What we are up to this week - Week 29

Going to have the usual piano lessons, hopefully guitar this week. The girls have Zoo class and World Travelers.  Caty has speech too.  Joey signed up for a Minecraft LEGO class.  He is pretty excited.  

Combined learning is going to be Art, Health and History.  They are going to be doing a oil pastel drawing for art and in history they will be reading about some tall tale legendary figures.  In Health, we will be continuing to go over Safety reminders.

Math

Joey & Brayden - Counting line segments, comparing numbers and working on more complicated word problems

Lydia - Finding the unknown and counting backward using a number line

Caty - Simple adding with games

Science

Joey & Brayden - plant and animal cells

Lydia - Sunlight and the important parts of plants, she also has her amphibian report to do for zoo class.

Caty - working on a unit about winter

Geography

Joey & Brayden - reading longitude and latitude

Lydia - Map reading also

Grammar

Joey - writing complete sentences

Lydia - Action verbs

Spelling

Typical stuff and Lydia is going to be practicing words for the upcoming Spelling Bee

Caty is working on making a Timeline of her first 5 years.  Beginning sounds reviews as we finish her Letter review.  She is also working on the Letter F sounds for speech.

Hope everyone has a safe (with all the nasty weather going on) and wonderful week!!!

What we are up to this week....Week 28

Well we are back to "regular" school this week.  It was nice to have a week off, but seriously....I didn't even make a dent in my to-do list.  Although I did watch all of Season 8 of Bones...lol.  I should've let Joey watch it with me and counted that as Science for him.

Well we have a few activities this week, including LEGO class at Build-It.  And we also have American Girl Club.  The girls have their dance recital this Friday also.

Combined subjects this week are Art, Health, and Ohio History.  
Art - Line drawing using colored pencils to add color and detail
Health - Safety
Ohio History- How the Americans displaced the Natives...after the Revolutionary War.

Math
Joey and Brayden will be working on even/odd numbers (large ones) and accurately reading word problems to find the solutions.  Lydia is working on fractions and reviewing a math program which is showing her easy techniques for adding.  Caty....well whatever we decide to play in this area.

Science
Joey is working on animal traits.  Brayden is finishing reading about Animal habitats.  The girls will be working on Living things.

Grammar
The boys are working on apostrophes and commas.  Lydia is reviewing pronouns and working on action verbs.  She is also going to continue learning how to write sentences.

Geography
The boys are learning how to read a globe.  Lydia is working on reading basic maps and using the compass rose.

Spelling
The boys have their books.  Lydia is working on the -ad family and using Explore the code Book 2.

Side projects include....Lydia finishing more drawing in her Birds of Northwest Ohio book.  She only needed to do 5 birds, but decided to fill the book.  So this is an ongoing project.  She is also working on her Zoo Class Amphibian report.  

Caty is working on her Community Helpers project.  For History she will be working on "Then and Now".  For reading/phonics, we have some alphabet games and she is continuing her online Essential skills program.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week.  See you on Saturday for our Weekly Wrap !!!

What we are up to this week - Week 21

We are doing part week, but full lessons.  Actually I am only planning 3 days, so we can work around the couple trips we have this week.  On Monday we have art class and Thursday we have a really cool event about the Great Black Swamp here in Ohio.  The girls piano class resumes this week and so does guitar.  So we have plenty to do.

Joey
Joey struggled in math last week also.  I am going to have a few more equality problems for him to work on, and then we'll be working on greatest/least word problems.  He'll be doing Science with Lydia, so Density and Shape of Matter.  He'll also be working on Bolivia for World Travelers.  In Grammar he'll be working on Spelling Plural nouns and then practicing on IXL.  He also starts his new Minecraft Castles class this week.

Brayden
Brayden is continuing work with multiple factors in multiplication.   He is struggling with remembering the proper order of operations and when you add and when you don't.  In Ohio History we'll be reading about 'How Nature Shaped Ohio".  In Grammar, we'll be working on the Main Idea and reviewing more parts of speech.  This week it's pronouns and adjectives.  In Art he is working on portraits (this is an extra provided by Time 4 Learning).  In Science, we'll continue with Sound and the Sounds we hear from music.

Lydia
Lydia is starting Life of fred Butterflies this week.  She really does enjoy Life of Fred.  We are reinforcing skills using IXL.com.  In Science, they'll be learning about the Density and shape of Matter.  For Geography, we'll be researching her Bolivia project for World Travelers Club.  In Grammar, Refreshing ourselves on nouns and verbs (in prep for Subject and Predicate work next week).  Her regular "games" in Spelling/Vocabulary City.  In Reading, I have changed out a few of her books to see if she notices they are a little tougher.  She'll also be doing a couple lessons in Reading Kingdom.  And for Handwriting, We'll be creating monsters and writing stories about them.

