Duncan is my 2nd grader. This is so late that it is obviuosly just for my journal, so it isn't very interesting.
Memory Work
Duncan’s math memory work is pulled from Saxon 76, his LA memory work is pulled from MCT Grammar Island, and his science memory work is pulled from Great Science Adventures Space. His history/ geography memory work is based on what we are studying.
What do we do when the divisor of a division problem is a decimal number?
We remove the decimal from the divisor by writing an equivalent division problem multiplying both the divisor and dividend by a multiple of 10.
Tell me about a direct object.
A direct object is a noun or object pronoun that gets acted on by the action verb.
Subj. Act.V. D.O.
Tell me about a subject complement.
A subject complement is a noun, subject pronoun, or an adjectives that comes after a linking verb and renames or describes the subject.
Subj. L.V. S.C.
List the outer planets.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Tell me about Confucius.
Confucius, who lived from 551 B.C. to 479 B.C., taught obedience and respect.
Math
Kumon Math
Saxon 76- Lessons 48-51
Language Arts
SL LA 2 adv week 6 copywork and activity sheet
Ralph S. Mouse chapters 8-end (reader)
Betsey and Tacy GO Over the Big Hill chapter 1-3 (reader)
MCP Word Study D (he did this, but no idea where the book is now!)
Handwriting Help for Kids: Create Cursive
MCT Grammar Island pp.104-114; he completed the story maker on p.113 & 164 (in addition to identifying the underlined part of speech we analyzed some of these for words and parts of a sentence.)
Tuesday Poetry from the Random House Poetry book
History
Gombrich’s A Little History Chapter 11
colored in a China map and flag from Enchanted Learning
The Life and Times of Confucius
Ancient China DVD from Schlessinger Media
Science
Great Science Adventures- Lessons 13 and 14
(Jupiter and Saturn)
Spanish
Barron’s Spanish Every Day Chapter 2
The Complete Book of Spanish- the pronoun you
Latin
Song School Latin Lesson 7
Monday, September 13, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Read-Aloud Thursday
This week I am reading The Life and Times of Confucius as our history read-aloud. It contains 5 short chapters, so it is easy to cover in a week. The vocabulary isn't your simple picture book vocabulary and it has nice little FYI sections with pictures at the end of each chapter. I like it enough that we will be using a couple of other ones, but it isn't beautiful. This book on Confucius fits the bill for Duncan, but it is definitely a library book that a middle school student could use to write a report IYKWIM.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Wordless Wednesday
Over Labor Day we took more stuff to my oldest ds, Christian, at college.
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| See Christian egg on Grayson to climb the tree. |
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| See Grayson easily ascend the branch. |
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| See smug Grayson view his brothers on the ground. |
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| See Grayson move higher. The dangling leg was a hook to be pulled. |
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| See Grayson enjoy the view. |
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Tuesday Teatime Poetry
Friday, September 3, 2010
Friday- Week in Review for Grayson
Grayson is my junior.
Language Arts
Grayson read selections from EMC’s World Lit. This week he read a selection from Don Quixote.
He completed his homework for comp class using IEW and Mother Tongue and worked a little in Queen’s Language Lessons.
Precalculus
On Wednesday he went to the math tutor. He is using a Sullivan Precalculus text. He is almost finished with Chapter 1 Equations, Inequalities, and Functions.
Chemistry
Well, he finally finished Chapter 2. Aarrgh, Chemistry is my nemesis!
History
This week in Glencoe high school World History Grayson read about exploration and expansion.
He also watched lectures 8 through 10 from The Teaching Company’s A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts. The final lecture dealt with Henry the VIII divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his split from the Catholic church- exciting stuff!
Economics
This Tuesday he attended his one semester economics class using ABeka
Arts
Grayson watched lecture 6 from The Teaching Company’s The Art of the Northern Renaissance.
Volleyball
Grayson’s first game was last night. Grayson's serves were consistent and definitely helped win the game!
