i have posted some of these before, I think-

although unschooling of fun and it's so neat to watch the kids just learn things through exploring their intgerest, we NEED our structured months. Having 3 kids,plus myself who are all considered autism spectrum (SID, Asperger's, Dyslexia, ADD/HD) we NEEEEEEEED structure and routine. But the boys also need openess and flexible schedules.  I have shared some of these before, but i am getting ready to start school here (In October) and was sorting through my charts and schedules. (If I plan nothing, that is exactly what we get done--nothing)

first- our daily time list. waking time and schooling times. It isn't always exactly this.  life happens. but having a list like this to fall back and turn to when I am thinking 'what do we do now?' really helps and we follow it as often as we can-

As you see, I have two basic school sessions planned. One will be more for computer school and joint lessons and the other for individual/independent school. Ki isn't doing much independent yet and Connor's independent will be closely supervised. Here is my chart for that-

GAVIN is 13, CONNOR is 11.5 and KI is 10

I have planned on each day of the week having it's special theme. (ASD kids really like the accountability and structure of being able to expect crtaini things (like school always starting with Bible and stretches or Waffles for Breakfast on Wednesday, etc).

Mon- the kids ech take one class at a local Christian Academy, then we come home and play games.
Tues- they are old enough for me to leave for 2 hours while I go relax and sip a cup of coffee or tea at the local cafe. I may even meet another momfrom time to timethis yr- dependning on how much  I want to push myself out of my comfort zone.
Wed- SCEINCE EXPERIMENT DAY!!
the rest are self explanitory.

Gavin is wanting to be independent this school year. So I am giving him work for about 3 months at a time. He can work on what he wants during our inidependent school session.

and I have a list of things he needs to do daily-

Conor wants to try independent work. We tried it last year, but he just couldn;thandle it. I a not sure he can handle it yet, but he is wants to try and is willing, so I will help him try to move towards indepenedent wor this year. His work is given in 2 week segements. I think he may be able to handle 2 weeks worth of work, but there is no way he can do 3 months Gavin.

and I have a CAT study we will be working on together-

and he has a list for daily work, like Gavin.

Ki will still be doing one day at a time work and I will be doing a lot of of it with him. (except on Tuesday he willhave to do some independent while I am out at my teacher's coffee break)

that about wraps it up for school.... I also am getting together chores and housework and money earning oppurtunities for them.

Ki LOVES workbooks and loves using a pocket chart to plan when he does which lessons. He really needs to be in control of as much as I can let him be. HIs sensory Disrder causes his world to contantly feel OUT OF CONTROL- so anytime I can give him the reigns it is so helpful.

We will all do Bible and Brain Gym and Story of the World together. Then we will break up. The older two to their independent studies and Ki and I to his school work.

Ki has some workbooks called "3rd Grade Scholar" (it was  a 2nd grade scholar last yr). And though he is really kinda in the 4th grade, the reading and structure and review of subjects are all good for him.

We will be doing Word Cards and reading together. And he has Explode The Code.

For math Ki has Miquon and Math U See.

We also will have computer school daily for about anhour. 2 half hour CDs. Their choices are Word Roots (Ki wil need me to read for him), Earobics, Math Detective (Ki will need me to read) , Carmen Sandiego Math or Word, and Clue Finders.

We use Mind Benders, Critical Thinking Skills books, too.

I have had to rearrange my Monday with the addition of Classes.

Mondays will be:

GAMES until 10:30

10:45-1:45- classes at Dominion Academy

BoonShoft Museum until 3:30 ocassionaly

House Cleaning until Dinner

I think that should work.

Start Here-

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/14-anatomy.htm

Keep a notebook of facts.

Go Here:: From head to toe: an animated trip through the Visible Human male cryosections [color MPEG, 770810 bytes]

 click OK when prompted.

