Homeschooling the 3 Reed Girls: October 2011

Monday, October 31, 2011

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!!!

Back in the classroom setting for this Monday :( Started off a little slow but were able to get a lot done.

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Worked on sequencing
Fewer vs. Less
Drawing lines
Reading Eggs - Lesson 14

Phonics - worked on sight words
Handwriting - Bible Verse
Math - several worksheets preparing for test on lesson 8 & 9
Reading - Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
Spelling City - activity for new list

Cursive - S and G
Math - lesson 8D preparing for test tomorrow
Grammar - classifying sentences
Spelling City - activity for new list
Time4Learning -
LA Ext - fitness
LA - Homophones
Science - Earth science, thunderstorms
Social Studies - Vikings
Reading - Amy's Not So Great Camp Out

Friday, October 28, 2011

Another fun day of camping and doing school. Got math done again and we were able to go on hikes and drives looking for wildlife and nature treasures :)
The girls were able to see some deer up close and study them. They really enjoyed that. They also had folders that they were able to walk and find things that were of interest to them. Nuts, feathers, rocks, leaves, you name it! So much fun!!

And of course, our pumpkin fun for Halloween!!!!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Today was a fun day for school. While we were camping we got to go on a field trip to see Wheeler Dam.and learn about the locks in the dams. It was really cold and windy so we didn't get to stay outside that long. It was very interesting to see and learn about though!!! We also got our math in and used rocks as our blocks so it made it a little more fun for P.

Our campsite

Wheeler Dam

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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Reading Eggs - map 2, lesson 14
Bible - Galatians 5 review

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Bible - Galatians 5 review
Math - several drill pages on adding 9 and 8
Spelling City - 2 activities on spelling list
Reading Eggs - next lesson #97
Phonics - assessment lesson 40 (missed some so we will review)
Spelling Test

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Math - new lesson on solving for unknown in multiplication
Grammar - worksheet on sentence types
Cursive - U and Q
Bible - Galatians 5 review
Spelling City - vocab and spelling test (spelling will have to do again after studying more)

Monday, October 24, 2011

Busy, busy Monday. Leaving for our annual fall camping trip Wednesday morning so trying to get as much done today and tomorrow that we can so we can enjoy the trip while we are there! And of course do school and nature stuff while we are there too.

Verse for today: Be kind and compassionate, forgiving one another. Ephesians 4:32

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handwriting verse
Bible - review Galatians
Math - online ixl with counting dots up to 3

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handwriting verse
Bible - review Galatians
Math - adding 8 and 9 along with ixl practice skip counting
Language Lessons - read aloud and answer questions from fable
sight word practice
LA - read Little Red Riding Hood
Spelling City - practice words
Reading Eggs - lesson

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handwriting verse
cursive - review of letters
Math - text on area - 100%!!!
Grammar - pronoun review
LA reading story and answer questions about it
Spelling city - crossword puzzle on words along with writing her words out
IXl - math practice game
language lessons - Story narration - The Quarrel

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Friday, October 21, 2011 - Nature Study

Nature Study - Tree Identification

Today was our nature study again at Inverness park and trail. The subject was tree identification. The girls learned to look at the bark, leaves and fruit from the tree to determine what type of tree it was. The book that Ms. Cathy read was "The Giving Tree". After reading the book each girl got to find a tree that they were interested in to "study". After the study time, we went on our walk to look for all the types of trees and leaves we could find. At the end of time the girls were able to paint with watercolors a leaf from their tree in their journal. They had so much fun!

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Reading eggs - next map
Spelling city - next 2 activities for spelling words
Math - worked on 2 more sheets for adding 9 and 8 and did her flash cards

Math - last worksheet before area multiplication test
Spelling city - next 2 activities for spelling words
Science - weather map lesson
LA extensions - fitness lesson
LA - suffixes and lesson quiz

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

reading eggs - map 2, lesson 12

Math - did several review sheets and printed out flashcards for her to study for adding facts up to 9 and 8
Phonics - diagraph oo
Spelling City.com - 2 more activities with words
Reading - finished Little Lucy and read her 20 minutes
Handwriting - worked on neatness

Cursive - K and H
Spelling City.com - 2 more activities with words
Math - last sheet before test on area
Reading - 30 minutes in her book Only the Best
LA Extensions - muscles
LA - suffixes
Science - weather

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Feeling better but still not great so took it a little slow today but still managed to get it done.

