Under the Bed

The girls both really took to learning Under The Bed by Penny Trzynka. I love the little dance at the end. Audrey started the celebration dance, and then Lorelei wanted to re-record hers so she could dance at the end too.

4/5 school planning

MWF
Morning:

• A 
• Math (30 min)
• History (30 min)
• Grammar (15 min)
• L 
• reading
• kumon workbooks
• puzzles
• blocks
• art

Mid morning:

• A Spelling (20 min)
• A Composition (20 min) 
• A&L swimming lessons on Monday
• A Circus Skills on Friday

Afternoon:

• A&L Science (45 min)

Evening:

• Poem practice
• Family Reading

TR
Morning:

• A Math (30 min)

Evening:

• Poem practice
• Family Reading

• Audrey read aloud
• Ancient Literature
• Fun story time 

Up next
Science: Read about reptiles and amphibians this week in DK First Animal Encyclopedia (pages 80-103). Narration, copy work, and art.

Composition: WWE: 1 Week 22: The Velveteen Rabbit. Days 1-4

Spelling: Write Bonus Words cards, spelling bees .

History: SotWV1, Chapter 24 the wars of the Greeks. Text Book, review questions, map work, narration, and copy work.

Grammar: FLL Lessons 75, identifying nouns, pronouns and verbs in the 3 Little Kittens.

Math: Number Bond Game, splashmath, and begin SMPMW1ASE Unit 4 on subtraction, start memorizing subtraction facts.

Ancient Literature: Norse Myths

3/26 schoolwork

Spelling:
Bee with Audrey, she collected 31 words

Composition:
Week 19, days 3 and 4, The Light Princess

Math:
Splash Math
cooking lesson with lots of measuring, adding, counting by twos

Lorelei:
played her writing game with Daddy

Reading:
Audrey read herself Rhyming Rapunzel, and the season book, and The Sleeping Book by Dr. Seuss for fun reading.
Chinese Folk Tales
Rose book
Audrey read aloud Chapter 7 from Afternoon in the Amazon

1/9/2014 Homeschool Journal

Spelling drill
Number bond drill
Read Chapter 14 in History with review questions and narration
Kinderheart
Mt. View
Fabricate

1/10/2014 Homeschool Journal

1/13 Schoolwork

Spelling: drill and lesson 17

Grammar: finished Lesson 61

History: started 15; review; narration

Math: number bonds for 6
Composition: week 14, day 4
Science: Our Body's Defense System
Swimming Lessons

Audrey's 1st experimentation with cursive

1/12/2014 Retro and Planning Meeting

What Went Well

• Math is going well. Audrey is starting to grasping number bonds
• Audrey is a great speller, and she is reading to us a lot and really doing great. According to the graded readers she is reading at a 3rd grade level. 
• We worked on memorizing a new poem this week and found a way to make it more fun!
• Both girls passed into a new level at swim class. Audrey swam the long direction of the pool for her test, and is now learning roll over breaths, and standing dives. Lorelei swam 7 feet alone using both arms and legs to pass her test, and is now learning windmill arms and stream lining. 

Areas for Improvement

• We would like to feel like the routine comes more naturally. 
• No more skipping planning meetings. 

Action Items

• Complete planning for the year
• Download Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan from the Library, The Saturdays
• Plan library trip and return items that are due
• Try to get a movie in Spanish or a couple books in Spanish
• Find a new ancient times reading for our evening schedule (maybe china or norse myth) 

Schedule for the week

• Monday 
• early
• Math: number bonds through 10 - exercises with new animal manipulatives
• Grammar: Lesson 61
• Spelling flashcards
• History Chapter 15 - The Phoenicians - section one with review questions and narration.
• morning
• Spelling: lesson 17
• Swimming Lessons
• afternoon
• Science: Read First Body Encyclopedia about defense 
  
• Composition : Week 14, day 4
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading, making spelling fashcards, rhymes and opposites book
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• reading
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice to read to us

• Tues
• early
• Math: number bonds through 10
• Grammar: Lesson 64
• Spelling Flashcards
• Math Flashcards
• morning
• Kinderheart and Mt. View
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• reading
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice to read to us

• Wednesday
• early
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, finish grammar
• Math: number bonds through 10
• Grammar: Lesson 65
• History Chapter 15 - The Phoenicians - section two with review questions and narration, with map work and coloring page

