Weekly Wrap-up ~ Accomplishments

This was our last REAL week of school. And the way we handled it was just to spend each day completing a subject.

Dawson accomplished the following:

Completed Life of Fred: Beginning Algebra
Completed Critical Thinking
Completed up to the first review of GrammarKey Parts of Speech
Completed his Knights notebooking pages
Completed his unit on dissections by dissecting a starfish and a snake
Completed studying for his Driver's Ed written exam so he can test for his driving permit
Killed a Black Widow spider (not on the lesson plans, but necessary none-the-less)

Next week, on Monday and Tuesday, we have a couple of things left to do:

Finish reading The Templar
Finish watching Full Metal Jousting
Finish constructing the Assassin's Creed Altair Dagger
Work on Pearson's Homeschool Algebra II for upcoming review
Take 8th grade reading proficiency exam (for Driver's test requirement)
Take written test for Driver's permit

Brynne accomplished the following:

Performed at her Co-op Spring Choir program
Completed her Farm/Spider/Pig notebook
Completed her goal of reading 100 books!
Helped me complete a review of WriteShop
Helped me complete a review of RainbowSentences
Helped me complete a review of IXL

Next week, on Monday and Tuesday, we will do some of the following:

Work on more IXL
Finish listening to Charlotte's Web
Watch Charlotte's Web
Finish reading Pugsley from The Puppy Place series

Eli had a great week, too! He has two more days of school. Today I went to his Awards Assembly at school and he was awarded the Superintendent's Award for all A's all 4 quarters.

They accidentally gave him the wrong certificate, so they called him and one other boy up separately at the end to announce that they REALLY got the All A's award, not the A-B award. He was SO excited! He said, "that makes me feel so much better?"

He also erupted a volcano at school this week and made this salt dough map of the United States.

I am SOOO glad we are almost done with school. I need a brain break, and I know the kids do too.

We will continue to do some unit studies as they present themselves this summer, and we will participate in the Summer Reading Program at the library. But, other than that, we are on break until July 23rd. Yippppeeeee!!!!

We are linking up with Kris at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.

A Thomas Jefferson Education "This Week in History" ~ Schoolhouse Review

Talk about a GOLD MINE! A Thomas Jefferson Education's This Week in History by Rachel DeMille is her "labor of love" ... and I absolutely LOVE it! " This Week in History is a daily resource that brings your home school or classroom to life." For just $9.99 per month, you can log onto TJEd.com and click the "This Week in History" link to obtain many, many, many resources tied to specific events that occurred in the upcoming week in history. Or even better, you can receive the summaries and links to ALL resources right in your email Inbox each week! It doesn't get any easier than that! What does this really look like in real life? Each week, I receive an email from Rachel DeMille that sets out each date of the coming week. Under the date, there are listed anywhere from one to several events that occurred in history on that date. THEN there are ALL kinds of things to do related to that event, such as books to read, websites to visit, ac...

ABCya

Eli's reading resource teacher shared a website with me yesterday that I would like to pass along. It's called ABCya . There are separate educational sections with fantastic games for ages kindergarten through 5th grade. I browsed the 2nd grade level, and it includes age-appropriate games about Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Geometry, Patterns, Mouse Manipulation, Art and Holiday games. There are lots and lots of fun and creative games for children to play. They are fun, but oh, so educational. Eli's favorite, in his short time playing it, was Create a Car . A lot of the games also have Apps available for purchase (99 cents for most of them) for the iPad and iPhone. I have been looking for another free website for games similar to Starfall , for some time. I think I have found it. I can feel confident having Eli and Brynne play these games.

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

EddieMay 18, 2012 at 3:18 PM
Eli's smile is wonderful!!!

I can't believe you guys got all that done AND the week of unit study posts. I'm in awe - I'm having one of those weeks where anything we managed to do seems like a huge accomplishment.:)
MaryMay 18, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Wow!! Ya'all got a lot done! I totally agree that killing the spider was necessary! Yikes!!

Congrats to Brynne on her 100 books, that is a huge accomplishment!

I am so excited for you that Eli is enrolling in your homeschool next year!
StefanieMay 18, 2012 at 6:30 PM
I'm having trouble getting past the spider. Ack!!! lol

Fabulously busy week. You all got so much done.

Popping in from the WWU
LaurieMay 18, 2012 at 9:46 PM
What a week! You guys are really coming in with a strong finish. I love all of your pictures.
UnknownMay 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM
Ew! Dissecting! Bleck! LOL I'm going to have to be "brave" next year for Biology, aren't I? LOL

Oh, thanks for that link about delight direct homeschooling for high schoolers! Really neat article! Such a lot of great suggestions (and some No-Nos that I've done LOL)! I especially like the documenting interests but not making them into school with tests and worksheets, etc. and the realistic approach that you SHOULD do core classes, but then let them delight-direct. Nice!

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