Our family visited grandparents and cousins the first half of the week, and Kimball and Adam were sick the last half of the week, so our learning logs are less stellar this week.
We did go to a butterfly pavilion with extended family. We had a fun time watching the butterflies and learning at the different exhibits. There was a leaf-cutter aunt exhibit that was fascinating to watch. We saw their homes and learned they are built out of fungus they get that grows off of the leaves.
For Math this week Elsie finished chapter 21 (except she forgot to take the test) and did most of chapter 22. She is learning how to subtract mixed numbers with different denominators and also reviewed previous math facts. Kimball did chapter 24, where he divided a 3 digit number into 6 digit numbers. It was intense math that required a lot of focus. He also did some story problems. Anna and Adam did very minimal math. Adam counted to 100 and wrote out to 50. Anna finished chapter 26 and took the test. She reviewed her subtraction facts, solved for the unknown, and did some addition problems as well. She colored in a picture based on the addition answers she got.
Elsie, Kimball and Anna practiced their instruments 4 times during the week. Their piano teacher had a medical emergency and so they were unable to go to lessons, and their private lessons were cancelled due to the holiday on Monday for their string instruments. They did all go to their group lessons however and they played together and learned more of a square dance as well.
Kimball read lots this week. He finished the book Fortunately, the Milk and read the book The Show Must Go On as well. Elsie wrote a chapter in her dragon story. She also wrote in her journal and she wrote 2 letters to 2 different friends. Anna started in level three in hooked on phonics. She read some review words and learned the long a and long i with the silent e. She read a couple short stories and she read a chapter from a Little Bear book on her own. She also did several pages of handwriting.
For Minecraft this week Elsie and Kimball created the lemon battery. They learned about electricity. Anna watched her dad teach her how to download something from cd onto her MP3 player. She downloaded a suzuki cd so she can listen to her songs.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Learning Log 26
Happy Late Valentine's Day. My kids had a great time celebrating the day. We went to the jump zone and had fun with a bunch of other homeschoolers. Adam had a fun time shooting hoops, jumping, and swinging off a rope. Kimball had a fun time doing flips, climbing their rock wall and playing dodge ball, and Anna and Elsie jumped and played with friends. Fun was had by all.
Afterwards we had a great poetry and tea at our home with friends. We decorated sugar cookies and shared poems. Elsie recited a poem in a fun accent called The Red Rose, Kimball memorized and recited a couple stanza's from All Things Beautiful, Anna memorized and recited The Lovable Child, and Adam memorized and recited a Valentine poem. Later that evening we went to an elderly neighbor's home and recited them our poems as well.
The kids also had a fun time reading that week. Kimball read about 60 pages of Fortunately, the Milk. He also did 2 journal entries and copied 3 stanzas from a poem. Adam read 2 more Dash into Reading Books. He focused on blending letters together and we played reading games where he practiced reading words and blending sounds. Anna finished the 2nd level of Hooked on Phonics level 2. She read some stories, and learned new sounds. She also read to herself several books and did 4 pages of handwriting.
For science we started a unit study about energy. We discussed and built models of atoms and molecules. We also discussed different types of energy there are and learned definitions and examples of each type. We also continued our study of the seaside creatures and learned about different species of crabs and watched short youtube videos on each of them. We had a fun time.
The kids practiced their musical instruments every day. Kimball, Elsie, and Anna each went to their piano lessons, their Bows and Bridges private and group lessons. They are all learning Oh Susanna on their violins and cello.
For math Elsie finished chapter 20 and took the test and did most of chapter 21. She is learned how to add mixed numbers with different denominators. She also reviewed multiplying nad dividing fractions. Kimball finished chapter 24, where he did lots of long division and multiplication. He worked very hard on being precise and keeping his place value. He also did lots of story problems. Anna started chapter 26 and did most of the chapter. She learned some more subtraction facts and reviewed her previous subtraction facts. She also did some story problems. Adam wrote and counted all the way to 100 and practiced counting by 10s. He is learning the patterns of numbers.
