We are reading Hanukkah: Eight Nights, Eight Lights by Malka Drucker. There are 8 chapters so we can read for 8 days of the holiday all about what it entails, culminating in a report about what he has learned.
We are working on more of his writing skills, as his story telling skills are already superb. We have also had to go back into math a bit and re-establish some of the 3rd grade fundamentals as 4th grade math has posed a bit of a challenge. He is doing phenomenally in all other areas of study. We are also stepping up his language learning, as we are going to make more evident in paper work as opposed to just speaking and understanding.
I am listening to him read right now. There are some pretty interesting words in the book like Hellenistic, sophisticated, Macedonia, circumcision, Shabbat. He is doing a great job of sounding out words that are difficult. It’s also wonderful to hear him draw from his previous knowledge in other studies as he reads about different aspects of the history of Hanukkah which are relevant to the background and culture of the times.
*Edited to say that he found out that Greeks used to wrestle naked in the gymnasium and he exclaimed “I’m glad we’re not Greek!” HA !! Poor baby was a bit traumatized by that naked wrestling thing. He LOVES MMA and wrestling, so it made him feel weird.*
