Singapore Math 2a - textbook pages 91 & 92, workbook pages 124-126
Spectrum Spelling - pages 66 & 67
Building Thinking Skills - pages 178 -180
Write 4 Real - Wrote a letter to Grandma about Webkinz.
Read pages 12-17 of Welcome to Josefina's World and answered comprehension questions orally.
Added information to Flat Traveler journal
Practiced assigned piano pieces - 30 min.
Read the rest of Sunday, August 26, 2007
READ ALOUD: 20 min
INDEPENDENT READING: 15 min
Spelling Skills, grade 2 ~ pages 110 & 111
Think A Minutes - pages 21, 34, & 35
Singapore Math 2A - workbook pages 118 - 122
Visual Perceptual Skills - pages 81-84 & 95-96
Completed 2 Time 4 Learning resource worksheets on fractions
Writing Skills, grade 1 - pages 52-57
Read 1 chapter in Who Was Helen Keller?
Read First Reports-Japan, pages 24-30, answered questions orally
Thinking Skills grade 3 - pages 54 & 55
(August 25th - visited Grandma & Grandpa C. and visited with Aunt Amber, Uncle Ron & cousin Shelby)
Read the rest of Friday, August 24, 2007
READ ALOUD: 15 min; 15 min; 30 min
INDEPENDENT READING: 15 min
Went to local aquatic center for our homeschool group's 3rd annual Not-Going-Back-to-School Pool Party
Time 4 Learning - 1 2nd grade Math and 1 3rd grade Language Arts section
Read 1 chapter in Who Was Helen Keller?
Practiced assigned piano pieces - 30 min
Gymnastics class
Attended a drama play that her friends performed - playdate afterwards
Girl Scouts
Read the rest of Monday, August 20 ~ Thursday, August 23, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 min
INDEPENDENT READING: 15 min
Writing Skills, Grade 1 ~ pages 48-51
Completed additional information in Flat Traveler journal
Math Multiplication Game - tossed foam dice and had to multiply the combined number by 2. Tallied all answeres after 5 turns and the person will the highest number won.
Completed Thesaurus worksheet
Time 4 Learning - Completed 1 3rd grade Language Arts & 1 2nd grade Math section
Read 1 chapter of Who Was Helen Keller?
Practiced assigned piano pieces - 30 min
Wrote Thank you note to Great Grandma
Read the rest of Sunday, August 19, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 min; 20 min.
INDEPENDENT READING: 15 min.
Singapore Math 2A - textbook pages 88-90; workbook page 117
Introduced a blank Multplication Chart for equations up to 12X12. Filled in answers for equations already known. Discovered that Sydney already knows almost 3/4 of the table!
Literature Pockets - Read Brave Little Tailor; created a comic strip
Holy Cow Science experiment - experimented with color combinations
Read aloud from American Girl - Meet Josefina
Read 1 chapter of Who Was Helen Keller?
Completed information in the journal for our Flat Traveler visiting from Montana.
Swimming
Read the rest of Saturday, August 18, 2007
READ ALOUD: 20 minutes
Read Welcome to Josefina's World, pages 2-5 and answered questions orally.
Writing Skills, Grade 1 - pages 46 & 47
Spectrum Spelling, Grade 2 - pages 62 & 63
Singapore Math 2A - workbook review pages 110-113
Think A Minutes - pages 10 & 20
Time 4 Learning - 1 2nd grade Math & 1 3rd grade Language Arts section
Used dictionary to look up spelling & definitions
Read aloud The Kings Chessboard by Devis Goebu
Prepared and mailed 2 Flat Travelers (one is going to Montana and one is going to our her penpal in Scotland who will be journeying with it to Nepal). Created journals and info sheets for the travelers.
Read the rest of Friday, August 17, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 min; 30 min
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 min.
Gymnastics class
Logic Safari ~ Pages 27 & 28
Read First Reports-Japan pages 17 - 23 answered comprehension question. We had a lengthy discussion on WWII, the atomic bomb, Hiroshima, and how it affects relations today.
Singapore Math 2A ~ text page 85; workbook page 107-109
Thinking Skills, Grade 3 - page 49
Time 4 Learning - 1 3rd grade Language Arts & 1 2nd grade Math section
Wrote a short story based on this prompt: "A man is walking down the street pushing an empty stroller." Of course, hilarity ensued. LOL!
Read 1 chapter in Who Was Helen Keller?
Practiced assigned piano music - 30 minutes
Completed music notes worksheet (to refresh music reading)
Girl Scouts
Slumber Party with a friend who is moving away. The girls went swimming, scrapbooked pictures of themselves, and watched movies.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Played assigned piano pieces
Read 1 chapter of Who Was Helen Keller
Time 4 Learning - 1 2nd grade Math and 1 3rd grade Language Arts section
Singapore Math 2A ~ Word Problems, page 38 & 39
Visual Perceptual Skills - pages 63-80
Welcome to Josefina's World - read pages 2-5 and answered questions
Read aloud from American Girl - Meet Josefina
Crafts
Read the rest of Tuesday, August 14 ~ Thursday August 16, 2007
Sydney and her troop won an all-expense paid sleepover trip to Sea World because they sold so many &^%$! cookies this year. It was a lot of fun and definitely a once in a lifetime experience! We got to touch a shark, walk hand in flipper with a penguin, and pet the dolphins. We even slept with the penguins in the Penguin Encounter ~ truly a trip to remember!