Caty
This week we'll be working on the Letter M and N.  Caty is LOVING Reading Eggs and Math Seeds.  She begs to do her schoolwork on these everyday.  So I am going with it.  We'll be working more on Bolivia.  She and I will continue reading her God's Big World magazine.  And for Science we'll start reading about Space and our planets.

Hope everyone is has a wonderful week!!!  See you on Saturday at Homeschool Mothers Journal/Week in Review.

What we are up to this week....Week 20

We have a couple field trips this week.  I am grateful for Monday, it's a very quiet day!  We are very excited to be starting DIY club on Tuesday.  Sooooo very happy about this club for the boys.  We do not have music lessons this week due to teachers being out of town and busy.  On Thursday the girls start their first Zoo Homeschool class for the year, and we also have our Women's Living History event.  On Friday we have a trip back to Fort Meigs to learn how soldiers lived in the War of 1812.

Joey is working on IXL this week.  He is going to be working on Inequalities and comparing numbers in math.  In Science we will be starting Apologia Chemistry (watch for the upcoming review).  This week in Science will be matter and the density of matter.  For World Travelers, we will start learning about the country of Bolivia.  Joey and Brayden start back up with Ohio History this week.  Pretty basic stuff in there, just learning about all the counties and refresher of the basics of Ohio Geography.  In Grammar, he will be working on using nouns in writing.  We are hoping to finish up his History of Halloween essay this week also.

Brayden will still be working with Time 4 Learning.  He seems to enjoy it.  This week he will be working on multiplying multiple numbers in Math.   In Science he will be learning about Sound.  He and Joey will be working on Ohio History together.  I am also going to have him concentrate on United State geography, meaning at the next couple weeks learning where states are located.  In Art he will be working on Color and using color.  In LA, he will be learning about the plot of a story.  In Grammar, he is working on Nouns and verbs.

Lydia is all across the boards using all different kinds of curriculum.  She'll continue using Life of Fred, she has graduated to the Butterflies book.  She'll be doing Science with Joey and working on Matter.  In history, she will be finishing her project on Jane Goodall.  World Travelers, she'll be learning about Bolivia and cooking our meal.  For Language Arts, she'll be working on types of sentences (question, command, exclamation) and the punctuation used.  (Using IXL for practice).  She did great using Spelling city for Spelling, so she will continue her next spelling list this week.  Handwriting is Draw Write Now, level 1.  And of course, she'll continue with Reading Kingdom and reading books.  I have been secretly upping a few of her reading books she keeps at her desk...lol.  She hasn't caught on yet....SHHHHH!  She also needs to finish her castle project for her online Middle Ages class.

Caty is continuing her Letter of the Week.  We got behind, so working on L and M this week.  We'll also be learning why leaves change color in the Fall.  She is getting to try some great World Geography books, so this week we will be learning about South Korea.  I picked out a couple recipes for her to help make for lunch this week.  In math, continue with shapes and number association.  She also gets to review a new magazine called God's World.  We are so excited....I am loving what I have seen so far.  Watch for the upcoming review.

Hope everyone has a great week!!!  See you Saturday!!

What we are up to this week....Week 19

It's going to be a long week.....we have a class, field trip, or club every day.  So we are going to be "unschooling" it this week.  The kids and I went to the library the other day and picked out books on topics they wanted to learn about.

Joey- He's going to be finishing his Minecraft class this week.  He has built his Temple of Artemis.  Castles starts soon, and he is excited.  The books he chose were on Forensic Science and Wind Energy.  He's using IXL.com (watch for the upcoming review) for topics on math and grammar.  And also Spelling City.  We're also going to spend a little more time working on his History of Halloween essay.

Brayden - He's working on a few books.  He chose a book on weights and measurement.  I am almost certain he will dislike it.  So I am going to be ready for him to read about Wind Energy and taking care of the planet.

Lydia - Well she is working on IXL also.  So she'll be using those practice games for math and grammar/language arts.  For science she chose...drumroll please....animal books.  She is going to read about deer, owls, and look at birds of Ohio.  We are going to be working on our Bird (ornithology) Badge for DIY Club.  She'll also be doing Spelling City.

Caty - She chose to learn about the planets this week.  We are going to skip to the Letter P for planets.  She is also using IXL.com for math.

This might seem light, but the kids do have art class.  They also have their history covered in a field trip on Wednesday to Fort Meigs (War of 1812) and we will be reading our area of the Great Black Swamp.  I recorded a PBS special that we can watch also.  In a couple weeks, we are going to listen to a historian/storyteller fill us in on The Great Black Swamp.  Their LEGO class on Tuesday in on building suspension bridges.  I can't wait to watch that one!  I think we are pretty covered this week!

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!  See you on Saturday!!

What we are up to this week....

I didn't post this last week.  I was so busy all weekend, that it never got done.  I did have lessons ready though.  So these are our projects this week....

