Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Weeeee'rrre Baaaaack!
Hi all, we're are back from vacation and we had the most amazing time. We really packed a lot into 5 days and I realized we'd need a year, just to see all of the amazing things that California has to offer. We visited the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Mission San Juan Bautista, Mission San Miquel, Mission Santa Barbara, Pismo Beach, Santa Barbara Beach, House of Blues-Anaheim DisneyLand, California Adventure, Hollywood Hills, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Whew, that was a mouthful...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
Halloween Week...Week 8
So Halloween around here is like Christmas. Xan has a countdown and is just way too excited, but I’m proud to say, we actually got quite a bit accomplished.
Leena-
She is finally getting into the swing of things at co-op and has made some changes to improve her grades. I’m proud to say she has improved them with little nagging from me.
Leena-
She is finally getting into the swing of things at co-op and has made some changes to improve her grades. I’m proud to say she has improved them with little nagging from me.
Algebra-Continues to be a struggle, but after speaking with her teacher, Leena has been going to tutorials and asking more questions in class and this seems to be helping. I’ve always told her that the teachers are there to teach. If she doesn’t understand a concept, then she needs to make sure that the teacher works with her until she does understand. It’s their job.
English-Is going great, she continues to surprise me in class. She recently finished reading “The Birds,” which was difficult for her, since she has this bird phobia. She completed a report on the Jackdaw and received an A on an assignment, which she had to re-write the ending to birds. She killed everybody off…
World Lit- We’ve started using the Prentice Hall text World Masterpieces, and I’m so glad we did this. It’s not what I had envisioned, but it works for her and the work gets done and the stories get read. We recently wrapped up “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and she wrote a paper comparing Gilgamesh to a modern day hero, she chose Sam Wickwikie from Transformers. Me personally, I’d have gone with Harry Potter. To each his own. ;-)
Earth Science-This has become one her favorite classes again. She is currently working on a gem report.
Spanish- The Rosetta Stone is really working well for her. I just wish there was someone for her to speak it with. It’d be nice to hire a tutor.
Xan-
English- We’ve wrapped up our first chapter in Rod and Staff and Xan passed his test with flying colors. Spelling goes on and he is doing well there too. He recently finished reading Rabbit Hill and The Witches. If you’re looking for a free reading quiz site, check this one out. He loves taking the little online quizzes and scoring points.
Math-Hoorah, we’ve finished our multiplication and division facts and next week we move on to money. Although, we will still continue to drill those facts using some Mad Minutes by Prentice Hall and the wrap ups because he is still using his fingers most of the time.
Science-We are just finishing up DNA and will start the Great Science Adventure Human Body soon.
Other stuff- We are studying the election process right now and will be making an Elections lapbook to go with our Presidents notebook. We’ll be finishing this up by Election Day with a field trip to the polls.
World Lit- We’ve started using the Prentice Hall text World Masterpieces, and I’m so glad we did this. It’s not what I had envisioned, but it works for her and the work gets done and the stories get read. We recently wrapped up “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and she wrote a paper comparing Gilgamesh to a modern day hero, she chose Sam Wickwikie from Transformers. Me personally, I’d have gone with Harry Potter. To each his own. ;-)
Earth Science-This has become one her favorite classes again. She is currently working on a gem report.
Spanish- The Rosetta Stone is really working well for her. I just wish there was someone for her to speak it with. It’d be nice to hire a tutor.
Xan-
English- We’ve wrapped up our first chapter in Rod and Staff and Xan passed his test with flying colors. Spelling goes on and he is doing well there too. He recently finished reading Rabbit Hill and The Witches. If you’re looking for a free reading quiz site, check this one out. He loves taking the little online quizzes and scoring points.
Math-Hoorah, we’ve finished our multiplication and division facts and next week we move on to money. Although, we will still continue to drill those facts using some Mad Minutes by Prentice Hall and the wrap ups because he is still using his fingers most of the time.
Science-We are just finishing up DNA and will start the Great Science Adventure Human Body soon.
Other stuff- We are studying the election process right now and will be making an Elections lapbook to go with our Presidents notebook. We’ll be finishing this up by Election Day with a field trip to the polls.
That’s all for now. See you next week!
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