Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: How Firm a Foundation, I Have a Family, and My Eternal Family
Bible: Joseph in Egypt from The Old Testament Reader. We started and watched the first tape of the movie Joseph, the TNT movie.
Family Scripture Study: Ephesians 5
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 2:17
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about Hunting and Gathering in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Literature: We read one chapter from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Fantasy Read-aloud: Started Leven Thumps and The Whispered Secret.
Math Biography: Read a biography from Mathematicians are People, Too.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
PE: Lots of trampoline jumping and running from the land to the house.
Logic: Lots of Lego's
Chores including animal care

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis and read a lesson from Preach My Gospel
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Creative Writing: Did her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson and a math drill sheet.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Life Skills: Held a funeral service for his hamster.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his Scholar writing assignment.
Reading: Read numerous things from non-fiction, to fiction and magazines today totaling over an hour.

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.

Family (in the evening):
Movie party

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, went visiting teaching and finished my second writing assignment (finally! It was painful), started my next lesson in my English class, worked on Greek and ran for 30 min.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, listening to The Fountainhead and went to work.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

September 30, 2009

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Nephi's Courage and The Sacred Grove
Bible: Joseph from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: Galatians 6
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 2:17
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about the first people in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Fairy Tales: Snow White
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
PE: Lots of trampoline jumping, golfing and kite flying
Logic: Lots of Lego's
Chores including animal care

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis, read a lesson from Preach My Gospel and several conference talks.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: Did an hour of her scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.
Mentor: Played a reading/school game with Caleb.
PE: Went on a scooter ride.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read Peter and the Star Catchers for 30 min.
PE: Went on a bike ride.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his Scholar writing assignment.
Reading: Read numerous things from non-fiction, to fiction and magazines today totaling over two hours.

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a short story to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Game: Played a school/reading game with Olivia.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, piano practice, worked extensively on my English-Advanced Writing class, ran for 30 minutes, and practiced my Greek. (Yesterday I finished The Suppliants and I didn't post it).
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, went to work and listening to The Fountainhead.

Monday, September 28, 2009

September 28, 2009 (Monday)

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Family, My Eternal Family, Sing Your Way Home and a Rhythm poem
Bible: Jacob from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: Galatians 6
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Mosiah 2:17
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read about unusual landforms in Idaho from A Rendezvous with Idaho History.
Read-a-loud: We read one chapter from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Literature: We read "Taming of the Shreww" from Tales of Shakespeare by Usborne. We also read several poems from Poems for Memorization.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. You know it's a good book when everyday they say, "Please read another chapter!"
Greek: Practiced our Greek alphabet.
Chores including animal care
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: Did her 1/2 hours scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Research: Functions of the brain.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson and went to piano lessons.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and went to piano.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his Scholar writing assignment.

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read a short story to me. He also read some passages on the phone via the internet with our state teacher that we report to. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.

Family Home Evening:
Song: How Firm a Foundation
Testimonies: Everyone including Tanner
Scripture of the week: Mosiah 2:17
For the Strength of Youth: Using good words
Proclamation to the World:1st paragraph
Articles of Faith: 8th
Uncommon Courtesy: Table Manners
Lesson: Moroni 10: 3-5 and Enos (Prayer)
Activity: Playing basketball
Treats: Marshmallows over a camp fire
Song: Beautiful Savior

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, practiced the piano, and worked on my English class (very painful class) .
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and did several trainings for Boy Scouts of America

Friday, September 25, 2009

September 25, 2009 (Friday)

Mom School
Pray/National Anthem
Song: Called to Serve and Praise to the Man
Bible: Jacob and Esau from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 9
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31.:20
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read 1/2 a chapter from A Rendezvous with Idaho History
about Lakes, Canyons and Valleys in Idaho.
Read-a-loud: We read one chapter from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Literature: We read "The Twelfth Night" from Tales of Shakespeare by Usborne. We also read several poems from Poems for Memorization.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. You know it's a good book when everyday they say, "Please read another chapter!"
Chores including animal care
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: Did her 1/2 hours scholar writing assignment.
Science: Did a science lesson from her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
History: Read a book on raz-kids about the Titanic and passed a quiz on it.
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Worked on his Scholar writing assignment.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Reading/Computer: Played RAZ-kids on line.

