The most productive week I think we've ever had!
We've been starting with CNN Student News first thing in the morning to help our brains wake up. Neither one of us is a morning person.
Latin
2nd Punic War - battles at Ticinus, Trebia, and Trasimene.
Practice using the future tense of sum (to be).
Math
Lessons 20-23, 25-26 Solving division problems mentally, picture graphs, reading problems: picking out the correct operation, chapter review, linear measures, units of weight.
English Grammar
110-114 Adverb clauses; diagramming adverb clauses; simple, compound, and complex sentences; chapter review
Spelling
List four words are getting more challenging. A few mistakes here and there.
Literature
Using Memoria Press literature guide for The Hobbit. Finished lessons for Ch. 4 and Ch.5. Read pgs. 79-110.
Science - Insects
13 Diptera I - house fly, bluebottle, horse fly
14 Diptera II - mosquito, crane fly
Geography
Austria, Germany, review
American History
A History of US: Making Thirteen Colonies
Puritans, Puritans, and More Puritans
Of Towns and Schools and Sermons
Roger Williams
Woman, Hold Your Tongue (Anne Hutchinson)
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic
17 The Beginning of Boston (1630)
18 Roger Williams (Providence, 1636)
World History
Mills 12 The Gods of Ancient Babylon
Mills Review 2
Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - Neo-Babylonian Empire
History of the World (DK) - Nebuchadnezzar II, Babylonian Captivity, Falls to Persia (Cyrus the Great)
History Year by Year (DK/Smithsonian) - pgs. 20-27 3000-2500 BCE, Battle Standard of Ur, Gods and Temples
Classical Studies
Famous Men of Greece
15 Miltiades, the Hero of Marathon
Review 3
16 Leonidas at Thermopylae
Christian Studies
22 Daniel and the Lion's Den; Prophets of the Exile
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
April 19, 2015
Doing school two days a week (Monday/Wednesday) at the community college has turned out to be a good thing. I'm still not thrilled about it, but it has helped us stay more focused and accomplish more. We find a spot where there is decent Wi-Fi reception and camp out in a cafeteria style booth for the next 4+ hours. It is hard on my old body to sit that long, so I take trips to the bathroom to keep the knees in working order.
13yo is still taking swimming lessons two afternoons a week (Tuesday/Thursday). We are going to do one more session then take the summer off. I didn't have a goal in mind when we started in September. She is in the level 6 class at the moment. As much as we would both like to be finished, I think she needs to make it to at least level 7.
Current Events - We slacked off for awhile. Picked up CNN Student News recently.
Latin (Lively Latin I) - Finished lesson 13 (ablative of place where and the 1st Punic War). Working on lesson 14 (imperfect and future tenses of sum, esse, fui, futurum (to be) and the 2nd Punic War/Hannibal). It will take a couple more weeks to finish lesson 14.
Math - R&S Math 7 1-19. So far it has mainly been review of the four basic operations using larger numbers. We are doing a math lesson M-Sat with hopes of getting through most of Math 7 before autumn. We'll see.
English Grammar - R&S English 6 109/132. Skipping the poetry lessons. We are definitely in new territory - adjectives and adverbs. This is the part of the book where we usually petered out, so we don't have a strong base to help us with the new material. We've been learning about prepositional phrases and clauses which act as modifiers, and we've been learning how to differentiate between adjectives and adverbs. About 20 lessons remaining.
Spelling - using Logic of English high frequency word list level 4. I call out ten words each day to see what she already knows. She has picked up spelling naturally.
Science - Insects
9 - Orthoptera and Dictyoptera II (grasshoppers and crickets)
10 - Hemiptera I (water measurer and water boatman)
11 - Hemiptera II (spittle bug/frog hopper, aphid, and cicada)
12 - Unit II Review
Geography
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland
American History - Trying to sync A History of US and MP's The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic. We backed up and reread "Indians vs. Colonists," "Massacre in Virginia, Poverty in England," "The Mayflower: Saints and Strangers," and "Pilgrims, Indians and Puritans" in A History of US volume 2.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic
9 - French and Spanish Quarrels
10 - Around the World (Drake)
11 - Sir Walter Raleigh
12 - The Jamestown Men
13 - The House of Burgesses
14 - Henry Hudson
15 - The Mayflower
16 - Plymouth Rock
World History - We've been combining encyclopedias and Dorothy Mill's The Book of the Ancient World (Memoria Press)
8 - The Land of Mesopotamia
9 - The Story of Assyria
10 - Cuneiform Writing; The Story of Babylonia
11 - Life in Ancient Babylon
Classical Studies - Still combining Famous Men of Rome with history in Lively Latin I. Currently studying the 2nd Punic war.
