Friday, December 2, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Read info on mammals & classification
*Geography Lesson 11
*Thanksgiving Analagies
*Answered Ocean animals quiz and cut out Ocean Wheel
*Silent Reading: Nancy Drew and the Bungalo Mystery
*2 pages of G.W. copywork
*DK math workbook- 2 pages

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna
*Silent Reading-Mystery at Lilac Inn
*Affect/Effect quiz
*Accept/Except quiz
*Page on Crispus  Attucks
*Writing: wrote about what a friend means to you
*Read a booklet on the US Constitution and answered 5 questions about it.
*2 pages of Comprehensive Curriculum-reading comprehension:using prior knowledge,
*Comprehensive Curriculum-writing, sounding out syllables, 2 pages on word families, Spelling-double consonants, writing verb forms, Spelling Math plurals, (8 pages total)6 on her own!!
*Read chapter 17 in Story of the World
*Read another chapter in Eight Cousins

Timothy letter to Aunt Cindy-we decided what to say and he wrote out each letter-this was a very lengthy process!!  He also copied the alphabet, upper case and lower case, & numbers to 20. 
Justin -2 pages of math workbook  He also copied the alphabet, upper case and lower case, & numbers to 20. 

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:

*DK Workbook-5 pages
*Science Journal-wrote about human body experiments
*Finished Cheer postcard for sending to military
*Recycled materials crafts-multiple made for AG Club, for friends, and for fun
*Wrote out some Christmas cards and notes to go in them
*Silent Reading- Nancy's Mysterious Letter by Carolyn Keene
*At night we walked for excersize-to the dollar store, grocery store, CVS, and subway/DD(coffee for me) and home again!  A brisk night walk/ride for the three females in our family.

Timothy-2 pages in his math workbook-days of the week (yesterday, today, tomorrow) and clocks.
Justin-outdoor play, gardening,

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:

*Silent Reading: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
*Copywork-recopied her summation of Eight Cousins so far
*Math-DK workbook-2 pages
*Human Body project-did several experiments from the kit
*Visual Art Journal
*We read  2 chapters in Eight Cousins

Timothy-we read through the entire Hop On Pop in one sitting (though he wanted to quit four times), we did oral quizzes on words he knew, and practice some math skills out loud too.  We started a pattern for a gift for Lorelei for Christmas (his idea). 
Justin-Oral practice with words and math.  Lots of creative play today.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:

*Cursive Alphabet practice
*Atlantic Ocean mini-lesson
*Geography lesson #11
*Math workbook review
*Read George Washington bio.
*She worked a bit on a Tiger lapbook/quiz
*Silent Reading-White Fang by Jack London



Timothy-2 math pages, outdoor play, read through Stuck in the Mud, A Step Into Reading Book.  He began spelling words that he knows for me also. 
Justin-3 math pages, outdoor play, I read him three books.  He-of his own accord- orally worked through 3+3+3 and 2+2+2+2, etc. etc.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Half Day

*Silent Reading-finished H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, finished The Wind and the Willows by Kenneth Graham
*Made Christmas lists
*Drawing practice
*Lifeskills-baking, cooking, laundry, cleaning.
*Computer play-in addition to Webkinz and Poptropica she also played educational American Girl Games.  
*Played Apples to Apples with Grammy, Aunt Laura, and Mommy.