Family (in the evening):
Worked on the land.
Did chores at our cousins.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, practiced the piano, started The Suppliants, wrote part of another part for my BYU English 314 class, and worked on my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went golfing, finished the Sackett book, started another book on tape, went to work, and had some Bishopric responsibilities.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Septermber 24, 2009 (Thursday)

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: The Valiant Song and I am Like a Little Star
Bible: Abraham and Isaac from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 8
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31.:20
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read 1/2 a chapter from A Rendezvous with Idaho History
about Rivers in Idaho.
Read-a-loud: We read one chapter from The Silver Chair by CS Lewis.
Biography: We read biography about Rachel Carson.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Greek: We practiced the Greek alphabet
Chores including animal care
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Took another Saxon 7/6 test.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and did an Editor in Chief lesson.
Reading: Started Work and the Glory #5 and read for 1 hour.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: She attended her scholar writing class.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Music: Practiced her piano lesson.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did another Saxon 6/5 test.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Attended his scholar writing class.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Reading/Computer: Played RAZ-kids on line.

Family (in the evening):
Grandpa was over for dinner.
Had pack meeting for cub scouts. The boys got several cub scout awards.
Chores at our cousins.
We have a cousin and a puppy for a week and a half. : )

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, word of the day, read Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus, practiced my Greek, and helped at pack meeting.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, listening to Sackett's Land and went to Boise to work for the day.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

September 23, 2009 (Wednesday)

Today we did our book work and then went to town. Alex watched the kids while I did a temple session with my dad and brother. We then had lunch with then. Later the kids and I went to the Natural History Museum. I think we will go there quite a bit. They are learning more every time they go. It's fun to see them interested in History. They also have a lot of science exhibits too.

Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 8
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31:20
Chores and Animal Care (goats!)
Library trip.

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Took a Saxon 7/6 test.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Computer/Science: Played Zoo Vet on the computer.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Music: Practiced the piano and went to piano lessons.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 test.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Reading: Read Peter and the Starcatchers for 1 hour.


Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Reading: Read for an hour in various books.

Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.

Family (in the evening):
Worked/played on the land-Weeding, raking, goat care.
Went to grandpa's and had root beer floats.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, went to the temple, practiced my Greek, and worked on my BYU class.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, watched the kids, listening to Tears in Darfor, went to work, and went to mutual.

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

September 22, 2009 (Tuesday)- Real live Goats!

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: Give Said the Little Stream, Praise to the Man and Do What is Right
Bible: Abraham from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 7
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31.:20
Friend Article
Idaho History: Read 1/2 a chapter from A Rendezvous with Idaho History
about Mountains in Idaho.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and The Gateway to Foo and finished it.
Literature: We read a Shakespeare play.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Greek: We started learning the Greek alphabet and I read them 3 more versus in John to them in Greek.
Fairy Tales: We read the play Sleeping Beauty.
Chores
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Took a Saxon 7/6 test.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Computer/Science: Played Zoo Vet on the computer.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class.
Research: Researched a bunch of things on the computer including Antarctica, Inuit Indians and camouflage.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Music: Practiced the piano and went to piano lessons.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 test.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did a writing lesson from Let's Write and he did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.
Art: Drew several pictures and colored them.

Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Art: Drew several pictures and colored them.

Family (in the evening):
*We had dinner with my dad and my brother Paul. (My mom is in the Huntsman center battling Multiple Myeloma. Right now my aunt is with her and my dad is home for the week).
PE: Worked on the land.
*We finally got the goats. Yes, we have animals on our land now. It's crazy! Right now they are mowing down some serious weeds for us. We hope they do not get eaten by the coyotes.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, practiced my Greek pronunciation with a CD-ROM that came with our Greek books, played Wii Fit, worked on some scouting things, wrote some Goodreads reviews, worked on my BYU English class and read in Lord of the Rings #2.
Alex: Scriptures, listening to Tears in Darfor, went golfing with my dad, worked on some scouting things and went to work.

