Homeschool Day 8/31

 3rd Grader

Math

• Schoolhouse Rock videos - we watched 2s and 3s
• We played the card game Sleeping Queens
• Book: The Grapes of Math

Reading/Language Arts

• We played Sight Word Bingo

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• We read Sticks Across the Chimney

Science

• Our Songbirds
• The woodcock - he drew a picture of this bird in his notebook

Extras

• Dyslexia workbook

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT English Prep Course

Anatomy & Physiology

• She read a chapter of The History of Medicine

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Maryland
• Native American Poems and Prayers (website)
• Native American Petroglyphs
• San Salvador Spanish ship petroglyph from the 1500s
• Petroglyph National Monument
• Video: Mysterious Petroglyphs from the Southwest

Extras

• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 8/30

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math - review section

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• We finished reading Owl at Home
• Spelling practice
• Explode the Code
• Cursive practice on the whiteboard

Sonlight C World History 2 (history, Bible and literature)

• Bible reading
• Geography Songs
• Sticks Across the Chimney (read-aloud)
• He colored Scandinavia in his geography coloring book
• Aesop's Fables and poetry

Science

• We finished the Planet Earth 2 series on HBO Max

Extras

• Ballet class
• Wednesday night church service

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• She spent an enormous amount of time on this lesson - I think it's lesson 5

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT English Prep Course

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology
• Urinary system, part 2
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain, we finished chapter 8 (spinal cord)

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Art/Music

• Practiced classical guitar

Extras

• We finished the Planet Earth 2 series (with David Attenborough)
• Ballet class
• Wednesday night church activities

Homeschool Day 8/29

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math - review page

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Owl at Home (reader)
• Explode the Code
• I just didn't have the willpower to do spelling

Sonlight C World History 2 (history, Bible and literature)

• Sticks Across the Chimney (read-aloud)
• Bible reading
• Geography Songs

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Horses

Extras

• We played baseball at the park
• Cub Scouts den meeting

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Native American literature Unit Study

• The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• Video: The Rise and Fall of the Lakota Empire (TED-ED)
• We found the boundaries of the Lakota tribe on the map
• We looked at pictures of Lakota from Atlas of Indian Nations and we discussed Little Bighorn and Custer, also Wounded Knee
• Video: Five Native American Languages
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• West Virginia

Homeschool Day 8/28

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Owl at Home (reader)
• Explode the Code
• Spelling practice on the whiteboard

Sonlight C World History 2 (history, Bible and literature)

• Scandinavia - Geography Songs
• We found Iceland and the Scandinavian countries on the globe
• Aesop's Fables
• Poetry book
• Time Traveler - more Vikings
• Sticks Across the Chimney (read-aloud)

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Mammoths and mastodons

Extras

• We played catch with the baseball outside and he rode his bike

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Lesson 5 and it was just a doozy.  I told her to break lesson 5 up over 2 weeks
• Quadratics/factoring

Bible

• Halfway through reading The Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT English prep course

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology
• The urinary system, part 1
• The History of Medicine, chapter 8
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system

Native American literature Unit Study

•     Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Extras

• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 8/24

 3rd Grader

Math

• Math Reader: The Grapes of Math
• We played the board game: Mathemagical World

Reading/Language Arts

• We played Bananagrams
• He read a book from the library

Art

• Draw Write Now

Extras

• He practiced piano for tomorrow's piano class

11th Grader

Because she had several doctor's appointments this morning and ballet in the evening, we did very minimal schoolwork.

• Mathusee Algebra 2 - Honors page
• She read Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Homeschool Day 8/23

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Spelling
• Handwriting practice - capitals
• Explode the Code
• Owl at Home

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• More vikings
• Bible reading
• Aesop's Fables
• Sticks Across the Chimney - both of us really like this book

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day

Extras

• Wednesday night church activities

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• After the cat finally got off her workbook, we were able to work several problems together on the dry erase board

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT English Prep course

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology - Immune System Part 3

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian
• Artist Study: Joan Hill
• https://firstamericanartmagazine.com/joan-hill-muscogee/
• We looked at a number of her paintings - watercolor and oil

Extras

• Wednesday night church activities

Homeschool Day 8/22

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math (division)

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Spelling
• Handwriting practice - lowercase letters
• Explode the Code
• Owl at Home (reader)

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• More Vikings
• Mapping activities
• Bible reading
• Sticks Across the Chimney (he is really enjoying this book)

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Workbook page B

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT prep
• She reached Level 4 in science comprehension (which is the highest level)

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• www.firstpeople.us 
• Native American Legends and Poems
• Trail Guide to World Geography
• Pennsylvania
• Video: A Conversation with Native Americans About Race
• Video: The Dark History of Mount Rushmore (TED-ED)

Homeschool Day 8/21

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Boy, this was not a good language arts day - lol
• Spelling
• Explode the Code

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• Sticks Across the Chimney (such a cute book)
• More reading about the Vikings
• Bible reading
• Syria/the Middle East 
• Hands-on History Box
• We made the first project from the box - the Viking Jewel Box.  This used about 50 popsicle sticks and took all morning, but he was very proud of it.  I just know that the Vikings covered their boxes with purple jewels...

