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November 2 was the last time I did an update. Wow... where does the time go?
Since November 2... here is what has happened in our world...
Here are the assignment sheets from the last couple of weeks...
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THIS WEEK – November 2 to 8 DEANNA
MONDAY – ○MATH lesson 33, ○Aircraft design and engines pgs 46-50, ○Gruesome Grave Robbers pgs 75-87, ○Shakespeare research, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF
TUESDAY - ○Ranch work 8AM-12PM, ○MATH lesson 34, ○Cars and Motorcycles pgs 50-53 and check out the charts on pgs 54-55, ○The Remarkable River pgs 88-93, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF, ○Shakespeare research
WEDNESDAY - ○No Mug Up scheduled :o(, ○MATH lesson 35, ○A Gallery of the Gods pgs 94-98, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF, ○Shakespeare research, ○Shakespeare movie
THURSDAY – ○Math lesson 36, ○Awesomely troublesome Egyptians pgs 99-110, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF, ○Shakespeare research, ○read James Chapter one and two, make notes
FRIDAY -- ○MATH lesson 37, BABYSITTING 8am-3pm,
SATURDAY -- ○MATH lesson 38, Birthday Party 2:00-4:00pm, sleepover
SUNDAY --- church at our house
THIS WEEK – November 2 to 8 JORDAN
MONDAY – ○MATH lesson 32, ○Aircraft design and engines pgs 46-50, ○Medieval weapons research, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF
TUESDAY - ○Ranch work 8AM-12PM, ○MATH lesson 33, ○Cars and Motorcycles pgs 50-53 and check out the charts on pgs 54-55, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF, ○Medieval weapons research
WEDNESDAY - ○No Mug Up scheduled :o(, ○MATH lesson 34, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF, ○Medieval weapons research, ○Shakespeare movie
THURSDAY – ○Math lesson 35, ○one chapter of THE LIGHTENING THIEF, ○Medieval weapons research, ○read James Chapter one and two, make notes
FRIDAY -- ○MATH lesson 36, ○Medieval weapons research, ○option--- work on the ranch... ask dad for a job
SATURDAY -- ○MATH lesson 37, Birthday Party 2:00-4:00pm, sleepover
SUNDAY --- church at our house
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Deanna — November 9 to 15, 2009
MATH
Lesson 38—Proportions 158
Chapter 5 Quiz 163
Lesson 39—When the Bottoms are the Same 168
Lesson 40—Matching Up the Bottoms 172
Lesson 41—Changing Both Denominators 176
Lesson 42—Lowest Common Denominator 180
WRITING
Student Writing Intensive – DVD classes
DAY ONE – outlines, summary, dress-up
DAY TWO - story summary, dress up
DAY THREE - reference summary, paragraph structure
DAY FOUR - creative writing
BOOK - Horrible Histories - Awesome Egyptians
- Live like an Egyptian pages 111-127
- Epilogue and Quiz pgs 127-135
BOOK - Lightening Thief
four chapters
SHAKESPEARE PROJECT
– work on a Timeline of some sort. History is all about dates and if you can communicate the time frame that your event, person or invention encompasses it will help the visitors that come to your table on the day of the Extravaganza to get “into the time period” of your project.
- mapping (see email)
- write out some interesting facts, a paragraph or statistic to present on your project board or table.
