Thursday, July 8, 2021

Homeschool Day 7/8

1st Grader

  • Handwriting without Tears - letter C
  • Math - we played Dominos (Mexican Train).  The first round upset him and he started crying.  Mexican Train takes some strategy and logic when you're 6.  He kept going and was fine after that.
  •  Reading - I used plastic letters to spell out a bunch of CVC words from All About Spelling level 1. He CAN read, but he just has such a short attention span that we can only read a few words at a time.  It's frustrating
  • World Geography
    • Read about North America in DK Children's Encyclopedia
    • Put together a puzzle of the United States (each piece was a state)
  • Summer's Lab Science
    • We read the section on Clouds from DK Children's Encyclopedia
9th Grader
  • Dragonbox Algebra
  • Creative Writing - she continued her short story.  It's a mystery/suspense.  She had excellent use of paragraphs, great descriptive writing, etc.  
  • Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
  • Trail Guide to World Geography
    • Mapping the World with Art - the Iberian Peninsula
    • A Long Walk to Water
  • The Wave
11th Grader
  • Creative writing - she finished her short story.  Let me just say that she's the next Ray Bradbury.
  • Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
  • Trail Guide to World Geography
    • Mapping the World with Art - the Iberian Peninsula
    • A Long Walk to Water
  • The Wave
  • Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
College Freshman
  • Ended the first summer session with a 98% average.  Started the second session on Monday.  GIANT learning curve with the apps and tech he needed to successfully submit his work.  He spent most of Monday through Wednesday frustrated and asking for help with the programs/app.  By today, he seemed to have figured everything out.
  • When the kids start a new semester, I now expect the first week to be mass hysteria as the kids figure out how to navigate their new classes.

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