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Bible verse
Patterns
Letters
Numbers

Bible verse review
Math - adding 8 and 9 review
Phonics - reviewing vcv with silent E at end
Language Lessons - Days of the week, writing them out correctly with capital letters
Writing - working on correct spacing and size of letter
Spelling City - next few lessons for words
Time for Learning - Science lesson

Bible - verse review
Math - finding area and preparing for test
Grammar - pronouns
Language Lessons - helping verbs and September couplet
Spelling city - next lesson for vocabulary
Time for Learning -

LA ext - hygiene final quiz
LA - suffixes
Science - earth science
Social Studies - Vikings occupations

video #2 for Monday

verses:

Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday - Part 2

Here are the clips from P I keep forgetting to put up. Her 2 work poems and then her Bible verse that she is learning ... so proud!!!

I will video the other 2 tomorrow for the verse. so proud!!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Monday and I am feeling it. Down with a sinus infection but able to get school done thankfully by the grace of God :)

Bible together -

learning to thank God and pray for people
Reviewing Galatians 5 and learning next verse

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practiced lower case letters a-e
Sight words

P -

Math - adding 8
Phonics - rule for vce (vowel, consonant, silent e)
Poetry - reviewed 3 poems
Handwriting - practiced her lower case b and d along with upper case N and M
Spelling - 2 lessons on spelling city with her word list
Reading Eggs - lesson 92 (soft and hard G)

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Math - square feet multiplying
Grammar - pronouns
Language Lessons - reviewing all parts of speech with August couplet
Cursive - P and L along with review
Spelling city
Time for Learning -

Science - classifying animals and animal groups and quiz
Social Studies - Vikings - shipbuilding lesson and quiz
Language Arts - suffixes
LA extensions - hygiene

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Today started off in a sweet way. While I was sitting in bed drinking my coffee and having my quiet time, both P and G came in after they were done watching cartoons and grabbed a book. We went to the library yesterday so they were excited about the books they had picked out. G read through 2 of her Curious George phonics readers with me. P read a whole Dick and Jane book along with starting her next book which is Paddywack. Love hearing the girls read. Of course E was still in bed :)

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Math - started adding 8 and she did great! No tears and it really clicked for the most part
Handwriting - Isaiah 40:8
Bible - reciting Galatians 5 still
Spelling - spelling city lesson
Reading Eggs - map 10 lesson #92

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Bible - reciting Galatians 5
Reading eggs - last lesson on map 1

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Math - square area lesson 7B
Handwriting - cursive T and F
Grammar - Verb worksheets

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

P got up earlier so we got a head start on things - just the 2 of us. Went better today with just us and me having some one on one with her.

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Bible - review Galatians 5
Handwriting - practice writing capital letter signs
Math - one more lesson on adding 9 and think she is finally grasping concept
Phonics - worked on "floss" rule with one syllable, short vowel words ending in /f/, /s/ and /l/ sound
Spelling - did reading eggs spelling lesson working on words ending in "ig" - she got all right for the lesson
Language arts - worked on common nouns with all living things
Reading - 20 minutes in her book Junie B Jones Smells Something Fishy

Bible - review Galatians 5
Cursive - Y and X
Grammar - Verb worksheet along with story narration
Language Lessons - Adjectives again
LA Ext - Hygiene
LA - Prefixes
Math online - order and compare numbers
Science - classifying animals (living and nonliving things)
Social Studies - vikings (shipbuilding lesson 2)

Read another Bob Book
Worked on writing her numbers
Sequencing (pictures in order)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

We were off of school yesterday for Columbus Day. So we learned about Christopher Columbus today and colored a picture of him. We talked about his 3 ships, The Nina, The Pinta, and the Santa Maria as well as the year 1492.

