Weekly Report #35-38

All is well here! School is going fine. Dealing with whining off and on but that is to be expected when we are all still cooped up inside in May! This weather is awful!

We are working on review in most subjects. We are still working on our insect unit study and still having a lot of fun with it! We recently did a fun project- Caterpillar babies - Very similar to these- http://thehubbsfamily01.blogspot.com/2010/02/and-they-have-hair.html

The kids are enjoying seeing them grow "hair!" I will post pictures soon! We recently participated in a post card swap and have had fun tracking where we sent ours and where we received postcards from!

DS is doing great with his drum lessons. He had a great soccer season. He is very sad that it is over already.
DD is doing great as well in gymnastics. She is practicing a special song right now- hopefully to perform in front of some special people very soon!
Lots of arts and crafts, letter writing, Beethoven, and imaginative free play!

We have received our curriculum for next year and we are planning on starting it very soon. Possibly even next week! I am really excited about it. I think it is going to be a really fun year.
I do need to try to find some new ways to keep the kids motivated and excited. (I do think this curriculum will help that) Any scheduling tips, or reward ideas (Keeping in mind we school from work full time) are appreciated!!

Weekly Report #35

Back at it! Doing our best, still trying to find what works for us with our new routine.
The kids did well. Even coming up with a comedy routine during unstructured playtime. (Making a script, schedule, invites- very cute, hoping to get them to re enact so I can record it!)

MATH-
DD finished Saxon 2 months ago, rather than starting on the Saxon 3 I decided to spend the rest of the year in review and start 3 in June/July.
DS is struggling in math so we stopped Saxon 5/4 and are working on review as well. Going back to triple digit multiplication. We are doing one short lesson a day of review. Not sure if we will repeat 5/4 when we pick it up again, start up where we left off or find a new curriculum?

DD- Review of word problems,pictographs,Bugs worksheet, Triple digit adding and subtraction review, number lines

DS-triple digit multiplication TEST- (17/20! We are making progress!), Bugs Worksheet
Pre-test- (Thermometers, multiplication review)



ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Parts of language review
Writing Workbooks- Writing with adjectives, adverbs
Reading workbooks
Bug Words
Spelling-
DS-Lesson 18 review
Bug book (Lessons 1-3)


HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Insect unit study- Insects from different continents



SCIENCE-
Insect Unit Study- Lesson 1-3- What makes a bug?/Where to find bugs/Bug Hunting



ART-
Made an insect flip chart
Made Bug Book Holder
Made Bug Container


READING-
Read independently 1 hr daily (DS is still reading a lot, hours daily)
Read aloud "The Phantom Tollbooth" By Norton Juster Ch #1-10
Book basket- Insect books 15 min daily




FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DD/DS
Rosetta Stone- daily

EXTRA CURRICULAR:
DS- Sleepover at our house
DS- Drum practice 30 mins 6x
DS- Drum Lesson
DS- Soccer Practice 2x
DS- Soccer Game

DD- Playdate at friends' house
DD- Gymnastics 2x

Weekly Report #28

Thinking about giving up on the blogging thing... I have used this blog mainly as a way of keeping accountable and keeping record of what we have done but I am thinking I can do that offline just as well. Not sure yet...
MATH-


DD- Math Review Wkbk Pg 22-29 (Telling Time, Tally Charts, Bar Graphs, Naming 2 dimensional shapes)
DS- Math Review Wkbk-Ch 1 Pretest, Ch 1-Lesson 1-5 (Decided to skip ahead to Chapter 5 to work on the area where he is struggling)
Ch 5 Pretest-


ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
DS- Spelling- Pretest 13/15, Lesson 15, Test 15/15
DD-Spelling Pre test 5/10 "Magic Giant Lesson" Test-
DS- Spectrum 5 Wkbk- Lesson 2-4 (Keeping on the topic, Developing Paragraphs, Writing a Science Paragraph)
DS-Writing drills- Writing supporting sentences, topic sentences and details)
DD-Spectrum Writing 3- Lesson 2-4 (Naming a story, Writing Titles, Finding Main Ideas
DD-Spectrum Reading 3- Pg 10- (Vocabulary, study, and reading skills)

