May 11, 2009 (Monday)

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm A Foundation
Theology: The Priesthood is Organized from Our Heritage
Church History: Joseph Smith gets the plates
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Read 1 chapter in Little House in the Big Woods.
Memorization: 12 apostles
Music: Rhythm Poem
Geography: Continents quiz
Health/Science: "The Digestive System" from Usborne's Book of Knowledge
Science: Saw baby killdeer birds.
Outside Activity: We went to the Scholastic book fair at the school and bought some books.
PE: Played golf in the field.
Chores


Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Social Studies: Memorizing the states and capitals
Geography: Did a Geography lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Language Arts: Nouns from Easy Grammar
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Torpid
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Classical Roots lesson
Literature: Read Robinson Crusoe for an hour.
PE/Life Skills: Had horse riding lessons.
Clubs/Social: Went to a 4-H meeting.
Science: Planted flowers

Jared
Religion: Read a chapter in The Book of Mormon and read a chapter in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Had a piano lesson.
Geography: Memorizing the states
Math: Did a Saxon Math lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Handwriting: Cursive handwriting lesson
Reading: Read a McGuffy Third Reader lesson.
Social: Played with his cousin for several hours.

Luke
Religion: Read a couple of chapters in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did two geography lessons and finished his workbook.
Science: I read Black Out! Animals That Live in the Dark by Ginjer L. Clarke to him and Caleb.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Creative Writing: Lots and lots of story writing today on the computer.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages in Explode the Code
Reading: Read several McGuffy Second Reader lessons.
Free Reading: Read 6 chapters in a Magic Tree House book.
Creative Play: Lego's

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of verses in the Book of Mormon.
Science: I read Black Out! Animals That Live in the Dark by Ginjer L. Clarke to him and Luke.
Math: Did 1/2 a work book lesson.
Math Drill: Telling time practice
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Write About Me lesson.
Reading: Read a phonics reader and read a McGuffy Primer lesson to me.

Family Home Evening:
Songs: The Prophet Said to Plant A Garden and The Armies of Helaman
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Luke and Caleb
Article of Faith: 4th
Character: Uncommon Courtesy lesson
Scripture to Memorize: 1 Nephi 3:7
Strength of Youth: Gratitude
Proclamation to the World: 4th paragraph
Lesson: Being a Disciple with excerpts from this talk by Pres. Uchtorf
Activity: Batchi Ball
Treats: Homemade apple strudel from grandma!! Yummy! Olivia and Caleb made us Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars. It was a feast tonight!

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, conference talk, word of the day, and I ordered another BYU class (oh yea, oh yea)-American History to 1877.
Alex: Scriptures, studying church manuals, word of the day, helped a neighbor with their deck for an hour with my brother, went to work and he is listening to Master and Commander.