Friday, March 22, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Memorized poem, watched Robert Frost read it, and copied it.  For future use: http://www.food.com/recipe/snow-cookies-263238  for snow cookies. 
*Khan Academy
*Sketch book
*Journal entry
*Read through some of the mammal facts cards
*Geography
*Story of the World-Rennaisance
*Diary entry
*Worked on a story in her diary
*Kids National Geographic almanac
*Cursive Writing
*Weaving
*Read a few poems from Stories and Poems for Extremely Intelligent Children ed. by Harold Bloom
*Colored in more flowers coloring book
*Silent Reading-Harry Potter

Justin:
*We read  Fair, Brown, and Trembling by Jude Daily and discussed how fairy tales and tall tales are different and what the purpose of a fairy tale is.
* We read Room for Ripley by Stuart J. Murphy  and discussed how different measurements hold the same amount of liquid. 

Timothy:
*We read  Fair, Brown, and Trembling by Jude Daily and discussed how fairy tales and tall tales are different and what the purpose of a fairy tale is.
* We read Room for Ripley by  Stuart J. Murphy and discussed how different measurements hold the same amount of liquid.
*2 pages in new cars workbook
*Storybird story

Jacob:
*Jacob listened to Room for Ripley
*Wrote two stories on Storybird.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Silent Reading-Harry Potter
*letter to Mary p0pe Osborne
*N.G kids -geography
*art-flowers book
*art-drew pretty picture of flowers and grass
*story of the world -king Henry v11
*Life Of Fred-math
*Greek Gazette
*MC-Music Choice kidz only

Justin:
*We read Mermaids Most Amazing by Narelle Oliver
*Subtraction Workbook
*Sight Words worksheet
*We went over similies and read the book My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and made up our own similies
*Outside play

Timothy:
*Watched a video on plants and seeds
*Watched a video on how can a puggle lift a hippo?
(Edward discovers a timeless principal to help Dawn retrieve her kite from the top of a tree! • Using wooden blocks and small toys of varying weights experiment with finding the fulcrum (middle balancing point), effort and load. See how much effort it takes to lift varying loads and where the fulcrum has to sit in order to lift lighter or heavier loads.)
 *Sight Words worksheet
*We went over similies and read the book My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and made up our own similies
*Outdoor Play

Jacob:
*We watched an alphabet sounds video
*We read Mermaids Most Amazing by Narelle Oliver
*Watched the fulcrum video with Timothy
*Sight Words worksheet
*We went over similies and read the book My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and made up our own similies

Wednesday, March 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Silent Reading: Harry Potter
*Egypt lapbook and research work
*Reading aloud to her brother
* Weaving and teaching Justin to weave
*Journaling
*Cursive Handwriting


Justin:
*Sight Words
*We read The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner  (this sounds so simple but took forever.  I paraphrased as we read each page, again at the end, and  asked them each to explain to me the main points of the book and to define important concepts.  We also had multiple stops to check comprehension and to ensure they were listening.)   They were particularly fascinated by the pictures of frogs being dissected and the poisonous frogs. 
*Outdoor Play
*Weaving

Timothy:
 *We read The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner (see above)
*Outdoor Play

Jacob:

*Lifeskills work
*Outdoor Play

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*Geography questions
*Grammar book
*Life of Fred
* Girl Scouts cancelled, so a trip out with Mom and Grammy
*Silent Reading: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Justin:
*We redid the Tall Tale perspective pictures with watercolors 
*We went over place values
*Graphing Shapes
*Building Words-name it, build it, write it
*Sight words

Timothy:
*We redid the Tall Tale perspective pictures with watercolors 
 *We went over place values
*Graphing Shapes
*Building Words-name it, build it, write it

Jacob:
*Read library books with Grammy-rabbit book, alphabet book, etc.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*We read Leprechauns and Irish Folklore
*Rainbow theme Magic Tree House worksheet
*We listened to some Celtic music to complement the theme
*Craft with Timothy
*aMAZE! journey book from Cadettes!

Justin:
*We read Leprechauns and Irish Folklore
 *Rainbow theme Magic Tree house worksheet
 *We listened to some Celtic music to complement the theme
*Helped me make Irish Soda Bread
*Outdoor Play

Timothy:
 *We read Leprechauns and Irish Folklore
 *Rainbow theme Magic Tree house worksheet
 *We listened to some Celtic music to complement the theme
*Craft with Leanna
*He read one of the stories in Lego Emergency 

Jacob:
*Heard the last part of  Leprechauns and Irish Folklore by Mary Pope Osbourne.
*We listened to some Celtic music to complement the theme

Friday, March 15, 2013

Schoolwork Accomplished:

Leanna:
*life of Fred
*Silent Reading-Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
*Geography-mon. & Tues. questions
*Journaling
*most of the afternoon was spent preparing for her weekend camping trip 

Justin:
*We read the folktale The Talking Egg by Robert D. San Souci and talked about how folk tales are different than tall tales
*We read Weird Parents by Audrey Wood and Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

Timothy:
*We read the folktale The Talking Egg by Robert D. San Souci and talked about how folk tales are different than tall tales
*We read Weird Parents by Audrey Wood and Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page Jacob:
*We read the folktale The Talking Egg by Robert D. San Souci and talked about how folk tales are different than tall tales
*We read Weird Parents by Audrey Wood and Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page