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Watched "Egypt:Engineering and Empire"
Read Chapter 25 From "The Story of the World:Vol 1"
Review Questions Ch #25
Continued to listen to "History- Tunes that teach" throughout the week

SCIENCE-
Spectrum Lesson 2.1- Atoms
Worksheet 2.1
Introduction to the Periodic Table of the Elements
www.funbrain.com/periodic/index.html

www.periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm




READING-
Continued reading aloud from "The Bronze Bow" by Elizabeth George Speare Ch#3-6
Silent Reading 1 hr daily (DS reads more like 2-3 hours a day)

MUSIC/ART-
DS- Drum Lesson
Created a pharaoh's pectoral

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD-Cheer Practice 2x
DD-Tumbling Practice 2x
Skate World outing 2x
Chuck E Cheese outing
Nationals Cheer Competition in Tacoma WA

Weekly Report # 26-27

We have been very busy at work and with cheer and not having Internet at home made it difficult to keep up on our progress reports. We have not been anywhere near as productive as I had hoped/planned. We have tried schooling from work but with space constraints it has been difficult. At times it is our only option so we do our best but it has not been very effective. We will be moving the business in a few weeks. Once we transition the business I am hoping that our schooling will get back on the right track. The new building will provide much more room- the kids will actually have their own "School Room"- which I am hoping will make things much easier. My expectations for the coming month are low as we will be out of state/town a lot and when we are home life will be consumed with moving.

I didn't keep good record of what we accomplished the last couple of weeks. But here is what I remembered to write down... and again no pictures :( Haven't had any extra time- or to be honest anything exciting or noteworthy to take pictures of...

MATH-
Both kids did a lot of math review
DS focusing on double/triple digit multiplication
DD working on all previously learned skills
Watched several episodes of "Cyber Chase"

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Both kids did a lot of review on parts of language
DS- Spelling- Lesson 13
Letter writing
DD- Reading 3 Wkbk- Page 2-3
DD-Phonics 3 Wkbk- Lesson 1.1
DD- Writing 3 Wkbk- Lesson 1
DD/DS- Wrote book review for "The Golden Goblet"
DD/DS- Oral presentation of book review in front of friends
DD/DS-Performed "Ground Hog Day" play
Watched several episodes of "Word Girl"


HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/BIBLE-
Continued memorization of Books of Old Testament
Read SOTW Ch #23
Review Questions Ch #23
Designed their own "thrones"
Read aloud from "The Mythology Handbook"
Watched an episode of "Amazing Race"- Tracked their journey on world map
Continued to follow the Olympics
Read about Harriet Tubman and Jackie Robinson in honor of Black History Month
Listened to "History-Tunes that Teach" throughout the week
Continued our Presidents study- George Washington unit

READING-
Finished "The Golden Goblet"
I read aloud from "The Bronze Bow"
TONS of silent reading time (DS is still a reading machine, reading about 4 chapter books per week)

FIELD TRIPS/
Attended "Asian Celebration"

MUSIC/ART-
DS- Drum lessons 2x
Listened to Vivaldi's- Four Seasons throughout the week

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD- Cheer Practice 5x
DD-Tumbling Practice-4x
DD- Cheer Competition- Nationals (Team took 1st! DD took 3rd for her individual!)
DS- Sleepover at our house
DD/DD- Playdate at our house
DS/DD- Playdate at friends house 2x
DD/DS- Playtime at the park
Church

Weekly Report # 25

What I remeber...wow it has been a crazy month!
MATH-
DS- Multiplication Review Worksheets (x3)
DD-Math Workbook Pg 6-7 (Place Value Review,More/Less Review)
Watched an episode of Cyber Chase

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DS- Wkbk Pg 178-179 (Sentence Building)
DS-Spelling- Completed Lesson 12
DD-Wkbk #2- Pg 2-27 (Reading, Writing, Thinking Skills)
DD-Spelling- Pretest 3/10- Spelling wkbk Pg 90-91
Watched an episode of Word Girl

GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY-
Introduction to Roman Numerals
Read aloud from SOTW- Chapter #22
Review Questions Ch#22
Kids read aloud from Usborne Ancient History- (Athens)
George Washington worksheet

SCIENCE-
Spectrum Science 3- Lesson 1.7
Worksheet Lesson 1.7
Chapter #1 Test
Watched an episode of "Dirty Jobs" (termites)

MUSIC-
DS- Drum Lessons



SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
Cheer Competition
Cheer Practice 2x
Tumbling Practice 2x

Weekly Report Weeks #23-24

It has been difficult with no computer! I am going by what I remembered to write down and by what I remember... I miss having the ease of logging it in to the computer :(
We have had to find alternatives to a few of our regular studies as the instruction was on the computer- but we are getting by...
Lots more t.v. time than usual due to lots of time being stuck at work. Thank goodness for PBS and the history channel!

MATH-
DD- Saxon 2 Lesson 127- 130
DD- Math Review Workbook Pg 2-5
DS- Saxon 5/4- Lesson 80, Test #1-3
DS- Numerous division worksheets
Watched a few episodes of Cyber Chase (Fractions)
Listened to Multiplication Tunes that Teach throughout the weeks
Listened to Division Rap CD

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Parts of Language review
Introduced Homophones and homographs
Read aloud the book "Dear Deer"
Letter writing to friends
Played the "Spelling Game"
Wrote new vocab word in vocab notebook- reviewed and used word throughout the week
Memorized and performed "Groundhog Day" play
DD- Wkbk pg 122-125 (Adressing envelopes, postcards, review)
DD- Wkbk #2- Pg 22- (Reading, Writing, Thinking skills)
DD- Spelling- Pretest, Wkbk, Test
DD- Cursive Handwriting Practice- Letters H,I
DS- Wkbk pg 150-154 (Dictionary use review)
DS- Wkbk 2- (Possesive Pronouns)
DD-Spelling Lesson 12- Pretest, Test
Watched several episodes of "Word Girl"

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY/BIBLE-
Continued memorizing the books of the Old Testament
Read the stories of David and Joseph
George Washington Unit Study (read several books, made timeline, lots of discussion)
SOTW chapter 20-
Review Questions Ch 20
Mao Work- Greece Civilized Again
Coloring Page- Cyclops
Read aloud from "What your 2nd Grader Needs to Know" (Greeks, Olympics)


SCIENCE-
Lesson 1.6 (Reflex)
Worksheet 1.6
Watched several episodes of "Man Vs. Wild"
Watched several episodes of "Myth Busters"


MUSIC/ART-
Introduction to Bach
Listened to CD "Bach's Life"
Listened to the works of Bach throughout the week
Made LOTS of Valentines!
Lots of coloring time

READING-
Read aloud "The Golden Goblet" Ch 1-9
Lots of silent reading time
DS found a new series he likes A LOT- Animorphisis, or something to that effect and has been speeding through them! He has been begging to go to the library constantly and picks up 2-3 a time! They are reading level 5! I am so proud of how far he has come with reading!!

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
No formal lessons as our computer is gone but we made due-
Watched episode of "El Perro Y el Gato" x3 (GREAT show!!)
Several worksheets (Numbers)
Used our Spanish vocabulary reguarly throughout the week

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD-
Cheer Practice- 4x
Private Lesson- 2x
Tumbling Class 4x
Cheer Competition- 2x
Cheer Exhibition
Princess Apearance
Playdate at our house
Playdate with friends
DS-
Drum Lessons 2x
Book Club
Playdate at friends house 3x
Playdate at our house
BOTH-
Pizza Playdate with cousins
Pizza Playdate with friends

Weekly Report #22

Still no computer (It had to be sent back to the factory- so it will be a while)


MATH-
DD/DS- Saxon Math
DD/DS- Math review worksheets


ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DD- Spelling Wkbk Pg 80-
DD-Spelling Test 9/10
DD-Spelling Pre-test 5/11
DD- Wkbk Pg 119- (Thank you notes,Invitations)
DD-Wkbk #2- Pg 14- (Reading, Thinking, Writing Skills)
DS-Spelling Review Lesson 9-11
DS-Wkbk- Pg 133- (Common and Proper Nouns, Singular and Plural Nouns)
DS-Wkbk #2 Pg 142- (Review, Homophones)
DS/DD- both worked creating their own blogs- they now have their own accounts :)
DD/DS- posted to their blogs (hoping to make this a regular thing to practice writing/typing/communicating skills)
DD- Master Reader Lesson #24
DS- learned about email and got his own email account. He has been having fun writing to friends and relatives all week. (Great writing and typing practice!)


