My kitchen is 98% finished and it is beautiful - way more beautiful than I thought it would be
All of the kids, including the baby, are alive and well
School, in some form or another, has been happening each day according to my original schedule
I can wear some of my normal pants (anyone out there who is pregnant - keep those belly band things...you can wear them indefinitely, I think, while holding on to the belief that one day, you will no longer need them and you will actually be able to button your pants again)
The bad news:
Mitt Romney is not our president (I know, you already knew that)
School has been a struggle for everyone, and we're all lacking in ambition, focus, cooperation, attention to detail, endurance, and so on, and so on, and so on...
I have discovered that it is not possible to do anything in public with all 5 kids along, unless I'm in the mood to be humiliated and frustrated and possibly burst into tears. I'm not usually in that kind of a mood.
It is also not possible to do anything at home while all 5 kids are awake (except scream - we are all definitely capable of screaming while everyone is awake, or while some are sleeping, with the intention of awakening them)
I have not posted any homeschooling updates, but our 2nd quarter meeting with our supervising teacher is just around the corner, so I have actually prepared something for it. Here it is:
Isaac Wood
2nd Quarter Update
Friday, November 7, 2012
English:
Learning Language
Arts Through Literature Tan Book
Current Lesson: Lesson 13 – How to conduct personal research
Topics covered this year:
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Prefixes
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Suffixes
·
Timelines
·
Words beginning with c/k
·
Common and proper nouns
·
Helping and being verbs/verb phrases
·
Writing a biography
·
Figurative language – similes, personification
·
Adjectives
·
Poetry – stanzas, triplets, poetry vs. prose
·
Pronouns
·
Compound words
·
Adverbs
·
Paragraphs – topic & supporting sentences
·
Transitional words
·
Contractions
·
Possessive nouns
·
Organizing thoughts using a “circle word picture”
·
Positive/comparative/superlative form
·
Direct quotations
·
Subject & predicate
·
Sentence fragments
·
Sentence types
·
Adding suffixes to words ending in “y”
·
Compound subject, verb, sentence
·
First-person and third-person narrator
·
Context clues
·
Plot lines
·
Synonyms and antonyms
· How to conduct personal research
From the Roots Up
(Greek and Latin)
Words covered this quarter:
·
Biblos
·
Sauros
·
Photos
·
Graph
·
Tele
·
Metron
Read-alouds:
·
Where the Red Fern Grows
·
The Tanglewoods’ Secret
Math:
Math-U-See Epsilon
Current Lesson: Lesson 13 – Reducing Fractions
Topics covered this quarter:
- Fraction of a number
- Fraction of one
- Add and subtract – equal
- Equivalent fractions
- Add and subtract – unequal
- Rule of 4
- Compare fractions
- Add multiple fractions
- Multiply fractions
- Dividing fractions
- Common factors
- Reduce fractions 1
- Reduce fractions 2
Social
Studies/History:
My Father’s World & Elections Unit Study
Topics covered this quarter:
·
7 days of creation
·
Adam and Eve
·
Cain and Abel
·
Noah and the Ark
·
The Flood
·
After the Flood
·
Noah’s descendants
·
Tower of Babel
·
Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia
·
Cuneiform
·
Farmers of the Nile Valley
·
Unification of Egypt
·
Egypt: Work on the land
·
Egypt: boats
·
Mummies
·
Pyramids
·
Job
·
Abraham’s journeys
·
Abraham and Lot
·
Hagar and Ishmael
·
Indus River Valley
·
God’s covenant with Abraham
·
Hieroglyphics
·
Papyrus
·
Voting and elections
o
Vocabulary: government, authority, power,
liberty, tranquility, justice, rights, principle, vote, poll, prediction,
tally, ballot,
o
Local, state, and national government structure
o
Purpose of government
o
Branches of government
o
How laws are made
o
About the Constitution and Bill of Rights
o
Electoral College
o
Democrat vs. Republican
o
Who can vote and be elected
Science:
My Father’s World
Topics covered this quarter:
·
Dinosaurs in the Bible/biblical times
·
What is light?