Famous Men of Greece - Agamemnon, Achilles, Odysseus, Lycurgus, Draco and Solon, Pisistratus
Christian Studies II
19 - Josiah; Fall of Jerusalem; Jeremiah
20 - Jerusalem Destroyed; Songs of the Captives; Daniel
21 - Statue of Gold; Writing on the Wall
13yo is still taking swimming lessons two afternoons a week (Tuesday/Thursday). We are going to do one more session then take the summer off. I didn't have a goal in mind when we started in September. She is in the level 6 class at the moment. As much as we would both like to be finished, I think she needs to make it to at least level 7.
Current Events - We slacked off for awhile. Picked up CNN Student News recently.
Latin (Lively Latin I) - Finished lesson 13 (ablative of place where and the 1st Punic War). Working on lesson 14 (imperfect and future tenses of sum, esse, fui, futurum (to be) and the 2nd Punic War/Hannibal). It will take a couple more weeks to finish lesson 14.
Math - R&S Math 7 1-19. So far it has mainly been review of the four basic operations using larger numbers. We are doing a math lesson M-Sat with hopes of getting through most of Math 7 before autumn. We'll see.
English Grammar - R&S English 6 109/132. Skipping the poetry lessons. We are definitely in new territory - adjectives and adverbs. This is the part of the book where we usually petered out, so we don't have a strong base to help us with the new material. We've been learning about prepositional phrases and clauses which act as modifiers, and we've been learning how to differentiate between adjectives and adverbs. About 20 lessons remaining.
Spelling - using Logic of English high frequency word list level 4. I call out ten words each day to see what she already knows. She has picked up spelling naturally.
Science - Insects
9 - Orthoptera and Dictyoptera II (grasshoppers and crickets)
10 - Hemiptera I (water measurer and water boatman)
11 - Hemiptera II (spittle bug/frog hopper, aphid, and cicada)
12 - Unit II Review
Geography
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Switzerland
American History - Trying to sync A History of US and MP's The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic. We backed up and reread "Indians vs. Colonists," "Massacre in Virginia, Poverty in England," "The Mayflower: Saints and Strangers," and "Pilgrims, Indians and Puritans" in A History of US volume 2.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic
9 - French and Spanish Quarrels
10 - Around the World (Drake)
11 - Sir Walter Raleigh
12 - The Jamestown Men
13 - The House of Burgesses
14 - Henry Hudson
15 - The Mayflower
16 - Plymouth Rock
World History - We've been combining encyclopedias and Dorothy Mill's The Book of the Ancient World (Memoria Press)
8 - The Land of Mesopotamia
9 - The Story of Assyria
10 - Cuneiform Writing; The Story of Babylonia
11 - Life in Ancient Babylon
Classical Studies - Still combining Famous Men of Rome with history in Lively Latin I. Currently studying the 2nd Punic war.
Famous Men of Greece - Agamemnon, Achilles, Odysseus, Lycurgus, Draco and Solon, Pisistratus
Christian Studies II
19 - Josiah; Fall of Jerusalem; Jeremiah
20 - Jerusalem Destroyed; Songs of the Captives; Daniel
21 - Statue of Gold; Writing on the Wall
Saturday, March 21, 2015
March 21, 2015 Saturday
We are finished with R&S Math 6. I can't even begin to express how relieved I feel at the moment. As soon as we finished the last planned lesson and I copied the review lessons, I bagged up the books (student and two teacher manuals) and sent them to a friend's house. It seemed like I couldn't get them out of the house fast enough. Having them gone meant spring break had officially started.
Where to next? We'll be starting R&S Math 7 once spring break is over.
