Today is the day...

DS is testing today and tomorrow. He is excited. One of his friends told him how much fun he had last year when he tested. Wish him luck!

Sight Word Test

I am so proud of how DD is reading these days! She has come along way from the beginning of the year! It was my biggest fear this school year- teaching her to read. I am so glad that what we are doing is working and she is beginning to like to read!
I tested her again today on her Sight Words. She improved SO much almost a perfect score on both tests! (A perfect score is 108)

SIGHT WORDS LEVEL A
9/08= 29
11/08= 68
2/09= 82
5/09= 103


SIGHT WORDS LEVEL B
2/09= 60
5/09= 100

Weekly Report # 37 & 38

BIBLE-
Memory Verse


LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH-
Copied Memory Verse
Dictation of Memory Verse Daily
DS- worked in Yellow Book
I read aloud "About the Author- Frances Hodgson Burnett" from The Secret Garden Literature Unit Guide.
Introduced Vocabulary words from "The Secret Garden"
Looked up 5 words daily in the Dictionary and wrote the meanings out in our Vocabulary Journals.
DS- Test Prep Pages 1-20
DD- Master Reader DVD lesson 8
DS- Cursive Handwriting practice
Worked on our Months of the Year book
Learned about Cinco De Mayo- Worksheet



MATH-
DD- Saxon Lesson 122-127
DS- Saxon Lesson 117-121
Played "Money Bags" several times
DD- counting coins lapbook


GEOGRAPHY-
Watched Antarctica movie
DD/DS took turns reading Penguin poems and story's from "Another Trip Around the World"
DD/DS- Penguin worksheet
Added Antarctica to our Continents lapbook
Worked on maps in our workbooks
Book Basket 2x

SCIENCE/NATURE-
Bug Hunting in the backyard

MUSIC/ART-
Made Antarctica animal puppets

READING-
We started our new family read aloud "The Secret Garden" Chapters 1-3
DD- Read several different first reader books throughout the week
DS- finished Swamp Creek Gang and read a few smaller chapter books.

SPORTS/EXTRA ACTIVITIES-
Church- Went to Care Center and sang songs and recited verses for the elderly.
Ice Cream Social with Sunday School class at the ice cream shop.
DD/DS- Soccer Practice 4x
DD/DS- Soccer Games 2x
Ice Skating
DD- Gymnastics 2x
Girl Scouts
Playdate at our house with friends
BBQ at friends house

Weekly Report # 36

We had another adventurous week. Started with DD bringing a tick home from our hikes the previous day. Another trip to the doctors office. By the middle of the week we were at the veterinarian office. We found out our dog Kona is very sick with pancreatitis. It was a very long week, yet we still managed to get quite a bit of work done.

BIBLE
Memory Verse

LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH-
Copied Memory Verse
Dictation of Memory Verse Daily.
DS- WB pg 139-142
DS- Yellow Book Pages 234-248
DD- Spectrum Workbook Pages 124-137 (Completed workbook this week)
DD- WB Pages 174-177

SPELLING-
DS/DD- DVD 15 min daily

MATH-
DS- Saxon Lesson 113-116
DS- WB page 372- Multiplication Practice
DD- Saxon Lesson 116-121
DD-Flash Card Practice- Oddball Facts
DD- WB-Page 385 Measuring CM
Listened to Math Tunes that Teach throughout the week

GEOGRAPHY-
We entered Antarctica this week. Our last stop on our visit around the world! We entered it in to our passports and found Antarctica on the map and located surrounding bodies of water, continents. We added Antarctica to our World Map, coloring and labeling it.
Labeled a blank map of Antarctica.
DS- Worksheet- Physical features of Antarctica
DS read aloud from Another Trip Around the World pgs 30-31- Interesting Antarctica Facts.
DD/DS Written report on Antarctica
Book Basket - 20 min Daily (Kids choose from continent themed basket and read independently)


SCIENCE/NATURE-
I read aloud from Living World- Pages 72-75- Polar Regions and The Antarctic
Iceberg Experiment
Family hike (DD brought back a little friend....)
Visit to Fish Hatchery
Visited Hot Springs



MUSIC/ART-
Painted Pottery

READING-
DD- read "My Pony Jack", "If you take a Mouse to School" "Picachu in Love"

DS- Continued to read The Swamp Creek Gang

I read aloud "Antarctica" and "Trapped by the Ice"

SPORTS/EXTRA ACTIVITIES-

Girl Scouts

DD- Playdate with a friend at our house
DS- Soccer Practice 2x
DD- Soccer Practice 2x
DS- Playdate with a friend at our house
DD/DS- Royal Ambassadors
DS- Made Jam with Grandma
DS- Soccer Game
DD- Gymnastics