Bones Info

The human skeleton consists of 206 bones. We are actually born with more bones (about 300), but many fuse together as a child grows up. These bones support your body and allow you to move. Bones contain a lot of calcium (an element found in milk, broccoli, and other foods). Bones manufacture blood cells and store important minerals.

The longest bone in our bodies is the femur (thigh bone). The smallest bone is the stirrup bone inside the ear. Each hand has 26 bones in it. Your nose and ears are not made of bone; they are made of cartilage, a flexible substance that is not as hard as bone.

Joints: Bones are connected to other bones at joints. There are many different types of joints, including: fixed joints (such as in the skull, which consists of many bones), hinged joints (such as in the fingers and toes), and ball-and-socket joints (such as the shoulders and hips).

Differences between males and females: Males and females have slightly different skeletons, including a different elbow angle. Males have slightly thicker and longer legs and arms; females have a wider pelvis and a larger space within the pelvis, through which babies travel when they are born.

Friday, March 4, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:

*Kumon Multiplication workbook-2 1/2 pages (both multip. and addition review)
*Silent reading: Bobbsey Twins: Mystery at School
*Comprehensive Curriculum-three English pages 227,
*Father/Daughter dance (Girl Scout function)
*World continents and oceans online game
*USA capitals online game
*Online research:Lewis and Clark
*She wrote her own version of a Lewis and Clark journal entry
*Muscles worksheet
*Bones worksheet
*Online skeletal system game
We looked at skeletal bones on several online sites
*work on Human Body lapbook
*we read a condensed version of Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:

*Silent reading: Bobbsey Twins: Mystery at School
*Human Body worksheet on Kidneys-read info & answered questions
*Human Body worksheet on Lungs-read info & answered questions

*Colored a picture labeling the different parts of the Human Body
*2 pages of Cursive writing practice
*One page of division word problems
*A page on telling time (a little young for her, but she didn't seem to know how to tell minutes.  After I went over it with her, she's now fine.)
*We went over her incorrect items on the worksheets from yesterday.
*Comprehensive Curriculum page 320 on library catalogues
*Lifeskills-sorting clothes, tons and tons of dishes, extra help cleaning up
*Computer play

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:
*We went over the incorrect contractions and punctuation errors in her Writing and Editing book
*Two page worksheet on capitalization
*Human body worksheet-Lungs-explanatory info and ?s

*Human body worksheet-digestive system-explanatory info and ?s
*Outdoor play-more excersize in the brisk, and today windy, weather!
*Read and Understand Fiction workbook-Princess and the Warrior story/questions finished
*Girl Scout meeting-badgework. 

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:
*Comprehensive Curriculum-reading comprehension-The Boy Who Cried Wolf, which she read aloud to Justin and Timothy and then asked them questions.
*Outdoor play-several sessions of tag and racing, etc.etc.
*Comprehensive Curriculum-Book Review Outline
*Wrote her own biography outline
*Printable worksheets to work on her mistakes in the writing and editing workbook-a page on commas, two pages on capitalization, two pages on contractions.
*Read a worksheet on the brain and answered questions.  Read a worksheet on the heart and answered questions. 
*A division worksheet drill.  She did this so fast and only had one wrong!  I was so impressed!  I even quizzed her a bit to make sure she hadn't cheated because it was hard to believe she'd done it so fast and accurately.  I was very proud! 
*We read chapter 18 in The Story of the World and discussed it. 

Monday, February 28, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:

*Writing and Editing workbook: 5 pages
*Comprehensive Curriculum-2 pages on poems.  Shape poems & limericks. 
*Entire Geography Lesson Standard 11
*Spelling Lesson 12 & oral quiz
*Silent reading: Anne of Green Gables (rereading it on her own)

Timothy-2 pages in his math book

Friday, February 25, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:

*Silent reading: Finished Strider by Beverly Cleary
*We read from Greek Myths by Olivia Coolidge (a new book I got at 20% off tonight at Borders!)
*Lifeskills-an attempt at chocolate chip cookie-making.  I say attempt because she put too much sugar in-she added 1 3/4 instead of 3/4.  She was using a 2 cup measuring cup and looked at the wrong line.
*new Multiplication workbook-four pages
*Writing and Editing workbook-2 pages.

*Justin did 5 pages in his math book.
*I went over days of the week and months with both boys (Timothy's still picking it up way quicker than Justin, which frustrates Justin).