Thursday, June 16, 2011

Reading Aloud Challenge: June 16

It has been a BUSY week.  Kids are taking turns being sick, and we were without water at the end of last week.  I'm stressed.  I'm exhausted.  But we did still manage to do some reading.

One Foot AshoreWe read a couple more chapters of One Foot Ashore this week.   The kids keep begging for one more chapter, but this week has been crazy.

We abandoned Anna and the King of Siam.  I realized that what Connor was supposed to be reading for school was Anna and the King, which is about half the length... same author and all.  Anyway, the descriptions in the "adult" book are long and, well, boring.  The library doesn't have Anna and the King and I decided I just don't care enough to buy it right now.  So (dare I confess this on a read-aloud post) we watched the Jodie Foster movie....

Whale of a Story: 
Adventures on the High Seas
We finished Whale of a Story for the Master Books Summer Reading Program.  This counts for any of my three youngest children.  Great book.  Fabulous illustrations.  So much to look at.


Darien's Rise (Adventures in Odyssey Passages)We read Darien's Rise, which is the fist book in the Adventures in Odyssey Passages series.  The kids want more...  I think we can probably do that.  Summer is a time for books like this...

Nory Ryan's SongConnor and I listened to Nory Ryan's Song.  Oh, wow.   This was one we planned to do on vacation while driving to South Dakota, but it didn't happen.  Instead, we listened while chasing around last weekend.  I thought I was going to end up needing to pull over so I could sob...

Plans for this coming week?  I don't know.  William will be at scout camp, so I'm hoping to finish One Foot Ashore before he leaves.




How did your week go?  Sign the linky and I'll definitely come visit your post.   Love having you here...


To see my first post when this turned into a linky thing, check here.


3 comments:

Tristan said...

Yay for movies -- sometimes you just need to kick back and watch it instead of read it.

I know I never join in, but I love reading the read aloud posts. We're reading books too. ;)

Michelle Smith said...

Another good week on your end, Debra! I didn't know about those AIO Passages books. I have discovered that my two closest libraries have copies of some of them, which will count toward my children's summer library reading program goals. I need to go to the library today anyway, so I'm taking notes and will be looking for those! ;)

Jill said...

It was fun to read about your Read-Aloud times. I love to Read aloud to my kids too. I think it comes from years of using Sonlight. I may have to join your linky next Thursday, I could use some accountability in making sure I actually get this done in the summer.