Thursday, October 4, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Why Grandparents are Important essay
* explaining the 4 types of paragraphs
*crafts from her American Girl Magazine
*journal entry
*drew on templates for an Altoids tin to make a mini world (arts and crafts and possibly science related project)
*Night walk with Mommy. 
*Fire safety disscussion-detailed discussion about how to get herself and her siblings out of a burning house.
*Personal safety discussion-walking at night. 
*Expository Paragraph writing

Justin:
*Shapes-count and color worksheet
*Life of Fred-Butterflys-first chapter

Timothy:
 *Shapes-count and color worksheet
*Life of Fred-Butterflys-first chapter

Jacob:
*Webkinz World Play with help from everyone but Lorelei and Daddy.

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Spelling Workbook
*reading-Christmas Afterall by
*Read and Understand Fiction
*journal entry
*the bridge chapter in life of Fred
*The Constitutional Convention of 1787 video

Justin:
 *Packet of papers on the 7 continents and the world-colored and traced and wrote the name of each one.  Wrote name and date (we're working on writing the date now too.)
*7 continents review

Timothy:
*Packet of papers on the 7 continents and the world-colored and traced and wrote the name of each one.  Wrote name and date (we're working on writing the date now too.)
*7 continents review
*We read How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms

Jacob:
*Curious George (math concepts)
*Counting practice with Leanna

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

*Short day because of Leanna coming home from her stay at Grammy's and Timothy's dental appt.  and the girl scout meeting**But the other "school" half of the day could come from Saturday which we spent at CelticFest.  Lots of Celtic culture absorbed there.  And we took Flat Stanley pictures there. 

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Girl Scout meeting-pottery
*Lifeskills-making supper for Daddy and family (Mommy and Timothy were out)

Justin:
*We read 4 chapter in Stanley in Space

Timothy:
*We read 4 chapter in Stanley in Space

Jacob:
 *We read 4 chapter in Stanley in Space

Monday, October 1, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:

*on a 4 day trip to her grandmother's.  Skated, went to the park, went to church, 
*Looked up our city on the computer.  Wrote down important facts and organized them into a paper which they emailed to me. 

Justin:
*trip to the library and store
*We read all the mighty machine books, a scooby doo book, and a witch book.
*We watched an online video on the continents (over and over and over)

Timothy:

*trip to the library and store
*We read all the mighty machine books, a scooby doo book, and a witch book. 
*We watched an online video on the continents (over and over and over)

Jacob:
*trip to the library and store
*We read all the mighty machine books, a scooby doo book, and a witch book. 
*Impromptu practice writing his name and drawing circles, lines, etc. (I got the dry erase boards out since he was practicing to make it easy to erase).