I've had a really hard time with school this spring. Mainly I think it has to do with being a perimenopausal woman. I can't say I'm depressed or that I feel bad, but I can't see to find the oomph to stay motivated on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, things are about to get a bit more frustrating. Oldest at home chose to take a college class that would require her to drive a car rather than use public transportation. [I'm going to insert here that I was adamantly against this from the beginning] And, she can't drive without a license. She just finished her driver's ed class but didn't realize that scheduling a driver's test would be so ... what do I even want to say here ... she is learning what it is like to deal with the government. She couldn't get an appointment for a month. So, it looks like I might need to ride with her during the first 1/2 of the term and I'll be dragging 13yo with us, so we can work on school. I feel tired already.
Where to next? We'll be starting R&S Math 7 once spring break is over.
I've had a really hard time with school this spring. Mainly I think it has to do with being a perimenopausal woman. I can't say I'm depressed or that I feel bad, but I can't see to find the oomph to stay motivated on a daily basis.
Unfortunately, things are about to get a bit more frustrating. Oldest at home chose to take a college class that would require her to drive a car rather than use public transportation. [I'm going to insert here that I was adamantly against this from the beginning] And, she can't drive without a license. She just finished her driver's ed class but didn't realize that scheduling a driver's test would be so ... what do I even want to say here ... she is learning what it is like to deal with the government. She couldn't get an appointment for a month. So, it looks like I might need to ride with her during the first 1/2 of the term and I'll be dragging 13yo with us, so we can work on school. I feel tired already.
Friday, February 27, 2015
February 27, 2015
Found an older blog post, so some of what I have written here is repeated.
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Wow! Where has the time gone? It's been a mixed bag. Some days we've been productive and some we haven't. The most progress has been made in the "check list" subjects - math, grammar, and Latin.
Latin - we finally finished lesson 12! Since 12yo already knows how to diagram basic sentences, this has been a low key lesson. Lots of history though - Manlius Torquatus, Appius Claudius (road builder - Appian Way), and Pyhrric victory.
Math - we've covered a lot of ground with math in the past month. We finished chapters about working with percents, working with money, and figuring perimeter and area. Only one more chapter in the book - circles, angles, and volume. There is a final review chapter which we'll be using as periodic review when we start the next math book.
English Grammar - plodding along. 65-81 Pronouns - possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, interrogative, and relative. Now we are working on capitalization and punctuation.
Science - Insects
5 - Unit Review
6 - Odonata I (dragonflies)
7 - Odonata II (damselflies)
8 - Orthoptera I (grasshoppers)
Astronomy
Unit 1 Review
reading through Astronomy (Basher)
Geography
Algeria
Morocco
Introduction to Europe/Mediterranean Europe
American History
MP's The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic
4 Columbus and the Queen
5 Land, Land!
6 Home Again
7 How America Got Its Name
8 The Fountain of Youth
World History
Great Courses - The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
1 - Taking on the Other Side of History
2 - Paleolithic
3 - Mesopotamia
Classical Studies
Famous Men of Greece - Deucalion, Cadmus, Perseus, Hercules, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and Theseus
Christian Studies II
15 Elijah and the Priests of Baal; Still Small Voice
16 Naboth's Vineyard; Parting of Elijah and Elisha
17 Anointing of Jehu; Crowning of Joash
18 Death of Elisha; Warnings of the Prophets
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Wow! Where has the time gone? It's been a mixed bag. Some days we've been productive and some we haven't. The most progress has been made in the "check list" subjects - math, grammar, and Latin.
Latin - we finally finished lesson 12! Since 12yo already knows how to diagram basic sentences, this has been a low key lesson. Lots of history though - Manlius Torquatus, Appius Claudius (road builder - Appian Way), and Pyhrric victory.
Math - we've covered a lot of ground with math in the past month. We finished chapters about working with percents, working with money, and figuring perimeter and area. Only one more chapter in the book - circles, angles, and volume. There is a final review chapter which we'll be using as periodic review when we start the next math book.
English Grammar - plodding along. 65-81 Pronouns - possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, interrogative, and relative. Now we are working on capitalization and punctuation.
