10/22/13 Blue

Eldest
Math
History- read ch 4
Poetry writing- ode to droidika
Grammar
Fencing
Violin practice

Middle
Math
Grammar
History
Narration
Copywork
Soccer practice

Youngest
Tongwork
Playdoh

piano practice, library trip

played Timeline

10/21/13 Blue

Eldest
Coop
20,000 leagues book club
Essay on three characters
Reading
Science- light, refractive index, water gel balls
Popcorn sales
Scouts

Middle
Art
Thank you notes
Science- ditto
Violin practice
Reading

Youngest
Lots of outdoor play
Building

10/22/13

Finish yesterday's links.

Portrait for middle child, who complained that seeing farmland from the air was depressing because of the big brown patches.

Cool name chart.

Math
Proverbs
Einstein's Universer

pool with friends

library

10/22/13 Blue Pics

10/21/13

Accidentally ran across "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", which we've read before. 

It's on Youtube.


Links:  Guardian angel prayer

Creed


Article on poet and one point of learning

Exoplanet video


Exoplanet video

Youngest reads Sir Cumference  with me

 Reads Where the Wild Things Are, Danny and the Dinosaur, some Spyology, Frog and Toad, The Going to Bed Book

Math Mammoth, Fred, Murderous Maths, Proverbs, Spelling

Einstein's Universe

Quiz

 

Quiz 10/21/13

What does Proverbs say a good wife is like, or what does it say a bad wife is like?

If you’re not sure which operation to use to solve a problem (+, -, x, or /), what does Dr. Schmidt (Fred’s creator) say to do as a trick?

Can one form of energy be converted into another?

True or false:  The total amount of energy in the universe changes.

If you are traveling very fast towards a star, it will look ______________.

If a star is traveling very quickly towards you, it will look ______________.

What does E = m mean?

Does light have mass?

Matter is just frozen ________________.

Extra credit:  If you break down white light through a spectrum, what colors do you get (in the correct order)?  Hint, it’s the colors of the rainbow.

Dance class

Had friends coming over, but they were sick so couldn't visit

Chores:  Oldest chopped veggies for dinner, Middle made sour cream biscuits, Youngest watched and did a touch of ironing and then washed off rubber plant

One hour reading -- Oldest Chekhov stories, Middle Cottage at Bantry, Owl Creek counted in reading

One hour writing -- middle assignment for co-op writing class, writing about tire swing, youngest copying alphabet letters, lower case, then reading

 

 Middle finished learning "When Irish Eyes are Smiling"

10/20/13

Mass
Individual reading
Baked brownies and cookies, helped with dinner, oldest listened to SOTW while making quilt, middle lots of piano, youngest reading joke book

10/19/13

Birthday get together for oldest, ice skating and snack with two friends
Individual reading