Sunday, March 6, 2011

Week in review 2/28-3/4 2011

This week we tried to stay on task as much as possible.

Our Theme:   The Transcontinental Railroad
VP Card : Transcontinental Railroad

Read Aloud: We Were There at the Driving of the Golden Spike Chapters 1-5.  I love this series of books and have collected quite a few of them.  Children are the main characters in very exciting situations.  There is always a girl and a boy and they are always heroic.  Love these!

Biography: Thomas Alva Edison By Margaret Cousins Chap. 1-5


I thought the boys would be bored by this one,  but gave it a whirl anyway.  They love it and beg for more.  Whodda thunk-it?

We finished our Catherine Vos Bible Story Book and started our next Bible curriculum.

Veritas Press Gospels with The Narrated Bible.

Our Bible theme: God foretold the coming of Christ in the Old Testament.  This is called "prophecy." 

Our Bible memory verse:  And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

Math: Hammy: CLE Level 100 Lessons 131-135...
          Cubby:  ClE   Level 300 LU 302  Lessons 6-10 
          Tallulah:  CLE Level 600 LU 606 Lesons 1-3 (with extra work on fractions & decimals.

Writing  Hammy: Copywork from his CLE unit.  A report on Hummingbirds
             Cubby:  Wrote his first book report on Pompeii...Buried Alive using his CLE light unit 210 as a guide.  

Here it is:

Pompeii, Buried Alive! By Edith Kunhardt






Pompeii...Buried Alive is a true story about a small town at the bottom of a mountain. The mountain was really a volcano, but the people did not know that. This story tells what happened to Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted.



Pliny was a little boy when Vesuvius erupted. He lived across the bay and he saw the volcano erupt. He saw boats with people escaping. He saw black, smoky clouds and lave, hot ashes and pebbles exploding from the top of Vesuvius. When Pliny grew up he became a writer and wrote about Pompeii. A long time after scientists read Pliny's letters and dug up the buried city of Pompeii.



I enjoyed this entire book. It was exciting, interesting and I learned a lot. It reminded me of the ride at Busch Gardens called "Escape from Pompeii.". I think you should read this book to learn all about Pompeii.

Cubby dictated his report.  I wrote it out and then we edited together.  He copied his final draft onto looseleaf paper and it went into his finished file.  I tried not to over edit.  We stuck to editing only what he was working on in Grammar...capitalization, punctuation, and adjectives.
  
Tallulah (aka Dr. Kazam...LOL)  wrote up an interview she conducted following instructions in CLE LU 703....and wrote up a newspaper article on the important even of Hammy's First Annual Birthday Bowl!

Birthday Bowling Blitz




A seven year old birthday

Is big hit to all who were

Invited.



By GRACE ANDERSON

_______________________________



SAM ANDERSON-a seven year old boy hosted his First Annual Birthday Bowl on the afternoon of February 10, 2011. He had a competition against

grandfather, Theodore Anderson. The Ball Busters vs. The Pin Heads. Sam’s team, The Ball Busters, won with a total of 295 points. Theodore says, “I didn’t mind losing. I enjoyed watching the kids more than anything else. I would definitely do it again.”

Sam and Theodore Anderson weren’t the only ones who had fun. “It was AWESOME!” Aaron Kosinski states. “At the end I liked how we got trophies!”

“I liked bowling. I also liked the cupcakes,” Jordan Kosinski said. His other brother Isaac said, “I thought it was very fun. I can’t wait to do it again.”

This is her first draft,  completely unedited (obviously!)  This week we will use this article as a jump off point for editing and revising.

We all had so much fun.  Such a nice break from the cold winter!!!

All did well on their quizzes and all scored perfect 100 %'s on spelling tests!

Dh and I are now designing a school room.  With our 1 girl married and living on her own and Ding living home only very part time,  we can finally shuffle the kids around and have a place to have our school.  We have been schooling in our kitchen and living room for years...and the mess is driving me crazy.  I am looking forward to a cozy learning enviroment where the kids can be comfortable and encouraged to study.

Next week we will continue to study the effects of the Transcontinental Railroad on the expansion of the US.

Till then...ttfn.
Faithe

2 comments:

Mandy in TN said...

Thanks for joining the party! and now I am off to check out We Were There at the Driving of the Golden Spike for next year.

MissMOE said...

Looks like a great week---I loved the Veritas Press Cards when we were using them---very fond memories for me. Thanks for sharing your week.