Minecraft Kimball built electricity for his town. He used red stone, levers, and trap doors. Elsie started on electricity for her town. She began by making redstone and putting it around some doors. Anna continued to learn how to navigate the internet and the computer by practicing cutting and pasting, exploring drop-down menus and saving her work into files.
Afterwards we had a great poetry and tea at our home with friends. We decorated sugar cookies and shared poems. Elsie recited a poem in a fun accent called The Red Rose, Kimball memorized and recited a couple stanza's from All Things Beautiful, Anna memorized and recited The Lovable Child, and Adam memorized and recited a Valentine poem. Later that evening we went to an elderly neighbor's home and recited them our poems as well.
The kids also had a fun time reading that week. Kimball read about 60 pages of Fortunately, the Milk. He also did 2 journal entries and copied 3 stanzas from a poem. Adam read 2 more Dash into Reading Books. He focused on blending letters together and we played reading games where he practiced reading words and blending sounds. Anna finished the 2nd level of Hooked on Phonics level 2. She read some stories, and learned new sounds. She also read to herself several books and did 4 pages of handwriting.
For science we started a unit study about energy. We discussed and built models of atoms and molecules. We also discussed different types of energy there are and learned definitions and examples of each type. We also continued our study of the seaside creatures and learned about different species of crabs and watched short youtube videos on each of them. We had a fun time.
The kids practiced their musical instruments every day. Kimball, Elsie, and Anna each went to their piano lessons, their Bows and Bridges private and group lessons. They are all learning Oh Susanna on their violins and cello.
For math Elsie finished chapter 20 and took the test and did most of chapter 21. She is learned how to add mixed numbers with different denominators. She also reviewed multiplying nad dividing fractions. Kimball finished chapter 24, where he did lots of long division and multiplication. He worked very hard on being precise and keeping his place value. He also did lots of story problems. Anna started chapter 26 and did most of the chapter. She learned some more subtraction facts and reviewed her previous subtraction facts. She also did some story problems. Adam wrote and counted all the way to 100 and practiced counting by 10s. He is learning the patterns of numbers.
Minecraft Kimball built electricity for his town. He used red stone, levers, and trap doors. Elsie started on electricity for her town. She began by making redstone and putting it around some doors. Anna continued to learn how to navigate the internet and the computer by practicing cutting and pasting, exploring drop-down menus and saving her work into files.
Monday, February 10, 2020
Learning Log 25
For music this week Elsie, Kimball and Anna went to both their piano and private and group string lessons. Anna's teacher said she is doing great in her string group lessons! Kimball completed all 10 phases to his practicing in cello, and got a balloon from his teacher. Elsie played her violin for a lady in our neighborhood who is bed-bound. They all had great experiences with their music this week.
Adam walked a mile outside with his dad. He also played dodge ball with his siblings and enjoyed practicing his push-ups.
Elsie and Kimball worked on building their roller-coasters for Minecraft. They both built large and advanced roller coasters and had a great time. Anna made another coloring book for herself using copy and past from the web to word. She also taught her friend how to do the same thing, so now I think she knows how to do it really well.
For language arts everyone finished reading their selections they picked to learning about early explorers of the new world. Elsie finished her book about Sir Walter Raleigh, which was about 50 pages. Kimball finished reading about Columbus. I took them out to eat and we discussed and compared notes with each other about the things we had learned. Anna learned about past tense and learned the different sounds "ed" makes as well as how to read 2 syllabus words. She read a couple short stories and part of a Hooked on Phonics book called The Case of the Missing Sandwich out-loud to me. She also read lots of beginning reader books to herself. Anna did several pages of handwriting also. Adam practiced writing his name and reading. He finished memorizing a poem about the short vowel sounds and started reading Dash into Reading Books. He is practicing blending sounds together in the order he sees them. Kimball finished the book 8 Class Pets +1 Squirrel /1 Dog= Chaos. He thought it was funny. He read Ook and Gluck, which is another silly book. He read several pages from Maze Quest in History. It has a history page on one side and a maze on the other of each open page. He wrote in his journal one time and did 4 days of copy work. He is working hard at studying words for their spelling and looking at sentence structure as he copies. Elsie read a graphic novel. She also wrote a dozen poems with different rhyming schemes and others that didn't rhyme, but had certain rhythms.