Monday, September 21, 2009

September 21, 2009 (Monday)

Mom School
Pray
Song: How Firm a Foundation and Pioneer Children Sang as They Walked
Bible: Enoch from The Old Testament Reader
Family Scripture Study: 2 Corinthians 6
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 2 Nephi 31.:20
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Idaho's State Fish, Insect and Veg table.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and The Gateway to Foo.
Literature: We read a Shakespeare play.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Greek: We started learning the Greek alphabet and I read them the first 5 versus of John to them in Greek.
Chores
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Reading: Read in Pride and Prejudice for 30 minutes.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. She wrote a poem.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Music: Practiced the piano and went to piano lessons.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson and his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did a writing lesson from Let's Write and he did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class.
Book on Tape: Listened to Star Wars.


Caleb
Religion: Read a couple of versus in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.

Family Home Evening:
We had an elderly couple over to participate with us.
Song:How Firm a Foundation
Prayer: Jared
Testimonies: Alex, Deanna, Olivia, Luke, Brother and Sister King
Talent: Deanna, played a piano piece
Scripture of the week practice: 2 Nephi 31:20
For the Strength of Youth: Music and Dancing
Article of Faith: 8th
Uncommon Courtesy: 8 Ways to Respect Adults
Proclamation to the World: Last paragraph
Lesson: Caleb gave a lesson on scriptures-They acted out: Nephi and the Broken Bow, Nephi tied up to the Ship, Ammon and the Kings Sheep and Samuel the Lamanite.
Activity: Apples to Apples, Jr
Refreshments: Snicker doodles (Jared)
Song: Love at Home
Prayer: Luke

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, piano, read and finished Hunger Games #2, practiced my Greek and ordered my own copy of our next Greek tragedy that we are reading.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, listening to Tears in Darfor, and went to work.

Friday, September 18, 2009

September 18, 2009 (Friday)

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: The Valiant Song, The Books of the Old Testament, and The Books of the New Testament.
Bible: Noah
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Social Studies: Read a chapter in Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions.
Language Arts: We read chapter two in Simply Grammar by Karen Andreola about verbs.
Read-a-loud: Read three chapters in Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Life Skills: Made homemade doughnuts with out a single bit of help. She found a recipe and made up a huge batch. They were very, very good.
Social: Went to a friend's house.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Book on Tape: Listened to Fablehaven #3.
PE: Played Wii Sports.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did a writing lesson from Let's Write and he did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class.
Social: Had a friend over.

Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did one Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 2 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, finished my BYU paper and submitted it, researched the requirements for graduate school (for the next BYU assignment), practiced the piano, finished the biography of Karl Marx, studied Greek, mentor meeting, and started the new Dan Brown book. We had our meeting with our mentor and we discussed Walden, Greek classics and our Greek language study among other things.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, researching for our Christmas trip, and went to our mentor meeting. His new CD/tape player came in so he should get that installed soon.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Septermber 17, 2009 (Thursday)

Today was crazy! We had our scholar class which has been changed to Thursdays now. Scouts and Activity Days have also been changed to Thursdays. I am over all the scouts because I'm in the Primary Presidency and I'm the Activity Days leader. I'm not sure how all of that happened. We are still having bumpy start getting scouts going this year so it's been a fiasco. I've been subbing in there on weeks when I'm not working with the girls. We also had a meeting after wards to plan pack meeting.

We did not have Mom School today. We did buy a new saddle today so we are making progress on our "let's own 82 acres and be ranchers plan." One thing at a time right?

Family Scripture Study:
2 Cor. 2
Weekly Scripture Memorization:3 Nephi 11:29
Chores
Logic: Lots of Lego's
Science: Watched videos on Brain Pop, Jr.

