June 27th, 2007 at 11:56am |
READ ALOUD: Hours and hours!
INDEPENDENT READING: 1 1/2 hours
Lots of work on piano pieces
Piano class
Gymnastics class
TONS of Swimming
Playdate with friends
Homeschool Day at Pump It Up
In depth discussion and online research of the Chixulub crater and the extinction of dinosaurs. This led to more discussion on plate tectonics and Pangea and migration.
Looked through Astonomy Picture of the Day and discussed nebula, auroras, solar flares, etc.
Began Hogwarts Summer Homeschool Program in earnest. Completed assignments in Potions, Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Divination, and Wandmaking. Much of our usual work has been suspended to fit in her Hogwarts assignments. (Anyone interested in doing this with their kids, I HIGHLY recommend it. You can find it here: Hogwarts Summer Correspondence School . If you try it out, I'd love to hear how you like it!!)
Read the rest of Tuesday, June 19 ~ Tuesday, June 26, 2007
June 18th, 2007 at 11:04pm |
READ ALOUD: 15 minutes
Practiced piano
Piano class
Gymnastics class
Time 4 Learning - 1 Language Arts (3rd grade) and 1 Math (2nd grade)
More coloring!
Read the rest of Monday, June 18, 2007
June 18th, 2007 at 11:03pm |
READ ALOUD: 45 minutes; 20 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Writing Skills, grade 1 - Pages 31 through 36
Read pages 18 thru 21 of Welcome to Kirsten's World - answered questions on courting and weddings on the frontier.
Spectrum Spelling, Grade 2 - Page 36 & 37
Singapore Math 2A - textbook pages 64 through 73; discussed grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds. Weighed a multitude of objects in all possible combinations and then used a 3 beam scale to compare weights.
Time 4 Learning - 1 Language Arts (3rd grade) and 1 math (2nd grade)
Coloring, coloring, and more coloring
Swimming
Read the rest of Saturday, June 16, 2007
June 16th, 2007 at 8:17am |
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes
Received materials from Diagon Alley - read through letters from Professors
Worked on WandMaking with Ollivander. Read Wandmaking Guidebook and answered lesson questions.
One page of math practice
Read Welcome to Kirsten's World and answered questions.
Practiced piano
Swimming!
Read the rest of Friday, June 15, 2007
June 15th, 2007 at 10:22am |
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes; 10 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Practiced assigned piano pieces - 30 minutes
Wrote lengthy letter to penpal in Scotland
Completed Piano Theory work
Made Brownies - Syd made brownies almost entirely by herself. She did all measuring, mixing, etc. I just handled to putting them into the oven. They were great!
Oral spelling challenge
Inspected our mold experiment. Found 3 different types of mold growing.
Swimming!
Read the rest of Thursday, June 14, 2007
June 15th, 2007 at 10:18am |
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes; 20 minutes
Singapore Math 2A - Extra Practice book pages 9, 11, 12, 13 & 14
Logic Safari - page 25
Thinking Skills - page 38
Anti-Coloring Book - 1 page
Played assigned piano pieces - 30 minutes
Placed order with Diagon Alley for materials needed
Read aloud from American Girl - Kirsten's Surprise. Syd played with paper dolls while I read.
Updated her Summer Reading List with books she has completed.
Time 4 Learning - Completed 1 section Language Arts (3rd grade) & 1 section in Math (2nd grade)
Read the rest of Wednesday, June 14, 2007
June 12th, 2007 at 8:20pm |
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes
Read aloud from Kirsten Learns a Lesson - Syd played with paper dolls
Practiced using an Epi-pen. Used the trainer on each other.
Singapore Math 2A, textbook page 57 & 58 - measured multiple items thoughout the house in both centimeters and inches.
Reviewed and corrected a math worksheet from last week.
Consumer math while shopping
Helped prepare meals in advance
Practiced assigned piano pieces
Read the rest of Tuesday, June 12, 2007
June 11th, 2007 at 8:33pm |
READ ALOUD: 45 minutes; 20 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 30 minutes
Completed worksheet to develop descriptive language - had to provide 10 descriptive words about Hogwarts, or life at Hogwarts.
Completed 2 Time 4 Learning worksheets for math
Piano Theory, pages 16 & 17
Read pages 1 - 5 in Welcome to Kirsten's World and answered questions orally
Played assigned piano pieces
Wrote thank you cards for birthday
Singapore Math 2A - textbook, pages 55 & 56 and workbook pages 68, 69, 70, & 71
Spectrum Spelling Grade 2 ~ quizzed words on Lesson 6, oral review of words for Lesson 7
Read the rest of Sunday, June 10, 2007
June 3rd, 2007 at 8:22pm |
READ ALOUD: 30 minutes; 15 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes; 10 minutes
Read pages 8-13 in Welcome to Felicity's World and wrote sentences to given questions.
Primary Analogies - page 37
Thinking Skills, Grade 3 - page 35
Singapore Math 2A - textbook page 52 & 53; workbook page 67 (discussed metric system, cut a string the length of a meter and used it to measure various items around the house after estimating their length)
Dr. DooRiddles - pages 36 - 40 (completed book!)
Used large foam dice to play a math game (reviewing basic addition & subtraction facts to improve speed). Rolled dice, subtracted the 2 numbers, moved forward the amount of the answer. Later, played another game where I called out a number and Syd rolled a single die, then shouting out the addend of the 2 numbers.
Read aloud from American Girl - Felicity Saves the Day
Read the rest of Sunday, June 3, 2007
June 2nd, 2007 at 7:25pm |
READ ALOUD: 20 minutes; 15 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 25 minutes
Played 2 rounds of Math War with Dad
Independently designed, cut, and sewed a purse out of scrap material. Then she decorated it using fabric paints.
Time 4 Learning - 3rd grade Language Arts; suffixes
Completed a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting herself and Hermione. Identified descriptive characteristics and determined if they belonged to one of them, or were shared.
Logic Safari - page 19
Singapore Math 2A Challenging Word Problems - page 5. Discussed and solved a few problems using mental math.
Spectrum Spelling, Grade 2 - page 29
Writing Skills, Grade 1 - page 28, 29, & 30
History Pockets ~ Colonial America - Finished "What Did Pilgrims Give Us?" pocket. Completed the book!
Looked up a science experiment and gathered needed materials to perform. Attempted, but needed assistance. Demonstrated how air pressure moves in waves.
Read aloud from American Girl - Happy Birthday, Felicity.
Independently read The Story of Toilets, Telephones, and Other Useful Inventions
Read the rest of Saturday, June 2, 2007
June 1st, 2007 at 10:36am |
READ ALOUD: 20 minutes
Build-A-Bear field trip with Girl Scout troop
Played Math War with Mom (just like the card game War, except you have to solve basic addition or subtraction facts to determine who wins the hand. Using this to build speed and memorization.)
Thinking Skills, Grade 3 - Page 8, 13, & 15
Analogies for Beginners - page 23
Spectrum Spelling, Grade 2 - page 28
Writing Skills, Grade 1 - page 25, 26, & 27
Listened to Magic Treehouse - Seasons of the Sandstorm audiobook
Played assigned piano songs, practiced C-Scales
Read the rest of Thursday, May 31, 2007