• morning
• Living Classroom play-date
• Living Classroom play-date
• afternoon
• Spelling: Lesson 18
• Science: Our Body's Defense System
• History: Chapter 16 - The return of Assyria - section 1 with review questions and narration 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• 
  
• Reading
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice to read to us
• Thursday

• early
• Math: number bonds through 10
• Grammar: Lesson 66
• Morning
• Kinder heart, Mt. View
• Fabricate
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Reading
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice to read to us

• Friday 
• early
• Math: number bonds through 10
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, finish grammar
• Grammar: Lesson 67
• History: Chapter 16 - The return of Assyria - section 2 with review questions and narration with map work and coloring page
• morning
• Circus Skills
• afternoon 
• Play date with Judah
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Saturday 
• Ski Lessons at A-Basin

• Sunday 
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• afternoon
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Reading
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice to read to us

Story time

Lorelei practicing stream-line position

Audrey doing backward stream-line

"What do you do if you fall off a boat?"…"Roll over and float!"

field trip with Living Classroom to The Denver Art Museum

12/29/2013 Retro and Planning Meeting

What Went Well

• Audrey is excelling with math facts and spelling
• We managed to fit quite a bit of school in around a fun but BUSY holiday! 

Areas for Improvement

• Coordinate our event calendar with our homeschool schedule more carefully. 
• Audrey is really eager to start spanish again, so we need to get a computer up and running for it. 
• Get back on the bandwagon with our poem practice. 

Action Items

• Complete planning for the year
• Download Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan from the Library, The Saturdays
• Plan library trip and return items that are due
• Try to get a movie in Spanish or a couple books in Spanish

Schedule for the week

• Monday 
• early
• Math: Unit 1 Lesson 3
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, pronunciation 
• Grammar: Lesson 60
• morning
• Spelling: finish lesson 14
• play-date at Athena and Lex's
• afternoon
• Science: Read First Body Encyclopedia about lungs, do narration exercise
  
• Composition : Week 13, day 3 and 4 (The Saturdays)
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading, making spelling fashcards, rhymes and opposites book
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Beauty and The Beast

• Tues
• early
• Math: Unit 2, text book and workbook 
• Spanish: Unit 1, Lesson 1, vocabulary 
• Grammar: Lesson 61
• morning
• shopping for New Years Eve Dinner
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Beauty and The Beast

• Wednesday
• early

• Math: Math: Unit 2, text book and workbook
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, grammar
• Grammar: Lesson 62
• morning
• History: Chapter 13, The New Kingdom of Egypt, review and narration questions
• afternoon
• Spelling: Lesson 15
• Science: Finish Reading about Lungs 
• Composition: Week 14, day 1 and 2
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• dinner time
• Zoe Babysitting

• Thursday
• early
• Math: Unit 2, text book and workbook
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, finish grammar
• Grammar: Lesson 63
• Morning
• Hot Springs in Idaho Springs
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 
• Beauty and The Beast

• Friday 
• early
• Math: Unit 2, text book and workbook
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 2, CORE
• Grammar: Lesson 64
• morning
• Circus Skills
• Spelling: Make Spelling Cards for 14, and 15
• afternoon 
• History: Chapter 13, The New Kingdom of Egypt, review questions, narration, map work and coloring page. 
• Week 14, day 3 and 4
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Saturday 
• The girls are spending the day with Nani while we celebrate our anniversary (10 years!)

• Sunday 
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• afternoon
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple 

working on Math

12/27 School Work

History: The Middle Kingdom of Egypt, section 1 with review questions and narration
Composition: Week 13, day 2 from The Saturdays
Spelling Bee

Reading to both girls:
2 chapters In The Land Of The Big Red Apple

DK Children's Illustrated Bible:  Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Ezekial

12/14/2013 Retro and Planning Meeting

What Went Well

• She is grasping the concept of pronouns.
• Continuing to work on counting money, she doesn't seem to grasp to entire concept yet (i.e: struggling with counting by 10s on the 5). 
• She is enjoying the new spelling method we are using to learn past words and seems enthused. 

Areas for Improvement

• Coordinate our event calendar with our homeschool schedule more carefully. 
• Wake up a little earlier to get back on schedule. 

Action Items

• Complete planning for the year
• Download Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan from the Library
• Create spelling words flash cards
• Plan library trip and return items that are due
• Try to get a movie in Spanish or a couple books in Spanish

Schedule for the week

• Monday 
• early
• Math: Make skip counting flash cards
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, pronunciation 
• Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
• morning
• Swimming (A&L)
• Spelling: Lesson 11
• afternoon
• History: Chapter 10, Ancient China, part 1 and 2 reading, review questions and narration.
• Science: Read First Human Body Encyclopedia on  the Brain and senses (pages 30-47) and complete narration exercises. 
  
