Weekly Report # 13

We had a short week due to holiday preperations, family in town and Thanksgiving. Feeling like we aren't accomplishing much the last couple of weeks but I am guessing that is the norm for everyone this time of year.

MATH-
DD- Saxon 2 Lesson 76-78
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 52-54
DD- 5 Worksheets- counting Money


ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DD-Spelling- Pg 38-42
DD-Spelling Pre-Test 5/10
DD-Spelling Test 10/10
DD- Workbook Pg 84-86 (Characters and setting, Dialogue,Writing Dialogue)
DD- Workbook # 2 Pg-102-107 (Reading Skills, Thinking Skills)
DS- Workbook- Pg 77-84 Reading Skills Practice Test # 6, 7
DS- Workbook # 2- Pg 108-109 (Showing ownership)
DD- Thank you note to Grandma, wrote letter to cousins
DS- Began writing Thank you notes for his Bday presents

GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY-
Began reading "Tales of Famous Americans- "Pocohantas" and "Ben Franklin" by Connie and Peter Roop
Started Money Study- Using "The Kids Guide to Money"- The beginning of money, bartering, mediums of exchange, Gold and other metals.
Watched 3 episodes of The Amazing Race (Tracking thier journey on the map)

SCIENCE-
DD/DS Took turns reading "Penguins"
Colored "Penguin" page to add to science notebook
Watched an episode of Oregon Field Guide
EXPERIMENT- Test Tube Sunset

READING-
Finished reading "The Chocolate Touch"
Read aloud "Thanksgiving IS" by Louise Borden, "Thanksgiving Is.." By Gail Gibbons
Began reading "Esther" by Susan Martins Miller Ch 1-4
Silent Reading 30 min daily

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DD- Rosetta Stone- L 1.1 Listening and Reading, L 1.1 Speaking
DS-Rosetta Stone L 1.1 Listening and reading
DD/DS- Worksheet- Numbers 1-10

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD- Cheer Practice
DD- Gymnastics Practice
DS- Playdate at friends house
DS- Went to a movie with a friend
Thanksgiving with family- lots of playtime with cousins!

Wordless Wednesday- My furry Baby

Weekly Report # 12

DD and I had a nice week together while the boys were on their hunting trip :) We spent much of the time chatting, scrapbooking, playing games. It was so nice! Meanwhile the boys made memories over on the coast. A very nice week!

MATH/LOGIC-
DD- Saxon 2- Lesson 71-75
DD- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 50-51
Played "Stratego" numerous times


ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-

Review of parts of language.
Parts of Language Game
Discussed the importance of detail and character building in stories.
Played numerous games of "Mad Libs" We hadn't played in a long time- the kids are SO much more in to it now than in the past! It was a lot of fun!
DD- Workbook Pg 79-83 (Describing in detail, describing characters)
DD- Played Scategories Junior
DD-Workbook #2 Pg 96-101 (Reading skills, Writing skills, thinking skills)
DD- Spelling Workbook Page 30-37
DD- Spelling Test 100%
DD- Master Reader Lesson #19-20
DS- Workbook Pg 72-76 (Reading Comprehension Test #6)
DS- Master Reader Lesson 38-40 (Completed the series)

SCIENCE-
DS-(Hunting Trip) Learned how to track elk, finding prints etc.
Learned about Taricha granulosa- DS's request- as he found a few on his hike
DS- Used field guide to identify numerous animals and insects he found on his trip

MUSIC/ART-
DD- Scrapbooking, coloring, drawing

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DD- Rosetta Stone L 1.1- Listening

READING
Continued to read aloud from "The Chocolate Touch" Ch 4-10
Silent reading 45 min 1x
DS- Completed final Master Reader Chapter book

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-DD- Cheer Practice 1x
DS- Hunting Trip with Dad and Grandpa (5 days)
DS- Football Practice x3
DS- Football Game at AUTZEN STADIUM!!!
DD- Playdate at our house
DS's Birthday party-lasertag/sleepover





The Ducks Win! (Chandler trying to contain his excitement)

Weekly Report #11

We had a good week. Lots going on but still managed to get a considerable amount of work done :)

MATH-
DS- Saxon 5/4- Lesson 46-49
DD- Saxon 3- Lesson 66-70
DD- Played multiplication games at www.multiplication.com

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DS- Spelling Workbook- Lesson 3
DD- Spelling Workbook Pg 24-31
DD- Workbook- Pg 74-78 (Setting,place and time)
DD- Workbook #2- Pg 88-95 (Thinking skills, reading skills, language skills)
DS- Workbook #2- Pg 64-72 (Reading Comprehension Test 1-4)
DD- Master Reader Lesson # 18

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Watched an episode of "OPRAH"- (It was a really cool episode featuring how people live in different parts of the world)
World Map Work- Located the different places from the OPRAH episode (Denmark, Dubai, Istanbul, Tokyo)
Used the U.S. Map to locate and trace the progress of a package we are having shipped throughout the week.
DS/DD United States Floor Puzzle
I read aloud History of Mexico,Central America, and South America from "What your 2nd grader needs to know"