Science - Insects
5 - Unit Review
6 - Odonata I (dragonflies)
7 - Odonata II (damselflies)
8 - Orthoptera I (grasshoppers)
Astronomy
Unit 1 Review
reading through Astronomy (Basher)
Geography
Algeria
Morocco
Introduction to Europe/Mediterranean Europe
American History
MP's The Story of the Thirteen Colonies & the Great Republic
4 Columbus and the Queen
5 Land, Land!
6 Home Again
7 How America Got Its Name
8 The Fountain of Youth
World History
Great Courses - The Other Side of History: Daily Life in the Ancient World
1 - Taking on the Other Side of History
2 - Paleolithic
3 - Mesopotamia
Classical Studies
Famous Men of Greece - Deucalion, Cadmus, Perseus, Hercules, Jason and the Golden Fleece, and Theseus
Christian Studies II
15 Elijah and the Priests of Baal; Still Small Voice
16 Naboth's Vineyard; Parting of Elijah and Elisha
17 Anointing of Jehu; Crowning of Joash
18 Death of Elisha; Warnings of the Prophets
January 23, 2015
* Feb. 27, 2015. Just found this today. *
Monday was a holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Latin
Lively Latin - still working through lesson eleven. Practiced conjugating the future tense, worked with English derivatives, Gallic invasion of Rome in 390 BC.
Math
112-118 Percents
Grammar
65-68 Pronouns: Possessive, Demonstrative, Indefinite, Interrogative. Business letters.
Literature
The Hobbit - chapter four.
Science
Astronomy - Zodiac, Scorpio
Insect - 4 What Is Metamorphosis? Unit 1 Review
Geography
Tunisia
American History
Memoria Press The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the Great Republic
1 Our Country So Long Ago
2 The Northmen In America
3 Prince Henry the Navigator
World History
Calliope/Mesopotamia - "The Babylonian Story of Creation" "The Great Flood" "Inanna" "Fun With Words" "War in the First Cities" "Digging Up History" "Ask Calliope" "From Mesopotamia to Iraq"
Ancient Civilization: Building Skills by Exploring Maps - Ancient Assyria
SOTW Ancients 16 The Return of the Assyrians, 17 Babylon Takes Over Again
Monday was a holiday - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Latin
Lively Latin - still working through lesson eleven. Practiced conjugating the future tense, worked with English derivatives, Gallic invasion of Rome in 390 BC.
Math
112-118 Percents
Grammar
65-68 Pronouns: Possessive, Demonstrative, Indefinite, Interrogative. Business letters.
Literature
The Hobbit - chapter four.
Science
Astronomy - Zodiac, Scorpio
Insect - 4 What Is Metamorphosis? Unit 1 Review
Geography
Tunisia
American History
Memoria Press The Story of the Thirteen Colonies and the Great Republic
1 Our Country So Long Ago
2 The Northmen In America
3 Prince Henry the Navigator
World History
Calliope/Mesopotamia - "The Babylonian Story of Creation" "The Great Flood" "Inanna" "Fun With Words" "War in the First Cities" "Digging Up History" "Ask Calliope" "From Mesopotamia to Iraq"
Ancient Civilization: Building Skills by Exploring Maps - Ancient Assyria
SOTW Ancients 16 The Return of the Assyrians, 17 Babylon Takes Over Again
Friday, January 16, 2015
January 16, 2015
Much better week!
12yo moved up in swimming lessons to level 5. :)
Current Events
Dropped the ball on Newsademic, but we did watch CNN Student News religiously.
Latin
Lively Latin - More Camillus, cont'd conjugating future tense verbs
Math
103-108 Converting between English and Metric measures, distance = rate X time, scales of miles, reading a blueprint
Grammar
61-64 Nominative and objective case pronouns, friendly letters, and more practice using pronouns correctly (when to use nominative or objective case)
Literature
The Hobbit - read chapter three (arriving at Rivendell), corresponding workbook pages
Science
The Book of Astronomy - Solar System (115), Constellations: Hercules, The Summer Sky
The Book of Insects - (1-3) What is an insect?, Phylum and Class, Orders
Geography
Libya
American History
6-11 Jamestown. Starving time, Pocahontas dies, tobacco, first African Americans, House of Burgesses, Indians vs. Colonists
World History
Story of the World - Phoenicians, Assyrians
History Detective - 7 Hittites and Phoenicians, 10 Assyrians and Chaldeans
Usborne Encyclopedia - Trading and Conquering, Newcomers and New States
Calliope - "Assyrian Expansion," "The Great Restorer" (Nebuchadnezzar II), "The Hand of Hammurabi"
Classical Studies
Famous Men of Greece - (1-2) The Gods of Greece
Christian Studies
14 Wisdom of Solomon, The Temple, Queen of Sheba
12yo moved up in swimming lessons to level 5. :)
Current Events
Dropped the ball on Newsademic, but we did watch CNN Student News religiously.
