Thursday, February 20, 2014

2/19/14

Middle Saxon 2 quizzes and Mental Math for 4 lessons, 1/2 hour Comma Sense, 1 hour Black Beauty

Youngest 4 pages Saxon, Winnie the Pooh, Seymore Simon's Mars.

Oldest 4 lessons Saxon with 2 Quizzes, finished Comma Sense, started The Sun's Heartbeat (some anti-religious propaganda and adult jokes, we take out two chapters, but there's some fun info), 1 hour writing (random)

Nearly one episode The Elegant Universe (meh)

2 hours outside

helped make examples for co-op lapbook class

(flip book, ladybug life cycle, Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, pop up animal face)

2/19/14 Orange

Fun with leaking roofs

1.
Math
Code crackers
History- K12 Ghana and Mali
Writing - 1/2 hour random
Piano practice
Reading
Memory work

2.
Math
History- more nomad living, more timeline pages
Memory work- the Maldives shark
Reading
Narration

3.
Tally marks, counting, cutting stuff in half
Writing- Practicing Gs
History- read rest of chapter 1
Reading

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

2/18/14 Orange

Big snow again

1.
Math
Writing- narration of Sea of Gold
History- timeline game, discussion
Violin practice
Reading/science- medical history book

2.
Math
History- nomad foraging game, timeline pages
Hammer and nails
Made pretzels again
Reading

3.
History- nomad sleeping, foraging, cooking
Hammer and nails
Reading

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

2/18/14

Oldest: one hour writing, finished Comma Sense, 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test

Middle:  one hour reading, finished Twilight Land, 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test, 1 chart

Youngest:  one hour reading, Pooh, one hour writing, 6 pages Saxon

2 hours outside

2/17/14

Oldest:  1 hour Middlemarch, 1/2 + Comma Sense, 1 hour writing, 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test

Middle:  1 hour Twilight Land, 1/2 Comma Sense (next day), 1 hour writing (speech for co-op), 3 lessons Saxon, 2 quizzes, 1 test

Youngest: 1 hour Winnie the Pooh, 1/2 hour Usborne Middle Ages (diagrams), 2 pages Saxon, 1 quiz, 1 activity page

2 hours outside

Small amount "Little History of the World"

Finished fabric paint iron on pillows

2/17/14 Orange

1.
Math
Logic
Letter writing
Violin practice
Reading and discussing The Problem of Pain, Lewis
Memory work- finished Kublai Khan poem
Drawing- sketching

2.
Math
Dictation
Reading, narration
History- filler timeline pages, nomad food drawings
Memory work- Maldive shark
Violin practice

3.
Reading
Tally marks
History- SOTW1 ch. 1 part 1, nomad food drawings

Finished trumpet of the swan.