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading, making spelling fashcards, rhymes and opposites book
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Beauty and The Beast

• Tuesday 
• early
• Math: Work on flashcards, Activity 20.1
• Spanish: Unit 1, Lesson 1, vocabulary 
• Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
• morning
• Lorelei's school party
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Beauty and The Beast

• Wednesday
• early

• Math: Activity 20.2
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, grammar
• Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
• morning
• afternoon
• Spelling: Make Spelling flashcards (starting with lesson 8), have bee
• Science: Read First Human Body Encyclopedia on  the Brain and senses (pages 30-47) and complete narration exercises. 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• Gymnastics
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Beauty and The Beast

• Thursday
• early
• Math: Activity 20.3
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, finish grammar
• Grammar: Illustrated pronouns 
• Morning
• History: Chapter 10, Ancient China section 3, reading, review questions and narration, plus map work, and coloring page. Review History Encyclopedia on Ancient China
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 
• Beauty and The Beast

• Friday 
• early
• Math: Activity 20.4
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 2, CORE
• Grammar: Illustrated pronouns
• morning
• Circus Skills
• Spelling:Spelling fashcards and bee
• afternoon 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• Children's Opera, The Magic Flute, at Nomad Theater
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Saturday 
• early
• Spelling: Lesson 11
• History: Chapter 11 section 1 (Ancient Africa) 
• afternoon
• Spiral Garden Walk at Gretchen's House (Leave here at 4p)
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Sunday 
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• afternoon
• Nutcracker at Niwot Highschool (leave here at 12:15p)
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple 

12/9 schoolwork

Math: 20.4
Grammar: finished lesson 48
Science: read The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body, plus coloring page
Composition: week 12, day 1
Spelling: lesson 10
Reading:
Last of the Harvest, The Big Red Apple
Ruth and Naomi and The Calling of Samuel, Children's Illustrated Bible
Bear Stays Up For Christmas (Audrey read to us)

12/8/2013 School Retro and Planning

What Went Well

• We are starting to see spontaneous composition all of the time. 
• She is super passionate about science right now and can't get enough of learning about the human body. 

Areas for Improvement

• Skipped a lot of spelling as it has become Audrey's last choice when choosing which subject is next.
• Did not successfully download Charlotte's Web.

Action Items

• complete planning for the year
• Download Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan from the Library
• create spelling words flash cards
• plan library trip and return items that are due

Schedule for the week

• Monday 
• early
• Math: 20.4 (counting money) 
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, pronunciation 
• Grammar: lesson 48 (copywork, pronouns)
• morning
• Swimming (A&L)
• Spelling: Lesson 10
• afternoon
• Composition: Week 12, day 1 (Days of the Week poem)
• Science: Read First Human Body Encyclopedia on  Muscles (pages 24- 29) and complete narration exercises. 
  
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading, making spelling fashcards, rhymes and opposites book
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice

• Tuesday 
• early
• Math: 20.5
• Spanish: Unit 1, Lesson 1, vocabulary 
• Grammar: lesson 49 (we, us, our, ours)
• Kinderheart
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple
• Audrey's choice

• Wednesday 
• early
• Math: Unit 20 Review
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, grammar
• Grammar: lesson 50 (they, them, their, their's)
• morning
• Boulder Dinner Theatre's Kids Cabaret
• afternoon
• Composition: Week 12, day 2
• Spelling: Make Spelling flashcards (starting with lesson 6), have bee
• Science: Play Some Body, play with Human Body model and discuss muscles. 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• Gymnastics
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Thursdat
• early
• Math: Activity 20.1 and 20.2
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 1, finish grammar
• Grammar: lesson 51 (story narration) 
• Kinderheart
• afternoon
• Fabricate
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Friday 
• early
• Math: Activity 20.3 and 20.4
• Spanish: Unit 1, lesson 2, CORE
• Grammar: lesson 52 (introducing verbs)
• morning
• Circus Skills
• Spelling:Spelling fashcards and bee
• afternoon
• Composition: week 12, day 3
• History: Chapter 10, Ancient China, part 1 and 2 reading, review questions and narration. 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• Children's Opera, The Magic Flute, at Nomad Theater
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Saturday 
• early
• History: Chapter 10, Ancient China section 3, reading, review questions and narration, plus map work, and coloring page. Review History Encyclopedia on Ancient China
• Composition: Week 12, day 4
• Spelling: Lesson 11
• afternoon
• Wesley's Birthday Party at the Children's Museum
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple

