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THE PLAN AS IT PLAYED OUT LAST WEEK

2008-11-24T15:51:00.000-08:00

This week the Vinze, Daxx and Kole began gymnastics. They will attend classes every Monday.

Vinze and Kole had a Dentist appointment to fill their cavities on Tuesday.

We started going to Awana Church Services on Wednesday with Vinze, Daxx, Kole and Brise. Brise hated it so he will be sitting upstairs with Brian and I while the kids attend class.

Thursday we had a regular school day.

1. Vinze and Brise completed chapter one in the Michigan Stories text book. They began writing the chapter questions in their notebooks and answering them.

2. I began reading the book of Matthew to them.

3. Brise and Vinze began using the Stein's Refresher Mathematics to build their math skills. I am excited about this book. I know, that's weird because I don't care for text books but this one begins with the History of counting and goes up from there. It is carefully calculated to start from the most basic...counting pebbles...to map reading...geometry...statistics and managing money! (sigh...God loves me. What a wonderful find.)

Today I read the history of counting and place values to the boys.

4. Brise and Vinze are forced to cooperate because they must use the same text book for the Michigan History and Math portions of our day. They started rocky and ended in harmony.

5. DANGEROUS BOOK FOR BOYS: Today Vinze and Brise chose the chapter about
"The 7 Wonders of the ANCIENT World."
They watched a docurmentary about the Seven Wonders also.

~ FUTURE PROJECTS FOR THIS CHAPTER ~
Brise wants to build a pyramid out of sugar cubes and write in hieroglyphics.
Vinze wants to make brick from mud and also make a replica head of the Colossus of Rhodes to hang in his room.

ASSIGNMENTS TO DRAW FROM

2008-10-31T16:03:00.000-07:00

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

AVKO SPELLING: 1 LESSON DAILY
After lesson Shelly make up a sentence using spelling words.
Read it to him to copy.
Fix mistakes immediately.

10:30

BRISAN: SPELLING WORKOUT WORKBOOK: 2 PAGES DAILY

VINZE: SPELLING WORKSHEET

11:00 MATH: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN IN MATH BOOK

VINZE: MATH WORKSHEETS

11:30 WRITING STRANDS: ONE LESSON DAILY

12:00 LUNCH

12:30 CURSIVE WRITING: 1 PAGE FRONT AND BACK

1:00

BRISAN: TYPING ONE LESSON DAILY
EITHER AVKO or Online

VINZE: COMPLETE DAILY WORK OR
WRITING or READING COMPREHENSION or READ & COLOR BOOKS

1:30 LANGUAGE: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN IN HIS LANGUAGE BOOK

VINZE DAILY REVIEW WORKSHEET or LANGUAGE WORKSHEET

2:00

BRISAN
PLACEMENT TEST OR BRAINPOP SCIENCE/HIST.GOEG

VINZE READING OR PLACEMENT TEST

2:30

BRISAN READING

VINZE BRAINPOP JR. SCIENCE/HISTORY.GEOG

APRIL 25TH, 2008

2008-04-25T10:31:00.000-07:00

Since our last post, these are the things I can remember or see that the kids have accomplished.

BRISAN

Math, Language, History, Science pages in his 5th grade math workbooks.

Writing: Continuing with the cursive writing series. He's moving into
writing stories and putting thought on paper.

He's been playing World of Warcraft. He's learned strategy and
communication skills. He's typing better.

VINZE

Handwriting pp. 97 -8
Write a letter to someone

Math: adding/subtraction worksheets (carrying and borrowing)
Began working with fractions and pre-division information (grouping)

Completed Knights of the Kitchen Table book and began The Not So Jolly Roger

Language worksheets: Pick the correct analogy, put the words on the correct
dictionary page, Draw lines of symmetry, Reading comprehension stories and questions,
Looked up words in the dictionary, write plural forms of words, Find verbs in the sentences,
Put words in alphabetical order

Arts: Vinze was given a brand new guitar. He began taking lessons and loves it. He's had
two classes so far.

