Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Geography-activities 7-12-finally finished the lesson!!
*English for the Thoughtful Child-Lessons 4 &5
*Math online worksheets on borrowing-we had do re-do this together to ensure she was "getting it"
A pain in the butt, but worth it if she actually finally understands the concept.
*Lots of lifeskills stuff today-cleaning, mopping, sweeping, washing laundry, folding laundry, helping to sing Jacob to sleep.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*2 pages of Vocabulary: Homophones (from Comprehensive Curriculum book)
*1 page of Vocabulary: Words that sound alike. (from Comprehensive Curriculum book)
*Composed 2 poems
*We read from the Story of the World-three chapters (learned about Sargon and about Joeseph and Egypt).
*Leanna read some Psalms with Grammy today.
*She played outside and watched city workers digging up a water main on the street.
*Timothy did four pages of math and Justin did 3 pages of math.
*2 pages of Vocabulary: Homophones (from Comprehensive Curriculum book)
*1 page of Vocabulary: Words that sound alike. (from Comprehensive Curriculum book)
*Composed 2 poems
*We read from the Story of the World-three chapters (learned about Sargon and about Joeseph and Egypt).
*Leanna read some Psalms with Grammy today.
*She played outside and watched city workers digging up a water main on the street.
*Timothy did four pages of math and Justin did 3 pages of math.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Rewrote her page of info on Cheops and the Great Pyramid. Then I checked for errors which I had her fix. It still needed to be re-written, there were too many errors and it wasn't neat enough, so she recopied it again twice.
*Silent reading: Rachel's Journal (prairie diary)
*Read Miriam: The Big Sister's Secret told by Carine Mackenzie (to see similarities between this story and the Sargon myth mentioned in our history book.
*Read aloud to brothers (Dr. Seuss, etc.)
*began working on student planner-listing activities, chores, hobbies, etc. and figuring out how to put them in a pie chart. We discussed fractions and addition and division as part of this.
*Rewrote her page of info on Cheops and the Great Pyramid. Then I checked for errors which I had her fix. It still needed to be re-written, there were too many errors and it wasn't neat enough, so she recopied it again twice.
*Silent reading: Rachel's Journal (prairie diary)
*Read Miriam: The Big Sister's Secret told by Carine Mackenzie (to see similarities between this story and the Sargon myth mentioned in our history book.
*Read aloud to brothers (Dr. Seuss, etc.)
*began working on student planner-listing activities, chores, hobbies, etc. and figuring out how to put them in a pie chart. We discussed fractions and addition and division as part of this.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Friday, September 17, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*We read some poems from the What Your Fourth-Grader Needs To Know book. We focused on Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, and I had her watch an episode of Liberty Kids on You-Tube to supplement.
*Copied the spelling lists for the first five lessons (the lessons we've done already)
*3 worksheets on Synonyms/Antonymns
*Silent reading, Johanna Spry's Heidi.
*later recopied more spelling words.
*Began reading Rachel's journal.
*We read some poems from the What Your Fourth-Grader Needs To Know book. We focused on Paul Revere's Midnight Ride, and I had her watch an episode of Liberty Kids on You-Tube to supplement.
*Copied the spelling lists for the first five lessons (the lessons we've done already)
*3 worksheets on Synonyms/Antonymns
*Silent reading, Johanna Spry's Heidi.
*later recopied more spelling words.
*Began reading Rachel's journal.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
(bad day, not a lot got done)
*reading comprehension story from Read and Understand Fiction Grades 4-6 by Evan Moor. Four pages of questions and then we went over corrections and she re-did the parts that needed it.
*Designed a cover for her student planner.
*Silent reading-Arthur books and Fairy books. Some reading outloud to her baby brother from the fairy books.
*Watched the movie Call of the Wild with Christopher Lloyd.
*outdoor frisbee game with her brothers.
*lifeskills stuff (making the beds, straightening the rooms, etc.)
(bad day, not a lot got done)
*reading comprehension story from Read and Understand Fiction Grades 4-6 by Evan Moor. Four pages of questions and then we went over corrections and she re-did the parts that needed it.
*Designed a cover for her student planner.
*Silent reading-Arthur books and Fairy books. Some reading outloud to her baby brother from the fairy books.
*Watched the movie Call of the Wild with Christopher Lloyd.
*outdoor frisbee game with her brothers.
*lifeskills stuff (making the beds, straightening the rooms, etc.)
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