Homeschool Day 6/22

 We finished schoolwork at 1:30 today, which was a bit of a long school day, but that included lunch.

Bible

• The Action Bible - still working through 2 Kings

English

• Spelling Workout F - this is shamefully challenging me
• Writing with Ease 3 - he did a written narration
• Building Language (from Royal Fireworks Press)
• Practice Island (RFWP) 

Math

• Saxon 6/5

Reading

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• The Wild Robot

History

• Story of the World 2 - the Crusades
• The Whipping Boy

Health

• Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

Homeschool Day 6/18

 Bible

• The Action Bible - Jezebel dies

Reading

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• The Wild Robot

Health

• Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys

Science

• Apologia Astronomy - we completely finished this today.  We'll start Earth Science on Monday.

Art and Music

• Watercolor Painting - this is our first day trying this out.  I bought a palette of watercolors and a book of mixed media paper
• We listened to "Sicut Cervas" by Giovanni de Palestrina

Homeschool Day 6/17

 Today went sooo much better than yesterday.  He also finished and received his Tenderfoot rank for Boy Scouts.

Bible

• The Action Bible - more Elisha and Jezebel stories

English

• We finished Grammar Island (from Royal Fireworks Press) and we started Building Language (the vocabulary book) and Practice Island.  I was floored at how well he could pick apart the parts of speech in Practice Island.  This English program is excellent!
• Spelling Workout F
• Writing with Ease 3 - poetry

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5 - we finished the fractions/percents investigation

Reading

• Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• The Wild Robot

History

• Story of the World 2 - the Samurai
• The Whipping Boy

Health

• Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys
• We are going to jog the indoor track at the gym

Homeschool Day 6/16: Trying to Survive the School Day

 After his karate class this morning, the 11 year-old turned his brain off and never turned it back on again.  So, we did not make much progress this morning.

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5 - we did the fractions investigation, but only finished half due to his temporary insanity

Reading

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (read-aloud)
• The Wild Robot

Science

• Apologia Astronomy - galaxies and black holes, which our school day was suctioned into

Extras

• Karate class - which apparently prohibited him from remembering what 12 divided by 3 was, among other things
• Boy Scouts

Back to the Grind: 6/15

 We are adding a new subject this week: health.  We will start on Wednesday when his library book arrives.  I'm planning to use Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys as our first book.

What we did today:

Bible

• The Action Bible - more Elisha stories

English

• Grammar Island - clauses
• Writing with Ease 3 - more poetry
• Spelling Workout F - there is no way this is 6th grade spelling

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - more fractions and percents.  This math program explains fractions and percents better than any program I've seen except the "Key to Fractions" series.

Reading

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• The Wild Robot

History

• Story of the World 2 - knights and chivalry
• The Whipping Boy

Review of The Action Bible Anytime Devotions

 We just finished The Action Bible Anytime Devotions.  Here's the link through Rainbow Resource.

In the description, it says this devotional is for grades 4-8.  I would say it's great for about ages 8-13.  Each devotional is two pages and touches on a certain topic.  These topics include things like kindness, courage, trust, hope, love, bullying, sharing the Gospel, loneliness, serving others, anger, compassion and faith.  Each devotional begins with a fictional story, followed by an explanation from a Biblical standpoint, a prayer and an exercise for further understanding.  The book includes 90 individual devotions.  We spend maybe ten minutes a day on the devotional.

This book was excellent.  We're also reading through The Action Bible and the two books definitely complement each other.  I think this has been one of our favorite books this year.

Homeschool Day 6/11

 Bible

• Action Bible Anytime Devotions - we finally finished this devotional.  It was excellent!
• The Action Bible - Elijah and the Chariot of Fire

English

• Grammar Island - we're almost finished with this book also
• Writing with Ease 3 - copywork in cursive
• Spelling Workout F

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5

Reading

• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 
• The Wild Robot

Science

• Apologia Astronomy - the dwarf planets