APRIL 22, 2008

2008-04-22T11:59:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Language: pp. 8-9
History: p. 15
Handwriting:
Math:

VINZE

Math Worksheets: Adding and Subtracting
Reading: 1 hour: finished The time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table
Handwriting: pp. 95-96

APRIL 14, 2008

2008-04-14T10:26:00.001-07:00

I failed to log the work the boys did last week. This post will reflect work completed since last entry.

BRISAN

Lang. Lifepac 504 pp. 4 - 7
Science Lifepac 502 pp. 6-8 (review)
Math: Word Problems
Brainpop: Greatest Common Factor Lesson
Handwriting: pp. 105 - 106

VINZE

Lang. worksheets:
Complete the sentence w/ correctly spelled word
Complete the sentence w/ correct noun
Read Story & Answer questions
Writing: pp. 91 - 92
Reading: 30 minutes: The Time Warp Trio - Knights of the Kitchen Table
Handwriting: pp. 93 - 94

APRIL 4, 2008

2008-04-04T12:10:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Handwriting: 2 pages
Write a story about what in happening in the pictures.
(it was a funny story that Brise wrote.)

VINZE

Handwriting: 2 pages

Language: 3 worksheets: included word tense, fixing sentences, capitalization,
reading comprehension and making sense of jumbled words/spelling.

APRIL 3, 2008

2008-04-03T12:58:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Math: Word Problems: percentages
He did very well with these. He got the formula concept down quite quickly.

Handwriting: Cursive 2 sheets

VINZE

3 Language worksheets including: spelling, correct word tense and "Subject" & "Predicate" finding.

Handwriting: Cursive 2 sheets

MARCH 26, 2008

2008-03-26T09:21:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ Handwriting: Write a letter to Grandma and Grandpa and mail it. (done)

~ Math worksheet p: 9 Long Division

~ Spelling Workout Book: pp. 33 - 36

VINZE

~ Handwriting: 2 pages

~ Math Worksheet: subtraction

~ Language: Alphabetize words, correctly spell misspelled words, circle the words in the sentence that should be capitalized.

MARCH 25, 2008

2008-03-25T09:19:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ Handwriting: 2 pages

~ Address and envelops

~ Watched Greece Lesson 3

VINZE

~ Handwriting: 2 pages

~ Math Worksheet: Subtraction

MARCH 20, 2008

2008-03-20T09:31:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

FBI Field Trip with Dad and Kazz

VINZE

MARCH 19, 2008

2008-03-19T09:30:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Spelling Workbook: pp. 33-36
Handwriting: pp. 93 - 94
Drive Thru History: Greece
Athens

VINZE

Handwriting: pp. 79-80
Math: Subtraction Worksheet
Drive Thru History: Greece
Athens

MARCH 18, 2008

2008-03-18T11:10:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Handwriting: pp. 91 - 92

VINZE

Handwriting: pp. 77 - 78

MARCH 17, 2008

2008-03-17T09:01:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Handwriting: pp. 89 - 90

World Geography Packet: ITALY

Watched Drive Thru History: Greece and the World

VINZE

Handwriting: pp. 75 - 76

Subtraction Worksheet

Brainpop Lessons:

Aliens and Clocks

MARCH 14, 2008

2008-03-14T10:10:00.001-07:00

BRISAN

Handwriting: pp. 87 - 88

Watch Drive thru History: Asia Minor Lessons 1 - 3

Read the Patrick Henry lesson.
Completed the questions on worksheets

VINZE

Handwriting 2 pgs.

Math: Subtraction worksheet

Language: 4 spelling and grammar worksheets

MARCH 11 and 12, 2008

2008-03-12T18:29:00.000-07:00

YESTERDAY our family went with our homeschool group to the
Morley Candy Company on a Field Trip. That was....boring...to say the least.
The receptionist was not nice at all, the tour guide was rather short with her answers
and rushed, the movie was SNORE. It ended with a piece of candy as we walked through
their candy shop. The tour was free but I paid $27.00 to buy a cake, ice cream and some hot
fudge. All in all...the cake was good, that's about all. The boys learned where chocolate
comes from and saw the factory through a window. Hopefully they learned something useful.

TODAY... We had Breakfast at Danika's!

BRISAN

Begin Amercian Revolution Theme
(This will take a week or so)

Watch This lesson and This lesson.

