly 27, 2015 at 11:27 AM

    I have so many things I am looking forward to that it is hard to pick just one. With my tutoring students in mind would it would have to be literatures studies with Progeny Press. With my high school students it would be watching her flourishing on her own taking Chemistry and Geometry from a different teacher.
    Blessings
    Diane

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