Sunday, June 5, 2011

SL Weeks 9, 9"A", 10, 10 "A" Core 3/D (4-18 to 5-15 2011)




SL Week 9  
(4-18 to 4-22  2011)
Added In: 
The Mayflower Secret by Dave & Neta Jackson
The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone by Cheryl Harness
Our Strange New Land-Elizabeth's Diary-Jamestown 1609
Priscilla Alden and the First Thanksgiving by Alice Benjamin Boynton
Our Colonial Year by Cheryl Harness

activities: Library; Aqua Athlete's, Dentist (no cavities)


Week 9 "A" Left-Over's Week
Added-In: 
If You Were At the First Thanksgiving by Anne Kamma
Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast by Kate Waters
The Mayflower Compact:American Documents: Nat'l Geo:Judith Lloyd Yero
Roanoke-The Lost Colony-An Unsolved Mystery From History by Jane Yolen
John Smith Escapes Again by Rosalyn Schanzer
Who's Saying What in Jamestown,Thomas Savage by Jean Fritz
Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colony 1636 by Paul Erickson
Samuel Eaton's Day-a day in the life of a pilgrim boy-Kate Waters
Sarah Morton's Day-a day of a pilgrim girl -Kate Waters
Top 10 Worst Nasty Pirates You Wouldn't Want to Meet -Fiona MacDonald
Pirates by David L. Harrison
Bones by Steve Jenkins

fun add-in's:
the Witches by Roald Dahl
Rainbow Magic-The Pet Fairies-Lauren the Puppy

Science add-in to SL Science:
kit:
The Young Scientist Series
experiments on Shrimp Brine & Eggs

SL Week 10  
Add-In's:

My America: The Starving Time:Elisabeth's Diary:book two; Jamestown 1609
William Penn-Founder of Pennsylvania by Steven Kroll

VHS:
Keeping The Promise (based on The Sign of the Beaver)


Audio:
Felicity-Tape 1 Meet Felicity

Hands and Hearts: Early American History Discovery Kit:
make & play the Bowl Game
Learn to trade with the authentic trade beads
Rubbings from the Tea Brick
Decorate the Bamboo Flute
Make an Apple Pomander


Week 10 "A" Left-Over's Week (5-9 to 5-14 2011)

Add-In's:
Meet Kirsten -American Girl-book 1 of series

audio& Movies:
Felicity-American Girl- Bk 1,&2 and MOVIE
Molly American Girl Movie

Activities:
Shades Park 
Children's Museum

Vhs:
Magic School Bus-Get's Planted & Busaurus



SL Week 7, 7 A, 8, 8A & Pix of Fishing at Boone's Pond 6-5-11

  1.  SL Week 5  Feb. 21-25, 2011
  2. Read Aloud-Secret of the Andes and the rest of the IG list of things.  Activities were plentiful-bike rides; party, Co-op Classes, and a Blood Drive, HBHE Gym class
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  4. SL Week 5 "A"  Feb. 28-March 4, 2011  
  5. Activities: Field Trip to Mc Cloud Park for a Maple Syrup Demonstration  Aqua Athlete's   Library  Plainfield Parks & Rec to go swimming as a family  Dd's Reader (fun) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (and watched old movie) 
  6. Audio: One Hundred Dresses (we've listened to this one over and over) - Sarah, Plain & Tall   -Caleb's Story

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  8. SL Week 6  March 7-11, 2011
    Read Aloud: Sign of the Beaver  
    Dd's Reader: Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Bulla
    Add-In's:
    Audio:The Secret Garden
    Dd's fun reader: Swiss Family Robinson

    Activities:
    Aqua Athlete's
    Library
    LHE Co-op classes
  9. HBHE Gym Class
  10. SL  Week 6 "A" Left-Over's Week (LOW)  March 14-18, 2011
    Science Focused Week (SL Science Weeks 19-21)
    Reading: Sign of the Beaver
    Audio: The Secret Garden & Matilda
    Story of the World-Chapter 15: A new world in Conflict
    Add-In's:
    Dd's Reading:
    The Thanksgiving Story

    **We finished MUS Beta this week!!!!***
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  12.  SL Week 7  March 21-25 2011:  
  13. The Secret Garden.  Extra Books: 
  14. Good Luck, Ivy (American Girl) , 
  15. To Root, to Toot, to Parachute-What is a Verb by Brian P. Cleary;  
  16. Little Hawk's New Name by Don Bolognese, and 
  17. Sword Fighting as a nightly bible study/family devotional
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  19. Activities this week-Plainfield Parks & Rec; Aqua Athlete's, Mad Science Class at Brownsburg Library, Lighthouse Home Educators Co-op classes (Science, Money, and Gym classes), HBHE-Gym Class.

SL Week 7 "A" Left-Over's Week  March 28-April 1, 2011

We are reading a Cheryl Harness book on Miles Standish:

Dd is reading The Courage of Sarah Noble and The Matchlock Gun for history. 
For fun she is reading: Meet Rebecca (American Girl), Horse Happy (from the library), 2 Star Wars books, 3 Narnia books, Meet Julie (American Girl).
Audio: Matilda by Roald Dahl  


SL Week 8   April 3-8 2011
 We are reading The Sign of the Beaver.  Dd is reading Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims.

Add-In's: 
The Adventurous Life of Miles Standish by Cheryl Harness
My America: Season of Promise-Elisabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary -Book 3
The Care & Keeping of You by Valorie Lee Schaefer- American Girl Book
One Small Square Backyard by Donald Silver
Sword Fighting by Karyn Henley
Comic Book Bible by Rob Suggs

Activities:
Library
Aqua Athlete's
4H
LHE Co-op Classes
HBHE-Gym Class




SL Week 8 "A" Left-Over's Week  April 11-15, 2011
Add-In's:
Sword Fighting
Teaching Textbooks
Field Trip to Recycling Site- recycled a microwave
Aqua Athlete's
Swimming Class at Clark's Creek Elementary
Library
Planted new flowers--Gardening















May 25, 2011 at Children's Museum

In the Dinosphere at Indy Children's Museum