Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Spelling Lists 8 & 9 recopied, and Lesson 10 begun
*Handwriting practice/letter writing-she recopied and revised her letter to Deb
*BrainQuest workbook pg. 31 contractions
*BrainQuest workbook pg. 33 apostrophes
*Webkinz play (educational quizzes, computer time, math & money decisions)
*Our solar system workbook page on Mars
*this is hard to describe, but she's been narrating (outloud to me) some Little House/Laura Ingalls play stories. She makes little play food out of paper and tells stories of Pa buying it at the store or growing it. She tells how much he paid and how much the store keeper owes Pa(for example Pa paid him 5 cents for some cheese so she told me that he still owed Pa 3 cents because the cheese was only 2 cents). So she's actually practicing math and to an extent history because the Little House books tell of real history, though in a semi-fictional way. It's pretty neat, actually.
*2 chapters of Anne of Green Gables
We did a lot of cleaning today and the kids visited with Grammy.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Online math multiplication games for 1-2 hours
*BrainQuest pg. 176-177 multiplication
*we worked out multiplication tables for review also.
*Practice counting money (she counted out our change box, multiple times since she enjoyed it so much)
*she made a cake, we decorated some for Christmas, and she helped straighten up the dining room in addition to regular chores.
*Read a chapter of Anne of Green Gables.
*Online math multiplication games for 1-2 hours
*BrainQuest pg. 176-177 multiplication
*we worked out multiplication tables for review also.
*Practice counting money (she counted out our change box, multiple times since she enjoyed it so much)
*she made a cake, we decorated some for Christmas, and she helped straighten up the dining room in addition to regular chores.
*Read a chapter of Anne of Green Gables.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
(A very productive day for once! Not sure why-maybe because Tom finally put up a table in the dinning room, now we have a place to work! Or maybe because we talked about trying to get extra work done so we could stop school next week to focus on Christmas presents and Christmas crafts. Or just because we needed to make up for yesterday?)
*BrainQuest book: Math: Multiplication pages 172, 173, 174, 175! (this took a while, as her multiplication is VERY rusty)
*BrainQuest: spelling & vocab section: finished a page she'd missed a couple problems on, pages: 20 suffixes, 22 use context clues, some of page 25 ( I hadn't asked her to do that page yet) dictionary guide words, and 26.
*BrainQuest: Language Arts: page 28 compound words, 29 plurals, 30 plurals, 31 contractions.
*BrainQuest: Reading: pg. 66 reading schedules, pg. 67 following a recipie, pg. 94 and 95 Aesop's Fables.
*BrainQuest: Writing: Pg. 110 Narrative Writting, Pg. 111 Story Map, Pg. 112 Write a story
*BrainQuest: Science: Pg. 276-277 read & answer questions, Pg. 278 Shapes of the earth, Pg. 279 Rocks and minerals
*Comprehensive Curriculum book: Pg. 67 reading skills, sequencing
Pg. 69-Reading main ideas
Pg. 68-Reading skills main ideas in a sentence
Pg. 72-Reading skills main ideas
Pg. 75-Reading skills
Pg. 77-Reading skills sequencing
Pgs. 79-81 Reading skills
*Silent reading: Nancy Drew: The Bungalo Mystery (again)
Timothy voluntarily did more in his Dora math book: 7 pages, and he's getting better at writing his numbers and he's doing well in his counting.
Then Justin got out his math book and he did 6 pages. I notice he's making progress with counting as well. Jutin also helped me wash and peel apples to make apple bread. He's been making leaps in helpfulness lately!
(A very productive day for once! Not sure why-maybe because Tom finally put up a table in the dinning room, now we have a place to work! Or maybe because we talked about trying to get extra work done so we could stop school next week to focus on Christmas presents and Christmas crafts. Or just because we needed to make up for yesterday?)
*BrainQuest book: Math: Multiplication pages 172, 173, 174, 175! (this took a while, as her multiplication is VERY rusty)
*BrainQuest: spelling & vocab section: finished a page she'd missed a couple problems on, pages: 20 suffixes, 22 use context clues, some of page 25 ( I hadn't asked her to do that page yet) dictionary guide words, and 26.
*BrainQuest: Language Arts: page 28 compound words, 29 plurals, 30 plurals, 31 contractions.
*BrainQuest: Reading: pg. 66 reading schedules, pg. 67 following a recipie, pg. 94 and 95 Aesop's Fables.
*BrainQuest: Writing: Pg. 110 Narrative Writting, Pg. 111 Story Map, Pg. 112 Write a story
*BrainQuest: Science: Pg. 276-277 read & answer questions, Pg. 278 Shapes of the earth, Pg. 279 Rocks and minerals
*Comprehensive Curriculum book: Pg. 67 reading skills, sequencing
Pg. 69-Reading main ideas
Pg. 68-Reading skills main ideas in a sentence
Pg. 72-Reading skills main ideas
Pg. 75-Reading skills
Pg. 77-Reading skills sequencing
Pgs. 79-81 Reading skills
*Silent reading: Nancy Drew: The Bungalo Mystery (again)
Timothy voluntarily did more in his Dora math book: 7 pages, and he's getting better at writing his numbers and he's doing well in his counting.
Then Justin got out his math book and he did 6 pages. I notice he's making progress with counting as well. Jutin also helped me wash and peel apples to make apple bread. He's been making leaps in helpfulness lately!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
Slow school day because so much cleaning needed to be done after bringing home more stuff from the garage on Sunday.
*Physical excersize-walked to bank & dollar store
*Read 3 chapters of Anne of Green Gables
*Followed a recipie all on her own to make Snowdrop cookies. (she did well, only needing help making sure she had the right place on the measuring cup for 3/4). We just need to work on her cleaning up afterward skills. But to be fair, any recipie requiring confectioner's sugar can get very messy!
Slow school day because so much cleaning needed to be done after bringing home more stuff from the garage on Sunday.
*Physical excersize-walked to bank & dollar store
*Read 3 chapters of Anne of Green Gables
*Followed a recipie all on her own to make Snowdrop cookies. (she did well, only needing help making sure she had the right place on the measuring cup for 3/4). We just need to work on her cleaning up afterward skills. But to be fair, any recipie requiring confectioner's sugar can get very messy!
Friday, December 3, 2010
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Made cards and a get well banner for Pop-Pop
*Read a book about oil spills and discussed with her brothers.
*Researched rainforrest animals (her choice and she did this on her own)
*Took notes on rainforrest animals and read this info to me
*Looked up and printed out worksheet/coloring pages on a few of these animals (from enchanted learning)
*Silent Reading: Arthur, Bobsey Twins, American Girls Taking Care of You, etc. (all books she's read before, nothing new)
*Webkinz play
*Lifeskills (took care of 3 year old Jacob while I signed insurance papers with a lady downstairs), general cleaning, dishes, voluntarily started organizing her room, folding laundry, sweeping floor & clearing & cleaning the table. All good practice.
*Made cards and a get well banner for Pop-Pop
*Read a book about oil spills and discussed with her brothers.
*Researched rainforrest animals (her choice and she did this on her own)
*Took notes on rainforrest animals and read this info to me
*Looked up and printed out worksheet/coloring pages on a few of these animals (from enchanted learning)
*Silent Reading: Arthur, Bobsey Twins, American Girls Taking Care of You, etc. (all books she's read before, nothing new)
*Webkinz play
*Lifeskills (took care of 3 year old Jacob while I signed insurance papers with a lady downstairs), general cleaning, dishes, voluntarily started organizing her room, folding laundry, sweeping floor & clearing & cleaning the table. All good practice.
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