Lesson 1: American Revolution quiz 10/10
Lesson 2: Causes of the American Revolution Quiz 10/10

HANDWRITING: pp. 85 - 86

VINZE

Watched American Revolution lessons with Brisan.

HANDWRITING: pp. 71 - 72

MARCH 10, 2008

2008-03-10T12:35:00.000-07:00

BRISE AND VINZE

Library day

MARCH 7, 2008

2008-03-07T07:46:00.000-08:00

BRISAN AND VINZE

Watched: The Education of Little Tree

BRISAN

Division worksheet. He showed his work this time. Halleluiah

AVKO Spelling test

VINZE

Subtraction worksheet

AVKO Spelling Test

MARCH 6, 2008

2008-03-06T10:53:00.001-08:00

BRISAN and VINZE

Subtraction worksheet Brisan also dia a division worksheet

AVKO Spelling Lesson

Watched Unsolved History:
San Francisco Earthquake and making the buildings stronger

Vinze did a cursive worksheet: pp 69-70

MARCH 5, 2008

2008-03-05T07:02:00.000-08:00

BRISE AND VINZE:

WENT TO WEDNESDAY BREAKFAST TODAY

WROTE A STORY TOGETHER

COMPLETED ONE AVKO SPELLING LESSON

WATCHED THE WORLD GEOGRAPHY EUROPE/ASIA LESSON

SHOVELLED SNOW!! lots of it today!!

BRISAN

Watched Myth Buster anti gravity and Smash Lab burglar systems

MARCH 3, 2008

2008-03-03T07:47:00.000-08:00

Today is a field trip day to our local Pump It Up!

Fun Fun Fun!!

FIELD TRIP TO EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY

2008-03-01T17:21:00.000-08:00

It's no secret that our boys play video games quite often. Lest you wonder if they play them to my chagrin, please know that I encourage it. It is a pet peeve of mine to hear moms poo pooing them. It grates on my nerves actually.

I've ranted about moms who look down their noses at me or say that it's just not right "in their home." Sometimes they imply that they are raising their children better than I raise mine but I don't care, obviously. Our boys have a blast playing them.

Please spare me the old myth that gamers are less intelligent than non-gamers. For those who agree with the widely excepted notion that gamers are less intelligent than those who are not gamers, I invite you to suck on...I mean, chew on this, and this, and well, allow this to simmer a bit as well and this and this and this ...

Games build better minds my friends. Oh yes, I said it, better, faster, quicker you know...better.
Oh! and for those who think it makes you fat...I do not play video games...ahem...my husband does NOT play video games...ahem We are the chunky butts in our family.
Our boys are the bookends in the picture and play video games hours and hours a day.
PJ is the friend in the middle who goes to public school and doesn't get to play much.
The tall man in the middle makes his living playing them.

I rest my case.

And Yes our boys do play the bloody ones. They play the really gross, gory, head rolling, blood squirting games. I would venture to say that our household deals in reality rather than rose colored glasses. Bye bye pack man, hello virtual reality. I like desensitizing them to blood. They won't be the weak boys who faint at the sight of blood that's for sure. I want my boys to be strong, what can I say?

As you can imagine, boys who play online video games tend to follow other great players. They keep up with who the best players are and where they are playing and how much money the players have made. It is much like following a favorite athlete except these athletes use their intelligence and fine motor skills rather than gross motor skills.

So, you can imagine Kazz's HUGE excitement when he saw that Walshy was going to be in our neck of the woods today. HOLY COW!! He was more amped than I think I've ever seen him. When he found out that we could actually go to the event WELL, it was bright beams and Halo practice till the wee hours of the morning.

All we had was an address and a time to arrive. Little did we know that we would arrive at Eastern Michigan University today! Yes indeedy, the college was hosting the event. Gamers from all over were there. Kazz, Brise, Vinze and their friend PJ were wide eyed and very, very quiet. They were star struck! As we walked down the hall to get to the auditorium I heard Kazz and PJ's feet slow up. I looked back and they were staring ahead as if they had just seen a ghost. I said,

"What?"

Kazz whispering: "That was Walshy. He just passed us. That was Lil Poison next to him."

Vinze in a high pitched yell, "Little Poison!!! Where!"