• Sunday 
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• afternoon
• Audrey's School Performance, How Raven Stole the Light, and Solstice Festival at Star House
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• The Children's Illustrated Bible
• In the Land of the Big Red Apple 

Audrey's past work in her Human Body Coloring Book

11/25/13 Schoolwork

• Composition: Week 11, Day 1: copy work (Trumpet of the Swan)
• Spelling: finished lesson 9
• Science: Read 11 pages on Blood and Heart in My First Body Encyclopedia, completed 6 narration sentences. Colored a diagram of the heart from the My Body coloring book.
• Math: finished 20.2, 20.3
• Grammar: lesson 47
• Spanish: Started unit 2> lesson 1> core
• swimming

11/25 school retro and planning

What Went Well

• We completed most subjects
• Started human body with lots of enthusiasm! 
• Ate at home more, making bedtime successful and getting up early for school work better. 
• Took advantage of our flexibility to take 2 mornings to count to 1000 out loud together in place of planned math.

Areas for Improvement

• Did not finish the final day of spelling.
• Did not successfully download Charlotte's Web
• Did not do spelling bees most nights 
• Did not recite poetry for the camera or mirror
• Did not complete planned grammar.
• Did not complete every action item.

Action Items

• complete planning for the year
• Download Charlotte's Web, and Trumpet of the Swan from the Library
• create spelling words flash cards
• get new headphones. 

Shopping/Library List:

• The Magic School Bus: inside the human body
• Uncover the Human Body
• Melissa and Doug floor puzzle
• Rookie Read about Science Series

Schedule for the week

• Monday (11/25)
• early
• Math: Unit 20.2 and 20.3
• Spanish: finish Unit  2> Lesson 1 > Core Lesson 
• Grammar: Lesson 47 (You, your, yours)
• morning
• Swimming (A&L)
• Spelling: finish lesson 10
• afternoon
• Composition, week 11, day 1, Trumpet of the Swan
• Science: Read First Human Body Encyclopedia on Heart and Blood (48-59) and complete narration exercises. 
  
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• Old Testament Stories 

• spending 11/26-12/2 in Breckenridge
• Memorize a poem with GranMiri?
• Would like to continue Spanish Unit 2> Lesson 1> Core Lesson Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday off, Friday Unit 2> Lesson 1> Pronunciation, Saturday Unit 2> Lesson 1> Vocabulary, Sunday Unit 2> Lesson 1> Grammar, Monday off.  GranMiri might want to do this?
• Math activities with GM?
• Old Testament stories

• Tuesday (December 3)
• early
• Grammar: Lesson 48 Pronouns
• Kinderheart
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• Bible Stories 

• Wednesday (December 4)
• early
• Spanish: Unit  2> Lesson  2> Core
• Grammar: Lesson 49 Pronouns
• Math: Unit 20.4
• morning
• Spelling: Lesson 11
• afternoon
• Composition, Week 11, day 2, Trumpet of the Swan
• Science: Play Some Body, play with Human Body model and discuss the heart. 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• Gymnastics
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Thursday (December 5)
• early
• Spanish continue Unit 2> Lesson 2> Core
• Grammar: Lesson 50 Pronouns
• Math: Unit 20.5
• Kinderheart
• afternoon
• Fabricate
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Friday (December 6)
• early
• Spanish finish Unit 2> Lesson 2> Core
• Grammar: Lesson 51 Story Narration
• Math: Unit 20 Review
• morning
• Circus Skills
• Spelling: Lesson 12
• afternoon
• Composition, Week week 11, day 3, Trumpet of the Swan
• History: Chapter 9, The first cities of India and complete review and narration exercise. 
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history, needle felting, listening to audio books, reading
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Saturday (December 7)
• early
• History: Chapter 9 map work, coloring sheet, read History Encyclopedia
• Composition, Week week 11, day 4, Trumpet of the Swan
• Spelling: Lesson 13
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Sunday (December 8)
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

schoolwork 11.20.13

Audrey

• Spanish: Unit 1, Lesson 4 review, Unit 1, lesson 5 milestone
• Math: counted from 500 to 1000
• Composition: Week 10 day 2
• Spelling: Lesson 7
• Science: colored cell worksheet in human body coloring book
• Audrey read Caterpillar to Butterfly to the family

