Thursday, December 18, 2008

12/18/08

Mom School
Pray and Pledge
Theology:
Preach My Gospel, finished chapter 5
Bible History: Jesus calls the fisherman and the marriage in Cana
Friend Article
Biography/American History: Finished the bio of Betsy Ross
Read-a-loud: Read 3 chapters and finished Fablehaven #3 by Brandon Mull
Family History: Biography of Eunice Lym Kimball by her daughter Lenore Nitch
World History: 1 chapter from Story of the World vol. 2: Franks create an empire
Geography: Countries of the Frank empire
Science: Stars, galaxies, black holes, Milky Way...
PE: Played in the snow and went sledding.
Social: Played for 3 hours with some friends all together
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
Math: Lesson 72
Math Drill: Worked on some math facts with the Math Shark
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Finished her pre-test
Free Reading: Read for 30 min from Work and the Glory #3

Jared
Math: Lesson 67
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read for 30 min out of his Book of Mormon Reader

Luke
Phonics/Handwriting: Did a couple of pages in Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read a chapter from a Magic Tree House book

Caleb
Reading: Read out of Fox in Socks to me
Phonics/Handwriting: Did 3 pages of Explode the Code

Family (in the evening):
Went to a pack meeting.

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Read for 2 hours, helped at a pack meeting, finished my crafty project
Alex: Went to work (long day) and listened to several books

1 comment:

Becca said...

I love ETC too. I need to get my 4 year old started on it more, but have felt the need to lay off his education until he #1 really wants to learn and #2 can get his whole core phase (right and wrong, family values etc) learned better. He has been a wild one this past year!