Oct. 20, 2009 - Almost weekly update & Workbox Wednesday

I'm a little behind on my weekly blog entry this time, so I'll combine it with my Workbox Wednesday.  Our week started with a Chili Cook-off after church on Sunday.  These were the judges:
and Luke after three bowls of chili:
We managed to get a few good days of school in this week.  We're reading Witch of Blackbird Pond together, Luke's reading a book about Pocahontas, and I started Jumping Through Fires by David Nasser.  I just picked this book up at random from the New Biographies shelf at the library, but it's turned out to be pretty good.  It's the story of a boy's transition from Iran to America, and eventually Christianity.  It's a short book that you could probably read easily in one or two settings, but lately I seem to be having a hard time keeping my eyes open by the time I sit down to read in the evening.

We've been adding one or two states a week to our list of states/capitals to memorize.  Last week I bought the book Eat Your Way Through the USA which has recipes for a dinner from each state.  We started with New York.
Chicken Noodle Soup, Baked Creamed Cabbage & Red Velvet Cake

 Luke decided that he wanted this week's Friday theme to be 'airplanes'.  I usually put my own theme days together, but this time I ordered the Airplane Lapbook from Hands of a Child.  We only got about 3/4 of the way through it, so next Friday's theme will be:  Airplanes, Continued.  He decided that when he's done with everything, he'll mount it on a display board and save it for our end-of-the-year Homeschool Fair.

Kate is half-way through her semester at college now.  Last week's English assignment was a research paper on the death penalty.  She was the only one in class that got a 100%!!

Every Friday & Saturday this month, Luke is working with his Boy Scout Troop at the "Haunted Hayride."  The area Scout Troops organize the ride every year as a fund raiser.  They had over 400 people go through this weekend!  Here's Luke in his spooky make-up:

Our Last Rose of the season.  This plant didn't have a single flower all summer!

I filled all 12 boxes today.  We'll see if they all get done.

1 - Read Alouds: The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Story of Jamestown
2 - Alek's Math
3 - Phonics & Vocabulary Workbook
4 - Vocabulary:  We're starting the Words on the Vine workbook.  Our first Latin root is 'foli'.

5 - Make a shopping list for tonight's "Maine" dinner
6 - Practice Math Facts
7 - States Notebook
8 - Tree photo
9 - Read 2 chapters of Pocahontas

10 - All About Spelling
11 - Growing with Grammar:  We're on the last lesson of the chapter which is a writing exercise.  It may take more than one day to finish.
12 - Boy Scout Chemistry Badge book - Luke will be attending an all day seminar, in a couple of weeks, to earn his Chemistry merit badge.  We'll read a few pages of the book each day in preparation.

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Nov. 3, 2009 - Eat Your Way Through the USA

Posted by Anonymous

I have this book and can't wait to use it next year when we start U.S. History and Geography! I have another one called the U.S. History Cookbook which is awesome too.

Love the pictures!!

Mary
www.winecupchristianacademy.blogspot.com

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