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

Homeschool Day 6/10

 I didn't record what we did for school yesterday, because we were so busy.  But we did our schoolwork.

Bible

• The Action Bible - Ahab dies
• Action Bible Anytime Devotions

English

• Grammar Island - direct objects and subject complements
• Writing with Ease 3 - The Jabberwocky
• Spelling Workout F - - man, are these words difficult

Reading

• The Wild Robot
• Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (read-aloud - I think this might be one of his favorites now)

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - time

History

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

Homeschool Day 6/8

 Bible

• Action Bible Anytime Devotions
• The Action Bible - more Ahab and Jezebel murdering and stealing

English

• Spelling Workout F
• Grammar Island - subjects and predicates
• Writing with Ease 3 

Math

• Saxon 6/5 - reading thermometers - this lesson was so long that we are going to break it up over two days.

Reading

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

History

• Story of the World 2 - feudalism
• The Whipping Boy (read-aloud)

Extras Today

• Taking the Boy Scouts physical fitness test (1 minute push-ups, sit-ups and a one mile run) for his Tenderfoot Rank