Both Girls

• Gymnastics
• Read Bible stories

11/18/2013 Schoolwork

Audrey

• Math: SKBT, 19.5, and 19 review
• Spanish:  RSHS continued Unit 1>Lesson 4>Speaking
• Science: Read the introduction in DK First Human Body Encyclopedia, narration, played with her new model (put it together 3 times naming all of the parts)
• Swimming
• Composition week 10 day 1
• Bible Stories: Jacob and Esau
• Audrey read aloud Fancy Nancy

Lorelei

• Bible Stories
• Swimming
• The Little Engine that Could

Our New Human Body, Ali

A couple of weeks ago we were shopping for a birthday present at Grand Rabbits and Audrey fell in love with a human body model. She spent at least 40 minutes oohing and awing over it and reading the entire box. After that she asked if we could please learn about the human body. We were in the middle of learning about animals in science, but that is the nice thing about homeschooling. Change of plans!

We originally planned to do 20 weeks of animals, 10 weeks of human body, and 6 weeks of plants and gardening. We had only made it through 10 weeks of animals, so we plan to go back to it before plants.

We started human body today, and after we had read the introduction of our new book we unveiled the pièce de résistance, the model!  She was so excited. We put it together several times, and then she even named it, Ali.

Weekly retro and planning, 11/16/2013

What Went Well

• Memorized a new poem. Didn't get to recitation, but it was fun working on the memorization
• Audrey read to me lots
• Math was a success! Audrey totally grasps counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
• Audrey created a bunch of her own spelling flash cards

Areas for Improvement

• Stayed out late too many nights, and only read before bed 2 nights
• Only finished 2 days of spelling
• Forgot to read the History Encyclopedia on Saturday
• Didn't practice spelling

Action Items

• complete planning for the year
• Download Charlotte's Web from the Library
• order 1st grade Singapore Math
• create spelling words flash cards
• Replace our current children's bible with the DK Illustrated Children's Bible

Shopping/Library List:

• The Magic School Bus: inside the human body
• Uncover the Human Body
• Melissa and Doug floor puzzle
• Rookie Read about Science Series
• Somebody: 5 human anatomy games

Schedule for the week

• Monday
• early
• Math: 19.5
• Spanish: finish Unit 1 > Lesson 4 > Writing
• Grammar: Lesson 46, Introducing pronouns (I, me, my, mine)
• morning
• Swimming (A&L)
• Spelling: Lesson 6
• afternoon
• Composition, Week 10 Day 1, Davy Crockett copywork
• Science: read the intro to the DK First Human Body Encyclopedia; narration exercise
  
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• Bible Stories 54-69 (Esau and Jacob)

• Tuesday
• early
• Math: Unit 19 review
• Spanish: Unit 1 > Lesson 4 > Speaking
• Grammar: Lesson 47 Pronouns (you, your, yours)
• Kinderheart
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• Bible Stories  70-81 (Joseph)

• Wednesday
• early
• Math: 20.1
• Spanish: Unit 1 > Lesson 5 > Milestone
• Grammar: Lesson 47 Pronouns (you, your, yours)
• morning
• Spelling: Lesson 7
• afternoon
• Composition, Week 10 Day 2, Davy Crockett narration
• Science: Play Some Body
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
• Gymnastics
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Thursday
• early
• Math: 20.2
• Spanish
• Grammar: Lesson 48 Pronouns (he, she, him, her, it, his hers its)
• Kinderheart
• afternoon
• Fabricate
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Friday
• early
• Math: 20.3
• Spanish
• Grammar: Lesson 49 Pronouns (We, us, our, ours)
• morning
• Circus Skills
• Spelling: Lesson 8
• afternoon
• Composition, Week 10 Day 3, Sacagawea copywork
• History: Chapter 8: The Assyrians. Read, complete review questions and narration exercise.
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Saturday 
• early
• History: Chapter 8: The Assyrians: map work, coloring page and read out of History Encyclopedia
• Composition, Week 10 Day 3, Sacagawea narration
• Spelling: Lesson 9
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

• Sunday
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories 

Weekly retro and planning, 11/10/2013

Action Items

• complete planning for the year
• discuss how to offer kids more normalcy during our next move
• log onto the library website and see if we can download Charlotte's Web
• copy Narnia and The Tale of Despereaux to Audrey's iPod
• research how to switch to Human Body for Science next week: What curriculum, manipulative?  (Audrey requested it)
• order 1st grade Singapore Math

