Schoolwork Accomplished:
*I read the Dinosaurs Magic School Bus book by Joanna Cole to all the kids.
*Online research on dinosaurs, notes on stegosaurus
*Online research & quiz on volcanoes
*Division.com work on tables through 11
*Oral quiz on multiplication/division problems
*We read chapter 13 and reviewed chapter 12 in The Story of the World.
*Computer play with webkinz
We read a chapter in Prince Caspian
Aunt Cindy, Grammy, and Aunt Laura visited tonight. Aunt Cindy read some stories to the kids. A short visit since Leanna didn't finish her work and couldn't come over this weekend(Grammy was not happy about this) and Grammy didn't like the show on tv.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Painted some pictures with watercolors
*Began composing a story and typing it on the computer.
*Finished the Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook
*Played games/quizzes on Division.com and did the multiplication 4 X tables (for practice) and division tables up to the 6s.
*She read a biography of Beethoven and filled out a "job application" for him with facts about his life. We listened to some of his more famous pieces.
*We also listened to some classical music on tv tonight.
*We read two chapters in Prince Caspian
begin research on famous composers
*Painted some pictures with watercolors
*Began composing a story and typing it on the computer.
*Finished the Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook
*Played games/quizzes on Division.com and did the multiplication 4 X tables (for practice) and division tables up to the 6s.
*She read a biography of Beethoven and filled out a "job application" for him with facts about his life. We listened to some of his more famous pieces.
*We also listened to some classical music on tv tonight.
*We read two chapters in Prince Caspian
begin research on famous composers
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook: 7 pages (one more to go!)
*Comprehensive Curriculum: 8 pages: 235, 239, 242, 243, 244, 258 (and two more)
*Wrote multiplication facts from one to four tables
*Two pages in Editing and Writing book
*Art Project: lacing to make braclets, pencil toppers, keychain decorations, etc.
*Silent reading: Black Beauty
*We read and discussed more about Roman life from the book The Way People Live: Life in Ancient Rome by Don Nardo
*Began correcting the mistakes in her spelling review of lessons 6-10
*Lifeskills: baking cupcakes all by herself. This included my giving her some baking tips and a short discussion of fraction related math (how much is two thirds? What does it look like in relation to the whole? And she related it to money)
*Timothy did four more pages in his math book. I read two dinosaur stories to Justin & Timothy. Justin spent a lot of time outside playing in the snow. Inside they played superman and Jacob spent quite a bit of time playing with trains and cars. He built ramps and train tracks and just had a blast all by himself.
*Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook: 7 pages (one more to go!)
*Comprehensive Curriculum: 8 pages: 235, 239, 242, 243, 244, 258 (and two more)
*Wrote multiplication facts from one to four tables
*Two pages in Editing and Writing book
*Art Project: lacing to make braclets, pencil toppers, keychain decorations, etc.
*Silent reading: Black Beauty
*We read and discussed more about Roman life from the book The Way People Live: Life in Ancient Rome by Don Nardo
*Began correcting the mistakes in her spelling review of lessons 6-10
*Lifeskills: baking cupcakes all by herself. This included my giving her some baking tips and a short discussion of fraction related math (how much is two thirds? What does it look like in relation to the whole? And she related it to money)
*Timothy did four more pages in his math book. I read two dinosaur stories to Justin & Timothy. Justin spent a lot of time outside playing in the snow. Inside they played superman and Jacob spent quite a bit of time playing with trains and cars. He built ramps and train tracks and just had a blast all by himself.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Writing and Editing book:
*Geography Book-finished lesson 9
*Researched online what the original 13 colonies were and tried to find out why America wanted to break free from England.
*I read her the Magic Treehouse Research Guide for the Revolutionary War by Mary Pope Osbourne
*Outdoor play
*Read from Prince Caspian
*Writing and Editing book:
*Geography Book-finished lesson 9
*Researched online what the original 13 colonies were and tried to find out why America wanted to break free from England.
*I read her the Magic Treehouse Research Guide for the Revolutionary War by Mary Pope Osbourne
*Outdoor play
*Read from Prince Caspian
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Outdoor play-snowcastle/igloo building and sledding again!
*Silent reading: Cut From the Same Cloth by Robert D. San Souci & Brian Pinkney
*Looked up whether or not potatoes have antibacterial properties after cutting up potatoes and seeing an infected cut start to dissapear.
*Comprehensive Curriculum: 6 pages on: Sit, Set, Can, May, Its, It's, This, These, and They're, their, there
*Comprehensive Curriculum: Mulitplying two digit by two digit. This took forever and a day and caused much frustration on both our parts!
*Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook: pg. 50 on division with remainders.
*We read two chapters of Prince Caspian
*I read If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numberoff and Trucker by Barbara and Mark Weatherby
*Outdoor play-snowcastle/igloo building and sledding again!
*Silent reading: Cut From the Same Cloth by Robert D. San Souci & Brian Pinkney
*Looked up whether or not potatoes have antibacterial properties after cutting up potatoes and seeing an infected cut start to dissapear.
*Comprehensive Curriculum: 6 pages on: Sit, Set, Can, May, Its, It's, This, These, and They're, their, there
*Comprehensive Curriculum: Mulitplying two digit by two digit. This took forever and a day and caused much frustration on both our parts!
*Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook: pg. 50 on division with remainders.
*We read two chapters of Prince Caspian
*I read If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numberoff and Trucker by Barbara and Mark Weatherby
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Silent reading: Prince Caspian, Bobbsey Twins, and Black Beauty
*Outdoor play in the snow/ice with Justin and Timothy (made part of an igloo/snow castle)
*I read to her from The Way People Live: Life in Ancient Rome by Don Nardo (Actually we read from this during the day, and again at night).
*practice doing sit-ups and push ups (inside)
*Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook-5 pages. We've been working on long division. This took a bit of work, she can do it, she just has to stop freezing up when she gets scared.
*I did 6 pages of math with Timothy, and both boys, but mainly Justin, practiced reading and saying their numbers.
*Silent reading: Prince Caspian, Bobbsey Twins, and Black Beauty
*Outdoor play in the snow/ice with Justin and Timothy (made part of an igloo/snow castle)
*I read to her from The Way People Live: Life in Ancient Rome by Don Nardo (Actually we read from this during the day, and again at night).
*practice doing sit-ups and push ups (inside)
*Beginning Multiplication/Division workbook-5 pages. We've been working on long division. This took a bit of work, she can do it, she just has to stop freezing up when she gets scared.
*I did 6 pages of math with Timothy, and both boys, but mainly Justin, practiced reading and saying their numbers.
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