BIBLE/GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY-
Continued our memory work- Memorizing the books of the Old Testament
SOTW- Ch#17-19
SOTW-Review Questions Ch 17-19
Read from Usborn Ancient World- Life on Crete
Map Work- Life in Early Crete
Activity- Theseus and Minotaur

SCIENCE-
Spectrum 3 Lesson 1.5- Hot colors
Worksheet 1.5
Continued our Animal Study- Adding Walruses and Wolverines to our notebooks


MUSIC/ART-
DS- Drum Lessons
Listened to our new favorite classical compilation CD throughout the week

READING-
LOTS of silent reading time
Finished reading "The Melodian" aloud- (It was supposed to be our Christmas reading book but we didn't end up getting to it- better late than never!)


FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DS- Rosetta Stone- Core Lesson 2.1, Pronunciation 2.1
DD- Rosetta Stone- Speaking 1.1, Review 1.1 (Going to have her redo this entire lesson- she is struggling with it)

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD- Tumbling Practice
DD- Cheer Private Lesson
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD- Cheer Competition
DD- Sunday School/Church (DS and I were home sick)
DS- Road Trip with Dad
DS/DD-Playdate with friends

Weekly Report #21

Started the week with sick kids and ended the week with a sick Mommy!(Figures- just as I felt we were back to normal from our break!) We made the most of it. LOTS of reading time= more snuggle time- documentaries and talking :)

MATH-
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 78

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Introduction to oral reports-
Practiced oral reports for our MLK study
MLK Jr. Study-
Read numerous MLK books
MLK worksheet
"I have a Dream" Worksheet
DD-Spelling Pretest- 10/10
DD-Spelling Test 10/10
DD-Spelling Pretest (next weeks words) 4/10
DS- Finish Lesson 11
DD- Master Reader Lessons 22-23
DD-Wkbk #2- Pg 10-13 (Reading, thinking,writing skills)

GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY/BIBLE-
Watched video "Joseph and his brothers"
Began memorizing books of the Old Testament
Listened to Nic at Night - A musical play about Nicodemus
Studied the book of Malachi-
Memory Verse- Malachi
Continued our Mummy project- Still waiting for it to dry out- I think we are almost there- thank goodness! Getting tired of hiding it from the dog!
SOTW-Chapter 16
Review Questions- ch #16
Map Work- The Return of Assyria

SCIENCE
Watched the documentary- "Raging Planet- Lighting"
Specrtum Science Lesson 1.4 (the Metric System)
Spectrum Worksheet 1.4

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to our new CD "Tchaikovsky- The Nutcracker" and our other new classical compilation CD throughout the week
Made book marks and pencil toppers
DS- Drum Lesson

READING-
Finished reading aloud from "Among the Imposters" Ch #22-36 - The kids are still very intrigued with the series and excited to pick up the next but we are going to take a break (Not to their liking) from them to continue on with our planned reading that goes along with our history studies.
Began reading "The Melodian" (Thanks Fred for letting us borrow it!)
Lots and lots of silent reading time!