Read the rest of Girl Scout Sea World Sleepover!
Sydney spent the week at gymnastics camp. It was her first all day camp and, though it presented some logistic issues because of her peanut allergy, it went quite well. Sydney enjoyed the gymnastics and crafts, and I liked that she was getting some all day instruction in "the real world." Invariably, she would return home with little to no lunch eaten. hmmm...something to do with taking MUCH to long to eat (like I've been telling her all along!).
Read the rest of Monday, August 6 ~ Friday, August 10, 2007
READ ALOUD: 20 minutes
INDEPENDENT READING: 20 minutes
Think A Minutes - page 33
Visual Perceptual Skills, Grade 2-4 ~ pages 54 & 55
Read 3 chapters of Who Was King Tut? COMPLETED book!
Played assigned piano pieces. Helped teach Mom how to play C-scales and helped me through some of her earlier songs.
Singapore math 2Z Extra Practice ~ page 21
Writing Skills, grade 1 ~ page 45
Played Math War card game with Mom & Dad
Time 4 Learning ~ 1 3rd grade Language Arts & 1 2nd grade Math section
Swimming
Lots of discussion on eating safely - gymnastics camp starts tomorrow.
Read the rest of Sunday, August 5, 2007
READ ALOUD: 45 minutes; 30 minutes
Literature Pockets ~ Began The Brave Little Tailor - made a mobile of pertinent story points
Singapore Math 2A - textbook pages 83 & 84; workbook pages 103 - 106
Read 1 chapter of Who Was King Tut?
Thinking Skills, Grade 3 ~ pages 47 & 48
Time 4 Learning ~ 1 3rd Grade Language Arts & 1 2nd grade Math section
Read First Reports - Japan pages 12-18 and answered study questions.
Was given print out of some words written in Japanese and copied the one she wanted.
Played Dino Math Tracks with Dad
Played assigned piano pieces
Swimming - Dad worked with her on diving
Finished reading Harry Potter & Prisoner of Azkaban
Started the next American Girl series - Josefina
Read the rest of Saturday, August 4, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 min; 20 min
Read 1 chapter of Who Was King Tut?
Time 4 Learning ~ 1 3rd grade Language Arts & 1 2nd grade Math section
Practiced piano pieces
Visit from Aunt Amber & Shelby
Read the rest of Friday, August 3, 2007
July 31st was Harry Potter's birthday. We have been "All-Things-Potter" in this house for the last few months, so I thought it was fitting to celebrate the day. Syd decorated the cake and made him a card. She even insisted on a candle and singing Happy Birthday. Considering poor Harry is usually with the Dursley's on his birthday (not to mention what happens on his birthday in Deathly Hallows!), I think this was one of his finer celebrations.
So, Happy Birthday Harry. And thanks. For everything.
(And yes, the card says "71st" birthday. Either Sydney is numerically dyslexic, or it was her attempt at projecting his longevity and safety into the future!)
Read the rest of Happy Birthday, Harry!
READ ALOUD; 30 min; 20 min; 45 min
Top Secret Adventures - Japan (solved another puzzle)
Read pages 1 - 11 of First Reports - Japan and answered questions
Building Thinking Skills - pages 82 - 84
Think A Minutes - pages 29 & 31
Singapore Math 2A ~ textbook pages 80-82; workbook pages 99-102 (Began simple division)
Spectrum Spelling, grade 2 ~ written test on Lesson 13
Played assigned piano pieces
Completed Potions lesson from her Hogwarts classes. Had to develop a "test" liquid by boiling cabbage (Oh my god - how the house stunk!) and then added other things to determine is they were an acid, base, or neutral. This Potions class was EXTREMELY well received and made me realize how we need to add more science.
Creative Writing - working on a story in journal
Read the rest of Thursday, August 2, 2007
READ ALOUD: 30 min; 20 min; 45 min; 45 min
INDEPENDENT READING: 15 min
Singapore Math 2A Extra Practice ~ pages 32-36
Time 4 Learning ~ 1 3rd grade Language Arts & 1 2nd grade Math section (completed quiz on symmetry - 100%)
Looked up synonyms for given words in a Thesaurus
Played assigned piano pieces
Reintroduced tying shoes - we've worked on this off and on for years. This is one area where I took a "less is more" approach and never pushed it. Today I showed Syd again how to do it and VIOLA! she has mastered the skill!
Spectrum Spelling, Grade 2 ~ pages 60 & 61
Worked on our Japan unit ~ located Japan on the globe (listened to the talking globe's stats); colored flag; wrote name in Japanese; played with Japanese fashion paper dolls while I read aloud haiku & Japanese folk/fairy tales
Read 1 chapter in Who Was King Tut? ~ Discussed Egyptian beliefs in the afterlife again
Read so much Prisoner of Azkaban, I thought my jaw would clamp shut! 
Worked through a LOT of fear and apprehension and finally extracted her 3rd wiggly tooth. The 2nd one had had traumatic consequences (fainting/seizures) and neither of us were in a rush to repeat that! After yesterday's trip to the dentist, however, we learned we needed to yank it to protect the adult tooth coming in (otherwise gunk gets up under the dangling tooth and goes to work on the adult tooth - not a good thing). We had long discussions on physical responses to shock/pain and also about bravery and courage. In the end, the tooth popped out when she forgot she'd ask me to wiggle it for her and she suddenly jumped up to go to the bathroom. No fainting or seizures this time! Whew!
Read the rest of Wednesday, August 1, 2007