Friday, October 19, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Listened to the American Tall Tales I read to the boys.
*read about caribous
*read about ermine
*7 Continents Song
* silent reading:the red pyramid-4 chapters and 4 pgs.
*silent reading the Trojan war and The Red Tent
*cursive writing
*spelling

Justin:
*We read 3 chapters of Flat Stanley and drew a picture of what we were reading
*We talked about American Tall Tales and read intro stories of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and John Henry.  These were from What Your Second Grader Needs to Know.
*7 Continents Song

Timothy:
*We read 3 chapters of Flat Stanley and drew a picture of what we were reading
*We talked about American Tall Tales and read intro stories of Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and John Henry.  These were from What Your Second Grader Needs to Know.
*7 Continents Song

Jacob:
 *listened to some of the Tall Tales
*7 Continents Song

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Spelling Workbook
*Handwriting (cursive) book
* Life of Fred-2 chapters
*Read about wolves
*Read and Understand Fiction-1 ch.
*art-drawing
*Excersize- a walk to CVS

Justin:
*Geography-compass rose-3 pages
 *Life of Fred-1 chapter
*Science-we started North American Animals
*outdoor play

Timothy:

*Geography-compass rose-3 pages
 *Life of Fred-1 chapter
*Science-we started North American Animals
*Outdoor Play

Jacob:
*Listened to us talk about animals and stuff.
*answer some questions unexpectedly on his own and surprised us
*Outdoor Play

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Life of Fred-One chapter and the bridge
*2 Pages of spelling
*article: http://thestir.cafemom.com/beauty_style/145122/5_beautiful_foods_that_will
*Division.com
*journal entry
 *Art

Justin:
*We read There Was A Cold Woman.......by Lucille Colandro'
*Life of Fred-2 chapters
*Geography-directions-a building is to the North of......
*We finished Invisible Stanley
*Outdoor play

Timothy:
*Life of Fred-2 chapters
*Outdoor Play


Jacob:
Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown
*Outdoor Play

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Worked on her nutritional record (explaining her choices and providing insight)
*Girl Scout Meeting-worked on badge on beauty through nutrition
*Home experiement making a face mask with strawberries, greek yogurt, and honey.  We both put it on (she found it itchy.  My skin felt soft afterwards.)
*Silent Reading: Red Tent
*She wrote a short story

Justin:
*We read 3 chapters in Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown
*They drew pictures of the characters to illustrate what I was reading
*Outdoor Play

Timothy:
 *We read 3 chapters in Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown
 *They drew pictures of the characters to illustrate what I was reading
*Outdoor Play

Jacob:
*We read 3 chapters in Invisible Stanley by Jeff Brown
 *They drew pictures of the characters to illustrate what I was reading
*Outdoor Play

Monday, October 15, 2012

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Began making an Egypt lapbook on her own.  She found, downloaded, and printed out the pieces and extra information. She started cutting and glueing some and tried to get her brothers into it too.
*American Girls Club meeting-she watched a movie and they were just starting to play with Barbies when we came to pick her up. 
*She was recording her nutritional intake over the weekend for a girl scout badge she's working on.
*We received our second Flat Stanley back today and we looked over the materials we got back with both of them!
*Skill Builders: Handwriting (Cursive Letter practice)
*We read the section on the Enlightenment in What Your 6th Grader Needs to Know and contrasted it with the middle ages.  She was having issues with Descartes (we'll have to look into that further).

Justin:
 *We received our second Flat Stanley back today and we looked over the materials we got back with both of them!
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Timothy:
*We received our second Flat Stanley back today and we looked over the materials we got back with both of them!
*Starfall
Jacob:
*We received our second Flat Stanley back today and we looked over the materials we got back with both of them!
*Starfall