Shopping/Library List:

• The Magic School Bus: inside the human body
• Uncover the Human Body
• Melissa and Doug floor puzzle
• Rookie Read about Science Series
• Somebody: 5 human anatomy games

Schedule for the week

• Monday
• early
• Math: Unit 18 review
• Spanish: finish Unit 1 Lesson 3 writing
• Grammar: Lesson 40 (months)
• morning
• Swimming (A&L)
• Spelling: Lesson 4
• afternoon
• Composition, week 9 Charlotte's Web day 1, copy work
• Science: Bears, pages 20 and 21
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• Bible Stories through page 24 (Creation and Eden)

• Tuesday
• early
• Math: Unit 18 activity 1
• Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 3 speaking
• Grammar: Lesson 41 (months)
• Kinderheart
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• reading
• Bible Stories through page 36 (The flood and the Tower of Babel)

• Wednesday
• early
• Math: Unit 18 activity 2
• Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 4 listening
• Grammar: Lesson 43 months
• morning
• Spelling: Lesson 5
• afternoon
• Composition: week 9 Charlotte's Web day 2, narration
• Science: Bears
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
• Gymnastics
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories through page 48 (Abraham and Isaac)

• Thursday
• early
• Math: Unit 18 activity 3
• Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 3 review
• Grammar: Lesson 44 ideas
• Kinderheart
• afternoon
• Fabricate
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories through page 58 (Esau and Jacob)

• Friday
• early
• Math: Unit 18 activity 4
• Spanish: Unit 1 Lesson 4 vocabulary
• Grammar: Lesson 45 4 types of nouns
• morning
• Spelling: Lesson 6
• afternoon
• Composition: week 9 Charlotte's Web day 3, copy work
• History: Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians, read, review and narration
• Quiet time (self directed time)
• options include, correspondence, handwriting, art for science or history
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories through page 70 (Esau and Jacob)

• Saturday 
• early
• History: Chapter 7 Hammurabi and the Babylonians, map work, coloring page and crossword puzzle, page 132 in the history encyclopedia. 
• Composition: week 9 Charlotte's Web day 4, narration
• Spelling: Lesson 7
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories through page 81 (Joseph)

• Sunday
• Weekly planning
• Pick a new poem
• dinner time
• Poem practice 
• Spelling bee
• Reading
• Bible Stories through page 98 (Moses)

11/3 retro and planning

What went well:
Two long lessons in Spanish this week that went well. It meant postponing two days of math, but that is the nice thing about homeschooling -- you can focus on what feels important in the moment.


Areas for improvement:
We still haven't gotten back on schedule with our poem memorization. We are behind on correspondence, mostly because we can't find our envelopes in all of the unpacking mess. We still haven't made it to our new library.


Action Items:

• Hear Audrey read to us daily
• Go to the library by Friday morning
• Pick a new poem on Monday night at dinner
• Look into switching to the human body for science next week. Audrey is really interested in it, so we are thinking of postponing the second half of biology (animal studies) until after human body.

Schedule for the week

    Monday
        early
            Math
            Spanish
            Grammar
        morning
            Swimming (A&L)
        lunch
            reading with Lorelei
        afternoon
            Spelling
            Composition
            Science
        dinner
            Poem practice
            Spelling bee
        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey
          
    Tuesday
        early
            Math
            Spanish
            Grammar
        daytime
            Kinderheart        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey
          
    Wednesday
        early
            Math
            Spanish
            Grammar
        lunch
            reading with Lorelei
        afternoon
            Gymnastics A&L
            Spelling
            Composition
            Science
        dinner
            Poem practice
            Spelling bee
        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey
                 
    Thursday
        early
            Math
            Spanish
            Grammar
        daytime
            Kinderheart        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey
         
    Friday
        early
            Math
            Spanish
            Grammar
        lunch
            reading with Lorelei
        afternoon
            Gymnastics A&L
            Spelling
            Composition
            Science
        dinner
            Poem practice
            Spelling bee
        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey
                 
    Saturday
        early
            History            Composition
            Grammar
            Spelling
        dinner            Poem practice
            Spelling bee
        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey

    Sunday
        Weekly planning
        Pick a new poem
        bedtime
            reading to Audrey
            reading by Audrey

Activities for self-directed time:

• correspondence
• handwriting work book
• history/science coloring sheets
• copy work of poems/picture of poem