Language Arts
Grayson read selections from EMC’s World Lit. This week he read a selection from Don Quixote.
He completed his homework for comp class using IEW and Mother Tongue and worked a little in Queen’s Language Lessons.
Precalculus
On Wednesday he went to the math tutor. He is using a Sullivan Precalculus text. He is almost finished with Chapter 1 Equations, Inequalities, and Functions.
Chemistry
Well, he finally finished Chapter 2. Aarrgh, Chemistry is my nemesis!
History
This week in Glencoe high school World History Grayson read about exploration and expansion.
He also watched lectures 8 through 10 from The Teaching Company’s A History of England from the Tudors to the Stuarts. The final lecture dealt with Henry the VIII divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his split from the Catholic church- exciting stuff!
Economics
This Tuesday he attended his one semester economics class using ABeka
Arts
Grayson watched lecture 6 from The Teaching Company’s The Art of the Northern Renaissance.
Volleyball
Grayson’s first game was last night. Grayson's serves were consistent and definitely helped win the game!
Friday- Week in Review for Mei
Mei is the dd of a good friend who was with us 2 days this week. Mei is in the 5th grade and here is what she did at my house. Unfortunately, we didn't manage to complete any ABFIAR this week. :-(
Memory Work
What do we call the answer to a multiplication problem?
The answer to an multiplication problem is called the product.
Tell me about contractions.
A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (one of which is usually a verb).
In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters.
example:
you are = you' re
she will = she' ll
List the inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Tell me about Hinduism.
Hinduism began in Northern India near the Indus River about 4000 years ago.
Math
Math drill- reviewing multiplication facts 3s and 6s
Saxon 65- Lessons 11-14
Language Arts
Winston Grammar Lessons 9
Daily Handwriting Practice Contemporary Cursive pp.10-11
Readers: Milly, Molly, Mandy; Beezus and Ramona; John Audubon: Young Naturalist
Teatime Poetry
History, Science, Spanish
See Duncan’s week in review
Memory Work
What do we call the answer to a multiplication problem?
The answer to an multiplication problem is called the product.
Tell me about contractions.
A contraction is a shortened form of one or two words (one of which is usually a verb).
In a contraction, an apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter or letters.
example:
you are = you' re
she will = she' ll
List the inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Tell me about Hinduism.
Hinduism began in Northern India near the Indus River about 4000 years ago.
Math
Math drill- reviewing multiplication facts 3s and 6s
Saxon 65- Lessons 11-14
Language Arts
Winston Grammar Lessons 9
Daily Handwriting Practice Contemporary Cursive pp.10-11
Readers: Milly, Molly, Mandy; Beezus and Ramona; John Audubon: Young Naturalist
Teatime Poetry
History, Science, Spanish
See Duncan’s week in review
Friday- Week in Review for Duncan
Duncan is my second grader.
Where did the week go?
Math is usually no problem for Duncan. However, this week something came along and threw him for a loop. In Kumon his pack went from 27 x 2/3 = 36/x at the bottom of page 158 to y x 2 + 3 = 9 at the top of page 159. This is when I realized that he could look at 18 = 36/x and just know the answer without really understanding what he was doing. So, out came the white board and we looked at equivalent fractions and then at the equivalent division problems that he has been doing in Saxon. We also reviewed division of fractions. So, then we applied those same concepts to solving for an unknown. I think he has it, but because he didn’t get it immediately all of a sudden he is feeling a little mathematically insecure and this is something new for the little guy.
Last week I posted that we would do the composition exercise in MCT orally, but Friday evening I decided to let the little guy have a go at it. (thanks in part to blog posts where other kiddos had completed a similar exercise in MCT Town!) And, well, what do you know, he really enjoyed it. The book had columns of words and the child had to build a sentence by choosing a word from each column. Then, he had to write a story based on the sentence. He liked it so much that he did it again on Saturday.
