Weekly Report: Rebekah

Week 1 of 6, ending 10/3/08

Morning Time: reading Philippians, A Gospel Primer, Northanger Abbey; memorizing Psalm 23 and William Blake's 'The Lamb'

Math: worked diligently, made good progress

English: not so good this week: she didn't do any of her verb/verb phrase worksheets and she only did part of her spelling each day - she'll make up her missed work this week, along with continuing on in both spelling and grammar.

History: not so much done this week; more make-up work next week

Science: reading all week

Rebekah didn't have such a good week. We increased her thyroid meds on Friday and I think she'll be more energetic and not so foggy next week.

Weekly Report: Joel

Week 1 of 6, ending 10/3/08

Morning Time: We began reading Philippians; continued the Gospel Primer and Northanger Abbey.  We also worked on memorizing William Blake's 'Little Lamb' and the 23rd Psalm.  

English: Joel has worked diligently this week in both Mother Tongue and Simply Spelling.  He's reading Stevenson's The Black Arrow for his boys' book club.

Math: He loves math and I don't really have to push him much at all.  He's working faster than I expect him to.

History: Joel was a bit frustrated at my lack of specific direction this week.  I'll be more detailed in his assignments for next week.  He read about Simon Bolivar and Latin American independence.

Science: He's excited about learning about weather and eager to begin the experiments and activities.  We need to take him shopping to see that he has everything he needs.

Flag Football: his team lost this week and he caught his first touchdown pass, but it didn't count on a technicality.  Oh, well!  He's pretty optimistic when they lose, as long as they did their best.  He's learning a lot about the game and sportsmanship, and enjoying that time with the other boys and their dads (as is Drew).  I hope to get pictures next Saturday.  The running around is good for him, too.  I can tell when he hasn't had enough exercise during the week - he gets the grumps and doesn't know what to do with himself.

Weekly Report: Melody

Week 1 of 6, ending 10/3/08

Morning Time: We're reading Philippians, The Gospel Primer, and Northanger Abbey.  We worked on memorizing the 23rd Psalm and William Blake's 'Little Lamb'.

History: we read about Handel and classical music this week.  The girls spent quite a bit of time listening to the works of Handel, Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven.

Science: we only read half as much as I wanted, but we can easily catch up.  Melody is also reading one of the Christian Liberty Nature Readers on her own.  And, we saw a Blue Morpho butterfly in Madagascar last night.  How cool!

Math: Melody tends to drag her feet in math, but she's making progress.  I'm trying to watch to make sure she doesn't get behind like her older siblings did.

English:  She's reading Ginger Pye and is eager to start the other books that arrived from Amazon this week, but I won't let her until she finishes GP.  She's doing well in Mother Tongue.  She especially likes the picture study assignments, where she gets to spend some time contemplating a painting and then write about it.  She started Simply Spelling this week.  I think this will be a good fit for her.

Weekly Report: Elizabeth

Week 1 of 6, ending 10/3/08

Morning Time: we started reading Philippians this week since our pastor will be preaching through it now that we've completed Acts. We're also working on memorizing the 23rd Psalm, which Eliza is getting down pretty quickly. We read aloud from and discussed The Gospel Primer and are working on memorizing (or at least familiarizing ourselves with) William Blake's 'Little Lamb,' which was also her copywork for the week - she's learned the second stanza by heart and can recite the first along with me. She's been listening to Northanger Abbey and has been able to follow the story. At first, she thought it was too hard for her, but after awhile she asked if her making pictures of the story in her head was understanding it. I assured her it was and she's been content to listen ever since.

History: We read about the history of music this week. Then she and Melody spent quite a bit of time listening to Handel, Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.

Science: We only read one section of science this week, but that's easy enough to catch up on. Bonus - while watching Madagascar last night, we saw a Blue Morpho Butterfly flitter across the screen (which Alex tried to eat, but didn't succeed, to our great relief!). The girls were delighted to recognize it.

Math: She did great in math this week and is understanding her lessons.

English: Eliza is working diligently on her phonics and making great progress. Even if we miss a day of work, she continues to improve in her reading daily. She's been reading the word problems in her math book with just a little help from me.

Weekly Report: Joel (9/27/08)

Math: all done

English: all done!

His team won their first flag football game this morning.  He's quite pleased!  Pictures coming soon!

Weekly Report: Benjamin (9/27/08)

Math: all done!  97% average on 2 tests!  Well done, Benjamin!

English: finished Mother Tongue; excellent job!

Science: read 1 hour each day

History: researched, but didn't write paper about Latin American Independence

Latin: keeping up and doing great!

Weekly Report: Judith (9/27/08)

Math: finished lesson 8 - got 100% on lesson quiz; had trouble with lesson 9

English: finished composition; finished reading Silas Marner

Latin: ch. 1 quiz: score coming soon; class on Monday; finished through Wednesday's work; more to do to prepare for next week's class

History: finished Gov't; nothing else completed; much to do to catch up

Science: misunderstood that Sabbath week doesn't apply to biology; will catch up.

Weekly Report: Nathan (9/27/08)

Math: all math but Friday's; 100% on all three tests

English: little bit of composition; researched Wordsworth, read his poems; didn't complete accountability questions

History: read Armstrong, ch. 5-6 - must read through ch. 9; Gov't: finished lessons 15-16 - must finish lesson 19; listened to lecture 10, prepped for lecture 11; contributed much during co-op discussion; completed no Gk Opportunities

Latin: kept up until Wednesday's class; has much work to do to prepare for next week's class

Biology: completed no tests or quizzes; completed Monday's and Tuesday's reading assignments; has much to do today to catch up

Weekly Report: Eliza, 9/20/08

Math: there's no keeping this girl down! She was getting to the end of her very tattered Math-U-See Alpha book, so I had her start the Beta level. I figure the review at the beginning will be easy for her and will cover anything she missed at the end of Alpha. Well, along with her assignments in Beta, she is insisting on completing her Alpha book. She just can't seem to leave it unfinished. Not sure if this will end up being a virtue or a vice, but time will tell.

