Well, what a good feeling for mom and kids when you complete a study!  Rebekah has finished her geography book for the year, literature, and is working on getting her science done!  Now, having only one semester finished, we have to find something for another 90 days for her portfolio.

Jess has finished her science (no surprise there, her favorite) however, we need to get going on some english.  We have gone over grammar many times, but have to start working on other areas.  With her loving to read I want to start in on composition.  She is very good at spelling and hope that the writing will come easy.

Ken pulled his way through a semester of physics and we are searching for something of interest for science in his next semester.   He needs some motoviation in the english/comp area too!  He is still waivering as to what direction he wants to go so it makes it hard to direct his studies.

History for the high schoolers has become fun for me as both are studying the same area.   Politics!    What a great time for the elections!   I have found two outlines that I am following, one has lessons and quizzes that go along with them. Constitutional Study Guide  It starts right from the begining at the writing of the Constitution and we are working are way to Bill of Rights,  then jumping to voting.  We are also watching the candidates and we all have taken the online fun quiz Select a Candidate to find out just who supports each of our intrests in this election.

Now, I have had the chance to do some time on our slow moving computer and found many things I am using.  One is the search bar to navigate my way around for quizes.   My youngest has been watching Animal Planet in some of her free tv time.   We happen to have it for one month as a freebie from DishTv.  So why not get something else from it?  

For those of you that need a small filler,  I have a great site for poetry. The English Room - 30 Days of Poetry It is lessons that were used from  1997 Great Basin Book Festival in Reno, Nevada.  There are many examples of high school poetry to help the kids along.

Anyone having high school links that are helpful, please send them my way!