September 27th

 Every other Wednesday is a good break to run to the stores etc, but I do love having a long Thursday morning for school!  Student prayer, everyday blessings etc. 

We read chapter 5 on Angels since we just had the Archangels feast day a few days ago.  Vocab words, original sin, angels, devil, offend.  Worked on the St. Michael prayer again.  Reviewed the vocab cards and got most right this time.   Wrote down the words "examination of conscience" because that is a hard one!

Math- meeting book, date, weather, time, pattern, days until Kentucky are 19!  Whoohooo! Counted by ones forward and backward, then by 10 and 5s also.  Worked on counting by 3s on the white board so she can see the pattern of it.  Sang it too to the schoolhouse rock Cd.  Going to try to find that at the library today if we can get there.  Did a practice page of plus 1 facts page. I copied it and did with with her to show her how fast she will be able to do it someday.   Then practiced plus 0 on the whiteboard.  Took the plus 0 test- got 100% 25/25 at 39 second.  She is definitley happy with that!  Did the homework page 13. Practiced money with coins too.  Wrote down how 25+25=.50, then added .25 to get .75, then added .25 to make $100.  Did A LOT of math practice today.  Total math time overall is 1 hr 15 min. 

Spelling- gave week 4 test. Mixed up b and d, but then immediately saw it and fixed it. nice handwriting! Got 100% 

Worked on typing for 20 min.

Independent reading- since last week Sylvie has Magic Schoolbus Expedition Down Under, 90 pgs, Ramona and her Father, 175 pgs,  Ramona Quimby, Age 8 175 pgs, and Junie B. Jones and Monkey Business. 68 pages. She has read 220 pages so far in the original Winnie the Pooh over a few different times.She has also read a lot of the Little Saints blue books. 

September 26th

Today is the every other Wednesday milk pickup/Costco trip.  Usually we get an hour of work done at home first, but today we went to the hospital to meet new baby Jude Hyland!  So cute and super excited for them all.  We did listen to the Math Facts music in the car and got to milk pickup early. There, we did our Mass Objects game and then Sylvie read more for geography- North American kids.  Friday is a free day for co-op (no coop) so we will do our math lesson that day and anything else we need to catch up on then. 

September 25

Elyse and Luka both headed to school today since she is feeling better. 

Started off Student prayer, everyday blessings, and ch and verse.  We re-read our memory gems from all the previous weeks and did great!  Reviewed our faith and life worksheet from yesterday.  Wrote the answers to our Bible quiz game on the backs of the cards so they are all set to play. Worked on memorizing the St. Michael prayer and the act of contrition and talked about all the vocabulary.

Math- meeting book, weather date, year etc.  counted forward and backward, by 1s, 5s, 10 from 1-100.  Learned to count by 3's by singing the schoolhouse rock 3's song.  Wrote the multiples of 3 on the board, up to 60 and found the pattern of how it works. 

Worked on time today per the lesson. One hour from now, one hour ago etc. using real life activities we do at home. Noticed how on the clock face we are counting by 3s. Syvlie likes to make square numbers when she writes digital time.  It's kinda cute but also a little annoying because it is time consuming.  Did the math facts time sheet for plus one numbers. she didnt want to review the facts, just wanted to take the test because it was going to be so EASY! She got 24/25 in 1 min with 100% accuracy.  We did worksheet 12A together and took a break.  She will do the homework at rest time. 

We took a fast walk around the short loop in our neighborhood today for break time. 

Map Skills- figured out bigger or smaller than and near and far from.  Super easy and fun! 

Spelling- we worked on half of the worksheet together, and she will do the rest of it for rest time with the math page.  Promised to write it extra neatly so it will count for handwriting practice for today too.   

Devotional Story- Mold, Maggots and Cow Manure- interesting title! All about the "yucky" things that God has made for our good- mold= penicillan, maggots used in science and manure as fertilizer. 