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a addition fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 page from Root Words.
Creative Writing: Finished her writing assignment. She attended her scholar writing class.
Reading: Read Pride and Prejudice for10 min.
Music: Practiced the piano
Social: Attended Activity Days

Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for an hour.
Social: Attended Scouts

Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did 2 Saxon 3 lessons.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Attended the scholar writing class.
Scouts: Attended scouts

Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, finished my essay for my BYU English class (I need someone to edit it for me now), read 1 1/2 chapters in a Biography of Karl Marx, started a book by Aeschylus-a Greek playwright, studied my Greek, prepared an Activity Day lesson, attended Activity Days, conducted a cub scout planning meeting, and practiced my deep breathing techniques.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, lots of Bishopric stuff, went to work, and he ordered a new CD/tape player. (and he went to the library so now I have a pile of wonderful new reads)

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

September 16, 2009 (Wednesday): Testing

Family Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 14

Mom School
Pray
Song: Rhythm poem
Bible: Enoch from The Old Testament Reader
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Idaho's State Fossil, State Gem, State Song and State Dance.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and The Gateway to Foo.
Biography: We read a biography about Albert Einstein.
Science: Played our spin the bottle science game with vocabulary words. We looked up pictures of several sea urchins, sea stars, coral, jelly fish and other colorful ocean life.
Chores
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
Reading: Read Pride and Prejudice for 30 min.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Spelling: Did a spell drill
Music: Practiced the piano
Life Skills: Went to work with Alex and did several office projects and answered the phone with his other employees.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for over 3 hours.

Luke
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did 2 Saxon 3 lessons.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: He did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class. He typing his final draft just in time for his class tomorrow.
Testing: Took the IRI state test today.

Caleb
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read in The Cat and the Hat Comes Back to me. Practiced his sight words by using a highlighter and finding them in The Friend.
Computer/Reading: Played Starfall reading games.
Testing: Took the IRI state test today.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, wrote and typed a paper for my Eng 314 class, and practiced my Greek.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and went to Young Men's and taught a scout merit badge.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

September 15, 2009 (Tuesday)

Family Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 12

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Song: The Valiant Song, The Books of the Old Testament, How Firm A Foundation and a Rhythm poem.
Bible: Cain and Abel
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Social Studies: Read a chapter in Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions.
Fairy Tales/Fables: We read the stories of Rumpelstiltskin and Rapunzel for What Every 1st Grader Needs to Know by ED Hirsch, Jr for the Core Knowledge series.
Read-a-loud: Read two chapters in Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. The kids also watched several Brain Pop, Jr. videos on line about a variety of science topics.
PE/Science: We worked on our 80+ acres for several hours "clearing land." I feel like the Steeds sometimes. I've never moved so much brush, trees and limbs in my life as in the last couple of weeks. Today, since we were moving old fence posts, we saw over 20 very big man-eating Hobo spiders. We also saw lots of mice and lots of other creepy crawlies. It was very exciting for the kids and the dogs. (When we came home we looked up a lot of different spiders to try and identify some of the ones we saw). Caleb's highlight was that he was stung by two bees/wasps. He has a pobia about bee stings to begin with, so this was not a good moment for him.
Chores
Lots of Lego's

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a multiplication fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 lesson from Root Words.
Creative Writing: She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
Reading: Read Pride and Prejudice for 15 min.
Science: Did a science lesson her science textbook.
Music: Practiced the piano, because she starts piano lessons next week!

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for over 2 hours.
PE: Played Wii Sports.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did a writing lesson from Let's Write and he did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class. He started typing up his final draft for this assignment.

Caleb
Religion: Read three verses in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 4 pages of Explode the Code
Logic: Played with pattern blocks.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, worked on my BYU English class, and played Wii Fit.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work and did some Bishopric things. His highlight was that his CD/tape player in his car is officially broken and so he can't listen to anymore books on CD/tape until we get a new one.