SCIENCE-
Watched an episode of Oregon Field Guide
Continued our Animal Study- Adding the Musk Ox and the Orca to our Animal journal

READING-
Silent Reading- 30 min daily
I continued to read aloud from FRINDLE- Ch 10-15
I read aloud from our new book "The Chocolate Touch" by Patrick Skene Catling (The next book club selection) Chapter 1-4

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DS- Rosetta Stone L 1.1- Listening, L 1.1 Listening & Reading
DD- Rosetta Stone L 1.1 Vocabulary, 1.1 Grammar, 1.1 Reading, 1.1 Writing
Watched an episode of Elementary Spanish

MUSIC/ART-
DD- Painting
DD- Scrapbooking

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Football Game (They won the playoffs and are playing at Autzen Stadium!)
DS- Sleepover at our house
DS- Playdate at our house
DS- Pizza Party with Football Team
DS- Football Practice 3x
DS- Playdate at our house with PS friend
DS- Playdate at friends house
DS- Hunting Trip with Dad and Grandpa
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD- Cheer Private Lesson
DD- Playdate at friends house
DD/DS- Bowling Field Trip with homeschool group
DD- Skate World Party with Girl Scout friends
DD- Playdate at friends house

Fun new game!

While out the other day I went in to a store that I don't usually visit, just killing a few minutes before our next activity. We found the game isle and I was surprised to see a whole row of games, many I hadn't heard of before, for really great prices! While looking through them I ran across the game "Rumis" After reading about it I was really excited as it fits perfectly with what we are learning about this year! We opened it up for family game night and all really enjoyed it!


Inspired by the architecture of the Inca, Rumis (meaning "stones") sharpens spatial awareness and critical thinking skills as players strategize to outwit their opponents while reconstructing historical Inca monuments of a pyramid, tower, stairs, lodging, corner, and wall.

Each player receives 11 Rumis stones of one color. Players begin constructing the building one stone at a time, strategically placing their stones to prevent opponents from having the most visible colored stones. The player with the most stones visible from above wins!

Weekly Report # 10

This week while doing math worksheets, DS asked me "Can we please listen to Vivaldi?"
Although I knew they didn't hate it, I guess I didn't realize how much they were enjoying our new adventures in classical music! He even requested "The Four Seasons" Then later in the week, we had satelite radio on and a Mozart composure came on- DS asked "Do you have any history on Mozart, what was he like? When did he live?" I was blown away..


MATH-
DD- Saxon Math 2- Lesson 62-65
DS- Saxon Math 5/4- Lesson 42-45
DS- Struggling with Associative properties- did extra practice this week
Played the game "Rumis" numerous times throughout the week

ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ARTS-
Reviewed parts of language throughout the week
DD- Workbook #2 Page 78-87(Thinking Skills, Reading Skills, Language Skills)
DD- Workbook Page 65- 73 (Revising, Main Ideas, Titles, Story Parts, Settings)
DS- Spelling Workbook- Lesson 2
DD- Spelling Workbook Page 16-23
DS- Workbook Page 54-63 (Reading Comprehinsion- Practice Test 1,2)
DD- Master Reader Lesson 16-17
DS- Master Reader Lesson 37
DS-Spelling Test- Lessons 1+2
DD- Spelling Test
DS- Spelling words sentences and practice (For missed spelling words)

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Watched 2 episodes of "The Amazing Race"
United States Puzzle
Created Floor plans of room in our house



SCIENCE-
Watched an episode of Oregon Field Guide
Continued our animal study- Learning about "Lemmings"

READING-
I continued to read aloud from "Katy" Chapter 12-18
Started our new read aloud "Frindle" Chapters 1-13
Silent reading 1 hr daily
Read aloud 15 mins daily

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Vivaldi throughout the week.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DS- Rosetta Stone- Lesson 1.1 Reading, Lesson 1.1 Writing, Worksheet 1.1.2
DD- Rosetta Stone- Lesson 1.1 Vocabulary, 1.1 Grammar, 1.1 Reading
DD/DS- Listened to Audio Companion for Lesson 1
DD- Spanish worksheet- Numbers

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-

DS/DD-Playdate at our house with PS friends
DS- Football Game
DD- Tumbling Practice
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD- Cheer Private Lesson
DS- Football Practice 3x
DS/DD- Book club at the library-(discussion on book "Frindle" and craft activities)
DD- PJ/Build a Bear- Party with Cheer team

Little Girl Recieves H1N1 Shot without parents permission-

Brooklyn girl winds up in hospital after being injected with H1N1 swine flu vaccine without parental permission
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 by: Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Key concepts: Swine flu, Hospital and Swine flu vaccine
View on NaturalPedia: Swine flu, Hospital and Swine flu vaccine
(NaturalNews)
A six-year-old Brooklyn girl, Nikiyah Torres-Pierre, was hospitalized recently after being injected with the swine flu vaccine. The vaccination was conducted entirely without her parents' permission in an incident school nurses are calling "a mistake."

Mother Naomi Troy told the NY Daily News, "I was outraged." After receiving the swine flu injection, her daughter complained she was itching and her stomach was hurting. That's when school officials called an ambulance that rushed Nikiyah to the hospital.