OTHER THINGS THIS WEEK:
Tuesday – School pictures in Red Deer 1:50pm (this means you must do you school work in the morning, get up early, set your alarm)
Wednesday – You are scheduled to babysit Samantha from 7:30 - 3:30
Friday - Essay Apprentice Class in Innisfail at 12:30 to 2:30 (this means you must do you school work in the morning, get up early, set your alarm)
– Read JAMES CHAPTER 3
– Random Acts of Kindness Project (do one kind act each day, record it in your bible notebook)
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Jordan — November 9 to 15, 2009
MATH
Lesson 37—Parentheses within Parentheses 181
Lesson 38—Freeing x from a Fraction (Part 1) 185
Lesson 39—Freeing x from a Fraction (Part 2) 190
Lesson 40—From One Side to the Other 196
Lesson 41—Moving Shortcuts 201
Lesson 42—Chase Scene 205
WRITING
Student Writing Intensive – DVD classes
DAY ONE – outlines, summary, dress-up
DAY TWO - story summary, dress up
DAY THREE - reference summary, paragraph structure
DAY FOUR - creative writing
BOOK - Horrible Histories - Measly Middle Ages
- Introduction & timeline and Nasty Normans pgs 5 to 18
- Feudal fellows & Dreadful Disease pgs 19 to 41
- Nutty knights & Awful Angevins pgs 42 to 61
- Foul food & Lousy Lancastrians pgs 62 to 82
BOOK - Favorite Greek Myths
- Introduction
- Chariot of the Sun God - the story of Phaeton and Helios
- The Golden Touch - the story of Bacchus and King Midas
SWORD PROJECT
– work on a Timeline of some sort. History is all about dates and if you can communicate the time frame that your event, person or invention encompasses it will help the visitors that come to your table on the day of the Extravaganza to get “into the time period” of your project.
- mapping (see email)
- write out some interesting facts, a paragraph or statistic to present on your project board or table.
OTHER THINGS THIS WEEK:
STUDY for your Learners Exam – We can go to town to do the test on Wednesday
Tuesday – School pictures in Red Deer 1:50pm (this means you must do you school work in the morning, get up early, set your alarm)
Friday - Essay Apprentice Class in Innisfail at 12:30 to 2:30 (this means you must do you school work in the morning, get up early, set your alarm)
– Read JAMES CHAPTER 3
– Random Acts of Kindness Project (do one kind act each day, record it in your bible notebook)
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Deanna's ACADEMICS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16 TO 22, 2009.
MATH
Lesson 42—Lowest Common Denominator 180 (Re-do this lesson)
Lesson 43—Three or More 184
Lesson 44—Whole Numbers and Fractions 188
Lesson 45—Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers 192
Lesson 46—Converting from Mixed Number to Improper Fraction 196
Lesson 47—Converting from Improper Fraction to Mixed Number 200
Chapter 6 Quiz 204
WRITING
1. Rewrite “Sea Snakes” on your computer.
2. Rewrite “Little Wishes” on your computer.
3. From your essay class – write a 5 paragraph essay (rough draft).
4. Write a 5 paragraph essay about William Shakespeare.
BOOK #1 – “All The World’s a Stage - Speeches, Poems and Songs from William Shakespeare”
1. Part One - all the world’s a stage – pages 1 to 28
2. Part two - toil and trouble – pages 29 to 56
BOOK #2 – “All the World’s a Stage – William Shakespeare - a pop up biography”
BOOK #3 – “Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare”
1. As You Like It – pgs 6 to 9
2. Antony and Cleopatra - pgs 10 to 15
3. The Tragedy of King Richard III – pgs 16 to 19
OTHER things this week
1. Mug Up at Susan’s on Wednesday
2. I think dad is planning a project for Saturday.
3. Read James chapter 4
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Jordan's ACADEMICS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16 TO 22, 2009.
MATH
Lesson 43—Mixing It All Up 209 (from last week)
