Week 8 of Homeschool: We learned all about India, looked up synonyms and antonyms in the Dictionary, studied Latin 3rd declension noun endings, wrote a paper about the Epic of Gilgamesh, learned how animals reproduce, grew wheat grass from seed, tested our spelling skills, gave a presentation about our electric drum kit (Francis), learned about coral, sponges and sea stars, read about hurricanes and tested our comprehension, finished another Cooper Kids book, skip-counted the 13s, read in McGuffey Reader 3, worked on identifying parts of a sentence, looked at prepositions, and went to Effie Yeaw Nature Center for a hike with friends!