NEXT Do these Pages-

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/index.shtml

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/heart/labelinterior/glossary.shtml

Print the following page and fill in. Put it in your notebook:

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/digestive/labeleasy/index.shtml?p

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skeleton/Labelskeleton.shtml?p

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/urinary/label/index.shtml?p

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/heart/labelinterior/label.shtml?p

NEXT-

read take notes-

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

Go Here and explore- http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

Read & Take Notes- http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

Print and Do- http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/label/neuron.shtml?p

Read and Take Notes-

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

Print and Do- http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/spine/label/index.shtml?p

Read and Take Notes-

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

Do Math Page (ask your teacher for the animal brain math page)

GLOSSARY for the Brain-http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/index.shtml

Print and Do (save in notebook)- http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/label/neuron.shtml?p

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/brain/label/lateralbrain/label.shtml?p

http://members.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/anatomy/skin/label/label.shtml?p

GAVIN'S 2ND SCIENCE LESSON-

Lesson 2 Cells

Go Here- read, take notes, explore-

http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/cells.htm

Click on the lint for Unit Membrane- Read and click NEXT to get to the next page. Continue this. Some pages have little animated diagrams with a PLAY feature. Make sure you watch them.

At the end is a quiz, Take it. Record your grade- Correct if needed.

Click on the Studying Cells Tutorial-

 read, click Scientific Method and read.

List the 7 steps in your notebook.

Click- Size & Biology Read

Click Major Events Read

Click to Test yourself

 Click on each of the 4 areas to test.

NEXT- Go the following Site- http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/3dcell.htm

 Read, take notes, follow links

GO HERE- http://www.cellsalive.com/gallery.htm

Read and explore

NEXT URL- http://library.thinkquest.org/3564/

CLICK ON LESSONS- Do one at a time, starting with the first- Take all of the quizzes.

CLICK ON VIRTUAL CELL LINK- Explore- Click the PLAIN links and watch.

NEXT URL-http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/intro.htm

Read, take notes, don’t do the Enrichment Links

PROJECTS to DO-

http://library.thinkquest.org/19037/making_a_cell.html

Check some books out of the library about cells.

Further online sites if you want- http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html

I am working on Gavin's 3rd Science Lesson for the school year- the other two have more detail andinstructions. Hopefully by this time he knows what do to and can find his way around the websites. That 1st website there- Chem4Kids- is really neat- check it out.

Here is Lesson 3-

Chemistry- Where ever you see a link for a quiz on what you are reading, take the quiz and record your score (and the website) in your notebook

Start here-
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html
read through all chapters (listed on the right hand side) and take notes.

Learn about Atoms-
http://education.jlab.org/atomtour/ (click the next page at the bottom)

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_intro.html on the right hand side is a list of links for ATOM BASICS, click them one at a time to learn about them.


Activities-
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/.. click on the Build It Activity- you can read first if you want.

http://www.echalk.co.uk/Science/chemistry/atomicStructure/atomicStructure.html

Make a model of an Atom- choose an atom to make. Here are some ideas to help you make a model are-
http://education.jlab.org/qa/atom_model.html




Learn about the periodic table-
visit these sites and take notes- Where ever you see a link for a quiz on what you are reading, take the quiz and record your score (and the website) in your notebook)

http://www.chemicalelements.com/sup/help.html

http://www.chemicalelements.com/index.html

http://www.chem4kids.com/files/elem_intro.html on the right hand side is a column of links that are and overview of the periodic table.


some quizzes to take-record how you did next to each link, retake until you get them all correct
http://www.mcwdn.org/Physics/AtomicQuiz.html

http://www.rivier.edu/faculty/dburgess/web/phy101/frames1.htm

http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=867386652&AP_activityType=3&AP_urlId=646062&AP_continuePlay=true646062

http://www.triv.net/html/Users/user463.htm

http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/bl090703a.htm

http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/bl040103a.htm

Connor’s    work 

School Weeks 5-6

MATH-  take a Quiz and Do 5 lessons in Saxon. Do BOX, READ examples, Do Practice Problems and ODD #s in Problem Set. Write problems out in your Math Notebook.

SCIENCE-Correct any missed problems from your test. Make a salt dough model of the tectonic plates and faultlines. make a working model of a volcano. Read books provided by your teacher. Do online research with provided URLs. Learn the following words in Sign Language- earthquake (earth&shake), Rock, hot, ground, volcano, mountain, create, science.