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• She watched the video and did the A workbook page

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Anatomy & Physiology

• The History of Medicine
• Edward Jenner and smallpox
• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology
• Immune System, part 2
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Chapter 7.5
• We took the learning style quiz and both of us had the same score.  We both scored as Kinesthetic Learners (of course)

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Art/Music

• Practicing classical guitar
• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 8/17

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Owl at Home (reader)
• Spelling
• Cursive practice
• Explode the Code

Science

• Our Songbirds
• The snipe - we listened to its bird calls and he drew and colored a picture of it
• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Gorillas

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• Geography songs
• Bible reading
• Windows to the World
• A Stick in the Chimney (read-aloud)

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Honors page

Bible

• Gospel of Luke

Biology

• Watched Planet Earth 2
• Cities episode

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
• Native American Poems and Prayers website
• She read two legends and a couple of poems
• Video: Native American Cultures with Tom Richey (APUSH 1)
• Website: www.native-land.ca 

Extras

• We watched the movie Amadeus (about Mozart)
• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 8/16

 3rd Grader

Math

• We read Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu
• We watched Schoolhouse Rock again

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Spelling
• Cursive practice
• Explode the Code
• Owl at Home (reader)

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• Aesop's Fables
• Poetry 
• The vikings
• Bible reading
• A Stick in the Chimney (read-aloud)

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Chimpanzees and Bonobos

Extras

• Ballet class

11th Grader

Algebra 2

Bible

• Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT English Prep Course

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology
• Immune System, part 1
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Learning and memory
• We watched videos of Clive Wearing
• Roman Loci Memory activity

Native American literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Extras

• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 8/15

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math
• Watching Schoolhouse Rock

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Owl at Home (reader)
• Spelling
• Explode the Code

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• All of our usual Sonlight readings
• We started Sticks in the Chimney (read-aloud)

Extras

• Karate class

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

Bible

• The Gospel of Luke

Grammar/Writing

• Khan Academy SAT English Prep Course

Native American Literature Unit Study

• Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 
• We watched the video "6 Misconceptions About Native American People"
• We read the Legend of the Piasa Bird (from Madison County IL Gen Web)
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• New York State

Homeschool Day 10/14

 3rd Grader

Math

• Schoolhouse Rock - we watched "Three is a Magic Number"
• Practiced skip-counting by 2s and 3s
• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Spelling
• Explode the Code
• Owl at Home (reader)

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• Time Traveler
• Bible reading
• We finished Red Sails to Capri
• We watched Youtube footage of boats going into the Blue Grotto of Capri

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Apes, Babboons, Gibbons

Extras

• Cub Scout recruiting event

11th Grader

Algebra 2

• She spent about two hours on math today, so we had to cut out some other things that we had scheduled

Bible

• Reading the Gospel of Luke

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology video
• Blood, part 2
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Learning and Memory chapter
• Videos
• "What Happens When You Tickle a Rat"
• World memory championship (mnemonics) 

Extras

• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 8/10

 3rd Grader

Math

• We read the Mathstart book Too Many Kangaroo Things to Do
• We played card games
• Sleeping Queens
• Mille Bornes

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Explode the Code

Sonlight C

• Time Traveler
• Red Sails to Capri
• Bible readings
• Poetry book
• Geography Songs
• Windows to the World

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Monkeys versus Apes
• Our Songbirds
• The Avocet
• We watched videos about the Lyrebird of Australia and the Shoebill

Extras

• Rollerskating

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• We only had to do three problems together this time, so that's good.  Even I got one of the problems wrong.

Crash Course US History

• The War of 1812

She spent a big chunk of time reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian.

