Monday, March 24, 2014

3/22/14 3/23/14

Finished Remains of the Day
Les Miserables
Individual reading
walking
Little History of the World
woodburning
little bit of The Greater Glory
part of Carmen Jones

3/21/14

Friday, meat free
Remains of the Day
Swimming 2 1/2 hours

3/21/14 Orange

Trip to science museum

1.
Math review of unit
History/writing- rewrote paper about history figures
Memory work

2.
Math, new unit
Dictation
Practice with w/wh words
Reading

3.
Writing- K and L
Math

Friday, March 21, 2014

3/20/14

Stippling

Big co-op day, then time with friends, Remains of the Day

youngest ASL, Spanish, crafts, piano
middle gave last speech, writing critique class, read individual book during big classes because sniffles
oldest worked in nursery, narrator for play in drama, girls club

not counted as school

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

3/19/14

Oldest, four Saxon lessons
half hour nonfiction reading (horse book)
Middle half hour nonfiction (mission/linguistics book), half hour fiction (Black Beauty), wrote speech on eagles for co-op, finished and turned in story on mouse eyeglass holders for newsletter, exercise time
Youngest two pages Saxon, test (100%), half hour nonfiction general book, half hour fiction Winnie the Pooh

library, books, oldest downloaded and began Coursera course on Beethovan
Individual reading

Remains of the Day

3/18/14

Makeup post -- Middle child listened to "The Importance of Being Ernest"
Skate time with friend
Reading hour (Middlemarch, Black Beauty, Winnie the Pooh)
Writing hour (articles for newsletter, stories, handwriting practice)
Individual reading


Photo contest

3/17/14 Orange

Singing at nursing home

1.
Math- marathon session. Been working on understanding the power of keeping track of units.
History- a review of American history (his choice)
Writing- summary paragraph about slums, three questions about what he didn't understand
Violin practice
Drawing/science- took apart a doorknob, Drew exploded view, reassembled and tightened.
Spot it

2.
Math
History- read
Writing- wrote narration of history
Violin practice
Drawing- pastels
Reading

3.
Writing- f and b
Math again
Reading