Monday, September 14, 2009

September 14, 2009 (Monday)

Family Scripture Study: 1 Corinthians 15

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music: The Valiant Song and How Firm a Foundation
Bible: Adam and Eve from The Old Testament Reader.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Literature: Anthony and Cleopatra from More Tales from Shakespeare by Marcia Williams
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter from Leven Thumps #1
Science: Read a chapter in Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions.
Idaho History: We discussed the state bird, horse and flower.
Creative Play/Social: Lots of make believe play (knights and armor today) and a huge amount of conflict resolution.
Lots of Lego's
Several Brain Pop, Jr. Science videos on the computer
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did a subtraction fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson and 1 1/2 lessons from Root Words.
Creative Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief lesson. She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
Reading: Started Pride and Prejudice.
Music: Practiced her vocal solo for the recital.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for at least 30 min

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did a writing lesson from Let's Write and he did his 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class. He also typed and worked on a story on the computer.
Reading: Read various things for over 30 min including a chapter in Prince Caspian

Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Reading: Read part of The Cat in the Hat Comes Back to me and he also practiced some sight words.
Logic: Played with pattern blocks.

Family Home Evening:
We were gone most of the night to a piano recital. Jared and I performed a piano number and Olivia had a vocal performance.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, piano practice, family history research, I ordered another BYU class (Yeah!!) and started it. It is Advanced Writing in Literature.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, listening to Tears of the Desert, and went to work.

Friday, September 11, 2009

September 11, 2009 (Friday)

Today we were in and out. We did all of our book work-math, phonics, grammar, handwriting, creative writing, spelling, reading, geography, music and our 30 min writing assignments from scholar school. We also watched Olivier Twist.

I had a Primary meeting and I left early to go to Time Out for Women in Boise. The kids spent a couple of hours at the office with dad. See you next week!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

September 10, 2009 (Thursday)

Family Scripture Study: Acts 2-5

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music: Search, Ponder and Pray, Love is Spoken Here and a Rhythm poem
Bible: Read a chapter in the Old Testament Reader.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Biography/American History: We read a biography of George Washington Carver.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Social Studies: Read a chapter in Houghton Mifflin Social Studies: States and Regions. This textbook is painfully boring unlike our science book which we LOVE!
Science: Read a chapter in Science: A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. It was about pollination.
Language Arts: Read a chapter in Simply Grammar by Karen Andreola.
Logic: Played with Lego's for an hour.
Social: Cub scouts and cousins over to play.
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition fact drill.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson
Creative Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief lesson. She also did her 30 min writing assignment from her scholar class. (She typed it up so she did typing also).
History/Research: She looked up Internet links from Usbornes Book of Knowledge.
Reading: Read for over an hour.
Music: Practiced her vocal solo for the recital.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Doctrine and Covenants Reader.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Star Catchers for at least 30 min.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
Spelling: Did a spell drill.
Creative Writing: Did a writing lesson from Let's Write and he did he's 30 min writing assignment for his Scholar Writing class.
Cursive Writing: Practiced his cursive letters.
Reading: Read various things for over 30 min including a chapter in Prince Caspian

Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Computer Phonics: Played Starfall for an hour on the computer.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, practiced the piano, did lots of family history and finished City of Bones.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, took a test for one of his licenses and went to work.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

September 9, 2009 (Wednesday): It's writing time

I can't even begin to tell you how painfully screwed up our day was. Later on I realized half the things we forgot. I don't think I was functioning on a full brain level today. That's okay though! Luke and Olivia started a ten-week writing course that's 2 1/2 hours long. We thought it was in the afternoon, but found out it was this morning. Jared went to Salt Lake with Alex to take Alex's sister to the MTC....


Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music: The Books of the Old Testament, Valiant Song and a Rhythm poem
Bible: Read a chapter in Old Testament Reader
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Short bio on Neal Armstrong
Read-a-loud: The Greedy Python, We Can Get Along, What Moms Can't Do, Grouchy Ladybug and Naughty Little Monkeys
Science: Read Ants! They are hard workers! A Time For Kids book. We also played spin the bottle again with all of our science words. They really like this.
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in the Bible.
Geography: Did a lesson in Evan-Moor Geography.
Science: Read a couple of pages in her science textbook.
Math:Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an add-facts page.
Language Arts: Did an Editor in Chief lesson and a Daily Grams lesson.
Creative Writing: Attended writing class.
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day-Scintilla
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a Classical Greek lesson.
Free Reading: Read in Work and the Glory #4 and various American Girls cookbooks.
Book on Tape: Fablehaven #3
Life Skills: Make jelly filled biscuits and cornbread.
Research: She's been researching for tack and a new horse(s) to buy.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an math add-facts page.
Science: Watched Animal Planet: Extreme Animals at his aunt's in Utah!
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson
Free Reading: Read for over two hours in Peter and the Star Catchers.
Life Skills: Learning about the MTC.

