This has been another week of sickness for our family - this week it was the stomach flu! 6 out of the 8 of us all got sick at the same time. We were a pathetic lot. Wednesday was the worst, but wiped everyone out for many days. Today was the first day in 10 that my kids have finally gotten to play with the neighbors. I hope we are done with sickness and can enjoy the holidays.
Despite being sick, we still managed to get our school in. We even made it to all the classes and lessons we were supposed to, somehow.
For math, Peter finished chapter 21 and took the test. I corrected about 10 previous tests of his (I was way behind), and we spent a couple days going over those tests and making sure he understood everything. Kimball finished chapter 18, except for the test, learning how to count by 8s. He reviewed some addition and multiplication and did some story problems. Elsie starting on chapter 22. She learned how to divide a one digit number into a 4 digit number. She practiced estimating the answer first, and then checking her answer by multiplying her answer by the one being divided. It was tedious work. Anna is waiting for her new math book to arrive, so she practiced building three digit numbers with her math blocks. We also reviewed counting and adding. She really enjoyed doing a couple color by numbers.
For Language Arts Peter started reading a book called The Mystery of the Periodic Table. He read about 25 pages of it. He wrote a short story about a tire that was disobedient to the car for his writing class. He also learned about different types of poems, like limericks and haikus. For his debate class he prepared for another debate on the Olympics. Elsie was quite sick for most of the week. She loved to listen to me read The Little Princess to her. She started the book The Railway Children, and read about 30 pages. She also started reading Little Britches, and read 70 pages of that. She also did a couple pages of handwriting. Kimball read from his Climbing Higher book, and read about 20 pages. He also did a couple pages of handwriting. Anna learned that she could read her Dash into Reading books all by herself! She read 5 or 6 of those as review, and then she reread the last one outloud to me, Six Kits. Everyone enjoyed listening to me read an abridged version to Pilgrim's Progress outloud. We had several great discussions and learned what an allegory is.
For Science, Peter went to his Forensics class and learned more about finger printing. The class was set up into stations where they practiced taking finger prints, pulling finger prints off objects, and matching finger prints. He learned the art to the science:). He also learned that there are 9 different types of finger prints. Peter, Kimball, Elsie, and Anna learned science from a youtube channel called Wired. We learned how to build the paper airplane, "Susan" (which is the model of the airplane that holds the Guinness Book World Record for longest flight) from John Collins. He taught us how to overcome drag and gravity using lift and the center of gravity on the paper airplane. We also learned more about pendulums, that a good paper airplane will work as a pendulum, with its wings and its bottom weighing it down. We built lots of different types of paper airplanes using what we learned and went to a gym to see which technique worked the best for us. It was really fun.
For Peter's tech class, he switched from JavaScript to Minecraft this week. He built a spaceship in Lava Land and also a house in Creator. He is having a fun time exploring. He still needs to turn in his creations. For business, Elsie, Kimball, and Anna and I had a discussion about how our values and integrity will shine through the products or services that we sell. We discussed how that works, and why having good character will create loyalty to the people that we sell to. I printed off some questions about their purpose for their business and they answered them in their business journals.
For music, all the kids were miraculously able to make it to their lessons on Tuesday and Thursday. Although there wasn't as much practicing this week due to illness, they still learned and practiced a bit. Elsie is really excited because she is now working on putting both hands together for Musette, which is the last song of the book. She is working really hard at polishing her songs up and passing the book off. Peter is working on new Christmas songs for the viola, and on the duets and A Short Story for the piano. Kimball also got a Christmas song for the cello and is working on putting both hands together for his song in piano. Anna is really excited because she learned how to play Twinkle Twinkle little Star all the way through on both the piano and violin. She is having fun fine-tuning those.
That about wraps it up!
Monday, November 12, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
Learning Log #11
For math this week, my kids worked fairly diligently on their Math U See curriculum. Anna finished her Primer Math book!! She learned how to subtract by 1s, and reviewed some addition problems, telling time, and subtraction, and did some story problems. She also tried to answer math questions when her grandpa tried to quiz her.😃 Elsie finished chapter 22 in her math book, dividing 3 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. She also did story problems and reviewed previous chapters. Kimball finished chapter 14 (getting 100% on his test), where he learned to multiply by 6s and reviewed finding the perimeters of shapes. He started on chapter 15, learning to count by 8s. He also learned how many quarts are in a gallon, and did lots of story problems. Peter finished chapter 20, and started chapter 21. It is about finding the least common multiple of numbers using different methods. He did some word problems and reviewed long division, and reviewed last weeks chapter also.
For Language Arts this week Anna re-read a couple of her Dash Into Reading books to me. She also read four pages out of her First Steps reading book. She learned and practiced reading words with the blends “ew”, “ow”, “oo” (as in look), and the long vowel sound of e in “ee”. She also listened to a lot of books read out loud at story time at the library, about pumpkins. She did 3 Jenny Phillips handwriting worksheets, practicing print. Elsie finished reading about WWI in her book, I am an American. She learned how the Germans broke their promises that were made through the international laws in Hague. She also read a story about Thomas Edison and how he made the light bulbs, and how he always stayed positive, despite his many failures. She wrote in her diary several times and did four Jenny Phillips worksheets, practicing her cursive. She did 3 pages of spelling out of her book Spelling Works. Kimball read 2 chapters of Climbing Higher and 4 picture books, The Rechargeables, Leon and Bob, Peep and Ducky, and The Princess Gown. He also did 4 Jenny Phillips worksheets, working on his print. He passed a spelling test, where he had to spell "poultry", among other things. Peter read a few pages of Lord of the Rings (book 1). He also wrote a funny short story about Bill Gates taking over the world. He debated the topic whether service hours should be required for graduation. He had to prepare for both sides, and ended up having to oppose the topic.