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD- Tumbling practice
DD- Cheer Private Lesson
DD- Cheer Practice
DD- Cheer Competition (Team took 1st and DD took 2nd for her individual routine)
DD/DS- Playdate at friends house
DS- Sleepover at friends house
Church
DD- Sunday School

Weekly Report # 20

We had a very productive week! Finally back in the swing of things I think! No playdates this week, none worked out due to conflicting schedules- but it did give us more time for fun art projects! All in all a very good week :)

MATH-
DD- Saxon 2- Lesson 113-118
DS- Saxon 5/4 - Lesson 74-77
DS-Test #14
DD- Math Workbook Pg 1-7 (Clock Review)
DD- Math Workbook Pg 28-34 (Counting Money Review)


ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Reviewed parts of language (nouns, verbs, etc)
DD-Wkbk #2 Pg 6-9 (Reading, Writing, Thinking Skills)
DD-Spelling Pg 70-73
DD- Spelling Pre-test 8/10
DD-Spelling Test 10/10
DD- Wkbk #1- Pg 112-116 (Using Order Words, letter writing review)
DS-Spelling- Review Lesson 10
DS-Spelling Lesson 11
DS-Wkbk Pg 140-141 (Antonyms and Synonyms)
DS-Wkbk #2- Pg 125-129 (Compound Subjects/predicates,Compound sentences)

GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY-
SOTW Ch #14
SOTW Ch #15
SOTW Ch #16
Review Questions Ch #14
Review Questions Ch #15
Review Question Ch #16
Map Work- the New Kingdom of Egypt
Map Work- The Israelites leave Egypt
DD- Coloring Page- King Tut
Coloring Page-Moses
Continued to read from "The Kids Money Book" - Still learning about what Banks do, where the money goes, etc.



SCIENCE-
Spectrum Science 3 Lesson 1.2
Worksheet 1.2
Spectrum Science 3 Lesson 1.3
Worksheet 1.3

MUSIC/ART-
Made Egyptian Death Masks (Fun Project!!Paper Mache)
"Colored Glass" project (melting crayons, cutting them in shapes of blown glass balls- We were all very interested to learn about the Phoenicians beginning this beautiful art! We have been to watch glass blowers many times and own a few pieces ourselves- we had no idea it had such a historic beginning!)









Listened to Bach throughout the week
Listened to our new compilation CD that has a variety of great composers- (Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart, etc.)

READING-
Continued to read aloud from "Among the Imposters" Ch #3-21
DS-Read aloud 30 mins daily
Silent Reading 45 minutes daily

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-
DD- Latin L 1.1 - Speaking
DS- Latin 1.2 Core
DS- Latin 1.2 Pronunciation x2
DS- Worksheet 1.2

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD-Cheer Private Lesson
DD-Cheer Practice 3x
DD-Cheer Competition (1st of the season!- DD's team took 1st and DD took 2nd for her 1st individual ever! She was only 1.5 points from taking first place! What a great start to the season!)
Church

Weekly Report #19

I can't believe the P.S. kids were still out of school on Monday!?! I was looking forward to a fresh start this week but was thrown off by the knocks and calls on Monday morning. The kids have a hard time focusing when they know their friends are out front playing :( Busy week for us with lots of things going on, trying to stay on task was very difficult and I am sure that is to be the norm around here for a while. Trying to get the kids back in to the swing of things--- SO HARD! I am ready to get back to our regular schedule and they are fighting me the whole way. I curse the public school breaks!!!!! I decided to hold off on starting our Latin studies this week... hopefully next week....

MATH-
DD- Saxon 3- Lesson 106-113
DS- Saxon 5/4- Lesson 70-73
DS- Investigation #7
Played several logic games
Played "Money Bags" several times
Listened to "Multiplication- Tunes that teach" throughout the week
DD- Multiplication practice
DD- Math games on computer
DD- Multiplication worksheet
DD- Math Wkbk Pg 28-32 (Counting Money Practice)

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DD-Spelling Pg 64-69
DD- Spelling Pre Test 2/10
DD- Spelling Test 9/10
DD-Wkbk #1- Pg 109-111 (Writing Paragraphs)
DD-Wkbk #2- Pg 4-5 (Reading Writing and Thinking Skills)
DS- Spelling Lesson 9-10
DS Spelling Test Lesson #10
DS- Wkbk Pg 132-139 (Syllables,Antonyms,Synonyms)
DS- Wkbk #2- Pg 125-127 (Compound Subjects and Predicates)
DD- Master Reader Lesson #23

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
SOTW-Chapter #11
SOTW-Chapter #12
Review Questions Ch #11
Review Questions Ch #12
Map Work
DD- Coloring Page- Anansi and Turtle
Watched National Geographic video "Amazing Egypt"

SCIENCE-
Spectrum Science 2 L 1.1
Worksheet L.1.1- (What is science)
Watched an episode of "Raging Planet: Raging Seas"

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Back throughout the week- They have started asking to listen to it during Math time- while they are working on their worksheets.