LANGUAGE ARTS- Going Places- Read pages 182-205 in your text book. Answer the questions in your Language Arts notebook. Do Workbook Pages 101-115. Do the extra written work in your Language Arts notebooks. Choose a different Activities for each story you read.

1. Write the story as a Comic Book

2. Put on a Puppet Show of the story

3. Do a diorama of one scene from the story and write a couple sentences to describe it.

4. Make a detailed book cover, complete with Title, Author and Illustrator.

****School Weeks 7-8 *****

MATH-Do 5 lessons in Saxon. Do BOX, READ examples, Do Practice Problems and ODD #s in Problem Set. Write problems out in your Math Notebook.

SCIENCE-  read chapter THREE in Bob Jones Science book. Look up the Bible Verses in your Bible and read them. As you read the chapter, write the italicized words on note cards and look up their definitions in the glossary to write on the note cards.  Do Notebook Page 23 with your dad. Make your outline. Do page 59 in the ext along with notebook pages 20-21. Spend time with dad and the telescope viewing the night sky. Do notebook pages 30-36. Take Test

Language Art- Finish Cat Study.

Connor has never been independant before. And honestly, seeing how last year went. I really don't think this will go over well this year. But he asked me to PLEASE give him independant work like Gavin (who can handle it), so I told him we'd give it a try."

ConnorⳠ work
School Weeks 1-2

MATH-Do 5 lessons in Saxon. Do BOX, READ examples, Do Practice Problems and ODD ..s in Problem Set. Write problems out in your Math Notebook.
SCIENCE- Week 1- read chapter one in Bob Jones Science book. Look up the Bible Verses in your Bible and read them. As you read the chapter, write the italicized words on note cards and look up their definitions in the glossary to write on the note cards. Do the following pages from your notebook packet: pages 1-4 and pages 6&7. Write the answers to page 7 in your notebook. Week 2- Write an outline for chapter 1. Choose one of the experiments to do (no the one Gavin did last year). Do pages 8 &9 in your notebook packet. Take the Test. (ask me for the test when you are ready)
LANGUAGE ARTS- Going Places- Read pages 147-155 in your text book. Answer the questions in your Language Arts notebook. Do Workbook Pages 72-83. Do the extra written work in your Language Arts notebooks. Choose one of the following Activities for the story you read:
1. Write the story as a Comic Book
2. Put on a Puppet Show of the story.
3. Do a diorama of one scene from the story and write a couple sentences to describe it.
4. Make a detailed book cover, complete with Title, Author and Illustrator.

ConnorⳠ work
School Weeks 3-4

MATH- take a Quiz and Do 5 lessons in Saxon. Do BOX, READ examples, Do Practice Problems and ODD ..s in Problem Set. Write problems out in your Math Notebook.


SCIENCE- Week 3-Correct any missed problems from your test. Read chapter TWO in Bob Jones Science book. Look up the Bible Verses in your Bible and read them. As you read the chapter, write the italicized words on note cards and look up their definitions in the glossary to write on the note cards. Start on your outline of the chapter. Week 4- SEE MOM FIRST-You will be finishing your outline and doing experiments from pages 34 and 38 and filling in the corresponding notebook pages. Review text, outline, vocabulary cards and take test. (Ask me for test when you are ready to take it)


LANGUAGE ARTS- Going Places- Read pages 159-181 in your text book. Answer the questions in your Language Arts notebook. Do Workbook Pages 85-100. Do the extra written work in your Language Arts notebooks. Choose a different Activities for each story you read: (canⴠuse activity already used previously)

1. Write the story as a Comic Book

2. Put on a Puppet Show of the story

3. Do a diorama of one scene from the story and write a couple sentences to describe it.

4. Make a detailed book cover, complete with Title, Author and Illustrator.

some charts. I love making charts. And I have gotten to where my life doesn't end if something comes up and my schedule can't happen.... (I just make a couple plan B and plan C charts.... LOL)

here are some things I am working on for the upcoming school year:

