Homeschool Day 3/28

 3rd Grader

Wild Math 3

• Practice telling time
• Counting coins

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code

Sonlight C

• With Two Hands
• The Little Riders

Science

• Mark Rober's Crunch Labs Kit
• Disc Launcher

Extras

• Cub Scouts
• Presenting his projects for the NOVA Science Award (Cub Scouts)

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Math

• SAT Math Practice

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style workbook

Literature

• Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper

History & Geography

• Crash Course US History
• The 60s
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Idaho

Science

• Mark Rober's Crunch Labs
• The Disc Launcher

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• The Petition

Extras

• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 3/27

 3rd Grader

Wild Math 3

• We made a sundial and marked the shadows' locations and lengths all morning/afternoon
• Time telling practice

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code

Sonlight C - what little is left

• We finished Captain Nobody - I think this was my favorite book this year

Science

• Botany Experiments and Discovery
• We transplanted zinnias
• We planted wildflowers
• We planted basil and chives

Extras

• Ballet class
• Wednesday night church activities

11th Grader

Math

• We are finished with Mathusee Algebra 2
• She started Khan Academy SAT Math Prep course online

Bible

• Revelation

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style workbook

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

History & Geography

• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Montana
• Crash Course US History
• The Civil Rights Movement

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Exigency

Extras

• Ballet class
• Wednesday night church activities

Homeschool Day 3/26

We are finishing a lot of subjects! 

3rd Grader

Wild Math 3

• We worked on parallelograms and circles - radius, diameter, etc

Reading/Language Arts

• We finished The Gold of Black Rock Hill - he really liked this book.  It's from the Simple Words Dyslexia series.
• Explode the Code

Sonlight C - what little is left

• Captain Nobody

Extras

• Cub Scouts project - we had to take pictures of architecture around our area and then he's making a poster board presentation, describing the different architectural features 
• Karate class

11th Grader

• Teaching Gymnastics 
• Reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 3/25

 3rd Grader

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Wild Math 3

• Parallelograms

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• The Gold of Black Rock Hill (dyslexia reader)

Sonlight C 

• Captain Nobody

11th Grader

She was accepted into the preprofessional ballet camp that she auditioned for.

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• I think we are going to stop here with a couple of lessons left and do SAT Math prep for a few weeks

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Bandwagon

Extras

• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 3/20

 We had doctor appointments all morning that ruined our school day.

3rd Grader

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Wild Math 3

• He played the card game Adsmudi

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• Independent reading

Sonlight C (what's left)

• Captain Nobody

Extras

• Ballet Class
• Wednesday night church activities

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Hyperbolas

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

History & Geography

• Crash Course US History
• The Cold War in Asia
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Arizona

Logic

• Fallacy Detective
• Appeal to Pity

Extras

• Ballet class
• Wednesday night church activities

Homeschool Day 3/19

 3rd Grader

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Wild Math 3

• How to make a chart and graph
• He chose 5 cars and taped down about 25 feet of tape measure.  He pushed the cars from 0 inches on the tape measure to see how far they could roll.  We then made a chart of each car's distance.
• Apparently, the white Toyota won

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• The Gold of Black Rock Hill

Sonlight C (what little is left)

• Captain Nobody

Fine Arts

• Piano Practice

Extras

• He played outside for hours

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Hyperbolas

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Fine Arts

• Guitar

Homeschool Day 3/18

 3rd Grader

Wild Math 3

• More perimeter and area

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• The Gold of Black Rock Hill 

Sonlight C (finishing up)

• Captain Nobody

Science

• Botany Experiments and Discovery
• Pea Plant Maze
• Trying to restore the zinnias, which wilted over spring break

Fine Arts

• Piano Practice

Extras

• Boy Scouts

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Hyperbolas

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Appeal to Fear

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

History & Geography

• Crash Course US History
• The Cold War
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• New Mexico

Fine Arts

• Guitar practice
• Ballet class

Field Trip Fort Worth Botanical Gardens

 Here is their link:  https://fwbg.org/

We ended up buying a membership, so we can go all year without paying for tickets.  It was $95 for a family membership.  For individual tickets, it's cheaper if you buy them online rather than at the ticket counter.  Because it was spring break, the ticket counter line was a mile long.  Once you get inside the gardens, everyone disperses and it's not so crowded. 

There are tulips everywhere and they're gorgeous.  The gardens also include a huge field of yellow daffodils.  I noticed statues everywhere that must be new.  We haven't been to the gardens since 2019 and I'm sure the statues were not there then. 

We spent about an hour just in the Japanese garden, which includes traditional Japanese structures, a waterfall, a koi pond, sand art, cherry blossoms and little bridges.  A gift shop sits at the gate of the Japanese garden.  