READING-
Silent reading 1 hr daily (DS has been even more of a reading maniac- he has read 3 large books this week- Thanks Grandma! He LOVES the books!)
DS- Reading aloud 30 mins daily
Finished reading Heroes of Faith: Jesus Ch 3-15
Began Reading the 2nd book from the Shadow Children Series- "Among the Imposter's" Ch 1-2

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-

DD- Cheer Practice x2
DD/DS- Playdate at our house
Book Club- Discussed "Among the Hidden"
Church

Weekly Report #18

I had hoped to school through the entire week- but having all the neighbor kids knocking on the door and calling constantly did not make it an easy task so I gave up on that goal by mid week! We had a fun week, though not nearly as educational as I would have liked!

MATH-
DD- Saxon 2- Lesson 104
DS- Saxon 5/4- Lesson 69-71
Played SEVERAL logic games

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Read Chapter Ten- Story Of the World
Review Questions- Chapter 10
Map Work- The Far East: Ancient China
DD-Coloring Page- Chin and his Father
Continued Mummy Project

READING-
I read aloud from Heroes in Faith:Jesus- Ch#2-5
Silent Reading 1 hr daily

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS-Playdate at our house
DS-Playdate at our house
DS-Sleepover at our house
DS/DD- Playdate with group of old friends
Ice Skating with friends
New Years Eve party with friends from church- learned new games :) Lots of fun!

Weekly Report #17

Had an awesome Christmas break! Fit in a few lessons in before we left.

MATH-
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 67-68
Played TONS of board games this week!

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DD- Workbook Pg 105-107(Rough Draft- Autobiography)
DD- Workbook #2 Page 134-141 (Reading Skills, Writing skills, Thinking Skills)- Workbook completed- moving on to 3rd grade workbook next week!
DD- Spelling Workbook Pg 58-60
DS- Workbook Pg 128-130 (Prefixes, Suffixes)
DS- Workbook #2 Pg 122 (Simple Subjects, Predicates)

SCIENCE-
Watched episode of Raging Planet-(Volcanoes)

READING-
LOTS of reading over the holidays!

MUSIC/ART-
DD- Crafts- Made frame for Grandpa
Lots of coloring and crafts
Listened to Bach throughout the week

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Playdate at our house
Stayed at cabin over Christmas- lots of outdoor fun!
Lots of sledding and snowboarding
Sledding with cousins

Weekly Report # 16

Another strange week. Started out good but had some unexpected things happen towards the end end of the week, so we didn't finish as strong as I had hoped. Camera broke so I missed a ton of photo opportunities :( Computer crashed- what a week... Oh well, it's almost Christmas! We are all REALLY looking forward to our getaway!!


MATH-
DD- Saxon 2- L 100-103
DS- Saxon 5/4- L 64-66
DS- Math Worksheet (division)
Numerous logic games throughout the week

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Discussed Autobiographies
DD-Wkbk- Page 101-104(Journal Writing,Autobiography writing)
DD-Wkbk #2- Page 128-133 (Reading skills, Writing skills, Thinking Skills)
DD- Spelling P 54-58
DD- Spelling Pre-test 5/10
DD-Spelling test 9/10
DD- Master Reader Lesson #22
DS- Spelling Lesson #8
DS- Spelling Pre- Test-11/15
DS- Spelling Test (Last Weeks words) 16/18
DS- Workbook Pg- 120-121 (Types of Sentences)
Played Mad Libs throughout the week



HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Continued reading from The Story of the World Vol 1- Chapter #8,#9
Read World Civilization- Earliest Cities to Greeks Overview from What yoru 2nd Grader Needs to know.
Review Questions Chapter # 8
Review Questions Chapter # 9
Continued reading from the Kids Money Book- (Where banking originated, money terms)
Continued our Mummy Project
Watched Video- "Amazing Wonders of the World- From Egypt to Israel)
Coloring Page- Ceremonial Mask
Map Work- First Cities of India

SCIENCE-
Continued our animal study- Predator and Prey and Snowy Owls,
Experiment- Color changing volcano- The kids had SO much fun with this one! Introduction to Carbon Dioxide- What a blast!