YEAR '06
AUGUST	UNIT STUDY
SEPTEMBER	TRIP
OCTOBER	TEXT SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER	TEXT SCHEDULE
DECEMBER	1 WEEK TEST/3 WEEKS OFF
YEAR '07
JANUARY	UNIT STUDY
FEBRUARY	TEXT SCHEDULE
MARCH	TEXT SCHEDULE
APRIL	1 WEEK TEST/3 WEEKS OFF
MAY	UNIT STUDY
MARCH	TEXT SCHEDULE
JUNE	TEXT SCHEDULE
JULY	SUMMER BREAK

Text Schedule will be a schedule that utilizes workbooks/textbooks.... structure. more structure for The 3 Rs, with strucutred lessons for other aspects (art, history, science). As always, there will be a few weeks of unplanned trips/vacations....

Unit studies are a study of a certain theme, say.....The Wetlands... and using that themes to teach different subjects.. science, math, social studies, spelliong, history, etc...... Unit studies are very effective for us , esp combined with Mulitple Intelligence approaches.

Some othere charts for break down of subjetcs:

this is along chart- so I'll break it down for you:

SUBJECT	GAVIN	CONNOR
MATH	Saxon,  - W/DAD:geometry,	Saxon,
	physics, etc
SPELLING	AVKO, interest words	AVKO, interest words
	frequently misspelled words	frequently misspelled words
SCIENCE	Online Research	Abeka (with Ki)
HISTORY	S.O.S. History	S.O.S. History - taught by Gavin
READING	book list	Book list
GRAMMAR	Punct Puzzlers, online grammar	Punct Puzzlers, online grammar
	projects	projects
BIBLE	devotion books, reseacrh	devotion books, reseacrh
UNIT STUDY	take turns chosing a topic	of interest.
ART	undecided	undecided

the other half of the chart:

KIEL	ALL	SUBJECT
Miq,MUS,	HOM-algebra	MATH
Word Cards, Slow AVKO		SPELLING
Abeka (with Connor)	experiments	SCIENCE
S.O.S. History - taught by Gavin	Story of the World	HISTORY
Readers/Ki's stories	List of read alouds	READING
Grammar workbook, real life	games	GRAMMAR
put into use
bring home projects from	Jesus Freaks, Blue Book	BIBLE
Sunday School Lessons
choose a theme		UNIT STUDY
undecided	undecided	ART

other things i am trying to get plans started for.....

chapger/lesson break downs.... like for Story of the World ( just a read aloud book), I want to go through and read it myself this summer and write down project ideas for the different chapters. I want to use a Latin Word Root program I have. It is a CD Rom. I want to go through it as well and make class lessons, projects, expanded information for each lesson....

and a daily time brak down for TEXT SCHEDULE times will be needed. I have a start on it, but it is best to wait till closer to school time to fine tune this one.

1st	walk/brain gym
2nd	bible
3rd	K-Comp School/CG-spelling
4th	science
5th	math
6th	C&G- Reading/K-Spelling
7th	Grammar Class
8th	lunch
9th	history
10th	Reading
11th	art/music
finish with	computer

here is my schedule for the week:

time		event		brain gym
7:30		wake		morning routine
8:00		breakfast		vitamins/water
8:45		walk to school		follow the leader
9:00		Bible		ear rolls
9:30		SKATE PARK PROJECT		recess
11:00		lunch
11:45		Ki- 3rd grade scholar		Arm Actvtn/Ear Rolls
		C&G- Spelling		Lazy&Alpha 8s
12:20		Ki- Word Cards/Reading		Rub Points/Alpha 8s
		C&G-Reading		Bttrfly 8s
12:55		Brain Gym		CrissCross/Elephant 8s
				Water/HookUps
1:30		Ki- Miquon		ALL3- Calf Stretch
		C-Math Detective		Buttons
		G-Saxon
2:00		Ki-Time4Learning
		G-Punct Puzzler
		C-Going Places

here is Ki's chart to check off

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