Homeschool Day 3/25

 Today was an unusual day.  Because Kid #4 only had an Anatomy and Physiology class for a couple of hours and my car is broken down (which she and I share), we went to her college and did our homeschooling there (to save a trip going back and forth in our pickup truck).  The 5th grader loves doing school at his sister's college.  There's plenty of places to sit and study.  The architecture is super interesting and I really think he wanted people to think he was in college.  (ha ha)

Bible

• The Action Bible

Reading

• He read The Cat Who Went to Heaven

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5 - Investigation (word problems)

English

• Voyages in English 6 - we did more work with using more precise words
• Spelling Workout D

Extras

• Youth Group at church 

Homeschool Day 3/24

 Reading

• The Cat Who Went to Heaven (independent reading)
• Bridge to Terabithia (read-aloud)

Math

• Math Project from Teachers Pay Teachers: Design Your Dream House
• We worked with counting coins 

Science

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy (meteors)

Artist and Composer Study

• We looked at more animal drawings of Albrecht Duerer
• Guillaume Dufay's "Je Vueil Chanter"

Extras

• Karate Class
• Boy Scouts

Homeschool Day 3/23

 Bible

• My First Hymnal - "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"
• The Action Bible - David and Bathsheba
• Action Bible Anytime Devotions

English

• Voyages in English 6 - using strong words/word webs
• Spelling Workout D

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5

Reading

• The Cat Who Went to Heaven (independent reading)
• The Bridge to Terabithia (read-aloud)

Medieval History

• Story of the World 2 - Clovis/the Frankish Kingdom
• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur

Extras

• Ballet Class

Homeschool Day 3/19

 Bible

• The Action Bible - David and Bathsheba

English

• Voyages in English 6
• Spelling Workout D

Reading

• Independent reading
• Bridge to Terabithia

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5

Science

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy - comets and asteroids

Homeschool Day 3/18

 Bible

• Action Bible Daily Devotions
• The Action Bible - more King David

English

• Voyages in English 6 - rambling sentences and a short writing project
• Spelling Workout D

Reading

• Independent reading
• The Bridge to Terabithia

Math

• Saxon Math 6/5

Medieval History

• Story of the World 2
• Mapwork in the activity guide
• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur

Homeschool Day 3/17

 Reading

• Bridge to Terabithia
• Independent reading

Math

• We played the card game The Clumsy Thief - forming 100s from large numbers

Science

• Apologia's Exploring Creation with Astronomy
• We finished the chapter on Mars
• He did the "Build a Martian Ecosystem Project"

Foreign Language

• He wants to change from Latin to German - he's been doing German DuoLingo, which isn't enough, so I will need to put something together

Artist/Composer Study

• Guillaume Dufay - we listened to "Apostolo gloriosa"
• Albrecht Dürer -we looked at his animal paintings

Extras

• Boy Scouts 

Homeschool Day 3/16

 Bible

• My First Hymnal - "Lamb of God" and "The Lamb"
• Action Bible Daily Devotions
• The Action Bible

English

• Voyages in English 6 - working with a dictionary
• Spelling Workout D

Math

• Saxon Math 6

Reading

• Independent reading - he finished his book Maze Runners: Ocean Chase
• Bridge to Terabithia

Medieval History

• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur
• Story of the World 2 - The Maori and New Zealand

Homeschool Days 3/9-3/11

 I forgot to post what we did all week for some reason.  Here's what we've done Monday through Wednesday of this week.

Bible

• Action Bible Devotional
• My First Hymnal - "Go to Dark Gesthemane"
• The Action Bible - Saul hunts David, dies/David becomes King

Math

• Saxon 6 - this is going really well
• Math Project - we finished the "Create Your Own Basketball Team" project from Teachers Pay Teachers. I need to find another math project for him to do

English

• Voyages in English 6 - he wrote a personal narrative, we started to learn how to use a dictionary
• Spelling Workout D

Reading

• My Side of the Mountain
• Independent reading

Medieval History

• Story of the World 2 - native Australians
• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur

Science

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy - Mars

Extras

• He graduated from Cub Scouts, earned his Arrow of Light (the highest award in Cub Scouts) and has moved onto Troop-level Scouts
• Ballet as usual
• He started a soccer season (it's short - only 7 weeks)

Homeschool Day 3/5

 Bible

• The Action Bible
• The Action Bible Anytime Devotions

Math

• Saxon 6

English

• Voyages in English 6 - we did a brainstorm map for personal narrative

Medieval History

• Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Reading

• My Side of the Mountain
• Independent reading

Science

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy - Mars

Homeschool Day 3/4

 Bible

• The Action Bible
• The Action Bible Anytime Devotions

English

• Voyages in English 6 - writing an introductory sentence and unscrambling sentences in a paragraph
• Spelling Workout D

Math

• Saxon 6 - we've just switched from BJU 5 to Saxon 6, which feels like a step down in difficulty

Medieval History

• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Reading

• My Side of the Mountain
• Independent reading

Science

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy - we finished the chapter on the Moon

Homeschool Day 3/3

 Math

• Math Project "Create Your Own Basketball Team" from TPT
• We found averages, made a pie chart and found the ratio

English

• Voyages in English 6 - personal narratives
• Spelling Workout D

Reading

• Independent reading
• My Side of the Mountain (read-aloud)

Medieval History

• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur

Field Trip to Fort Worth Aviation Museum

https://fortworthaviationmuseum.com/

This was an excellent field trip.  If you buy tickets online, it's cheaper than in person.  It's $9 for an adult ticket and $4 for children.  There's a small inside portion with a flight simulator game, a cockpit your child can sit in, an ejection seat and lots of displays and model aircraft.  Outside the building is where all of the aircraft displayed.  The website has a list of what aircraft the museum has on display.  There's an F-14 Tomcat, a small tank, a number of helicopters (including a troop carrier that you can go inside), vintage propeller airplanes, a Harrier, etc.  The museum has over 30 aircraft on display.

This was a very enjoyable field trip, especially since we took a group of boys.  They were running from aircraft to aircraft and the adults had a hard time keeping up with them.

Homeschool Day 3/2

 Bible

• The Action Bible
• Action Bible Anytime Devotions
• My First Hymnal - "What is this Bread?"

English

• Voyages in English 6 - personal narratives
• Spelling Workout D

Math

• We're trying out Saxon 6 - it seems much easier than BJU Math 5

Medieval History

• Story of the World 2
• Mapwork from Story of the World 2 Activity Guide
• The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur

Reading

• Independent reading
• My Side of the Mountain

Science

• Exploring Creation with Astronomy - the Moon
• Working on our Phases of the Moon book