Walshy sort of turned to look back a little but kept walking.

I smiled. We stopped by the auditorium door.

Yep, it was held in the Grand Ballroom my friends.

As we stood by the science geek exhibit watching them make ice cream from nitrogen who should walk by again but WALSHY!! Oh My!

PJ got up the nerve to look at him and nod. Walshy nodded and smiled. Kazz stood there as if he were afraid to look in Walshy's direction so he pretended to be interested in what I was saying. LOL

I said, "Who was that?"

PJ in a frantic whisper: "Walshy!"

I started laughing and asked why he didn't say hello. PJ explained that he DID say hello. He nodded and Walshy nodded back. ROFL

Well, they got up the nerve to walk into the ballroom.

Vinze was looking all over to find Little Poison. I was trying to help by looking for an 8 year old walking around but there were a few so I asked what he looked like and Vinze said, "I don't know. I've never seen him." I about lost it. I was chuckling so hard.

Then it happened. The boys saw Walshy getting interviewed by a reporter. They stopped and pretended to be interested in the games that were taking place. They chatted with each other about the games, all the while looking over at Walshy. Well, you know, it had to be done. I walked over to his table and began talking with, who we later found out were, his business partners. They were very sweet. We bought some of Walshy's T-Shirts.

After the interview Walshy stood up, walked over to our boys and began chatting up a storm. He is the sweetest man and all smiles. He was chomping at the bit to play some games but he couldn't because all the tables were full due to so many gamers coming out to support Autism Research. He chatted with the boys and took his own pictures of our boys and him. What a hoot. I took some pictures too.

Well, lo and behold, as we were walking out of the auditorium who should we spy but Little Poison. How do I know that? Kazz halted in his tracks, turned toward the wall and said in a low voice, "That's little poison." ROFL

Who is he? He's the youngest pro gamer in the world. I asked him if he would allow Vinnie to get a picture with him and of course, in the best 8 year old way he said yes and took a cute little 8 year old picture with our cute little almost 8 year old son.

I laughed at my boys most of the day because of how they acted around and/or near their equivalent of Brad Pitt but truth be told, if I had run into Andy Garcia or Oh My Gosh, Bon Jovi do you know what I would have done?

Stopped in my tracks, turned toward the wall and whispered, "Do you know who that was?"

FEBRUARY 29TH, 2008

2008-02-29T07:02:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

Read 1 hour: Smuggler's Island

Math worksheet: Word Problems
Watched the Geography Lesson DVD: Standard Deviants:
Europe and Russia

VINZE

Handwriting: pp. 67 - 68

Spelling Worksheet: Write missing letters

Vocabulary worksheet: match definition to word
Watched the Geography Lesson DVD: Standard Deviants:
Europe and Russia

FEBRUARY 28TH, 2008

2008-02-28T09:37:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

Last night:
Watched: Cash Cab two times and Crash Lab once

Reading 1 hour: Smuggler's Island

Map: Follow the Directions Worksheet

Watched the Geography Lesson DVD: Standard Deviants:
North America

VINZE

Watched episode 52 of Crashbox

Handwriting: pp. 65 - 66

Language: worksheets
verbs, find misspelled words, dictionary usage, compound words, plurals, rewrite sentences correctly
Watched the Geography Lesson DVD: Standard Deviants:
North America

FEBRUARY 26TH, 2008

2008-02-26T07:33:00.000-08:00

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit last week. +
Grandpa put down our kitchen tile so our household took
a vacation from school.

Today...

BRISAN AND VINZE

Watched the Geography Lesson DVD: Standard Deviants:
North America

Watched the educational
Crashbox episodes 50, 51

VINZE
Read: The Boy, The Rat and The Butterfly
He completed a book report about the book.

