Week # 2

Trying to do a lot of this from memory.. Might be tough...

September 1-7

Bible- Animism, Buddhism, Hinduisn, Islam, Judaism

Handwriting-
Copied memory verse from last week. Wrote and revised letters to family.

Math-
DD- Saxxon- Lessons 1-7
DS- Saxxon- Essons 12-15
Drills- Addition, subtraction
DD- Workbook -Graphs

Spelling-
DD- Spelling DVD game
DS- Yellow Book- Spelling list- Test on Friday %100

Langauge Arts/ English-
DD- Workbooks
DS- Yellow Book

Nature Journal-
Played in the backyard and found habitats of the different animals and insects that live there. Drew pictures of these habitats in our journals.

Geography-
Lattitude and Longitude, activities and worksheets
elevation and depth
physical and political maps
Learning names of oceans and continents
Globe Puzzle
Local Map- identify where we are and how to get other places.
Made maps of our neighborhood, and maps of our house
Grid activity

Cooking/ Math / Geography-
Kids made cakes that resembled maps. They loved this!

Science-
Living World 12-17
Cycles in Nature
Plant Life
Celery experiment
Watched Oregon Field Guide- lamprey and Aquarium divers

Music/Art
Hello to All the Children of the World- Practiced and learned hello in different languages

History-

Added to our book of centuries

Reading-
DS- Lord of the Fleas + Review Questions
DD- Sight word Test
DD- Peter's Dream
DD- Teach your child to read in 100 Easy Lessons 1-2

Independent Reading Time-
DS- Stuart Little Chapter 1-4


Family Reading time-
Grandfathers Journey, Cameron Townsend Chapter 1-2

Foreign Language- Spanish DVD - Learning the basics of communication, hello, my name is.. ect.

SPORTS/Extra Activities-
Cheerleading and Girl Scouts Registered for fall soccer, playdates with other homeschoolers, Bible Study Group


This week went well. Trying to find a routine that works for us all. DD has shown interest in learning to play the guitar for over a year now, going to look in to getting an inexpensive one.