12/04/08: Spelling anyone?

Mom School
Pray/Pledge
Theology: Core Phase-D&C 88:118-126
American History Literature: 3 chapters from Johnny Tremain by Ester Forbes
Literature: 1 chapter from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis
Read-a-loud: 1 chapter from Little Britches by Ralph Moody
Memorization: Presidents of the USA: Jared and I know all of them, Olivia is almost there and Luke just is starting and is on the first 8. Books of the New Testament and Books of the Book of Mormon
Family History: Biography of Helen Hancock by Harris Hancock (my ggrandmother)
Science Biography: Chapter 2 of Thomas Edison: His Life and Ideas by Laurie Winn Carlson
World History: Chapter 8 of Story of the World vol. 2 by Susan Wise Bauer
Science: Planet Earth and the Moon
Life Skills: Family Councils to brainstorm
Reading: We take turns reading all of the above material everyday.
Science/Pet Care: Jared and Olivia each have a hamster that they are responsible for. They also take turns caring for our dog, cat and sea monkeys.


Olivia
Music: Practiced her voice lesson.
Free Reading/Science: Read Chapter 1 of a High School Biology Book. She repeated back to me to me what she had learned. She said she just was interested in learning some Biology. Okay.
Art: 1 hour coloring/drawing/paper boxes...
Math: Lesson 62
Language Arts: Parts of Speech: 1 Mad Libs
Life Skills: Aunt Joyce's famous Buttermilk Syrup
Computers/Typing: American Girls Website-games and quiz's

Jared
Music: Practiced his piano lesson
Art/Science: Drew out "blueprints" for several "inventions" he hopes to create when he is older.
Math: Lesson 58
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Reading: 30 minutes of reading from The Book of Mormon Reader and the McGuffy 3rd Reader
Life Skills: Swedish pancakes
Book on Tape/Science: Re-listened to the 2 hour dramatized version of Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Luke
Math: 3 lessons from Saxon 2
Spelling: 10 spelling drills!!!
Handwriting/Phonics: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Logic: 1 hour of Lego's and played with the connector blocks
Reading: The Book of Mormon Reader
PE: Karate


Caleb
Went to Public School
Reading
Spelling
Karate


Family:
PE: Star Wars Jedi Training. This involves some serious physical exertion.
Went to the town library.
Mark 14


To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Read 2 hours in The Naked Communist (I LOVE this book), 1 spell drill, (alas no piano today besides Oliva's voice practice), chores, went to the Relief Society Christmas Party,
Alex: Went to Work (long day to Boise), finished Ender's Game, working on Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour, studied for his college final