Joey
Math - place value, using A+ Tutor software
Science - Astronomy and Space lapbook from Journey through Learning ... the week is the moon, moon phases, comets and asteroids
History- Knights and Castles from Journey through Learning - Castles and the Lifestyle of the Middle ages
Grammar - Declarative and Interrogative Sentences
Standard spelling book and handwriting assignments (practice)
4H - He'll be working on sketches and cooking books.  In sketching he is working on seeing basic shapes in objects so he can draw them easier.  In Cooking, he'll learn about the importance of calcium to our bones and make granola bars.

Brayden
Math - Multiplication and practicing word problems
Science - Astronomy and Space lapbook along with Joey
History - American History - Revolutionary War time period
Grammar - Declarative and Interrogative Sentences
Standard Spelling book lessons
He'll be using Brain Pop videos (and so will Joey) this week on Space.
Reading Comprehension - Book Adventure online program from Sylvan

Lydia
Math - Practicing her addition facts and reading a clock 
Science - Water cycle and review the ocean zones and ocean floor (Journey through Learning lapbook)
History - Finish STOW chapter 4 .. she'll build a sugar cube pyramid and review some books she picked out at the library.  (I am not a fan of how STOW breaks up Ancient Egypt, but oh well...)
Bible - Talking about Abraham
Reading -  ABeCeDarian Reading Program  She has started A-2 and we are working through 3 lessons a week...watch for the upcoming review.
Geography terms - Delta, Desert, Dune

Caty
Math - Patterns
Science - A little bit of moon phases and a bit on hibernation....we are reading Moon Bear
Reading - Hooked on Phonics PK ... E & F
Various busy activities including Pop for Numbers, Butterfly Symmetry and Rhyming.  We will probably also play Sequence Letters

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!!!!  See you at our Week in Review!!

What we are up to this week....

We have a lot of club events this week, and our bi-weekly art class.  Actually we have 3 clubs and art class tomorrow.  A field trip to the Art Museum on Tuesday morning.  Joey and Lydia start back to 4H this week.  Actually Lydia is still a Cloverbud for another two years....shhhhhh....don't tell her.  She's in denial that she can't show a project yet.  So she is collecting her art projects to enter in the fair anyway.  Of course we have the regular dance/gymnastics classes.  Our Special Olympics Homecoming is this Friday, and Lydia is going to a Scrapbooking Party that a friend of ours is hosting this upcoming weekend.

Some where we have to do schoolwork....

Joey:
Math- I am making a slight adjustment in Joey's math.  He will do 2-3 assignments a week and then he will be working on his computer curriculum.
Computer- He is creating a powerpoint slide for a 4H project.  This will take a couple weeks.
Science - He is starting Astronomy and Space from Journey Through Learning.  Watch for the upcoming review
History/Social Studies - Knights and Castles from Journey through Learning.
Handwriting - Will continue through cursive
Grammar - Finish up talking about Subjects & Predicates and work on Sentence Fragments.  He and Brayden are using Essentials in Writing (watch for the upcoming review)
Reading - He will be starting back working on Book Adventure a couple times a week to strengthen his reading comprehension skills.  He's finally remembering what he is reading.

Brayden:
Math- Continue working in Multiplication
Science - Astronomy and Space from Journey through Learning
History - early American history using Schoolexpress
Grammar - Finish up talking about Subjects & Predicates and work on Sentence Fragments (Same as Joey)
Reading - He will also be using the Book Adventure program like Joey is.

Lydia:
Math- Keep working on addition in Touch Point Math 2nd grade and she will also be working on their Time program
Science - The Earth lapbook from Journey Through Learning.
Reading- McGuffey and a couple site word games
History- The first forms of writing
Geography words- continent, continental divide
Art- clay art....and at home she'll be working on giving a texture look to paint
Phonics - ABeka Letters and Sounds
Spelling - All About Spelling Lesson 4
Bible - Chapter 4 - The Tower of Babel

Caty:
Math - She is still working on her pattern unit
Hooked on Phonics- We didn't finish our sound review of A-D, so we are going to do that this week.
Science- We will be doing some growing with carrot tops (an Evan Moore project)
Art- Same as Lydia
**Practicing our phone number
**Speech will be initial and middle S sounds.

Everyone have a wonderful week!!!

What we are up to this week....

Another busy week....life wouldn't seem like life without those!