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did Saxon Math 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 5 pages of Explode the Code.
Creative Writing: Attended the writing class. This is going to be hard, but well worth his time. He's very excited he was allowed "in!"
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson. He informed me that he LOVES doing Daily Grams.

Caleb
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon Math 2 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Reading: Reread 1/2 of Bears on Wheels to me. Practiced some sight words.
Logic: Played with pattern blocks and made pictures with them.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, piano, read in The Lord of the Rings the Twin Towers, started The City of Bones, and worked some more on the Family History research I'm doing.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to Salt Lake and had a delightful day with Jared jabbering in his ear the whole there and back.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

September 8, 2009 (Tuesday): A Message From the President

Family Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 1

Mom School
Pray
Song: Called to Serve and My Body is a Temple
Weekly Scripture Memorization: 3 Nephi 11:29 : )
Current Events: Today we watched the broadcast by Pres. Obama to the school children of American. We had quite the lively discussion about socialism, environmentalism, discrimination, pushing agendas. All I could see in my mind was a picture of Mao's Red China. Scary. And people don't even see it.
History/Science: Went to the Herret Center, a Natural History Museum. We had a very fun visit. It focused on Central American/Mayan history and animals. We've been several times over the years, but this was a good visit. They had some computers set up and we played Mayan games and puzzles for a while.
Science: Played "Spin the Bottle." I made questions out of all the vocabulary words and subjects we have learned so far this year and put them inside the bottle and they had to answer the question if it landed on them. They REALLY liked it. We'll add more questions and keep playing as the year goes on.
Science Experiment: "Magic Gas" Fill a plastic bottle 1/3 of the way full with warm water. Add a package of yeast and a teaspoon of sugar. Swirl to mix. Then place a balloon over the top securely. Wait and watch as the balloon magically rises. (We helped ours along because it said to place in a warm window sill. We had no warm window sill today. So we turned the oven on and just them on top of the oven). Point: Since yeast is a plant the carbon dioxide from it rises and causes the balloon to rise as well.
Science Observation: We looked through the telescope at Jupiter and its four moons. (tonight)
Life Skills: Major grocery shopping and library
Service: Make cookies for a community member.
Chores

Family: Currently my computer is giving me massive problems and extreme mental anguish. Therefore, I'm keeping this simple... Everyone did: Math, Math drill, spelling, creative writing, phonics, grammar, geography and free reading. Some people did a little more, but I'm going to pitch this computer so I'm ending...

Monday, September 7, 2009

September 7, 2009 (Monday)

Happy Labor Day Everybody!!!

Friday, September 4, 2009

September 4, 2009 (Friday)

Family Scripture Study: Finished the Book of Acts

Mom School
Pray/National Anthem
Music: Do What is Right, The Books of the Old and New Testament, The Books of the Book of Mormon, Valiant Song, Beautiful Savior, and a Rhythm poem
Church History: Read over 20 pages and finished Illustrated Stories from Church History vol. 1.
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Ether 12:27
Friend Article
Biography/American History:
We read the Declaration of Independence and discussed it using the book The Declaration of Independence: The words that made America Illustrated and Inscribed by Sam Fink.
Read-a-loud: We read two chapters from Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Language Arts: Read the book The Boy who Loved Words by Roni Schotter.
Science: Read another chapter in Science A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill-We really like this book!
PE: Worked on the land for a couple of hours.
Math Game: Played Life
Service: Make cookies and delivered them for a new move in.
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
World History:
Geography: Did a geography lesson from Evan-Moor.
Science: Read 5 pages in a science textbook.
Art: Still making all sorts of cards. Very creative and they are nice looking.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Did a lesson in Daily Grams.
Creative Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief lesson.
Research: History research.
Vocabulary/Language Usage: Did a Greek words lesson.
Free Reading: Read for a couple of hours in Work and the Glory #4.
Book on Tape: Listened to Gregor and the Curse of the Warmbloods.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write
Book on Tape: Listened to Fablehaven #3 for an hour.
Reading: Read in Peter and the Starcatchers for an hour.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
PE: bike riding and running