Phonics: she did quite a few lessons and read a reader with Jared. She also reads the word problems in her math book with just a little help from me and she's been reading her flower girl gift from Anna, Mouse Soup.

History: Eliza is part of our history and science read alouds. Instead of repeating what I wrote for Melody, look down a few entries to find it.

Weekly Report: Joel, 9/20/08

Math: Monday's work done, a test that was assigned on Tuesday; that's it.

English: nothing done

Science & History: I didn't have anything scheduled for Joel in science or history this week, but he sat in and listened when I read to the girls.

After the wedding, by the time I sat down to work on lesson plans, I had no brain left. We'll pick these up again after our Sabbath week, along with French.
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Well, we seem to have another boy in trouble. He'll be working this week to catch up and will lose privileges until he is caught up.

I'll post the specific assignments my recalcitrant boys need to complete before they get their privileges back.

Weekly Report: Nathan, 9/20/08

Math: Monday's work completed; nothing else

English: no composition assignments done; he did read Silas Marner.

Latin: partially completed

History: no American Government (he was supposed to catch up from the week before when he got nothing done); no Study is Hard Work, which was also catch up from weeks before; he did listen to Lectures 8: 'Nationalism' and 9: 'Industrial Revolution, pt. 1' and read the textbook assignment for Lecture 10: 'Industrial Revolution, pt. 2'. He also participated well during our co-op discussion yesterday.

Science: stayed caught up in the reading until Friday. However, he didn't complete any of the tests or quizzes listed.

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Nathan will have a full load this week and won't be able to take any advantage of our Sabbath week. If he'd kept up, he'd only have to work on his outside courses. Since he didn't…. I think we're looking at loss of privileges here, too.

Even with this dismal week, on the whole, Nathan has improved greatly from last year. I think this year might be full of two steps forward, one step backward. I'm praying for patience!

Weekly Report: Benjamin, 9/20/08

Math: one test completed.

English: nothing

History: nothing

Latin: completed all assignments.

Science: nothing
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Well, Benjamin is in some hot water right now. I think his father will have something to say about this. He was tired from last weekend's craziness, but I don't think that excuse covers this complete lack of effort.

He'll be working to catch up next week while his younger siblings and I rest and play, as he had his Sabbath week early this time around. I think he'll be losing some privileges this week, too.

Weekly Report: Judith, 9/20/08

Math: completed all but Friday's assignments; she'll work on them today.

English: completed three of four composition assignments. She'll finish that last one this week if she doesn't do it today.

Read no more of Silas Marner, so obviously took no more notes about characters and plot. We finish discussing SM next Friday at Gileskirk and then move onto Pride & Prejudice, one of my favorites.

Science: finished her independent work. I still need to administer a quiz and a test. I'd like to do that today, too, so she doesn't get too far behind and have to rush through to keep up with Mary's lab schedule.

History: listened to lecture 8: Nationalism, and lecture 9: Industrial Revolution, pt. 1. Also did the reading for each lecture and participated well in our discussion on Friday at co-op.

Latin: looking pretty good here. She has one quiz to finish and submit, which she's working on now. I'm thrilled that she's enjoying Dave's class. I wasn't sure if she'd be able to tackle Latin after the disaster that her last online Latin class turned into, but Dave is a great teacher. He takes a literature approach instead of a grammar approach. His students read Latin from day one and Lingua Latina is much more interesting than Wheelock.
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All in all, Judith had a good week. I'm pleased at the effort she's been putting into her school work this year.

Since next week is a Sabbath week here, Judith will work only on her outside classes: Latin, biology, and history.

Weekly Report: Melody, 9/20/08

Math: all done, with the exception of the quiz for lesson 22, because she can't find her test booklet. We'll continue looking this week.

English: read Ginger Pye for one hour each day; finished most of her Mother Tongue 1 assignments - she's working on the last one now. She didn't understand the directions and didn't ask. Oh, well!

History: I read to her and Eliza from Hillyer's A Child's History of the World about Napoleon and the Latin American revolutions for history; no maps this week - I wasn't up to finding them and printing them out.

Science: I read to her and Eliza the first two chapters of Jack's Insects: one an introductory chapter, in which our heroes, Jack and his sister Maggie, find themselves in Jack's new book about insects. The other about the Blue Morpho Butterfly. I found pictures of the butterfly online which I'll show the girls this week. I hope to find these kinds of pictures ahead of time and that's part of what I'll work on this week.

Weekly Report: Rebekah, 9/20/08

Math: all checked off

English: had to re-do a couple of grammar assignments from last week. The first, about pronouns, is greatly improved. Partly, she didn't understand the directions.

The second, however, still seems to be stumping her. She's not understanding verbs and verb phrases. After our Sabbath Week, I'll go over this assignment with her and then I'll give her more practice in this before we move on. I'll pull in some text from Project Gutenberg and have her split each sentence between the complete subject and complete predicate (practice and preparation for diagramming) and then underline the verb or verb-phrases in the sentences.

Her assignments from later in the week show a beginning understanding, but verb phrases still elude her.

History: she read a bit about the Congress of Vienna, but that's about it.
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She's been pretty tired lately. We have an appointment next week with her naturopath to discuss the results of her lab work and to see about getting her on some supplements to help her energy levels. We'll start her science reading (kitchen science) and I hope to get back to our informal French lessons after our Sabbath Week.