Cursive: pp. 63 - 64

BRISAN

Read 1 Hour: Smuggler's Island

Spelling Book: pp. 28 - 30

Math: Long Division

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

2008-02-14T12:49:00.001-08:00

BRISAN AND VINZE

GYMNASTICS DAY WITH HOMESCHOOL GROUP

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

2008-02-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

Spelling Workout Book: pp. 25 - 27
Wrote a story using his spelling words
"A Dog Story"
Watched...
Crashbox 45 and 46
Handwriting pp. 83-84

VINZE
Watched...
Crashbox 45 and 46
Handwriting pp. 61 - 62
Math Worksheet: Subtraction w/ borrowing
Language Arts Worksheet: Plurals
Read a book: The Boy, The Rat and The Butterfly

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

2008-02-12T08:10:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

WATCHED

Madea's Family Reunion

HOW IT'S MADE: SAILBOARDS
CASH CAB 2 EPISODES
MYTHBUSTERS:
Crossbow made of newspaper
Uses for Vodka

Cursive Handwriting: pp. 81-82

Spelling Workbook: pp. 21-24

Follow Directions: Completed Map Reading Exercise

VINZE

Cursive Handwriting: pp. 59-60

Completed Spelling Worksheets

Attempted to complete the map reading worksheet

FEBRUARY 11, 2008 (DOG TRAINING WEEK)

2008-02-11T09:07:00.000-08:00

9:30

BRISAN

Argentina Geography Packet: Focusing on the bookwork

Brisan got a new husky a couple of weeks ago. He is potty training this week.

TAKE ZUMA OUT

VINZE

Reading 30 Minutes: Siberian Husky Facts

Cursive Handwriting pp. 57 - 58

1:00 leave for class (class is from 2:30 - 3:30)

FIRST GYMNASTICS CLASS TODAY

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

2008-02-08T08:55:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

BRAINPOP QUIZES

SALT: SODIUM CHLORIDE 7/10
BALANCE 8/10
DRUG ABUSE 8/10
SMOKINGG 10/10
BRUISES 8/10
ALCOHOL 10/10
HEADACHES 8/10
BODY WEIGHT 9/10
VIRUSES 7/10
TWINS 9/10

VINZE

TELLING TIME
ODD/EVEN NUMBERS
CLOCK FACTS
DOLLARS AND CENTS SYMBOLS
MORE CLOCKS
ARRAYS/FRACTIONS
TELLING TIME TOO
COUNTING MONEY

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

2008-02-07T08:59:00.000-08:00

11:00 BRISE AND VINZE

Brise: watched Myth Busters:

Making a Confederate rocket out of plumbing supplies.

Brise Watched a couple of the

"How It's Made" shows.
They learned how these things are made and/or operate.

Horse Carriage Wheels,
Ice Cream Cakes,
Over the counter pastries,
Tires, (Vinze joined in from here down)
Waste water from homes (where it goes, how it's processed)

FEBRUARY 5TH AND 6TH, 2008

2008-02-05T15:07:00.000-08:00

BRISAN AND VINZE

WATCHED THE SUPER TUESDAY ELECTION
RESULTS. THERE IS MUCH DISCUSSION
ABOUT

1. WHAT PRIMARIES ARE AND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE AND
CAUCUSES.

2. WHY THESE ELECTIONS HAPPEN.

3. HOW LONG A PRESIDENT HOLDS OFFICE.

AND MORE...

WE STAYED UP UNTIL 3:00AM!

JANUARY 31ST, 2008

2008-01-31T09:02:00.000-08:00

BRISAN AND VINZE

There is a fever running through our household. Lots of sniffles and some coughing.
The boys are doing a little work because they aren't bed bound so might as well stay busy.

Vinze

Handwriting: pp. 55 - 56

Math: Subtracting 3 digits w/ borrowing

Brisan

Spelling book: pp. 17 - 18

Handwriting: pp. 79 - 80

JANUARY 30TH, 2008

2008-01-30T09:01:00.000-08:00

We have some feverish kids today. Day Off

JANUARY 29TH, 2008

2008-01-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

10:30

BRISAN:

Brainpop Lesson: Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Brainpop Quiz:

MATH: pp. 6-7 Self Test 502 multiplication, fractions, division

VINZE:

Handwriting: pp. 53 - 54

Write Spelling Words 3 times each (30 spelling words)

Brainpop Jr: Money Lesson and Quiz

JANUARY 28TH, 2008

2008-01-28T09:56:00.000-08:00

10:30

BRISAN: Spelling Workbook finish p. 15 and do page 16

Handwriting pp. 77 - 78

Wrote a poem using some of his spelling words

"Instead of a poem,
a humble fish song,
the bear at the lake,
threw in a big bomb,
it blew up the forest,
fish fell from the sky,
we ate little bits,
and made the fish cry"

VINZE:

Reading: Read, "Mark is too Busy"

Answered questions about story and wrote vocabulary words 3 times each.