·
Bending light
·
What color is light?
·
Electromagnetic waves
·
Light as a form of energy & lasers
·
Light from unexpected sources
·
Pyramids
·
Preservation of mummies
·
Mold and decay
Simon Wood
2nd Quarter Update
Friday, November 7, 2012
English:
Learning Language
Arts Through Literature Red Book
Current Lesson: Lesson 13
Topics covered this year:
·
Short and long vowel sounds
·
Compound words
·
Nouns – common and proper
·
Adjectives
·
Syllables
·
Alphabetical order
·
Rhyming
·
Pronouns
·
Hard and soft g
·
“ck” sound
·
Three sounds of “y”
·
Fact and opinion
·
Two sounds of “s”
·
Order of events in a story
·
Months of the year
·
Adding “ing”
·
Context clues
·
Adding “ed”
·
Homonyms
·
Punctuation at the end of a sentence
·
Two sounds of “ow”
·
Contractions
·
Adding –ed and –ing to words with a short vowel
and one consonant
·
“ar”, “or”, “ou”, and “aw” sounds
·
Fiction vs. Non-fiction
·
/er/ sounds – “er”, “ir”, “ur”
·
Direct quotations
·
“wr” and “ew” sounds
·
Compound words
·
Pronouns
·
“wor” sounds
·
Verbs
·
Synonyms
·
Possessive nouns
·
“dg” and “tch” sounds
·
Dropping silent “e” to add –ed and –ing
·
Possessive pronouns
·
“oo” sounds
·
Using commas in lists
·
“ea” sounds
·
Emotions
From the Roots Up
(Greek and Latin)
Words covered this quarter:
·
Biblos
·
Sauros
·
Photos
·
Graph
·
Tele
·
Metron
Read-alouds:
·
Where the Red Fern Grows
·
The Tanglewoods’ Secret
Math:
Math-U-See Beta
Current Lesson: Lesson 13 – Column addition
Topics covered this quarter:
- Place Value and the Manipulatives
- Sequencing; Word Problem Tips
- Inequalities
- Rounding to 10 and Estimation
- Multiple-Digit Addition
- Skip Count by 2
- Addition with Regrouping (Carrying)
- Skip Count by 10
- Skip Count by 5; 5¢ = 1 Nickel
- Money: Decimal Point and Dollars
- Rounding to Hundreds
- Adding Money; Mental Math
- Column Addition
Social
Studies/History:
My Father’s World & Elections Unit Study
Topics covered this quarter:
·
7 days of creation
·
Adam and Eve
·
Cain and Abel
·
Noah and the Ark
·
The Flood
·
After the Flood
·
Noah’s descendants
·
Tower of Babel
·
Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia
·
Cuneiform
·
Farmers of the Nile Valley
·
Unification of Egypt
·
Egypt: Work on the land
·
Egypt: boats
·
Mummies
·
Pyramids
·
Job
·
Abraham’s journeys
·
Abraham and Lot
·
Hagar and Ishmael
·
Indus River Valley
·
God’s covenant with Abraham
·
Hieroglyphics
·
Papyrus
·
Voting and elections
o
Vocabulary: government, authority, power,
liberty, tranquility, justice, rights, principle, vote, poll, prediction,
tally, ballot,
o
Local, state, and national government structure
o
Purpose of government
o
Branches of government
o
How laws are made
o
About the Constitution and Bill of Rights
o
Electoral College
o
Democrat vs. Republican
o
Who can vote and be elected
Science:
My Father’s World
Topics covered this quarter:
·
Dinosaurs in the Bible/biblical times
·
What is light?
·
Bending light
·
What color is light?
·
Electromagnetic waves
·
Light as a form of energy & lasers
·
Light from unexpected sources
·
Pyramids
·
Preservation of mummies
·
Mold and decay
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