READING-
Continued to read aloud from book club selection "Among the Hidden"- Finished this week- (Good book, a little scarey for younger ones- but we all liked it and are looking forward to reading the next in the series)
Silent Reading 45 min daily

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Bach throughout the week
Attempted to make a "Royal headress" inspired from Ancient Sumerian Jewelry- The beads were so small it was a difficult task- but fun!
Made Christmas ornaments for friends (Thanks for the idea S!)
Made soap- has become an annual Christmas tradition





( I forgot to get pictures before we wrapped them- but they turned out really cute- with a very fun surprise hidden in the middle!)
SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Playdate at a friends house
DD- Miss Lane County Pageant Christmas Party
DS- Sleepover at our house
Attended basketball game of family friend
Church
DD-Playdate at our house
DS- Playdate at our house
DS- Sleepover at our house
Pizza playdate with old friends


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Weekly Report # 15

We started the week off on a really high note. The kids both seemed very motivated (Our history switch seems to have encouraged the attitude change)
DD has been a reading maniac. Sneaking up, finishing whole chapter books in a night. She is loving the Baby Sitter's Club- Little Sister's books and read 3 just this week! DS seems to have finally realized what I have been telling him for years- the sooner you start the sooner you finish! It has made a huge difference time wise for us! Because he has finally figured this out (so it seems at the moment- hopefully it lasts) Our school days end much sooner! We have had more free time for the fun stuff!

MATH-
DD is still breezing through math. We are working on multiplication in her book but she already taught herself the basics(1,1,10,100) so it has been really easy review for her. She completed 2 lessons per day this week.
DD- Saxon 2- Lesson 89-99
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 60-63
DS- Investigation # 6

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DD- Wkbk #2- Page 118-125(Thinking Skills, Reading Skills, Language Skills)
DD- Wkbk- Page 95-100 (Comics, Characters, Settings, Journal Writing)
DD- Spelling Wkbk Pg 48-53
DD- Master reader Lesson #21
DD- Spelling Test 8/10
DD-Spelling Pre-Test- 7/10
DD- Spelling Test 12/12
DS-Wkbk- Pg 97- (Reading Skills Practice Test #11,12,13,14,15)Whew- think we are all tested out this week!!
DS- Wkbk #2- Pg 116-121 (Contractions,compound words)
DS-Spelling Lesson # 6
Played Scattergories Jr.
Played Mad Libs
DS- Continued to write Thank you letters for birthday gifts

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Chapter #4-#5#6 #7 Story of the World
Review Questions- Chapter #4
Review Questions- Chapter #5
Review Question- Chapter #6
Review Questions Chapter #7

Coloring Page- The Pyramids of Egypt
Map Work- The Old Kingdom of Egypt
Jewish People Word Search
Made comic strip for Story of Joseph
Sumerian Inventions Word Search
Began our Chicken Mummy Project
Map Work Hammurabi and the Babylonians
Crossword Puzzle- Name that Place
Coloring Page- The Ziggurat of Ur
Watched an episode of Amazing Race

SCIENCE-
Watched an episode of Oregon Field Guide

MUSIC/ART-
Introduction to Bach.
Listened to Bach's Favorite 25 throughout the week.
The kids have been doing a lot of songwriting latley- writing them together then singing them and "playing" guitar :)

READING-
Silent Reading 45 min daily
Continued reading book club selection- Among the Hidden by Margaret Peterson Haddix- Chapter 3-15

FOREIGN LANGUAGE-

DS- L1.1 Review
DS- Quiz 1.1.4
DS- Test L.1.1
DD- Speaking L1.1.1


SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD- Playdate at our house
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD- Cheer Private Lesson
DD/DS- Playdate at friends house
DD/DS- Family visit to Grandma's house
Painted Pottery- homeschool group activity
Bowling with friends and family
Church

