02/04/09

Mom School
Pray, Pledge and Song
Theology: Chapter 7 in Gospel Principles
Bible History: Christ's burial
Friend Article
Biography/American History: And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? by Jean Fritz
World History/Fables: Pepi and the Secret Names by Jill Paton Walsh
Science/Mythology: Seeing Stars: A book and poster about the Constellations by Barbara Seiger
Memorization: First 18 states in the USA
Science: Crustaceans from The Kingfisher Encyclopedia
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
Religion: Read one chapter in the Book of Mormon.
Government: Learned about the House in Congress from a high school government book.
Sewing: Working on a cross stitch.
Art: She made some "craft" projects today. She just messed around with various art supplies.
Math: Lesson 95
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Language Arts: Prepositional Phrases
Vocabulary: Peterson's Word of the Day- VERISIMILITUDE
Technology: She played Brain Pop and learned about Technology.
Biography/Literature: Read a book about Shakespeare.
Reading: Read several of our new Usborne books.
Business/Speech: Watched a video showing how to host your own Usborne show.
Activity Days!

Jared
Religion: Read one chapter from The Old Testament Reader.
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Played Brain Pop, Jr. on line which taught him about the scientific method.
Math: Lesson 85
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Read 3 chapters in Eragon.
Scouts!

Luke
Music: Practiced his piano lesson.
Science: Watched what Jared was doing on the computer about the Scientific Method.
Math: 1 Saxon Math 2 lesson
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 5 pages from Explode the Code
Literature: Read 1 chapter from The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Free Reading: Read several of our new Usborne books.
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Scouts!

Caleb
Science/Computer: Watched what Jared was doing on the computer about the Scientific Method. He also played on his own and learned about health and various science things. (Brain Pop, Jr.)
Math: 1 math workbook page
Math Drill: Addition Wrap-ups
Spelling: 1 spell drill
Phonics/Handwriting: 1 page of Explode the Code
Free Reading: Looked at/read several Usborne books also.
Reading: Sight words
PE: 30 min of Wii sports
Social: Played with his cousins while we had scouts/activity days.

Family (in the evening):

Family in the evening:
Rode horses with Alex

To Show Parent Core/Love of Learner/Scholar here are some things we modeled to the children today...
Deanna: Scriptures, spell drill, word of the day, helped at scouts, watched a video from Usborne, read a lot about Usborne, spent some more time with curriculum on the phone with my state teacher, wrote some books reviews on Goodreads, and went to mutual.
Alex: Scriptures, word of the day, went to work, wrote a letter to our congresswoman, listened to radio broadcasts through the early 1900's, (he really likes these