Recorder- reviewd the quarter note,  half note and learned beats and measure.  We played note B and worked on the activities.  Then we learned A and reviewed where A and B are on the lines.  We also just barely learned the whole note before we had to stop to get the kids from preschool.  When I learned music, it was Every Good Boy Does Find-, well, now it is Enormous Green Boots Don't Fit, and still FACE, which I guess is so easy to remember it couldn't be beat.   Starting to get tricky, playing both notes A and B in quarter notes, half notes and now whole notes.  

Here is some of Sylvie's recent artwork: 

Monday, Sept, 23

 Elyse probably could've gone to school today, but in keeping with the 24 hour fever-free rule, I kept her home.  She was fine by naptime yesterday w. out  motrin, so that is good that she seems to be on the mend and didnt get the long illness I heard about that is going around. She is happily coloring and stickering here with us, let's see how long it lasts. 

We read our student prayer and today's devotional and looked up the actual verse in the bible.  learned the definition of hospitality. 
We reviewed liturgical objects (alter, stained glass windows, baptismal font, sanctuary light, confessionals etc.) 

Math- I had her seperate all the cash I earned this weekend working into the correct denominations.  Then we counted it and wrote it down on paper in the correct columns so we could add it up.  She did great remembering how to carry the one into the hundred column.  Then we seperated it into 100's and put it in the envelope for the bank.  Great practical math.  Also did the lesson 11 and the timed doubles test.  Even though she practiced doubles a lot last week, she still is not quite fast enough yet.  Got 18/25 done at 1 minute with 100% accuracy.   Will will continue to review!

We finished the grammar page from yesterday.  Capitals and titles of respect.

 

Sunday, September 23

Yes, It is Sunday, but since Elyse woke up with a 102 fever this morning, she will not be going to preschool tomorrow.  I am not sure what kind of academics will will accomplish with her around, so getting a head start today during her nap.  Not sure how much we will get done today either, because I worked late last night and got up at 645am for bible study and Mass, and I work tonight too, so definitely need to nap!

Luka is working with us today, might as well.  Started same way as usual, Student prayer, everyday blessings and story, chapter and verse and reviewed all questions from Faith and Life q 1-9..  Even without Luka ever hearing the chapters before he got most of each answer correct! We watched the AllThings video again so Luka could see it.  Reread chapter 4 out loud to Luka. Did the activitity book for Ch 4 together.

Moved on to spelling. Sylvie worked on the worksheet and Luka wrote some of the words.

Grammar- full sentences and punctuation. Did half of the page. will finish the rest tomorrow.

Read deviotional stories - Church Picnic. 
That's it for today!  Naptime!




Starting

Sept 21- Friday

Today was co-op day.  We got a great tour of the SC room at the downtown Hughes Main library.  It was really neat to see the old book, artifacts, and archives.  They showed us how the micofische works too. I forgot my camera, but another mom sent me these pics!  

September 20, 2012

Thursday

Daddy had to take a sick day today for a doctors appointment, so he got to join us for our school time this morning.   Same beginning as usual, student prayer, everyday blessings, ch and verse.  

Faith and Life- so daddy could see our faith studies and reviewed Ch 3- God the Creator and watched the AllThings video again w. Daddy.  Then we read ahead to Ch 4.  Adam and Eve.

Math- meeting book, weather, date, pattern etc.  Counted up.  Still need to work on counting backwards. Did written assessment 1, lesson 10. Scored 100%.  (not a timed test, but did it in about 4 minutes).

In the car on the way to the appt- Sylvie re-read her science chapter and also did 3 mind bender games! They are getting harder!!  

1pm-  Reviewed doubles and took the math facts test again, 23/25 completed in 1 minute and 100% accuracy!  Did the shape patterns to see how many different combos of shapes she could make.  Also did our spelling test for the week and got %100!  
 
Naptime since we ahve a playdate at 3:30,  Religious Ed and adult relig ed at 5pm and I work at 6:15!  Busy day!