Latin
Lively Latin - More Camillus, cont'd conjugating future tense verbs
Math
103-108 Converting between English and Metric measures, distance = rate X time, scales of miles, reading a blueprint
Grammar
61-64 Nominative and objective case pronouns, friendly letters, and more practice using pronouns correctly (when to use nominative or objective case)
Literature
The Hobbit - read chapter three (arriving at Rivendell), corresponding workbook pages
Science
The Book of Astronomy - Solar System (115), Constellations: Hercules, The Summer Sky
The Book of Insects - (1-3) What is an insect?, Phylum and Class, Orders
Geography
Libya
American History
6-11 Jamestown. Starving time, Pocahontas dies, tobacco, first African Americans, House of Burgesses, Indians vs. Colonists
World History
Story of the World - Phoenicians, Assyrians
History Detective - 7 Hittites and Phoenicians, 10 Assyrians and Chaldeans
Usborne Encyclopedia - Trading and Conquering, Newcomers and New States
Calliope - "Assyrian Expansion," "The Great Restorer" (Nebuchadnezzar II), "The Hand of Hammurabi"
Classical Studies
Famous Men of Greece - (1-2) The Gods of Greece
Christian Studies
14 Wisdom of Solomon, The Temple, Queen of Sheba
Friday, January 9, 2015
January 9, 2015
Anxiety? I've felt overwhelmed this week, and I seem to be shutting down. One of my girls has a joined a team at the high school which means after school games and practices. Another has added a driver's ed course. And 12yo restarted swimming lessons this week. And that's just part of the picture.
Really hoping I can overcome my anxiety this coming week, so I'm not so paralyzed.
This week has been a "at least do something" kind of week.
Current Events - CNN Student News has been the most consistent thing this week, and we started the newest edition of Newsademic Thursday evening.
Math & Grammar - we did one lesson in each subject. Eek.
Latin - We have jumped back into Lively Latin Big Book 1. Love it! Love the videos. Love the book.
We are in lesson 11 which will hopefully be a bit of a review. We've already learned about the future tense and Camillus.
American History - we backed up to the beginning of A History of US Volume 2. It's been fun to read.
The origins of Western Civilization (Middle East, Greece, Rome) and the founding of Jamestown in 1607.
World History - bouncing all over the place on the timeline. I definitely don't have a good chronological grasp when it comes to ancient history.
K12's The Human Odyssey - Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Calliope magazine - Mesopotamia: The Land of Firsts - Sumer, Ur, Cuneiform, Gilgamesh, Early Farming, Akkadians/Sargon ...
Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - (we have read these pages too many times!) The First Empires, The Rise of Babylon, Allies and Enemies.
Core Knowledge - Christianity (grade 1)
Science - During the holidays I made an order to Memoria Press and one of the items I bought was The Book of Astronomy set. We are enjoying an introduction to night skies through constellations.
The Summer Triangle - Lyra/Lyre, Aquila/Eagle, and Cygnus/Swan.
Really hoping I can overcome my anxiety this coming week, so I'm not so paralyzed.
This week has been a "at least do something" kind of week.
Current Events - CNN Student News has been the most consistent thing this week, and we started the newest edition of Newsademic Thursday evening.
Math & Grammar - we did one lesson in each subject. Eek.
Latin - We have jumped back into Lively Latin Big Book 1. Love it! Love the videos. Love the book.
We are in lesson 11 which will hopefully be a bit of a review. We've already learned about the future tense and Camillus.
American History - we backed up to the beginning of A History of US Volume 2. It's been fun to read.
The origins of Western Civilization (Middle East, Greece, Rome) and the founding of Jamestown in 1607.
World History - bouncing all over the place on the timeline. I definitely don't have a good chronological grasp when it comes to ancient history.
K12's The Human Odyssey - Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Calliope magazine - Mesopotamia: The Land of Firsts - Sumer, Ur, Cuneiform, Gilgamesh, Early Farming, Akkadians/Sargon ...
Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - (we have read these pages too many times!) The First Empires, The Rise of Babylon, Allies and Enemies.