Towards the end of the week, we slowly started getting sick, starting with the baby. By Friday, most everyone was sick, walking around with burning eyes, soar throats, stuffy noses, and achy limbs. No Fun. So, whatever classes we had left to do, stayed undone or was done with less gusto. Peter did go to his library classes on Thursday, so for Peter's forensic class he learned about fingerprinting and how there are different types of fingerprints, and within those types there are special characteristics that are hard to see without a magnifying glass. For his Pyramid Project, he worked on fine tuning his skills of observation on a nature walk he took.
Kimball watched several Generation Genius shows, learning more about pendulums, illusions using light, and extinct animals. He learned that their bones and teeth can tell us much about them. The teeth can tell what they ate, and their skulls can help in estimating their size. Elsie got her science from watching t.v., and learned about sea snakes in the ocean. She learned that the males are dark and the females are light. She learned that when the male wants to mate he kind of becomes the female's shadow, swimming beneath her, mimicking whatever she does. They can also hold there breaths for an hour! Anna was the only one who didn't get sick, so she found some of her Ohio buckeye seeds, which are very similar to chestnuts, and planted them throughout our yard. We will see this spring what happens!
The kids all went to their music lessons and practiced well this week. On violin, Elsie is still working on Minuet 1, but also started a little on the next song Minuet 2. In piano she is learning the left hand part to the first and last line of a song she has been working on. Kimball learned the last part to Go Tell Aunt Rhody on his cello. Now he can play the whole song! In piano he learned how to put both hands together on Cookoo. He says it's hard, but he can also play through that song now too. Peter is working on memorizing Gavotte and fine tuning The Happy Farmer on his viola. In piano, he started on a new duet and is working on putting his hand together and memorizing A Short Story. Anna learned the whole song to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the piano. She is working on good hand positioning and fingering. On the violin, she is working on the first part of the Twinkle song and then short excerpts or exercises for the next two songs in her book.
The kids all had fun carving pumpkins, going to a ward Halloween party, and going trick-or-treating. Kimball had a birthday, and turned 9, and had fun celebrating with friends and family. It was a fun and busy week!
For Language Arts this week Anna re-read a couple of her Dash Into Reading books to me. She also read four pages out of her First Steps reading book. She learned and practiced reading words with the blends “ew”, “ow”, “oo” (as in look), and the long vowel sound of e in “ee”. She also listened to a lot of books read out loud at story time at the library, about pumpkins. She did 3 Jenny Phillips handwriting worksheets, practicing print. Elsie finished reading about WWI in her book, I am an American. She learned how the Germans broke their promises that were made through the international laws in Hague. She also read a story about Thomas Edison and how he made the light bulbs, and how he always stayed positive, despite his many failures. She wrote in her diary several times and did four Jenny Phillips worksheets, practicing her cursive. She did 3 pages of spelling out of her book Spelling Works. Kimball read 2 chapters of Climbing Higher and 4 picture books, The Rechargeables, Leon and Bob, Peep and Ducky, and The Princess Gown. He also did 4 Jenny Phillips worksheets, working on his print. He passed a spelling test, where he had to spell "poultry", among other things. Peter read a few pages of Lord of the Rings (book 1). He also wrote a funny short story about Bill Gates taking over the world. He debated the topic whether service hours should be required for graduation. He had to prepare for both sides, and ended up having to oppose the topic.
Towards the end of the week, we slowly started getting sick, starting with the baby. By Friday, most everyone was sick, walking around with burning eyes, soar throats, stuffy noses, and achy limbs. No Fun. So, whatever classes we had left to do, stayed undone or was done with less gusto. Peter did go to his library classes on Thursday, so for Peter's forensic class he learned about fingerprinting and how there are different types of fingerprints, and within those types there are special characteristics that are hard to see without a magnifying glass. For his Pyramid Project, he worked on fine tuning his skills of observation on a nature walk he took.
Kimball watched several Generation Genius shows, learning more about pendulums, illusions using light, and extinct animals. He learned that their bones and teeth can tell us much about them. The teeth can tell what they ate, and their skulls can help in estimating their size. Elsie got her science from watching t.v., and learned about sea snakes in the ocean. She learned that the males are dark and the females are light. She learned that when the male wants to mate he kind of becomes the female's shadow, swimming beneath her, mimicking whatever she does. They can also hold there breaths for an hour! Anna was the only one who didn't get sick, so she found some of her Ohio buckeye seeds, which are very similar to chestnuts, and planted them throughout our yard. We will see this spring what happens!
The kids all went to their music lessons and practiced well this week. On violin, Elsie is still working on Minuet 1, but also started a little on the next song Minuet 2. In piano she is learning the left hand part to the first and last line of a song she has been working on. Kimball learned the last part to Go Tell Aunt Rhody on his cello. Now he can play the whole song! In piano he learned how to put both hands together on Cookoo. He says it's hard, but he can also play through that song now too. Peter is working on memorizing Gavotte and fine tuning The Happy Farmer on his viola. In piano, he started on a new duet and is working on putting his hand together and memorizing A Short Story. Anna learned the whole song to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the piano. She is working on good hand positioning and fingering. On the violin, she is working on the first part of the Twinkle song and then short excerpts or exercises for the next two songs in her book.
The kids all had fun carving pumpkins, going to a ward Halloween party, and going trick-or-treating. Kimball had a birthday, and turned 9, and had fun celebrating with friends and family. It was a fun and busy week!
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| Kimball's Birthday! |
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| Here are Peter's giant pumpkins he grew this year |
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| Anna: "cat"; Peter: Nearly Headless Nick; Adam: Yellow Crayon |
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