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.

Homeschool Day 7/16

 Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Wild Robot

Language Arts

• Spelling Workout F
• The Good and the Beautiful LA 6
• This was our second day with it and so far, so good.  He really likes it, especially the echo reading and vocabulary.  We liked the geography flashcards also

Math

• Saxon 6/5

History

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn - he really liked this book and begged me to read another chapter

Science

• Apologia Earth Science - more lines of latitude and longitude

Homeschool Day 7/15

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Jeremiah and Nebuchanezzar

Reading

• The Wild Robot
• Where the Red Fern Grows

Language Arts

• Spelling Workout F
• We are trying The Good and the Beautiful LA 6 - so far, he liked it

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - mixed numbers

History

• Story of the World 2 - Genghis Khan
• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Health

• Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys - nutrition

Treasured Conversations Writing Program

 Here is the link to a wonderful elementary writing program that the author is offering on her blog for free.  The writing curriculum is called Treasured Conversations.

https://treasuredconversations.wordpress.com/my-books/

She also has blog posts, but the last post was 2022.  

There is also a book called Homeschooling at the Helm: Designing Your Child's Curriculum, which appears to be free as a pdf.

Homeschool Day 7/14

 Reading

• Where the Red Fern Grows

Math

• We played the game YAHTZEE

History

• We read The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Science

• Apologia Earth Science - we worked on our homemade globe, marking the two poles and the equator

Art/Music

• One Hundred Greatest Paintings

German

• German Reader

Extras

• Karate class 
• Boy Scouts