Finished story on Saturday-
Full but Thirsty Life
Yikes! The muddy chicken clucked greedily toward the worm. He was muddy, thirsty, and hungry. Then, the chicken found a big, juicy-looking worm. The chicken snuck up quietly behind the worm and gobbled the enormous, soggy worm in three delicious bites. He felt good and full, but he was thirstier than he had ever been in his entire life. Yikes!
This week we talked about ancient India. We read a library book about the Indus Valley Civilizations, sat in on an Indian dance class, and read Buddha by Demi. (Demi's books are just beautiful!) With Mei we colored in an Indian map and flag from Enchanted Learning, read from Grombrich’s A Little History, and looked at selections from The Little Book of Hindu Deities by Sanjay Patel.
Thanks to my 16yo I learned a new word this week- chibi. I said that the Little Book of Hindu Deities was like Hello Kitty. However, my 16yo informed me that there is actually a name for that style of animation where the characters are little with big heads- chibi.
In science we studied the inner planets and added Mercury, Venus, and Mars to our book. We also made a minibook comparing and contrasting Earth and Venus. Duncan also watched a video from the library.
Mei and Duncan continued looking at Barron’s Spanish Every Day chapter 2. Duncan looked at numbers through 59 in The Complete Book of Spanish while Mei looked at numbers, question words and Spanish articles in The Everything Kids Learning Spanish Book.
On a fun note, Duncan joined Boy Scouts this week. We bought his little wolf things on Wednesday and he promptly memorized the cub scout pledge. Yesterday I had to take and hide his wolf book, because for some reason he thinks we must complete or begin everything in it immediately.
Past this is just my accountability journal. If you are interested in reading everything that I am logging as school this week, continue. If not, don’t bother. The rest is boring.
Memory Work
Duncan’s math memory work is pulled from Saxon 76 and his LA memory work is pulled from MCT Grammar Island, and his science memory work is pulled from Great Science Adventures Space. His history/ geography memory work is based on what we are studying.
List four ways we may indicate multiplication with numbers and variables.
1. with a times sign
2. with a dot
3. with parentheses
4. if one or both of the factors is a variable, then the factors may be written side by side.
What is the subject of a sentence?
The subject of a sentence is the part about which something is being said. (What are we talking about?)
What is the predicate of a sentence?
The predicate of a sentence is the part that says something about the subject.
List the inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Tell me about Hinduism.
Hinduism began in Northern India near the Indus River about 4000 years ago.
Math
Kumon Math
Saxon 76- Lessons 43-47
Keys to Decimals looked at the end of Book 2 and the beginning of Book 3
Penrose pp.12-19
Language Arts
SL LA 2 adv week 6 copywork and activity sheet
Ralph S. Mouse chapters 2-7 (reader)
Catwings by Ursula LeGuin (reader)
MCP Word Study D pp.26-29
Handwriting Help for Kids: Create Cursive
MCT Grammar Island pp.91-103; p.160 & 162 (in addition to identifying the underlined part of speech we analyzed some of these for words and parts of a sentence.)
Tuesday Poetry from the Random House Poetry book
History
Gombrich’s A Little History Chapter 10
colored in an Indian map and flag from Enchanted Learning
The Little Book of Hindu Deities by Sanjay Patel (selections from)
Indian dance class (without Mei)
Library books (without Mei)
Buddha by Demi (without Mei)
Science
Great Science Adventures- Lessons 10, 11, and 12.
The Inner Planets VHS (without Mei)
Spanish
Barron’s Spanish Every Day Chapter 2
The Complete Book of Spanish- numbers
Latin
Song School Latin Lesson 6
Where did the week go?
