Homeschool Day 12/29

1st Grader

• Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading
• First Language Lessons 1
• Explode the Code
• Miquon Orange Math
• Biology
• We finished Magic School Bus Presents The Human Body
• Bible
• The Legend of Saint Nicholas (Gruen/Ferri) - he loved this picture book
• Literature
• House on Pooh Corner
• Aesop's Fables for Children (we read two fables)
• He had a long playdate with a friend 

9th and 11th Graders

• Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
• English
• The Little Prince (Saint Exupery)
• Windows to the World - literary essay
• The Elements of Style - we did some of the sentences together on the dry erase board
• American Government
• The Infographic American Government
• You Decide: Applying the Bill of Rights to Real Cases
• Fourth Amendment
• We covered about 4-5 Supreme Court cases covering search & seizure, probably cause, warrants, etc
• We ended up consulting a relative who is an attorney and asking questions about illegal police searches - very interesting
• They also had friends come over to visit