August, 2012

We Read:

Cassie's Sweet Berry Pie: A Civil War Story by Karen B. Winnick
Lego City: Fight This Fire! by Michael Anthony Steele
Baker, Baker, Cookie Maker by Linda Hayward
Lovable Lyle by Bernard Waber
If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Gaith Mcnulty
The Tooth Book by Theo LeSieg
Llamas by Mary R. Dunn
C.R. Mudgeon by Leslie Muir

Leanna read The Clue of the Velvet Mask by Carolyn Keene,  Mia by Laurence Yep,
Bravo Mia! by Laurence Yep, Lanie’s Real Adventures by Jane Kurtz, Nicki by Ann Howard Creel, Aloha, Kanani by Lisa Yee, Molly Saves the Day: A Summer Story by Valerie Tripp, Kaya Shows The Way: A Sister Story by Janet Shaw, Addy’s Surprise: A Christmas Story by Connie Porter, Happy Birthday Molly!  by Valerie Tripp, The Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene, The Haunted Showboat by Carolyn Keene, The Whispering Statue by Carolyn Keene

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*I drew four copy's of Mount Rushmore,and one spotted Jaguar, Amelia Earhart, and the Golden Gate Bridge.  (From the book Draw and Write Through History: Invention, Exploration, and War: The 20th Century)
*Division.Com practice
*Outdoor play
*Swiming

Read human body book with the boys-Jacob and Timothy played with magnets, putting them in the correct spots.  We talked about muscles, vains, the heart, and the skeleton.  We watched a couple short videos with skeletons. Justin and I looked at the body in motion exhibit  in a video.  

Friday, August 31, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:
Leanna:
*3 pages in Spell and Write
*Wrote some entries for a "newspaper" The Daily Prophet
*Handwriting Practice
*She read to her brother
*Swiming

Timothy:
*Starfall
*We read Why Do Dophins and reviewed with the questions at the end of the book
*He did one page in his math book
*Leanna read to him from The Little Man in the Map by E. Andrew Martony
*Swimming and outdoor play

Justin:
*Starfall
*Swimming and outdoor play
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