Homeschool Day 9/30

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• 100 Bible Stories
• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• A Child's Introduction to Poetry
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Reading/Language Arts

• We finished Greg's Microscope
• Freewriting
• Mad Libs
• All About Spelling 2

Math

• Flashcards
• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science Textbook
• Seed Design 

French with Mr. Innes

Art & Music

• Just the Facts 2
• Alfred's Book 2

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

Personal Finance

• Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment courses at the college

Crunch Labs Project: Mirror Bank

 We have a subscription to the Crunch Labs physics kits and here's the project we worked on over the weekend: https://www.crunchlabs.com/products/mirror-bank

We love Crunch Labs.  The project kits are very good quality and the videos are excellent.  He explains the physics behind the build and shows you how to put the project together.

Here's our trick Mirror Bank.

9/26 Field Trip to Fort Worth Botanical Gardens

 Instead of our usual schoolwork, we took a field trip to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.  The 4th grader said it was "the best day ever."  So, I guess it was a success!

Homeschool Day 9/25

 We did our schoolwork at the park today, because it was so nice outside.

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• 100 Bible Stories
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• We put the puzzle together with the US states

Reading/Language Arts

• Greg's Microscope
• All About Spelling 2

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Addition flashcards

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science Textbook
• Seeds Designed for Travel

Art & Music

• Alfred's Piano Book 2
• Just the Facts 2

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/24

 Today was our athletic co-op day, so we finished very late (2:15 pm).

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• My First Catechism
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• Explore Native American Cultures!

Reading/Language Arts

• Greg's Microscope
• All About Spelling 2
• Handwriting without Tears
• Freewriting - he wrote another short story

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

ASL Basics

Mathusee Stewardship

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/23

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers 
• 100 Bible Stories
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Reading/Language Arts

• Greg's Microscope
• Mad Libs
• Copywork
• Freewriting - he wrote an amazing short story about soldiers in WW2.  I was floored.

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science textbook
• Identifying Flowers

French with Mr Innes (free on Youtube)

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/19

Today was homeschool skate day at the roller rink, so we were no nonsense bookin' it, trying to get school done. 

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• A Child's Introduction to Poetry
• My First Catechism

Reading/Language Arts

• Greg's Microscope
• All About Spelling 2
• Handwriting without Tears Cursive
• Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: All About Adjectives
• Freewriting

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science Textbook
• Texas State Flower

Art & Music

• Piano practice
• Artistic Pursuits
• Shading

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

ASL Basics

Mathusee Stewardship

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/18

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• 100 Bible Stories
• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• Explore Native American Cultures!

Reading/Language Arts

• Greg's Microscope (reader)
• We looked through the pocket microscope at the same things Greg looked at in the book
• This picture is salt

• All About Spelling 2
• Freewriting

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade science textbook
• Observing Flowers
• We dissected several different flowers and identified the parts of the flower

French with Mr. Innes

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

ASL Basics

Mathusee Stewardship

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/17

 Today was our athletic co-op day.

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• My First Catechism

Reading/Language Arts

• Greg's Microscope (reader)
• Handwriting without Tears Cursive
• Copywork

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook

Art & Music

• Piano
• Just the Facts 2
• Alfred's Book 2

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

ASL Basics

Mathusee Stewardship

Homeschool Day 9/16

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• 100 Bible Stories
• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• Explore Native American Cultures!
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Reading/Language Arts

• Hill of Fire
• All About Spelling 2
• Mad Libs

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science 
• Broadleaf trees 
• We looked at various things with the pocket microscope: leaves, flowers, acorns, etc

French with Mr. Innes (Youtube)

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

ASL Basics

Mathusee Stewardship

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/12

 4th Grader

We did part of our schoolwork at his sister's college again today.  Very relaxing.

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• My First Catechism
• A Child's Introduction to Poetry
• Native American Indians - we finished this book today - it was excellent

Reading/Language Arts

• Hill of Fire (reader)
• All About Spelling 2
• Handwriting without Tears
• Freewriting

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science text
• Identifying trees

Art & Music

• Artistic Pursuits
• Value/Contrast

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf
• Vide: "TED ED - Where Did English Come From?"

Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment courses at the college

Homeschool Day 9/11

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• North American Indians
• Explore Native American Cultures!
• 100 Bible Stories

Reading/Language Arts

• Hill of Fire
• All About Spelling 2
• Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More About Adverbs
• We identified parts of speech in several sentences

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science textbook
• God's Purpose for Plants

French

• French with Mr. Innes

Art & Music

• Piano practice

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Beowulf

Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

• She got a 100% on her kinesiology test!!

Homeschool Day 9/10

 This is our athletics co-op day.  So, they most of the day in the gym.

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• North American Indians
• My First Catechism

Reading/Language Arts

• Hill of Fire (reader)
• Handwriting without Tears Cursive

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• The Three Theban Plays
• Antigone

Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment at the college

Homeschool Day 9/9

We did our schoolwork outside today, which the 4th grader loved. 

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• North American Indians
• Explore Native American Cultures!
• 100 Bible Stories

Reading/Language Arts

• Wagon Wheels
• Freewriting
• Mad Libs

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science
• God's Purpose for Plants

Art & Music

• Piano
• Just the Facts 2
• Alfred's Piano Course Book 2

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• The Three Theban Plays
• Antigone

Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment courses at the college

Homeschool Day 9/5

 4th grader finished freakishly early again.  As long as he finished my lesson plans and did a good job, I'm not going to add more work.  12th grader is still working.

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• He is now using plastic figurines and magnatiles to recreate Powhatan's village and reenact the book - lol - these figurines are everywhere all over the dinner table and we have to scoot the council house around so we can eat
• My First Catechism
• A Child's Introduction to Poetry

Reading/Language Arts

• Wagon Wheels
• All About Spelling 2
• Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb?
• We also did some identifying parts of speech with sentences on the dry erase board

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science
• Overcoming Weight and Gravity - levers, fulcrum, catapults

Here, Powhatan's tribe was on one side of the lever, while the Disney characters were on the other side, balancing on the fulcrum.  Sigh...

French

• Reviewed our vocabulary words from French with Mr. Innes

Art & Music

• Piano practice

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• The Three Theban Plays
• Antigone

Personal Finance

• Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

• She was happy yesterday after school, because the English professor used her essay as an example in class

Homeschool Day 9/4

 4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• Explore Native American Cultures!
• 100 Bible Stories

Reading/Language Arts

• Wagon Wheels
• All About Spelling 2
• Writing exercise
• He had to write a description of a capybara

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook
• Beast Academy

Science

• Abeka 4th Grade Science textbook
• Overcoming weight and gravity
• We made some simple machines, including a toy pulley

French

• French with Mr. Innes (YouTube)

Art & Music

• Artistic Pursuits
• Looking at things under a microscope and drawing them
• Piano practice

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• The Three Theban Plays
• Antigone (Sophocles)

Personal Finance

• Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college

Homeschool Day 9/3

This was our athletic co-op day, so we spent several hours at karate and the 12th grader teaches gymnastics. 

4th Grader

Sonlight D (history, Bible and literature)

• Pocahontas and the Strangers
• Explore Native American Cultures!
• People of the southeast 

Reading/Language Arts

• Wagon Wheels (reader)
• All About Spelling 2
• Handwriting without Tears

Math

• IXL 4th Grade Math Workbook

Science

• Abeka's 4th Grade Science text
• Gravitational Forces

12th Grader

Classical Literature

• Antigone

Personal Finance

• Mathusee Stewardship

ASL Basics

Dual enrollment classes at the college