Nikiyah is epileptic and takes prescription medication to treat the condition. Her mother was concerned about the possible side effects of combining a swine flu vaccine shot with epilepsy drugs and was waiting to hear back from her doctor before giving the school permission to vaccinate her daughter. That permission was apparently irrelevant, as some schools simply vaccinate any and all children without concern for parental permission.

After injecting her daughter without permission, the school nurse then called Naomi Troy and tried to persuade her to sign a consent form after the fact. "I was insulted. I was really angry," said Naomi.

So far, 1,800 NY students have been vaccinated against swine flu. Hundreds of thousands more are in line to be vaccinated when a sufficient supply of vaccines is made available.



Protect your children from state officials

What this incident demonstrates is the important need for parents to protect your children from the vaccination agenda being pushed by the State. Even without your permission, your children can be called to the nurse's office and forcibly injected with a substance that could harm or kill them.

You, the parent, might be called after the fact -- after your child winds up in the hospital, suffering from bizarre side effects even though doctors swore the vaccine was "perfectly safe."

Every day that you send your child to a public school, you run the risk that the next time you see your child, it may be in the hospital... or the morgue. Many state Dept. of Health employees who serve as school nurses don't pay any attention to parental permission. They just inject every child they can get their hands on.

And even if your child faints, or collapses into a coma, or even dies from the side effects of the vaccine, they'll claim such things are "pure coincidence" and couldn't be caused by the vaccine itself. How do they know that? Because they've been told "the vaccine is safe." And they believe it.

If you have a child in the public school system -- and you don't want them to be vaccinated with the H1N1 vaccines -- you need to take special precautions by writing a strongly-worded note informing your school principal (and nursing staff) that if your child is vaccinated without your permission, you will sue for damages.

As a public service to NaturalNews readers, I've written and posted precisely such a letter that you can freely use for this purpose. You'll find it here: http://www.naturalnews.com/027394_s...

Use this letter to stand up for your rights as a parent! Don't let the schools inject your child with a potentially harmful chemical substance. Take action now to protect the rights of you and your children.

Sources for this story include:

NY Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...

A reminder to myself...

I love this following verse. It reminds me that I NEED to ask for help once in a while. I have always found it really hard to do. Thanks to those of you (You know who you are) who are always just a phone call away (Or a mouse click) keeping me going on those days where I am not sure than I can.


Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no guidance the people fall, but in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Weekly Report # 9

BIBLE-
Continued to study Genesis

MATH-

DD- Saxon 2 Lesson 56-61
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 37-41
DD- Practice addition, number order with laptop games

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DS- Spelling Workbook Pgs 6-9
DD-Spelling Workbook Pgs 6-15
DD- 2 Spelling Tests 100%
DD- Workbook Pg 61-64 (Publishing, Final Drafts)
DD-Workbook 2- Page 72-77 (Thinking skills, Reading skills, Language Skills)
DS- Workbook #2- Pgs 48-53(Summarizing,Fact vs. Fiction)
DS- Workbook Pgs 102-103 (Endings ER and EST)
DS- Master Reader Lesson 35-36
DD- Master Reader Lesson 14-15
DD- and I read plays together throughout the week
DD- Played Spelling games on her laptop
DD- Worked on "ME" book- Added "My favorite things" page
I read aloud "The Prince who knew his fate" translated by Lise Manniche

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Continued to talk about floor plans
Floor plan "Car Show" and "Sports Arena" worksheets

SCIENCE-
Continued to read from "Pyramid Builders"
Continued working on our animal study- Learning about "Ermine"
Watched an episode of Oregon Field Guide
Continued to read from Dinosaurs of Eden
DS- Worked with Electronics set
Science Experiment from "Genesis for Kids"- "Bending Light"

READING-
Continued to read from our read aloud "Katy" Chapters 2-11
I read aloud "Cheerleading" by Lynn Singer
I read aloud "Where the Wild Things are" by Maurice Sendak
DS/DD- Silent reading 1 hour daily
DS- Read aloud to DD throughout the week

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Vivaldi throughout the week
Listened to Vivaldi's Life Story on CD
Entered coloring contest at local grocery store- DD won 1st place!

FORIEGN LANGUAGE-
Listened to Children's songs- Spanish throughout the week
Spanish Worksheets- Numbers 1-10
DD- Rosetta Stone - Core Lesson #1 (Finally passed it- she was SO proud of herself, as was I!)
DS- Rosetta Stone- Lesson #1- Reading, Writing (He really enjoyed his lessons this week and even though he completed them with %100 he wanted to do them over again!- I think this program may finally be clicking for them- wooohoooo!)


SPORTS-EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Football Game
DS- Football Practice 3x
DS- Playdate at our house with PS friend
DS- Playdate at friends house 2x
DS- Sleepover at our house with PS friend
DS/DD- Halloween Party with PS friends (DD won costume contest :)
DD- Tumbling Practice
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD- Gymnastics Private Lesson
DD- Cheer Private Lesson 2x
DD- Halloween Party with Cheer friends (She won 1st place in the costume contest!)