Sep. 7, 2006
• First Week of School
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We started our first week of school on Tuesday. We are using Tapestry of GraceYear 1. I am so excited to begin after going over Unit 1!
I spent the last several weeks preparing and scheduling. Each child has a binder with all of the necessary information (hopefully) for Unit 1 (9 weeks). Here is the binder layout for anyone interested:
Assignments Tab
Includes all assignments for the current unit (9 weeks), by week with the most current week on top. Here is what one week looks like (TOG links go to sample pages):
* Daily Assignment Chart
* Spelling List
* TOG's Weekly Reading Assignment Chart (2-page spread)
* TOG's Weekly Overview Chart (2-page spread)
* TOG's Writing Assignment Chart (printed on back of Overview Chart)
* TOG's Student Pages
* Mapsfor the week
* any necessary writing worksheets (usually a graphic organizer for the week)
These are stacked in the order listed above. At the end of the week, completed literature assignments, maps, spelling tests, and other worksheets will be filed under the appropriate tabs in the binder. I will collect the Daily Assignment Charts and TOG pages (which will have check marks on completed assignments) at the end of each week to file and keep for a record. This way the current week will always be on top under the Assignment tab. I tried to be careful in scheduling so as not to overdo it, but we will make adjustments each week as necessary.
Literature Tab
TOG Literature worksheets go here
Geography Tab
completed maps, geography terms, etc.
Spelling Tab
spelling tests
Bible Tab
Bible Survey reading notes (older students only)
History Tab
history reading notes (older students only)
Math Tab
completed math lessons, quizzes, tests (for students not using workbooks)
Blank Tab
in case I forgot anything!
My oldest son also has a timeline notebook. My oldest three children will each have a Grammar & Composition notebook. Nathan and Jordan (7th & 6th) also have science notebooks for " Exploring Creation with General Science," which they are doing together this year.
We have spent this week getting back on a regular schedule and setting up and decorating the notebooks. On Tuesday I gave everyone an overview of the unit so that they know what to expect. Nathan (my 7th grade son) has been working hard to get all of his base maps set up and labeled. He will be making maps with transparency overlays throughout the year. I am excited to see how they turn out!
I guess this has been kind of a practice week. I'm glad I decided to begin slowly. Everyone is relaxed and enjoying themselves (including mom). We will begin officially on Monday.
I'll try to post some pictures later. Can you believe that I forgot to take pictures?? My husband has two cameras, and they were both right in front of my face all week! 
In Him,
~ Andrea
Sep. 25, 2006 - Thanks...
Posted by
4evrHischild
For adding me to your friends list. Your blog is gorgeous. I look forward to reading it more in the days to come.
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Oct. 5, 2006 - anaversery
Posted by
Emmy
happy anaversery!
hope you two have a great day and a good time together.
god bless,
emmy
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Aug. 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by
Homeschooling6
Did you ever post pictures for this? I would love to see them. I'm a visual person but I think I got most of it. I'll come back and re-read this post.
Thanks for sharing and you have a beautiful blog =)
Blessings,
Linda<><
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