Math: Completed 10 subtraction problems. These were the first 3 digit problems that he has done where he had to borrow.

Handwriting: Completed pp. 51 - 52

Began His Weekly Review Work Packet:

Added money, Answered Science Questions, Looked up words in a dictionary and matched them to the definition.

JANUARY 25TH, 2008

2008-01-25T08:22:00.000-08:00

BRISAN:
Watched "Freedom Writers"

Vinze
Day off

JANUARY 24TH, 2008

2008-01-24T07:00:00.000-08:00

10:30

BRISAN:

Spelling Workbook pp. 13 - 15

Write a book report about "See ya Later Gladiator"

Handwriting pp. 73 - 74

VINZE

Handwriting pp. 49 - 50

Read: "The Myster of the Man Who Evaporated"

11:00

BRISAN MATH BOOK

VINZE: Subtraction Worksheet (borrowing)

JANUARY 23RD, 2008

2008-01-23T10:58:00.000-08:00

Brisan's eyes are closed quite often in pictures! What's up with that?!

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

Brisan: Read Entire Book "See You Later, Gladiator"
Write a book review. Include the Author's Name and Illustrator.

Vinze: Handwriting pp. 47 - 48

10:30

VINZE: Re-wrote Dodo Bird Paragraph.

11:00

Vinze:
Social Studies: Arrange bodies of water from Largest to Smallest

Language Arts: Circle misspelled words,
Unscramble words to match pictures,
re-write the sentences using correct grammar, spelling and punctuation.
Match the word to the definition.

12:00 LUNCH

1:30

BRISAN: Spelling Book pp. 11 -12

2:00

BRISAN: Handwriting pp. 75 - 76

2:30

BRISAN: Read Argentina Book and begin the work-packet

JANUARY 22ND, 2008

2008-01-22T09:39:00.000-08:00

8:00 Up ~ Take Dogs Outside for 45 minutes. Kazz, first 15 minutes, Brise get food and water, Vinze second 15 minutes, Brise 3rd 15 minutes. Kazz shower after his dog duty, Brise shower after Kazz, Vinze shower after breakfast.

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

Cleaned House with Mom

11:30

Watched Crashbox 42, 43 and 44

Watched Entire Straight No Chaser DVD 22 songs.

JANUARY 21ST, 2008

2008-01-21T09:56:00.000-08:00

Shelly @ 2:00 Consider AOP Placement for both boys to gauge knowledge retention.

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

WATCHED STARZ OnDeman "Our Friend Martin"

Vinze was very touched by this movie and cried when he found out that Martin Luther King Jr. Died.

WATCH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LESSONS ON BRAINPOP AND BRAINPOP JR.

JANUARY 18TH, 2008

2008-01-18T10:20:00.000-08:00

Over the past week Brise and Vinze
have watched Crashbox episodes 37 thru 40.
8:00 Up ~
Take Dogs Outside for 45 minutes. Kazz, first 15 minutes,
Brise get food and water,
Vinze second 15 minutes, Brise 3rd 15 minutes.
Kazz shower after his dog duty, Brise shower after Kazz,
Vinze shower after breakfast.
9:30
VINZE: Handwriting pp. 45 - 46

11:00 MATH:
VINZE: Subtraction Math Worksheet
VINZE: Watched Crashbox educational television.
He had a Madeleine over for the rest of the afternoon. They loved the Crashbox shows and I love On Demand Television! Topics: The heart, Math, Vocabulary words and other stuff. LOL

JANUARY 17TH, 2008

2008-01-17T11:18:00.000-08:00

Shelly @ 2:00 Consider AOP Placement for both boys to gauge knowledge retention.

8:00 Up ~ Take Dogs Outside for 45 minutes.

Kazz, first 15 minutes, Brise get food and water, Vinze second 15 minutes,
Brise 3rd 15 minutes. Kazz shower after his dog duty,
Brise shower after Kazz, Vinze shower after breakfast.