Extras

• Rollerskating
• Physical Therapy

Homeschool Day 8/9

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Owl at Home (reader)
• spelling
• cursive practice
• Explode the Code

Sonlight C (Bible, history and literature)

• Bible reading
• Poetry
• A Child's History of the World
• We worked on mapwork and his timeline book
• Red Sails to Capri (read-aloud)
• Window to the World

Extras

• Intermediate Ballet class

11th Grader

Algebra 2

• We worked on about five problems on the dry erase board again

Grammar/Writing

• SAT English Prep - she did the second diagnostic and scored as a level 3 (highest level is 4)

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology video Blood, part 1
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• We finished Neuronal Networks
• The History of Medicine

Extras

• She started reading The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Homeschool Day 8/8

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Owl at Home (reader)
• Spelling
• Explode the Code

Sonlight C (Bible, history and literature)

• Geography Songs - the Middle East
• Bible reading
• Aesop's Fables
• Poetry book
• Red Sails to Capri (read-aloud)

Extras

• Karate class
• Yearbook pick-up and signing at our homeschool enrichment center

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Workbook page
• We worked on some of the problems together on the dry erase board

Bible

• The Book of Malachi (Bible Project video)

Salem Witch Trials Unit Study

• Finished!!!  This was such a great unit study!  Even I learned a lot.
• She finished reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond - said she really liked the book
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Rhode Island

Crash Course US History

• Thomas Jefferson and His Democracy

Extras

• Yearbook pick-up and signing at our homeschool enrichment center

Homeschool Day 8/7

 3rd Grade

Math

• Singapore Math - I don't know if I just didn't buy the right level, but this kid can just answer these questions in his sleep

Sonlight Reading/Language Arts 2

• Spelling
• Cursive practice
• Explode the Code
• Owl at Home (reader)

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• All the usual Sonlight readings

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day

11th Grader

Bible

• The Book of Zechariah (Bible Project video)

Grammar/Writing

• I planned to do Advanced Language Lessons with her and she took one look at it and said she's probably not going to learn anything.  So, we decided to do Khan Academy SAT prep for English/Writing this year.
• She did the first diagnostic quiz with Khan Academy SAT English and scored as a level 3 in mastery (out of 4 levels)

Anatomy & Physiology

• Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology Blood Vessels Part 2
• She read The History of Medicine
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Neuronal networks

Salem Witch Trials Unit Study

• She's finishing up The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Extras

• Ballet class starts back up today

Our Idealistic Weekly Schedule

 Because it's August and everyone feels idealistic about homeschooling in August, I wrote out a weekly schedule to keep us on track this fall.  We'll see how long this lasts (*ahem* October).

3rd Grader's Weekly Schedule

Monday

• Math
• Reading/Language Arts
• Science
• Sonlight

Tuesday

• Math
• Reading/Language Arts
• Sonlight

Wednesday

• Math
• Reading/Language Arts
• Science
• Sonlight

Thursday

• Math
• Science
• Our Songbirds
• Art
• Sonlight

Friday

• Piano

11th Grader's Weekly Schedule

Monday

• Algebra 2
• Bible
• SAT English Prep
• Science Unit Study

Tuesday

• Algebra 2
• Bible
• Literature Unit Study

Wednesday

• Algebra 2
• Bible
• SAT English Prep
• Science Unit Study

Thursday

• Algebra 2
• Bible
• SAT English prep
• Literature Unit Study

Friday

• Guitar

Homeschool Day 8/3

 3rd Grader

• Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature) readings
• Our Song Birds
• We watched videos about the oystercatcher and he drew/colored one in his sketchbook
• Draw Write Now Book 6
• He went crazy and drew half the animals in this book in one sitting
• Trampoline park with his friend

11th Grader

Bible

• Book of Haggai (Bible Project video)

Science

• Tiner's The History of Medicine

Salem Witch Trials Unit Study

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• We watched the Salem Witch Trials episode of a show called America's Hidden Stories.  It's streaming on Paramount.  The episode was really good!

Extras

• Practicing classical guitar

Homeschool Day 8/2

 3rd Grader

Math

• We played Math War card game
• Singapore Math

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• All of our usual Sonlight readings
• Red Sails to Capri (read-aloud) - he is really enjoying this book

Science

• Apologia's Land Animals of the Sixth Day
• Primates

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Honors Page - I had to do some of the problems with her on the dry erase board

Salem Witch Trials Unit Study

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Connecticut - and we spent a ridiculous amount of time on this state today

Extras

• Trip to a music store to look at all the different guitars

Homeschool Day 8/1

 3rd Grader

Math

• Singapore Math

Sonlight Reading/LA 2

• He finished his reader!  Yay!
• Spelling
• Explode the Code
• Cursive practice on the dry erase board

Sonlight C (history, Bible and literature)

• We looked at pictures of the island of Capri.  We also looked at pictures of the Blue Grotto and went over the Roman history of the cave.
• Sonlight readings
• Red Sails to Capri (read-aloud)

Extras

• He went rollerskating

11th Grader

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Workbook page

Science

• The History of Medicine (Tiner)
• Ellen McHenry's The Brain
• Neural networks

Salem Witch Trials Unit Study

• The Witch of Blackbird Pond
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Vermont
• Documentary: Smithsonian's Channel America's Hidden Stories: Salem's Secrets

Extras

• Went rollerskating