For Bible we talked about the verses we are going to be learning that go along with alphabet. We have several for each letter. We also worked some more on Galatians 5.

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Math - solving for unknown and adding by 9
Phonics - suffixes (s, es, ed, ing)
Handwriting - Proverbs 17:17
Language Lessons - review noun again
Reading Eggs - starting map 10
Spelling words - wrote her new 20 words
Science - ants and environment

writing her d, b, e, c and a

Handwriting - cursive B and R
Grammar - verb review worksheet and reading a story and illustrating it
Math - lesson on multiplying by 4 as well as her test on this - she didn't miss any!!! Boy math has come a long way!!!
Language Lesson - adjectives - and June couplet
Science - Amphibians (swamp)
LA Extensions - beginning lesson on hygiene
LA - prefixes
Social Studies - Vikings shipbuilding

Monday, October 10, 2011

Friday, October 7, 2011 - Nature Study

Went for our Nature Study today at Inverness Park and Trails. It was a perfect day for it and the girls had a great time.
Ms. Cathy read them a story about a little red house with no windows or doors but has a star in it. That "house" was an apple and the girls were able to see the "star" when the apple was cut. It was a great lesson and it allowed the girls to narrate back to her also.

Our walk was a time to look for seeds and to see how each thing God made starts with a seed and how it grows into something new. They each had a bag to collect their seeds. After the walk, they were able to sit and draw and share their favorite seed they found. We had a great time!!

Each girl also did their online work. Payton took her lesson quiz for map 9 and got all right!! Emi did her science and LA online. Learned more about prefixes and nutrition.

Here are a few pics from today:

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Both girls did Alabama lesson today. We started learning about the Paleo Indians in Alabama. We also did Bible for learning to pray.

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Reading Eggs - lesson 89
Math - started adding 9
Phonics - combination wh
Reading - started reading a Junie B Jones book (gonna see if too hard)
Spelling - learned new list (only missed one - grand)
Handwriting - 1 John 4:19

Math - next sheet on lesson multiplying by 5
Handwriting - cursive N and M
Grammar - simple sentence writing
Language Lessons - contractions again along with May couplet for year poem
Science - amphibians
Social Studies - quiz on vikings
LA extension - nutrition
LA - prefixes

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Online lessons for today along with a sewing lesson from Nana!

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Science lesson - living vs. nonliving things lesson 2
Reading Eggs - lesson 88

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Science lesson - different animal environments
Language Art Extension - Nutrition story
LA - antonyms
Social Studies - vikings lesson (preparing for quiz)
Math - ordering numbers

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Back on track :) Thinks went pretty well. Got a lot covered today since we haven't been in the classroom setting for a few days.

Bible together - God's children love God, You can love God, You obey God - We read: Proverbs 29:18, Ephesians 6:1 and Colossians 3:20; we also worked on listening to the disciple song to memorize next

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Handwriting - worked on writing the next part of Galatians 5
Math - solving for unknown - hoping for test tomorrow :)
Language Lessons - Proper nouns (aunts and uncles and not using ain't)
Spelling - completing sentences with spelling words
Phonics - combination ar part 2
Reading Eggs - lesson map #87 (again)

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Handwriting - cursive capital I and J
Grammar - Continued on simple sentences, connecting sentences, and one selection test on LA reading "Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat"
Math - multiplying 5 lesson 2
Language Lessons - contractions again
Online - time4learning - LA extensions (nutrition), LA (antonyms), Science (different animal environments), Social studies (continued with vikings)

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writing lowercase b and d
reading Bob book

Monday, October 3, 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011

Today was a fun day for us! We flew to Houston for Emi's gymnastics National testing and we were able to go to NASA and have a very educational field trip. We learned a lot!!! Here are some pictures from the day.