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Spero Academy Year-in-Review

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It's time for my year-in-review.  These post have come to mark a sense of accomplishment for me. They're milestones in our school-as-life journey. I can easily see my own growth and change as I look back on this set of posts from the past six, seven, eight years.  My 2019-20 plans post goes over how and why I chose these things. So this year went almost to plan. I tried a few new things, and had some hits and misses.  Here's how it shaped up. Meryn: 3rd grade:  Language :  -All About Spelling Level 3 -McGuffey Reader Book 1 & 2 -Writing Through Ancient History by Brookdale House -Song School Latin 2 Math:  -Math-U-see Gamma We accomplished all of this. I saw Meryn take big strides this year in her reading, reading comprehension, math skills, and slower, but steady gains in spelling.  I've learned to adapt the spelling for her.  She needs smaller bits and more hands on, less dictation.  So we've moved more to dictating individual sou