Monday, September 28, 2009

Weekly Report # 5

This week was a little different as we had a house guest- Grandma from California came to visit! Also by mid week DS and I (And Grandma!) were all sick.




MATH-
DD- Saxon 2 Lesson 38-41
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 29-32
Listened to Multiplication Tunes that Teach throughout the week

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Discussed Suffixes, the writing process, Antonyms,Synonyms, Reviewed previously learned parts of language and writing.
Continued reading from "The Mythology Handbook"
Played "Parts of Language" Game
DD- Played "I know how to spell No" game
DD- Workbook Pgs 40-51 (Riddles, the writing process- brainstorming, freewriting)
DD Wkbk #2- Pg 46-53 (Reading, thinking skills, language skills)
DS- Wrkbk- 80-84 (Consonant pairs)
DS wkbk #2- Pgs 16-23 (Details,Compare and Contrast)
DD- Continued to work on "ME" book
DD- Master Reader Lesson 12
DS- Master Reader Lesson 32

GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY-
Read aloud from Ancient Egypt
Read aloud from Ancient World
Made "dinosaur fossils" using magic sand
Discussed Farming on the Nile, colored page and added it to our History Notebooks.

SCIENCE-
PYRAMIDS-pgs 4-7


MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Vivaldi throughout the week.
Field trip- Painting Pottery

READING-
I continued to read aloud "Eleven" Chapter 6-8
Finished reading Magic Tree House- Dinosaurs before Dawn
Read aloud "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" by Trinka Hakes Noble

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

DD- Latin L.1 Pronunciation x2
DS- Latin L.1- Pronunciation, Vocabulary, Grammar


SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Football Game
DD- Tumbling Class
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DS- Football Practice 3x
DD- Gymnastics Private lesson
DUCKS FOOTBALL GAME

1 comments:

Ms Eva said...

Soooo .... what were Grandma's thoughts / remarks about homeschooling?

The cold went around here too - while we were on vacation! Uff da!