Learning Notes 1/17/11-2/4/11

(I have included three weeks of learning notes to get caught up. If I don't carve out the time to post it right away the time slips away and then three weeks go by! How is that possible? I really, really, need to come up with a schedule!!)

Week 20, 21, and 22~ Homeschooling week 3, 4, and 5

Book Work

Julia~

*Faith and Life Chapter 13& 14- written narrations

*Saxon Math 7/6- lessons 4&5, test 1

*Multiplication drill sheets

*Also reviewing Math fundamentals (review, review, review!!)

*English 6- lesson 17 and detailed review of past lessons including nouns in the possessive and objective case

*Spelling 6- lesson 3&4

*Continued work on story

*Working on book report of a biography about George Lucas (creative writing class)

*Read-

Books 1-7of the The Fairy Tale Detectives (The Sisters Grimm, Book 1) (Bk. 1)

The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero

**Julia and I went out for dessert one night to discuss chapter one of You Can Become A Saint

(Julia was sick the second week of this block of school with the flu. It was a down week for her.)

Mary Jane~

*Baltimore Catechism review with Mom

*Saxon 5/4 lessons 7-13

*multiplication drill sheets

*English 4 pg 87-96

*Handwriting 72-78

*Spelling workout pg. 78-88

*Reading comprehension from Seton

*MCP Word study level D-(workbook that the school gave us) pg. 81-94

-various read alouds continuing Farmer Boy

-wrote paper on "A Time In Your Life When God's Providence Was Present" (for Little House Class)

-drew diagram of a fish and labeled. Included: habitat, diet, and senses. Wrote a small paragraph on how this information would help you catch one? (Little House Class)

Patrick~

*Baltimore Catechism review with Mom

*timed math drills

*MCP Math B pg. 151-169

*Voyages in English pg. 102-113

*MCP phonics B (we have been doing this for the last 4 weeks and I forgot to add this in, this was also sent home from school. We are up to page 130.)

*Spelling Workout- pg. 78-92

* Reading Vacation under Volcano by Mary Pope Osborne Made model of Mt. Vesuvius and had to write down three facts about Pompeii

* Reading- various readers from Library. I can really see him starting to enjoy reading.

Catherine~

*Math worksheets +1 and +2

*MCP math K pg. 137-151

* skip counting 2's, 5's, 10's

*MCP phonics pg. 21-33

* Various easy readers (Catherine is wanting to read everything now!! I am going to encourage this big time!)

EXTRA CURRICULAR

-day at Enrichment Academy one day a week

-Field trip to Frankfort to visit Kentucky's State Capital and participated in a Pro Life rally in the rotunda.

EVERYTHING ELSE

-Made Borax snowflakes (ours weren't as pretty as Martha's but it was very cool!)

-Made these pretty pictures from this website

-Science- This book Earth and Space (Library of Science) by Usborne is our spine. We

finally started working on our Astronomy notebooks. Lessons included the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars.

-Patrick and Catherine pulled out Usborne Science Activities, Vol. 2 and completed a couple of experiments. I love this book. The supplies and directions are easy enough for a kid to pull together and do independently.