Friday, November 19, 2021

Homeschool Day 11/18

 1st Grader

  • Life of Fred Apples - I thought we could read this once a week as a supplement, but he didn't really like it.
  • Bananagrams - we played this and he built all kinds of words with the pieces
  • He wrote a letter to his grandparents and mailed it
  • Mary, Mother of Jesus
9th and 11th Graders
  • Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
  • Steinbeck's The Pearl
  • German 
    • Frau Holle (11th grader) - Brothers Grimm fairy tale
    • Komm Mit 1 (9th grader)
  • Physics
    • Mythbusters episode "Sonic Boom Sound-off"
    • Research the speed of sound
      • What is it?
      • What causes a sonic boom?
      • Is thunder a sonic boom?
    • LAB - The Speed of Sound in Air (from the QSL Physics Lab Kit)
      • Using tuning fork, graduated cylinders and water
      • Observe standing waves and resonance
  • Reader's Theater (outsourced class for 9th grader)

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