May 27-June 2nd, 2013
SL- Core E-
Week 27"A",
"LOW" ("left-over's week")
Ever wonder what "Core E" means? Core E is a unit of study we are doing on American history. Right now, we are specifically studying WWII. We focus a LOT on history! I know my mom has checked my blog once or twice, and I know she has NO IDEA what any of this stuff means--so I try to put in a few hints here and there to help her if she ever comes back and reads this stuff.
Monday was Memorial Day, so Dh was off from work. Dd had a day off from our normal lessons.
IN Homeschool Convention:
Sat. June 1st we went to the Indiana State Homeschool Convention, which was held at the State Fairgrounds for the first time. I got to meet "Jill" from SL!!! I met her last year too; but she didn't remember me (unfortunately). We went right to the SL booth (like last year) and checked in with them, then we could feel right to begin with the rest of the booths... I am such a loyal SL'er, I have to go there first!
The other highlight of our visit was the visit to the microscope place- Winkleman Microscope Service-Larry Winkleman-(765)453-6061,winkmicser@aol.com, 4408 McKibben Drive Kokomo, IN. 46904. We went to the booth and saw a lot of great used microscope (and there were new ones too). The salesman really was pushing/recommending one in particular to us. So, after talking for a while I was quite sold on it; but needed to hear from Dh that he also agreed on the purchase. We walked up to the next booth to discuss and quickly agreed. In the moments it took us to agree and walk right back a woman had come and stood right in front of that scope. I waited for her to finish talking to him, then said "You think this is a good microscope?" and pointed to it. He said, "Yes." and so I said, "I'll take it!!" and then he asked her if she wanted it---to my surprise! Then he informed me she had been by the day before and had seniority! I put my head down and walked off. We returned again 30 minutes later, and roughly the same thing happened again. Left, and returned a third time--this time he pulled a new scope out from under the table. And then another couple came and bought a scope while we were trying to talk to him on that third visit! I think we were half invisible! Even though we were always there first, whenever a new couple would arrive they would always take over. It was quite an experience of un-Christian behavior. But, in the end our patience was rewarded. The scope he put up at the end was a fine one--a 1962 model, Japanese made, "Cenco" (which isn't good, really) oil immersion, 1000x-so we can see bacteria if we wanted, with mechanical stage. B/c we got bumped so many times he gave us $35 off the ticket price(actually the mechanical stage free and put on for us), and a cover for it too. I'll get a photo of it soon. Dd has already been enjoying looking at slides under it already!
Our lessons this week:
The other highlight of our visit was the visit to the microscope place- Winkleman Microscope Service-Larry Winkleman-(765)453-6061,winkmicser@aol.com, 4408 McKibben Drive Kokomo, IN. 46904. We went to the booth and saw a lot of great used microscope (and there were new ones too). The salesman really was pushing/recommending one in particular to us. So, after talking for a while I was quite sold on it; but needed to hear from Dh that he also agreed on the purchase. We walked up to the next booth to discuss and quickly agreed. In the moments it took us to agree and walk right back a woman had come and stood right in front of that scope. I waited for her to finish talking to him, then said "You think this is a good microscope?" and pointed to it. He said, "Yes." and so I said, "I'll take it!!" and then he asked her if she wanted it---to my surprise! Then he informed me she had been by the day before and had seniority! I put my head down and walked off. We returned again 30 minutes later, and roughly the same thing happened again. Left, and returned a third time--this time he pulled a new scope out from under the table. And then another couple came and bought a scope while we were trying to talk to him on that third visit! I think we were half invisible! Even though we were always there first, whenever a new couple would arrive they would always take over. It was quite an experience of un-Christian behavior. But, in the end our patience was rewarded. The scope he put up at the end was a fine one--a 1962 model, Japanese made, "Cenco" (which isn't good, really) oil immersion, 1000x-so we can see bacteria if we wanted, with mechanical stage. B/c we got bumped so many times he gave us $35 off the ticket price(actually the mechanical stage free and put on for us), and a cover for it too. I'll get a photo of it soon. Dd has already been enjoying looking at slides under it already!