Core Knowledge - Christianity (grade 1)
Science - During the holidays I made an order to Memoria Press and one of the items I bought was The Book of Astronomy set. We are enjoying an introduction to night skies through constellations.
The Summer Triangle - Lyra/Lyre, Aquila/Eagle, and Cygnus/Swan.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
December 16, 2014
Can we quit now?
Can't. hold. on. much. longer! (The Adventures of Cliff Hangar from Between the Lions)
Daily math and English lessons are all I can muster.
Can't. hold. on. much. longer! (The Adventures of Cliff Hangar from Between the Lions)
Daily math and English lessons are all I can muster.
Friday, November 21, 2014
November 21, 2014
An afternoon appointment here, an afternoon appointment there and suddenly you realize your weekly plan has been sabotaged. I have accepted that we lose a couple of hours prepping for and driving to swimming lessons each week , but I made the mistake of scheduling short appointments during school hours this week. In trying to accommodate others, I robbed 12yo of education/learning hours.
And then there is the stomach bug which is creeping up on us. So far only two of us have experienced mild symptoms (queasiness), but it did make a difference in time on task.
Math
69 - Reading Problems: Estimating in Everyday Life
72 - Intro. to Decimals
73 - Changing Fractions to Decimals
74 - Changing Decimals to Fractions
75 - Comparing Decimals
Skipped adding and subtracting decimals since it is so similar to +/- money.
78 - Multiplying Decimals by 10, by 100, and by 1,000
Lesson learned - she needs a little more practice than I planned.
Latin
Lessons 22 - more practice with conjugating the imperfect tense.
English Grammar
44 - Linking Verbs or Action Verbs
Skipped lesson on giving oral book reports.
46 - Chapter review (direct and indirect objects, predicate nouns and adjectives)
47 - Using Lay & Lie
48 - Using Raise & Rise
Literature - The Hobbit
Studied the dwarves song, listened to chapters two and three on CD, and finished a good portion of the workbook for chapter two.
Lesson learned - 12yo was unable to define quite a few of the vocabulary words even in context, so studying the vocabulary words really is important.
Geography
Sudan and South Sudan
World History
Story of the World CD - listened to Ch. 5 - Sargon and Ch. 7 - Hammurabi
Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - pp 24-27 "The First Empires" and "The Rise of Babylon"
Gilgamesh the Hero retold by Geraldine McCaughrean - visited the cedar forest and slew Huwawa, Ishtar wants to marry Gilgamesh, the Bull of Heaven, Gilgamesh mourns Enkidu.
Christian Studies II
11 Saul and the Spirit of Samuel; David the King
And then there is the stomach bug which is creeping up on us. So far only two of us have experienced mild symptoms (queasiness), but it did make a difference in time on task.
Math
69 - Reading Problems: Estimating in Everyday Life
72 - Intro. to Decimals
73 - Changing Fractions to Decimals
74 - Changing Decimals to Fractions
75 - Comparing Decimals
Skipped adding and subtracting decimals since it is so similar to +/- money.
78 - Multiplying Decimals by 10, by 100, and by 1,000
Lesson learned - she needs a little more practice than I planned.
Latin
Lessons 22 - more practice with conjugating the imperfect tense.
English Grammar
44 - Linking Verbs or Action Verbs
Skipped lesson on giving oral book reports.
46 - Chapter review (direct and indirect objects, predicate nouns and adjectives)
47 - Using Lay & Lie
48 - Using Raise & Rise
Literature - The Hobbit
Studied the dwarves song, listened to chapters two and three on CD, and finished a good portion of the workbook for chapter two.
Lesson learned - 12yo was unable to define quite a few of the vocabulary words even in context, so studying the vocabulary words really is important.
Geography
Sudan and South Sudan
World History
Story of the World CD - listened to Ch. 5 - Sargon and Ch. 7 - Hammurabi
Usborne Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - pp 24-27 "The First Empires" and "The Rise of Babylon"
Gilgamesh the Hero retold by Geraldine McCaughrean - visited the cedar forest and slew Huwawa, Ishtar wants to marry Gilgamesh, the Bull of Heaven, Gilgamesh mourns Enkidu.
Christian Studies II
11 Saul and the Spirit of Samuel; David the King
Friday, November 14, 2014
November 14, 2014
Probably THE most helpful change this week - we got up earlier!