We were not able to see the northern half of the botanical gardens, because we ran out of time.  We're planning to go back in April and May.  I'm glad we bought the membership.

Summer 2024 Plans (May through July)

3rd Grader

• We're going to work on Barton Reading and Spelling 3 and possibly start level 4
• BrainQuest 3rd-4th Grade Summer Workbook
• Readers based on his Lexile level
• Read-alouds before bed (possibly the Little House series)
• Vacation Bible School
• A theater camp
• Ballet camp
• Summer basketball league

11th Grader

• I'm not going to schedule anything for her, but she plans to do some reading for fun and work on her music
• Ballet camps (2)

Revised 4th Grade Plans 2024-2025 (Decided to stick with Sonlight)

 Hopefully my plans don't change a second time, but I have everything in the cart and ready to purchase.  I decided to stay with Sonlight and work around our dyslexia issues.  I'm not going to be able to follow the Instructor's Guide completely as written and he won't be able to read the readers - I'll have to read the readers to him.  He also won't be capable of doing the language art portion.  

He's also informing me that he actually likes workbooks, which is bizarre and counter-intuitive, but hey, if that's what he likes...

Bible

• Continue 100 Bible Stories
• My First Catechism (Concordia Publishing House)
• The Apostles (Aquinas Kids)

Math

• Beast Academy
• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook (from Amazon)

Reading/Language Arts

• Masterbooks' Language Lessons for a Living Education
• Handwriting without Tears Cursive
• Readers based on his Lexile level

Sonlight D American History 1

• This covers history, Bible, literature and geography
• We are using the history, literature and geography

French

• Continue Ecoutez, Parlez!

Science

• I need to work on the subject more.  He wants to do some technology and engineering kits.

Art & Music

• Continue piano and ukulele
• Continue all of his comic creations and Art for Kids Hub videos that he likes

Outsourced Class: Health, Anatomy and Fitness (at a homeschool enrichment center)

Homeschool Day 3/7

 3rd Grader

Wild Math 4

• We played The Clumsy Thief and Sleeping Queens (math card games)

Reading/Language Arts

• We played hangman and banana grams

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Sonlight C - what little we have left

•     Captain Nobody (read-aloud)

Music

• Practicing piano and ukulele

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Honors Page

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

History & Geography

• Crash Course US History
• World War 2, Part 2
• Trail Guide to US History
• Texas

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Propaganda

Extras

• Trying to submit her application for the preprofessional ballet camp this summer
• Ballet class

Homeschool Day 3/6

 3rd Grader

Wild Math 3

• Perimeter with the Mathusee blocks
• Times Tales review

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• The Gold of Black Rock Hill (Simple Words dyslexia reader)

Sonlight C - the little bit we have left

• Captain Nobody (read-aloud)

Science

• Botany Experiments and Discovery
• Transplanting pea plants
• Talking about chlorophyll
• Nature walk at the park

Art & Music

• Piano practice
• Ballet class

Extras

• Wednesday night church activities

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Review page
• Circles, ellipses

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Proof by lack of evidence

Science

• Nature walk at the park

Extras

• Ballet class
• Wednesday night church activities

Homeschool Day 3/5

 3rd Grader

Wild Math 3

• We played Prime Climb
• Mass Word Problems - we used the Mathusee rods for this.  His Calico Critters helped.

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• We finished The Pesky Pizza Pirate (Doodle Adventures)

Sonlight C World History 2

• Captain Nobody (read-aloud)

Science

• We checked on and watered all of our seedlings

Art & Music

• Piano Practice

Physical Education

• Tennis at the park with his siblings

11th Grader

Bible

• Revelation

Mathusee Algebra 2

• Graphing

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

History and Geography

• Crash Course US History
• World War II
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Oklahoma

Literature

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Physical Education

• Playing tennis at the park with siblings

Homeschool Day 3/4

 3rd Grader

Bible

• 100 Bible Stories

Wild Math 3

• Mass and Weight
• Grams and Pounds
• Weighing activities using a balance scale and a food scale

Reading/Language Arts

• Explode the Code
• The Gold of Black Rock Hill (Simple Words dyslexia reader)

Sonlight C

• Captain Nobody (read-aloud)

Science

• Botany Experiments and Discovery
• Flower/food dye experiment
• We replanted our watercress
• We built a self-watering system

Art & Music

• Piano Practice

11th Grader

Bible

• Jude

Math

• Mathusee Algebra 2

Grammar & Writing

• The Elements of Style Workbook

History, Literature and Geography

• She finished The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and we had a discussion about the book
• Trail Guide to US Geography
• Nebraska
• Crash Course US History
• The New Deal and FDR

Logic

• The Fallacy Detective
• Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Extras

• Ballet class