Math is usually no problem for Duncan. However, this week something came along and threw him for a loop. In Kumon his pack went from 27 x 2/3 = 36/x at the bottom of page 158 to y x 2 + 3 = 9 at the top of page 159. This is when I realized that he could look at 18 = 36/x and just know the answer without really understanding what he was doing. So, out came the white board and we looked at equivalent fractions and then at the equivalent division problems that he has been doing in Saxon. We also reviewed division of fractions. So, then we applied those same concepts to solving for an unknown. I think he has it, but because he didn’t get it immediately all of a sudden he is feeling a little mathematically insecure and this is something new for the little guy.
Last week I posted that we would do the composition exercise in MCT orally, but Friday evening I decided to let the little guy have a go at it. (thanks in part to blog posts where other kiddos had completed a similar exercise in MCT Town!) And, well, what do you know, he really enjoyed it. The book had columns of words and the child had to build a sentence by choosing a word from each column. Then, he had to write a story based on the sentence. He liked it so much that he did it again on Saturday.
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| Saturday- working on the rough draft |
Full but Thirsty Life
Yikes! The muddy chicken clucked greedily toward the worm. He was muddy, thirsty, and hungry. Then, the chicken found a big, juicy-looking worm. The chicken snuck up quietly behind the worm and gobbled the enormous, soggy worm in three delicious bites. He felt good and full, but he was thirstier than he had ever been in his entire life. Yikes!
This week we talked about ancient India. We read a library book about the Indus Valley Civilizations, sat in on an Indian dance class, and read Buddha by Demi. (Demi's books are just beautiful!) With Mei we colored in an Indian map and flag from Enchanted Learning, read from Grombrich’s A Little History, and looked at selections from The Little Book of Hindu Deities by Sanjay Patel.
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| Mei's India page |
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| Chibi Hindu Gods! |
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| Duncan tab-top book top; Mei tab-top book bottom |
On a fun note, Duncan joined Boy Scouts this week. We bought his little wolf things on Wednesday and he promptly memorized the cub scout pledge. Yesterday I had to take and hide his wolf book, because for some reason he thinks we must complete or begin everything in it immediately.
Past this is just my accountability journal. If you are interested in reading everything that I am logging as school this week, continue. If not, don’t bother. The rest is boring.
Memory Work
Duncan’s math memory work is pulled from Saxon 76 and his LA memory work is pulled from MCT Grammar Island, and his science memory work is pulled from Great Science Adventures Space. His history/ geography memory work is based on what we are studying.
List four ways we may indicate multiplication with numbers and variables.
1. with a times sign
2. with a dot
3. with parentheses
4. if one or both of the factors is a variable, then the factors may be written side by side.
What is the subject of a sentence?
The subject of a sentence is the part about which something is being said. (What are we talking about?)
What is the predicate of a sentence?
The predicate of a sentence is the part that says something about the subject.
List the inner planets.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
Tell me about Hinduism.
Hinduism began in Northern India near the Indus River about 4000 years ago.
Math
Kumon Math
Saxon 76- Lessons 43-47
Keys to Decimals looked at the end of Book 2 and the beginning of Book 3
Penrose pp.12-19
Language Arts
SL LA 2 adv week 6 copywork and activity sheet
Ralph S. Mouse chapters 2-7 (reader)
Catwings by Ursula LeGuin (reader)
MCP Word Study D pp.26-29
Handwriting Help for Kids: Create Cursive
MCT Grammar Island pp.91-103; p.160 & 162 (in addition to identifying the underlined part of speech we analyzed some of these for words and parts of a sentence.)
Tuesday Poetry from the Random House Poetry book
History
Gombrich’s A Little History Chapter 10
colored in an Indian map and flag from Enchanted Learning
The Little Book of Hindu Deities by Sanjay Patel (selections from)
Indian dance class (without Mei)
Library books (without Mei)
Buddha by Demi (without Mei)
Science
Great Science Adventures- Lessons 10, 11, and 12.
The Inner Planets VHS (without Mei)
Spanish
Barron’s Spanish Every Day Chapter 2
The Complete Book of Spanish- numbers
Latin
Song School Latin Lesson 6
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