Lesson 44—Mixture Problems Again 214
Lesson 45—Solving Freestyle 218
Lesson 46—False Equations and Identities 223
Lesson 47—Reducing Fractions 228
Lesson 48—Factoring into Prime Numbers 233
Lesson 49—Reducing Fractions with x’s 237
WRITING
1. Rewrite “Sea Snakes” on your computer.
2. Rewrite “Boy and the Nuts” on your computer.
3. From your essay class – write a 5 paragraph essay (rough draft).
4. Write a 5 paragraph essay about Medieval Swords.
BOOK #1 – “Horrible Histories – Measly Middle Ages”
1. Woeful women & Cheerless children - pgs 73 to 106
2. Middle Ages mind-benders & Rotten Religion – pgs 107 to 126
3. Epilogue & Grisly quiz – pgs 127 to 136
BOOK #2 – “Favorite Greek Myths”
1. Lost at Sea – the story of Ceyx and Alcyone
2. The Weaving Contest – the story of Minerva and Arachne
3. Apollo’s Tree – the story of Apollo and Daphne
READING #3 – Swords
Read 6 to 10 articles/resources about swords (via internet, encyclopedia, books, etc). List each resource in your agenda or on your computer.
OTHER things this week
1. Ranch work for Wednesday
2. I think dad is planning a project for Saturday.
3. Read James chapter 4
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OTHER THINGS OF NOTE:
- Deanna had strep throat at the beginning of November but recovered quickly and didn't have to miss any of the weekend fun.
- I bought a book about famous paintings, Deanna spent quite a bit of time going through it. She is looking forward to studying art.
- I bought a book about Canadian coins. Deanna really took to it. It came with a booklet to collect coins and she must have spent over three hours going through all the change in the house to look for coins to fill the booklet. One can never tell what will strike a child's interest.
- I had assigned Jordan to read the book "The Lightening Thief" out loud to Deanna, however this was too slow for Deanna so she took it upon herself to read the book (which was the goal all along) because she was so hooked on the story. She is now reading the second book in that series.
- Deanna had a friend over for a sleepover a couple of weekends ago.
- I ordered new bibles for the kids. The new ones are bigger (easier on the eyes to read) and they are study bibles geared towards teens. Jordan said he really liked the format.
- This past week was a real test of time management skills for the kids. I did not assign what needed to be done each day of the week, just a list of assignments to be finished by Saturday night. They did not get the list done and Sunday morning were working diligently to try and finish.
- Deanna worked with Noah this past Sunday during our church time. We had printed a Noah's Ark book for Noah to color and cut out together. This was an opportunity for some mentoring to happen and some teaching practice. (I had encouraged the kids in our home church to come up with age appropriate activities for the two youngest members. This week only Noah was here.)
- As of this past Saturday, my kids now have the internet available to them on their laptops. Now we have the job of learning time management with the internet and what content is okay to view, etc. I am also looking into some kind of parental control programs, just for good measure. This morning they took some time to check out their email account and catch up.
- I assigned Jordan three portions from his Greek Myths book (I figured he would spread them throughout the week) and he read them all in one (very quick I might add) sitting. Well I questioned whether he ACTUALLY read them and so I had him narrate the stories back to me. He did an awesome job and I had to apologize for not believing him that he had actually read them. I guess he is a speed reader like me.
- Jordan passed him learner's licence exam and can now drive with a fully licenced driver. He is very excited.
- Jordan and I ended up discussing twice last week the issue of doing what is required. On Tuesday is was about the issue of showing his work in math. He doesn't see the benefit of showing his work and continues to not do it despite my instructions to it. So I told him that this was not a math issue but one of disobedience and lack of ability to do what is required of him. I further explained that in life an employer might require soemthing of him and whether or not he thought it was beneficial he would have to do it or risk losing his job. So in this matter if he chose to continue to not show his work I would have to come up with a very negative consequence to encourage him to meet the requirement. THEN on Saturday morning I asked if he had completed all 6 math lessons for the week and he said no. We then had a discussion of finishing the work assigned to him. He complained he didn't have time. So we went over how he chose to spend his time all week and showed that actually he DID have them time, he just didn't use his time wisely. And this year's theme is all about personal management, so we will see if this week's time management is better then last week's. :o)
- Jordan did some woodwork a couple of weeks ago. He designed and crafted to swords from wood. One was for himself and one for a friend as a birthday present.
Well that is all I remember for the moment. If I remember more, I will come back and add it. :o)
~Pam~
I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write. (Augustine)
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