Homeschool Day 11/10

 1st Grader

He did school at the park today.  He played on the playground and stopped every few minutes to do some of his schoolwork.

• Reading
• McGuffey Reader Primer (he read to me)
• My Father's Dragon (read-aloud)
• Bible
• Mary, the Mother of Jesus (Tomie dePaola)
• First Language Lessons 1
• Story of the World 1
• Tut's Mummy, Lost and Found
• Wednesday night church activities

9th and 11th Graders - Lite Week

• Math
• Algebra 1 (9th grader) - factoring all kinds of different quadratic equations and more - we did this lesson together on the dry erase board
• Mathusee Stewardship (11th grader) - she also needed help today with calculating interest
• English
• Steinbeck's The Pearl
• Windows to the World Literary Analysis
• Ballet
• Shakespearean Theater (outsourced class - 11th grader)
• Wednesday night church activities

Homeschool Day 11/9

 1st Grader

• Math
• He designed a star constellation (it ended up being a mythical creature) on black construction paper with white "stars"
• Reading
• He read Go Car, Go to me
• Explode the Code
• Read-aloud: My Father's Dragon - this was a huge hit
• First Language Lessons 1
• Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day (pterosaurs)
• Gymnastics

9th and 11th Graders - Lite Week

• Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
• English
• Steinbeck's The Pearl - we did a short group discussion
• Windows to the World - Literary Analysis
• Gymnastics

Homeschool Day 11/8: Field Trip

 Today was a field trip to the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville, TX:

http://www.gainesville.tx.us/108/Frank-Buck-Zoo

It's a small zoo, but admission is fairly cheap.  It's the perfect size zoo for a younger child who would be overwhelmed at the larger zoos.  

There is also a wonderful park with a 5,000 square foot wooden playground across the parking lot:

https://www.gainesville.tx.us/Facilities/Facility/Details/1

We didn't ride it, but there is also a 1/4 size replica steam engine passenger train that runs through the park, but it's closed during the winter.

Homeschool Day 11/4

 1st Grader

• Teach Your Monster to Read (free app) - he's losing interest in this and starting to prefer books
• He wrote a letter to his grandpa and mailed it, complete with Hot Wheels stickers
• Winnie the Pooh (read-aloud)
• Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day
• He played outside
• Math
• He built shapes/structures using https://www.zometool.com

9th and 11th Graders

• Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
• Physics
• LAB 13: Hooke's Law and the Spring Constant - measuring the relationship between weight on a spring and the amount the spring elongates
• Bible reading
• Genealogy/History Project
• Mapping migration of ancestors
• Counting how many ancestors are present in each generation
• Late 1800s time period
• Reader's Theater (outsourced class - 9th grader)

Homeschool Day 11/3

1st Grader

• Math
• He played with Picasso Tiles (magnetic tiles)
• Reading
• Explode the Code
• I taught him "silent e" with refrigerator magnet letters
• He read "I Like My Car" to me
• First Language Lessons 1
• Story of the World 1
• The Beginnner's Bible - stories of Paul

9th and 11th Graders

• Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
• Kafka's Metamorphosis - they finished the book and we had a long group discussion about the allegories, themes, etc in the book
• Windows to the World Literary Analysis (Plot and Conflict)
• German
• Komm Mit 1 (9th)
• "Frau Holle" Grimm fairy tale (11th)
• Apologia Chemistry
• Kinetic Theory of Matter
• LAB 4.4 - comparing rate of diffusion in cold water versus boiling water
• Shakespearean Theater (outsourced class - 11th grader) 

Homeschool Day 11/2

 1st Grader

• Math
• Went over the major shapes.  Also used 3D Geometric Solids (kit from Amazon) to name prisms, spheres, pyramids and cubes
• Reading
• Explode the Code
• He read See the Cat to me
• Winnie the Pooh (read-aloud)
• Copywork
• Apologia's Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day
• Listened to Beethoven's Wig (classical music)
• Gymnastics

9th and 11th Grader

• Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
• Kafka's Metamorphosis
• German
• Komm Mit 1 (9th grader)
• Frau Holle - Grimm's Fairy Tales (11th grader)
• Marginal Revolution Economics (free video course online)
• "Change in Demand versus Change in Quantity Demanded"
• "A Deeper Look at the Supply Curve"
• Physics
• LAB - Mechanical Advantage of a Simple Machine
• Using a rolling cart, ramp, spring scale (force in Newtons) and weights to calculate differences in force needed to pull a weighted cart up a ramp of varying heights
• Gymnastics

Homeschool Day 11/1

 1st Grader

• Math
• Picasso Tiles
• Winnie the Pooh (read-aloud)
• Reading
• Explode the Code
• See Pip Point (finished the book)
• First Language Lessons 1
• Story of the World 1
• Physical Education - we played baseball at the park.  He also went walking on a nature trail and played on a playground.

9th and 11th Graders

• Algebra 1 (9th) and Stewardship (11th)
• Kafka's Metamorphosis
• Windows to the World Literary Analysis
• Bible
• Study on Revelation (end times)
• US Government
• What are the three branches of Texas state government?
• What is the responsibility of each branch?
• Apologia Chemistry
• LAB 4.2
• Physical Education - baseball at the park.  We also walked a nature trail.
• Voice Lessons (outsourced - 11th grader)