Our lessons this week:
Bible:
Daniel Chapters 4,5,6
Romans Chapters 5,6,7,8,9
Starting Strong by Paula Rinehart
Starting Strong: Never Too Small For God: Chapter 2
Exodus 2:1-10
Hebrews 11:24-26
Language Arts:
The Grammar Ace: Student Workbook by Duane Bolin and Dave Lilly
Grammar Ace: (Instructor's Manual pg's 19-26)
Lesson 6: Adverbs, Part 2
Lesson 7: Pronouns
Lesson 8: Direct Objects
Schoolhouse Rock! (Special 30th Anniversary Edition) Starring Jack Sheldon, Darrell Stern and Sue Manchester
Watched: VHS Grammar Rock
Fix it! Grammar and Editing Made Easy with the Classics
Fix-It (IEW): Week 17
First Language Lessons:4: Lesson 67
First Language Lessons:4: Lesson 67
First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind: Level 4 Student Workbook (First Language Lessons) by Jessie Wise and Sara Buffington
Grammar Flashcards: 3x this week
All About Spelling 4:
All About Spelling (Level 4 (Teacher's Manual and One Student Material Packet)) by Marie Rippel
Step 25-passed
Step 26-passed
Geography:
States and Capitals Songs by Kathy Troxel
States and Capitals Songs: #14: Pacific States, 8x this week
Math:
Teaching Textbooks Math 5 CD Rom 4 CD sets (Teaching Textbooks, Math 5) by Greg Sabouri Shawn Sabouri
Teaching Textbooks 5: 30,31,32,33,34
(we took a break from MUS this week)
(we took a break from MUS this week)
Skip-Counting Songs: 9 Family: 2-3x daily
Science:
Exploring Creation with Zoology 1: Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day -- Young Explorers Series (Apologia Science... by Jeannie Fulbright
Apologia: Zoology: Flying Creatures of the Earth
Lesson 5: Nesting: pages 73-83
Art:
How Great Thou Art: An Inspirational Approach to Drawing- Lesson & Sketch Book- A Teaching Text for Beginners... by Barry Stebbing
How Great Thou Art--Lesson 18: Proportion
We did a big lesson on PRINTMAKING! see pictures in the blog after this one.
Composer of the Week:
Muzio Clementi
Muzio Clementi
Meet the Great Composers Book 1 (Learning Link) by June Montgomery and Maurice Hison
Meet the Great Composers
Artist of the Week (two, actually):
Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists) by Mike Venezia
Getting to Know Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec by Venezia
Getting to Know Jacob Lawrence by Venezia
Foreign Language: Rosetta Stone: French
3x this week
Computer/Coding:
Code.org -1x this week
Computer/Coding:
Code.org -1x this week
Character Study:
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex Harris and Brett Harris
Audio: Do Hard Things-disc 1, 17 to end, then disc 2 to 16 -in process
A ValueTales Treasury: Stories for Growing Good People by Spencer Johnson and Dan Andreasen
A Value Tale Treasury by Spencer Johnson, Ch.5: Will Rogers (on determination) -finished this book.
History:
The World Wars: An Introduction to the First & Second World Wars by Paul Dowswell, Ruth Brocklehurst and Henry Brook
The World Wars-pg's 140-161 --in process
Dd's Reader: Thimble Summer-Elizabeth Enright-finished
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
SL:Family Read Aloud:
The Winged Watchman--finished
The Winged Watchman (Living History Library) by Hilda Van Stockum
Family Read Aloud:
It Made You Think of Home... --in process
It Made You Think of Home... --in process
It Made You Think of Home: The Haunting Journal of Deward Barnes, CEF: 1916-1919 by Bruce Cane
American Tall Tales (Puffin Books) by Adrien Stoutenberg and Richard M. Powers
American Tall Tales: Hammerman: John Henry--in process
Audio:
The Complete Lord of the Rings Trilogy & The Hobbit Set by J.R.R. Tolkien and Ensemble cast --in process
Add-in books:
Tall: Great American Folktales (Graphic Spin) by Martin Powell and Aaron Blecha (only section on John Henry)
Hotel for Dogs is a "Playaway" from our library. It is like a MP3 player or something like that--a small little rectangle box that you plug in your earphones to--and you listen to the book read to you--Dd has listened to this audio book at least 1 or 2 or 3 times already (I've lost count).
Hotel For Dogs - Audio by Lois Duncan
The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) by Jeff Kinney --in process
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and the Personal Computer (Graphic Library: Inventions and Discovery series) by Donald B. Lemke, Tod Smith and Al Milgrom--finished
The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey (2012)
And for the first time, Dd watched this with us. B/c we have heard the audio's so much she knew what was going to happen before it happened!
