Sunday, January 8, 2012

SL Week 26 "A" LOW --53rd week on Core 3/D Jan 2-6th 2012

We added in a bunch of new things this week; most will be continued as we go forward.


Music: Praise and Worship Songs cd  -This week we listened to the song: All Things Bright and Beautiful each day (two times) and worked on memorizing this classic hymn.

HANDEL was our focused musical composer.  We listened to Handel's Water Music each day.
Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by M. T. Anderson and Kevin Hawkes

 Great Composers by Piero Ventura

 Focus on Composers by Patty Carratello, John Carratello and Mary Ellen Sterling

Dd enjoyed playing on both the piano and keyboard this week.  She called her friend GG and they played together over the phone in their own homes...neat idea.

Add-In Read Alouds:
 The Bird's Nest (Rare Collector's Series) by Christoph von Schmid and Mark Hamby
We read the short stories in this book: The Diamond Ring, The Mother's Gift, and The Boy Who Would Not Take A Shilling.  (finished this book)

 Who Is God? (And Can I Really Know Him?) -- Biblical Worldview of God and Truth (What We Believe, Volume 1) by John Hay and David Webb
This is a daily bible supplement that we are adding in on top of our SL bible.

 The Complete Book of U.S. History by American Education Publishing
We are using this to review some of the history we covered at the beginning of this core-since it has now been a year since we covered it.  Examples, Indians, Mayan, Incans, Aztec's...  I hope to read a little from it as we go forward for review.

Geography Songs : Continents and Oceans, Western Europe

Language Arts:
All About Spelling: Step 10 from book 3.  Reviewed steps 7,8,& 9.

English From The Roots Up: Daily review of first 12 words


First Language Lessons- Lesson 19

Writing With Ease - Week 13

Explode the Code: pg's 75-77

Math U See: Gamma (Lessons from 26)

Science SL 3- 1/2 Week 10 and 1/2 of week 12
I can't find my Mysteries and Marvels of Nature book, so we are having to skip those questions and move on.

Artistic Pursuits-I forget the lesson number; but the focus was on VALUE drawings.



Dd's Reader: started and finished this week:
The First Four Years (Little House) by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams

Dd has started reading the American Girl book series on Rebecca b/c she got Rebecca (1914) doll for Christmas.  This week she finished reading:
Rebecca and the Movies (American Girl) by Jacqueline Greene, Jennifer Hirsch and Robert Hunt


Audio's:
Audio in the van this week:
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, Book 4) by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Garth Williams

Audio in the kitchen:
The Quest Begins: Seekers, Book 1 by Erin Hunter and Julia Fletcher (Jul 8, 2008)Unabridged

Picture Books for the week:

Activities:
Monday: day: basketball in our drive-way with Momma & nightime Basketball Practice with team.
Tuesday: Babysat the Greene kids (basketball with Greene's in drive-way)
Wednesday: Basketball with mom & walk/bike ride with mom & dog Sophie
Thursday: Basketball practice with mom in driveway
Saturday: FIRST Basketball Game on the Upward Basketball Team--her first bb game ever!  And they won!  She got a star for "leadership" at the end of the game!