9:00 BRISE AND VINZE

BRISAN:
re-wrote his "Bird Paragraph."
He focused on Spelling and turned it into a story.
He drew a picture about the story.

VINZE: Re-write answers to yesterday's questions, focusing on spelling.

11:00 MATH: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN: p. 3 multiplication

VINZE: Completed 50 Math Subtraction Problems.

12:00 LUNCH

12:30 CURSIVE HANDWRITING

BRISAN: Completed pp. 71-72 also practiced capital S, J, I & lower case k

VINZE: Completed 43-44

1:00

VINZE:
Completed Reading Comprehension packet. Story "Sleepyhead"

2:00

BRISAN: SCIENCE & HISTORY

BRAINPOP SCIENCE/HIST.GOEG

Watched
the Cloning Lesson and the Voting Lesson and
completed the quizes

VINZE BRAINPOP JR

Vinze watched The Earth Lesson and took the Hard and Easy quizes.
It covered the population, orbits, rotation and recycling

JANUARY 16TH, 2008

2008-01-16T10:28:00.000-08:00

8:00 Up ~ Take Dogs Outside for 45 minutes.

Kazz, first 15 minutes, Brise get food and water,
Vinze second 15 minutes, Brise 3rd 15 minutes.
Kazz shower after his dog duty, Brise shower after Kazz,
Vinze shower after breakfast.

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

BRISAN: Completed "Bird Paragraph"

VINZE: Completed Spelling worksheets and coloring

11:00 MATH:

VINZE: Completed Subtraction Borrowing exercises.

12:00 LUNCH

12:30 CURSIVE WRITING

BRISAN: Completed pp. 69-70

VINZE: Completed pp. 41-42

1:00

BRISAN: Typed his Bird Paragraph

VINZE: Read for 30 minutes (Bug Book and Human Body Book)

2:00 LANGUAGE: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN: pp. 12-13 and finished 14 - 15

JANUARY 15TH, 2008

2008-01-15T13:50:00.000-08:00

8:00 Up ~ Take Dogs Outside for 45 minutes.

Kazz, first 15 minutes, Brise get food and water,
Vinze second 15 minutes, Brise 3rd 15 minutes.
Kazz shower after his dog duty, Brise shower after Kazz,
Vinze shower after breakfast.

10:00 SPELLING/LANGUAGE

BRISAN: Completed pp. 8 - 10

VINZE: Completes spelling worksheet. Write spelling words 4 times.

11:00 MATH: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN: Completed page 1: Multiplication and writing mixed numbers in words.

VINZE: Completed 2 subtraction math worksheets. Learning to borrow.

12:00 LUNCH

12:30 CURSIVE WRITING:
Vinze Completed pp. 39-40
Brisan Completed pp. 67-68

1:00

VINZE:
Completed Reading Comprehension:
Read about the DoDo bird and answered questions.

1:30 LANGUAGE: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN: Completed pp. 14-15 in Lanugage

2:00

VINZE BRAINPOP JR.

JANUARY 14TH, 2008

2008-01-13T15:09:00.000-08:00

Shelly @ 2:00 Consider AOP Placement for both boys to gauge knowledge retention.

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

BRISAN: Completed pp. 5-7 in spelling workout workbook

VINZE: SPELLING WORKSHEET

10:30 MATH:

VINZE: Completed subtraction math worksheet.

11:30 LUNCH and Play with dogs outside

12:30

Brisan babysit twins.

Kazz, Shelly and Vinze go to dentist.

NEW YEAR ~ NEW SCHEDULE

2008-01-13T07:28:00.000-08:00

NEW YEAR ~ NEW SCHEDULE

BRISAN'S FOCUS FOR 2008...

READING ~ WRITING ~ SPELLING ~ MATH!!

VINZE'S FOCUS FOR 2008

READING ~ SUBTRACTION ~ SPELLING ~ WRITING

The boys can complete Brainpop and BrainpopJr quizes during their "off-time." If they turn in 10 quizes they get 1/2 day off school that day. Twenty quizes earns a full day off school. Quizes worth 10 points must have 7 or more correct. Quizes worth 5 points must have 3 or more correct. My theory is that there is learning happening no matter what the grade on the quizes. They watch a lesson in order to take the quiz and they are taking quizes over things that interest them.

