Homeschool Day 7/30

We will probably take next week off from school, since we are preparing for our daughter's wedding.  Also, we're almost halfway through sixth grade math and the public schools haven't even started back yet, so it would be ok if we took a break.  We won't fall behind.

Bible

• The Action Bible

Reading

• The Wild Robot
• Where the Red Fern Grows

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts 6
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6

Math

• Saxon 6/5

Science

• Apologia Earth Science
• We looked at igneous rocks from a rock and mineral kit that I bought from Home Science Tools.  We looked at the rocks under a magnifier.  These included pumic, basalt, granite, scoria, etc.

Homeschool Day 7/29

 Reading

• The Wild Robot
• Where the Red Fern Grows

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6
• Spelling Workout F

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - measuring centimeters, millimeters, inches

History

• Story of the World 2 - China and the Forbidden City
• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

German

• Continuing DuoLingo

Homeschool Day 7/28

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Daniel and Belshazzar

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - adding and subtracting mixed numbers

History

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Science

• Apologia Earth Science with Notebooking Journal - we looked at causes of mountains and earthquakes

Health

• Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

Homeschool Day 7/27

 Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Wild Robot

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• Spelling Workout F
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6

Math

• Saxon 6/5

History

• Story of the World 2
• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Art and Music

• The Good and the Beautiful Drawing 1
• We listened to several pieces from Michael Praetorius (late 1500s)

Homeschool Day 7/23

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Daniel

Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Wild Robot

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6
• We're trying out the spelling from The Good and the Beautiful.  It's free online.  I think he needs a break from Spelling Workout.  I think I need a break from Spelling Workout.

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - shorthand long division, adding and subtracting fractions

Science

• Apologia's Earth Science - we are really struggling with the "make a globe" project.  I probably should have skipped this project.  We're trying to add the continents and the material I used for the globe is not holding ink or paint.  I tried printing out continents and glueing them on the globe, but the glue isn't sticking either.

Health

• Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

History

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Homeschool Day 7/22

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar

Reading

• The Wild Robot
• Where the Red Fern Grows

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful Language Arts 6
• Spelling Workout F
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6

History

• Story of the World 2
• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Science

• Apologia Earth Science - lines of latitude and longitude, the International Date Line

Homeschool Day 7/21

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Daniel

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - adding and subtracting fractions

Language Arts

• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• The Good and the Beautiful Cursive 6
• Spelling Workout F

History

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

German

• German reader

Art & Music

• We started The Good and the Beautiful Drawing 1, which he thought was awesome.