Weekly Report # 14

It is amazing how much "extra" time we seem to be able to find now that we are not tied down to the football schedule. DS is going to take a break from sports until after the holidays then it will be on to something new.. Not quite sure what yet... Trying to encourage him in to taking some music lessons, but so far he has no interest. I am enjoying the break- only having to run one child to activities is so much easier! I will enjoy it while it lasts!
DD finally reached her goal of getting her back walk over perfected! She has been working on it for many months. She is so proud of herself, as are we! It is an integral part of her individual cheer routine and now that she has it- her coach has changed her team routine to make her front and center with her new moves!
She is ecstatic!

DD is excited about math- getting ready to officially start multiplication next week. She is still working really hard to get to her goal of starting 3rd grade math this year. (She wants desperately to catch up to brother!)

DS is doing better in math. He actually woke up before everyone else one day this week and started in on his math before being told. He said "The sooner I get started the sooner I am done." Holy cow- did I finally get through to him?!?!?!?

Both the kids have a renewed interest in history thanks to The Story of the World book that we started. (Thanks SIL for letting us borrow it!!) The format works really well for them (AND ME!) We all really enjoy it and we are moving faster than I originally had planned as they were asking to do more throughout the week :)

MATH-
DD- Saxon 2- Lesson 79-88
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 55-59
DD- Fact Card Practice

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
DS- Workbook Pg 85-92 (Reading skills practice test 8&9)
DS- Workbook #2- Page 110-115 (Plurals and showing ownership)
DS- Spelling Lesson # 5
DS- Spelling Test-10/15
DS- Spelling practice for missed words from test
DS- Spelling Pre Test (Next Weeks Words) 8/15
DD-Workbook Page 87-94 (Writing Dialogue,Setting, Characters, Problem, Comics)
DD-Workbook #2 Page 108-117 (Thinking Skills, Reading Skills,Language Skills)
DD-Spelling Workbook Page 43-47
DD-Spelling Test 100%
DD- Spelling Pre-test (Next weeks words) 8/10
DD- Cursive Handwriting Practice- G
English from the Roots Up- Metron- Made vocab card- practiced word-meaning throughout the week.
Reviewed previously learned Greek root words
Letter Writing- DS continued to write thank you's for birthday presents, DD writing to friends
Added another page to our "ME" books- "My measurements"
Did Mad Libs throughout the week (The kids' new favorite stress reliever :)


HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY-
Started reading "The Story of the World, Book 1- Ancient Times" (Introduction, Chapter #1, Chapter #2,Chapter #3)
Review Questions- Chapter #1 #2 # 3
Map Work- Nile River/Egypt
Map Work- Egypt/Sumer
Coloring Page- Osiris and Set
Coloring Page-Carving Hieroglyphs
Continued reading from "The kids Money Book" (Minting,Paper money,Markings on paper money)
Made and decorated crowns representing the King with the White Crown, and the King with the Red Crown-
The kids decided they would do a reenactment of the Battle for control of Egypt.


Pre Battle- Poor King with the Red Crown- No idea he was about to be overthrown :)
No battle photos available as the battle was too intense :)




VICTORY!


SCIENCE-
Continued our Animal Study- Adding Polar Bears and Seals to our Animal Notebook

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to classical music by various composers throughout the week (I found a really cool CD set a few weeks ago, it has become a staple in our house!)

READING-
Continued to read aloud from "Esther" Chapter 5-14- (Great book! The kids expressed interest in celebrating Purim this year)
Started reading the new book club selection " " Chapter 1-2
Silent Reading 45 min daily

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DS- Rosetta Stone L.1.1 Listening, L.1.1 Listening and Reading
DS- Worksheet 1.1.3
DD- Rosetta Stone L 1.1 Speaking
DD- Numbers worksheet

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DD- Cheer Practice 2x
DD- Private Cheer Lesson
DD- Participated in Christmas Parade with Cheer team
DS- Playdate at friends house
DD- Playdate at friends house
DD- Gymnastics Private Lesson
DD/DS- Book Club Meeting

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!

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

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

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!)