For math Anna finished chapter 25, where she learned to subtract from 9s. She also reviewed other subtraction problems and did some story problems. Elsie started chapter 20 and did most of it. She learned about the "same difference theorem" when subtracting and adding mixed numbers. She also reviewed converting pints to quarts and vice versa. Kimball started chapter 24 where he learned how to divide a 2 digit number into a 4 digit number. He also reviewed long multiplication, multiplying 3 digit numbers by 5 digit numbers, and he did many story problems. Adam is learning how to count and write to 100, but it is hard and it is going slow.
For science we learned about plant propagation. We planted a bunch of cuttings from jade plants. The kids learned about potting plants and roots and how different colored lights can help with different aspects of plant growth: germination or cell growth, etc.
Adam walked a mile outside with his dad. He also played dodge ball with his siblings and enjoyed practicing his push-ups.
Elsie and Kimball worked on building their roller-coasters for Minecraft. They both built large and advanced roller coasters and had a great time. Anna made another coloring book for herself using copy and past from the web to word. She also taught her friend how to do the same thing, so now I think she knows how to do it really well.
For language arts everyone finished reading their selections they picked to learning about early explorers of the new world. Elsie finished her book about Sir Walter Raleigh, which was about 50 pages. Kimball finished reading about Columbus. I took them out to eat and we discussed and compared notes with each other about the things we had learned. Anna learned about past tense and learned the different sounds "ed" makes as well as how to read 2 syllabus words. She read a couple short stories and part of a Hooked on Phonics book called The Case of the Missing Sandwich out-loud to me. She also read lots of beginning reader books to herself. Anna did several pages of handwriting also. Adam practiced writing his name and reading. He finished memorizing a poem about the short vowel sounds and started reading Dash into Reading Books. He is practicing blending sounds together in the order he sees them. Kimball finished the book 8 Class Pets +1 Squirrel /1 Dog= Chaos. He thought it was funny. He read Ook and Gluck, which is another silly book. He read several pages from Maze Quest in History. It has a history page on one side and a maze on the other of each open page. He wrote in his journal one time and did 4 days of copy work. He is working hard at studying words for their spelling and looking at sentence structure as he copies. Elsie read a graphic novel. She also wrote a dozen poems with different rhyming schemes and others that didn't rhyme, but had certain rhythms.
For math Anna finished chapter 25, where she learned to subtract from 9s. She also reviewed other subtraction problems and did some story problems. Elsie started chapter 20 and did most of it. She learned about the "same difference theorem" when subtracting and adding mixed numbers. She also reviewed converting pints to quarts and vice versa. Kimball started chapter 24 where he learned how to divide a 2 digit number into a 4 digit number. He also reviewed long multiplication, multiplying 3 digit numbers by 5 digit numbers, and he did many story problems. Adam is learning how to count and write to 100, but it is hard and it is going slow.
For science we learned about plant propagation. We planted a bunch of cuttings from jade plants. The kids learned about potting plants and roots and how different colored lights can help with different aspects of plant growth: germination or cell growth, etc.
Learning Log 24
This week for music, Elsie, Kimball and Anna went to Bows and Bridges for their private and group lessons. They also practiced their string instruments. They are working hard on polishing a song for the string festival that is coming up. They also went to their piano lessons, and they practiced the piano as well. They are picking songs also for their recital at the end of the month and working hard towards that.
Adam did push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, and stretched. He also worked hard at digging a big hole outside in a snow bank. He also ran around the indoor track at the high school and watched his brother in a wrestling match.
Elsie and Kimball worked on minecraft. They finished building their restaurant, took pictures of their finished product, and turned it in. Anna explored on Paint. She learned how to use drop-down menus and how to save her drawing on her desktop. She created 3 drawings and saved them.