For schoolwork:

Joey

Math - Comparing & rounding thousands

Grammar - Essentials in Writing - Simple Sentences

Science - The Plant World

Ohio History - Early Europeans in Ohio

Spelling

Bible - Jacob and Esau

Scholastic News - Learning about Rosa Parks

Adventure Club - George Washington

Handwriting - Handwriting without Tears cursive

Brayden

Math - Review topics from this month

Grammar - Essentials in Writing

Science - Start lesson on Bees

Scholastic News - Learning about Rosa Parks

Spelling

Bible - Lot

Social Studies - Harriet Tubman

Adventure Club - Finish George Washington Book

Reading Comp - Reading Bad Kitty and Reading Comp book

Lydia

Math - Starting Touch Math Grade 2 (watch for the upcoming review)

Science - Finish learning about Caniforms & Experiment from Hooked on Science

Spelling - AAS#1 & 2 (We are going very slowly with this.)

Reading - McGuffey reader

Phonics - A Beka Letters and Sounds

History - SOTW Book 1 CH 1 Earliest People

Bible Study - Creation of Man

Geography - Canyon and Cape

Art - Mark Rothko

Handwriting - I downloaded a new cursive writing app

Caty

Letter/Phonics - Hooked On Phonics PK (she will be starting this new this week)

Handwriting - Handwriting without Tears Wet/Dry app

Math - Practice Counting to 25, counting by 2s and writing numbers

Gym - playing catch with a very soft ball

Science - Shadows

Geography - What are maps?  Draw a large map of our house

Art - Dot Painting

Games - Frog Hop, Dora Uno and Puzzles

Speech therapy - Concentrating on the F and S sounds (playing with Go Fish speech cards)

Stories - Winter stories

That is how our week looks.  We have double gymnastics (because she has a make-up class due to her hand injury), tap dancing, storytime at the library, Joey has two games to cheer in, Brayden has basketball practice, zoo class and of course guitar.  We have Art class tomorrow too.  I also have some extra responsibilities this week for some clubs.  

Everyone have a wonderful and safe week!!!

What we are up to this week....

We are only going to do "school" 3 days this week.  Joey has Cheerleading Competition Friday in Lexington KY.  And I need at least one day to prepare and pack.  Caty will have 2 dance classes this week, Lydia has gymnastics, and Joey will have one last practice before they go on.

Joey
Math- Math Mammoth - Place value, adding thousands
Grammar- Rod and Staff - Noun names, Names of people & places, Proper Nouns
Science- ABeka...Nervous system, eyes
Spelling
Social Studies - Martin Luther King Jr. Video and book--Difference between urban, rural and suburban
4H Project - Using Computer basics
Handwriting - Letter E & L (Cursive Handwriting without Tears)
Bible study - Creation of the world
Scholastic Newspaper

Brayden
Math - Adding thousands, adding whole hundreds
Grammar - Rod and Staff - Noun names, Names of People & Places, Proper Nouns
Science - Penguins
Spelling - Review words
Social studies - Martin Luther King Jr. Video and book --- U.S. Symbols
Scholastic Newspaper

Lydia
Math - A+ Interactive Math (2nd grade level) - counting past 100, skip counting review.  (Watch for the upcoming review)
Science - Carnivorous Mammals
Reading - Headsprout, McGuffey Reader
AG Club - Caroline Book 3
Site Words - Writing words zero to five
Geography Words - Badland, Bay
Phonics - A Beka Letters and Sounds
Handwriting without Tears App

Caty
Comprehension - Playing Red Light/Green Light, Practice our phone number, Following directions on how to build a snowman
Math - Practice counting to 20, Practice writing numbers to 10 in her dry-erase book
Reading - Letters A & B review w/ coloring cards
Art - Tissue Paper Matisse
Geography - Be an explorer at home

Everyone have a great week!!!

What we are up to this week....

It's a busy week in our neighborhood....a busy week in our neighborhood...ugh!  This week we have art class, zoo class, gymnastics, cheerleading practice, a basketball game, Scouts, and guitar lessons.  I am tired just thinking about it.  On top of this...lessons.....

Joey
Math - place value to ten thousand
Ohio History - First Ohioans
Grammar - Rod and Staff -- punctuation
Science - A beka - How to investigate nature and the tools for science
Ben Franklin project - Build a thermometer
Scholastic Newspaper
4H-Computer programing
Spelling
Handwriting - Handwriting without Tears cursive

Brayden
Math - Adding/regrouping 4-5 column
Grammar - Rod and Staff -- punctuation
Science - Rocks and minerals
Scholastic Newspaper
Spelling
Social Studies - Branches of government

Lydia
Math - Addition and coins
Phonics - Headsprout
Site words - work on spelling ones from past 3 weeks.
American Girl Club - Caroline Book 2
Artist study - Georgia O'Keeffe
Science - Zoology Book 3 (Watch for the upcoming review)
Scholastic Newspaper
Geography terms - Archipelago and Atoll

Caty 
The Snowman
Science/Health - Healthy eating and Senses
Math - Count and write numbers to 10 (mainly the writing part..lol)
Work on trying to remember our phone number
Scholastic Clifford Newspaper
Art - Looking at colors with Henri Matisse The Snail

Everyone have a great week!!!!