I decided to use a plain daily planner this week and I think it helped us get more accomplished. We'll see how it lasts. It seems I need to shake things up occasionally (every two weeks ; ).
Current Events
We spend a lot of time covering current events and I've had to pace myself a bit - two Newsademic articles per day.
Math
I realized that we were still slogging through math when I think 12yo is capable of so much more. I sat down with the math book and seriously thought about which lessons we might be able to skip and which ones could easily be combined. Plus, we are going to try doing math on Saturdays again.
Lessons 62-68. Focus - multiplying and dividing fractions.
Latin
Review IV
Lesson 21 - Imperfect Tense
Nearing the end of the book and she is saturated with vocabulary. I've decided to relax a little, since we will surely review these words again.
Classical Studies
I decided to make this day five of Latin studies so it won't be shoved to the back burner each week.
Famous Men of Rome - Camillus
English Grammar
A normal week - four lessons. This week we did an extra lesson because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
Lessons 39-43 Action verbs (transitive), indirect objects, outline from a composition, linking verbs and predicate nominatives, linking verbs and predicate adjectives.
Spelling
I still haven't come up with a plan to fill the spelling void.
Literature
We finally started the Memoria Press study guide for The Hobbit! We listened to the first chapter of the audiobook (narrated by Rob Inglis) on Monday and worked in the student book the remainder of the week. In addition to vocabulary, comprehension questions, and discussion questions, we also took detailed notes about the individual dwarves and dwarves and hobbits in general.
Geography
Introduction to North Africa
Egypt
World History
Usborne's Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - repeat pp. 16-23 Mesopotamia, The Birth of Writing, The First City-States, The Royal Tombs of Ur.
K-12's The Human Odyssey - "Passing It On: The Written Word in Ancient Sumer"
Started Gilgamesh the Hero
Christian Studies
Review Lesson (6-10)
Science
Slight disappointment that we weren't able to do either of the activities that we tried this week. We weren't able to create enough static electricity (we have major humidity where we live) and we couldn't find a flashlight in the house that used only two batteries. Almost all our flashlights use sets of three batteries. But, we read the lessons anyway.
6 Energy Conversion
7 More on the Law of Conservation
I decided to use a plain daily planner this week and I think it helped us get more accomplished. We'll see how it lasts. It seems I need to shake things up occasionally (every two weeks ; ).
Current Events
We spend a lot of time covering current events and I've had to pace myself a bit - two Newsademic articles per day.
Math
I realized that we were still slogging through math when I think 12yo is capable of so much more. I sat down with the math book and seriously thought about which lessons we might be able to skip and which ones could easily be combined. Plus, we are going to try doing math on Saturdays again.
Lessons 62-68. Focus - multiplying and dividing fractions.
Latin
Review IV
Lesson 21 - Imperfect Tense
Nearing the end of the book and she is saturated with vocabulary. I've decided to relax a little, since we will surely review these words again.
Classical Studies
I decided to make this day five of Latin studies so it won't be shoved to the back burner each week.
Famous Men of Rome - Camillus
English Grammar
A normal week - four lessons. This week we did an extra lesson because of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.
Lessons 39-43 Action verbs (transitive), indirect objects, outline from a composition, linking verbs and predicate nominatives, linking verbs and predicate adjectives.
Spelling
I still haven't come up with a plan to fill the spelling void.
Literature
We finally started the Memoria Press study guide for The Hobbit! We listened to the first chapter of the audiobook (narrated by Rob Inglis) on Monday and worked in the student book the remainder of the week. In addition to vocabulary, comprehension questions, and discussion questions, we also took detailed notes about the individual dwarves and dwarves and hobbits in general.
Geography
Introduction to North Africa
Egypt
World History
Usborne's Encyclopedia of the Ancient World - repeat pp. 16-23 Mesopotamia, The Birth of Writing, The First City-States, The Royal Tombs of Ur.
K-12's The Human Odyssey - "Passing It On: The Written Word in Ancient Sumer"
Started Gilgamesh the Hero
Review Lesson (6-10)
Science
Slight disappointment that we weren't able to do either of the activities that we tried this week. We weren't able to create enough static electricity (we have major humidity where we live) and we couldn't find a flashlight in the house that used only two batteries. Almost all our flashlights use sets of three batteries. But, we read the lessons anyway.
6 Energy Conversion
7 More on the Law of Conservation
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