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!)

Weekly Report # 8

BIBLE-
DD- Read aloud from Bible stories for Bed Time

MATH-

DD- Saxon 2 Lesson 49-55
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 40-44
Listened to Multiplication Tunes that Teach throughout the week
DS/DD- Played games at www.Multiplication.com throughout the week

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
Continued to talk about the writing process- Focused on Revising
Vacab card- Tele (English from the roots up)
DS-Workbook page 96-101 (OI,OY,OU,OW, Endings ER-EST)
DS- Workbook 2- Page 38-45 (Identifying cause and effect, Classifying,Drawing conclusions)
DD- Workbook Page 56-60 (Revising,Proofreading)
DD- Workbook 2 Page 64-71 (Thinking Skills, Reading Skills)
DS- Master Reader Lesson 34
DD- Master Reader Lesson 13
DD- Cursive Handwriting Practice (A,B,C,D)


GEOGRAPHY/HISTORY-
Reviewed the 7 continents- memorizing them in order of size
Map work- Floor Plans
Watched documentary "September 11th- Through Children's Eyes"
Watched an episode of "The Amazing Race"- The kids are excited to learn more about Dubai after seeing it on this episode!
Discussed the original 13 states
Map Test- United States-
Worked on United States puzzle
Continued to read from "Dinosaurs of Eden- (The theory of evolution)"


SCIENCE-
Started Study on Animals- (Per kids request) Animals of the Arctic Region and Antarctica- Caribou
Continued to read from "Pyramids"
Began reading "Pyramid Builders"

READING-
I continued to read aloud from "Eleven" Chapter 15-24
Started our new read aloud "Katy"- Chapters 1-2
Silent Reading 1 hr 6x
DD/DS- Read aloud 45 mins each

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Vivaldi throughout the week
Symmetrical poster paintings
"Spring" Painting- Inspired by Vivaldi's 4 Seasons- Spring

FOREIGN LANGUAGE
DS-Rosetta Stone- Lesson 1
DD-Rosetta Stone Lesson 1

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-

Church
DS-Football Game
DS-Football Practice 3x
DS-Sleepover at friends house
DD-Cheer practice 2x
DD- Tumbling practice 1x
DD- Private Cheer Lesson 1x
DD/DS- Playdate at friends house

Wordless Wednesday-

Weekly Report # 7

I finally went to the dr this week after being sick for about 2 weeks, I found out I had the flu AND tonsilitis. After getting some meds I am finally starting to feel human again.


MATH-
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lessons 34-39
DD- Saxon 2 Lessons 42-48

ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS-
Reviewed Parts of language - Nouns, verbs, sentences, prefixes, suffixes,antonyms, synonyms-
Learned about abbreviations.
Discussed Folktales, Tall tales, storytellers, Comedy, Limericks, Sayings
DD- Workbook Page 52-55 - (Drafting)
DD- Wrkbk 2- Pages 53-63 (Thinking Skills, Reading Skills,Language Skills)
DS-Workbook Pages 85-95
DS- Workbook 2 Page 24-37 (Sequencing, Analyzing characters, Predictions)
Watched an episode of "Classical Baby" (Poetry)
DS- Master Reader Lesson 33

SCIENCE-
Watched an episode of Oregon Field Guide

READING-
Continued to read from "Eleven" Chapter 10-14
I read aloud "The Selfish Crocodile" by Foustin Charles and Michael Terry, "Barbie Loves Cheerleading" "Where the Wild Things are" by Maurice Sendak
DD/DS- Silent Reading 1 hr 4x

MUSIC/ART-
The kids put on a talent show, making a script and even writing their own original song! They worked on it for days while I was sick and put on the show Wednesday night! Very very cute!

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Football Game
DS- Football Practice 3x
DD- Cheer Practice
Watched the movie "Where the Wild Things Are"

Weekly Report # 6

Not a good week by any standards. We still had a house guest and we were all really sick. The kids started feeling better by the end of the week. I on the other hand did not, nor did Grandma. (Still not feeling well if you can believe that!) We accomplished nothing, not even visiting time as we were all sick in bed for the most part! What a bummer!


BIBLE-
DS- studied Ruth with Grandma

MATH-
DS- Saxon 5/4 Lesson 33
Listened to Math Tunes that Teach

SCIENCE-
DS/DD- Both spent two entire days making projects with Electronic Snap Circuits. They literally made projects from 8 am until dinner. They made so many cool projects!

MUSIC/ART-
Listened to Vivaldi

SPORTS/EXTRA CURRICULAR-
DS- Football Practice 3x
DS- Football Game
All other activities were cancelled due to being sick.

Wordless Wednesday

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