For Language Arts I read a story about Siddhartha's life out-loud to the children. I read a story about Leif Erikson and Christopher Columbus to Kimball, Anna, and Adam. I also started reading out-loud the third book of Kirsten. Anna is really starting to enjoy reading. She is reading beginning books by herself and continues to read to me from Hooked on Phonics. She read several lessons and a book called Over My Head. She practied reading words ending in ing, er, ly, and es and learned when they are used. She read a couple short stories as well. Anna also did several pages of handwriting. She worked really hard and memorized a poem for poetry and tea about Columbus. She had a great recitation! Adam memorized a poem about Columbus as well and did a great job reciting at poetry and tea. He also worked on memorizing a poem about the vowels. He worked at sounding out words in books he likes and played some reading games. Kimball wrote in his journal and did 5 days of copy-work. He read 5 chapters of his 8 Class Pets book. He also read about 20 pages from an old book online called Explorers and Discoverers. He read about Columbus, Marco Polo, and Henry the navigator. Elsie started a book about Sir Walter Raleigh, and read about 20 pages. She also read about 50 pages of The Boy who Harnessed the Wind. She also wrote a fact sheet and a poem about elk.
for math Anna learned to subtract from 9s. She also did some story problems and reviewed other addition and subtraction math facts. Kimball started chapter 23 where he learned how to divide a one digit number into a 4 digit number. He also did several conversion problems and reviewed long multiplication; 2 digit numbers multiplied by 4 digit numbers. Adam did chapter 5 in MUS, where he learned to add 1s. He also reviewed reading and building 3 digit numbers and did some story problems. Elsie finished chapter 19, adding and subtracting mixed numbers. She also reviewed converting yards to feet and vice versa and finding the area of rectangles and triangles and cubes.
We did more social studies instead of science this week. We studied maps and learned about the continents and oceans. We also learned about different land and water formations such as straights, gulfs, and bays and isthmus', peninsulas, and islands.
Adam did push-ups, sit-ups, jumping jacks, and stretched. He also worked hard at digging a big hole outside in a snow bank. He also ran around the indoor track at the high school and watched his brother in a wrestling match.
Elsie and Kimball worked on minecraft. They finished building their restaurant, took pictures of their finished product, and turned it in. Anna explored on Paint. She learned how to use drop-down menus and how to save her drawing on her desktop. She created 3 drawings and saved them.
For Language Arts I read a story about Siddhartha's life out-loud to the children. I read a story about Leif Erikson and Christopher Columbus to Kimball, Anna, and Adam. I also started reading out-loud the third book of Kirsten. Anna is really starting to enjoy reading. She is reading beginning books by herself and continues to read to me from Hooked on Phonics. She read several lessons and a book called Over My Head. She practied reading words ending in ing, er, ly, and es and learned when they are used. She read a couple short stories as well. Anna also did several pages of handwriting. She worked really hard and memorized a poem for poetry and tea about Columbus. She had a great recitation! Adam memorized a poem about Columbus as well and did a great job reciting at poetry and tea. He also worked on memorizing a poem about the vowels. He worked at sounding out words in books he likes and played some reading games. Kimball wrote in his journal and did 5 days of copy-work. He read 5 chapters of his 8 Class Pets book. He also read about 20 pages from an old book online called Explorers and Discoverers. He read about Columbus, Marco Polo, and Henry the navigator. Elsie started a book about Sir Walter Raleigh, and read about 20 pages. She also read about 50 pages of The Boy who Harnessed the Wind. She also wrote a fact sheet and a poem about elk.
for math Anna learned to subtract from 9s. She also did some story problems and reviewed other addition and subtraction math facts. Kimball started chapter 23 where he learned how to divide a one digit number into a 4 digit number. He also did several conversion problems and reviewed long multiplication; 2 digit numbers multiplied by 4 digit numbers. Adam did chapter 5 in MUS, where he learned to add 1s. He also reviewed reading and building 3 digit numbers and did some story problems. Elsie finished chapter 19, adding and subtracting mixed numbers. She also reviewed converting yards to feet and vice versa and finding the area of rectangles and triangles and cubes.
We did more social studies instead of science this week. We studied maps and learned about the continents and oceans. We also learned about different land and water formations such as straights, gulfs, and bays and isthmus', peninsulas, and islands.
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