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition fact page.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a Let's Write lesson.
Free Reading: Read various library books for 30 min.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
PE: Wii sports

Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Handwriting: Practicing his cursive letters.
Reading: Finished Hop on Pop and practiced his sight words
Phonics: Played on Starfall for an hour.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, journal, spell drill, word of the day, practiced the piano, and went on a date.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, listening to a Rich Dad, Poor Dad book, and went on a date with me.

End of the summer field trip

We finished off the summer with one heck of a field trip. Click the links from our family blog to see more. We flew out of Salt Lake City, Utah and landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here's our trip chronicles:

Salt Lake City

Rehobath Beach, Delaware

Washington, DC, Temple

Our old house

Family History

Visiting grandma

Canada & Niagara Falls

Palmyra, New York

The Site of the Aaronic Priesthood Restoration

Philadelphia-Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and The Betsy Ross Home

Thursday, September 3, 2009

September 3, 2009 (Thursday)

Family Scripture Study: Acts 27

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Music:
Do What is Right, Beautiful Savior, Books of the Old Testament, Search Ponder and Prayer and Rhythm poem
Church History: Read 12 pages Illustrated Stories from Church History vol. 1
Weekly Scripture Memorization: Ether 12:27
Friend Article
Idaho History: Learned about Idaho's State flag, tree and bird from A Rendezvous With Idaho History.
American History:We read Holiday Histories: Labor Day by Mir Tamim Ansary.
Biography: We read Gandhi by Demi, a Margaret K. McElderry Book
Read-a-loud: Read 4 chapters of Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.
Science: Read a chapter in Science A Closer Look by Macmillan/McGraw-Hill about animal habitats.
Science Experiment: We learned how the stems and root carry water up to the leaves to make food. So we put celery in a cup with food coloring and watched the food coloring travel to the leaves on the celery.
Character: We read Is it Right to Fight? and Stop Picking on Me by Pat Thomas
Chores

Olivia
Religion: Read a chapter in Genesis.
World History/Research: Studied for two hours about Russia and various things from several library books and linking things on the Internet.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 7/6 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition fact drill.
Math Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with a friend and Caleb.
Language Arts: Did a Daily Grams lesson
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- Propitious
Art: Made more cards.
Creative Writing: Did an Editor-in-Chief lesson.
Clubs: Had Activity Days at the church.

Jared
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon.
Music: Practiced his recital piece.
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 6/5 lesson.
Math Drill: Did an addition math fact drill.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Creative Writing: Did a lesson in Let's Write
Book on Tape: Listening to Fablehaven #3 for two hours.
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
PE: 30 min Wii Fit, Wii Sports with Alex and bike riding

Luke
Religion: Read in the Book of Mormon
Geography: Did an Evan-Moor lesson.
Math: Did a Saxon 3 lesson.
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Grammar: Did a Daily Grams lesson.
PE: Wii sports with Alex

Caleb
Religion: Read a verse in the Book of Mormon to me.
Geography: Did a lesson from Evan-Moor.
Math: Did two Saxon Math 2 lessons.
Math Game: Played Cashflow for Kids with Olivia and a friend.
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 3 pages of Explode the Code
Handwriting: Practicing his cursive letters.
PE: Wii Sports with Alex

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, word of the day, went to the temple, led Activity Days, had a meeting for Activity Days and did some more things with that, Greek practice, started Walden again, and worked on Family History.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, watched the kids half the day so I could go to the temple, read in Walden, listening to a Rich Dad, Poor Dad book and went to work.