Shelly @ 2:00 Consider AOP Placement for both boys to gauge knowledge retention.

9:30 BRISE AND VINZE

AVKO SPELLING: 1 LESSON DAILY
After lesson Shelly make up a sentence using spelling words.
Read it to him to copy.
Fix mistakes immediately.

10:30

BRISAN: SPELLING WORKOUT WORKBOOK: 2 PAGES DAILY

VINZE: SPELLING WORKSHEET

11:00 MATH: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN IN MATH BOOK

VINZE: MATH WORKSHEETS

11:30 WRITING STRANDS: ONE LESSON DAILY

12:00 LUNCH

12:30 CURSIVE WRITING: 1 PAGE FRONT AND BACK

1:00

BRISAN: TYPING ONE LESSON DAILY
EITHER AVKO or Online

VINZE:
WRITING or READING COMPREHENSION or READ & COLOR BOOKS

1:30 LANGUAGE: 2 PAGES DAILY

BRISAN IN HIS LANGUAGE BOOK

VINZE DAILY REVIEW WORKSHEET or LANGUAGE WORKSHEET

2:00

BRISAN
PLACEMENT TEST OR BRAINPOP SCIENCE/HIST.GOEG

VINZE READING OR PLACEMENT TEST

2:30

BRISAN READING

VINZE BRAINPOP JR. SCIENCE/HISTORY.GEOG

SCIENCE, HISTORY, AND OTHER STUFF

2007-12-20T10:22:00.000-08:00

Brisan has watched every episode of Myth Busters and Dirty Jobs that he can find during this month.

He has created an elaborate drawing of a rollercoaster that jumps from one track to the other and
has read more than his share.

I haven't posted everything every day because I'd be online all day if I did that! LOL

Let's just say that reading, science, art and language have been covered this month.

OPEN GYM

2007-12-13T07:35:00.001-08:00

Open Gymnastics Day

DECEMBER 5TH 2007

2007-12-05T19:00:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE: Watched Myth Busters
They tested the different lie detector methods.
They built a steam machine gun

~ Made a Christmas Chocolate Cake w/ Icing...YUM!

DECEMBER 1ST

2007-12-01T07:35:00.000-08:00

I'LL BE POSTING THINGS BRISAN DOES DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

IT WILL LOOK A BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR USUAL BOOKWORK
AS DECEMBER IS UNSCHOOLING MONTH IN OUR HOME.

LIVE AND LEARN...WE LOVE IT!

NOVEMBER 29TH 2007

2007-11-29T15:54:00.001-08:00

BRISAN

Today was child led / hands on learning day.
Brisan decided to cook "No Bake Cookies" for our family.

Yum Yummy!

NOVEMBER 27TH 2007

2007-11-27T17:35:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

~ JOURNAL: YES

~ TYPING:

~ SCIENCE: p. 8

~ CURSIVE WRITING: pp. 65

~ SPELLING: Write spelling words 3 times each

skinny, task, risk, wasp, crisp, stopped, style, arrest, suggest, played

~ LANGUAGE: Writing Assignment: Research Paper: Use Footnotes

COMPLETED FIRST DRAFT

Pirates:

Were they real?
If they were real...
Where did they live?
Where did they sail?
What were their names?
What was the name of their ship?
What kind of flag did they fly?
What was a poop deck?
What was a plank?
What is scurvy?

~ MATH: pp. 4-5

NOVEMBER 9TH 2007

2007-11-09T06:10:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

~ JOURNAL: Yes

~ TYPING: YES

~ CURSIVE WRITING: pp. 63-64

~ LANGUAGE: Write a sentence for each spelling word.

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: Finish India Packet

~ READING: 1/2 Hour: Time Warp Trio: Tut Tut

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy
2. Your Mother was a Neanderthal
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. Time Warp Trios: 2095

EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

NOVEMBER 8TH 2007

2007-11-08T18:13:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

~ LANGUAGE: Write a sentence for each spelling word.
Completed report on Ghost Busters

~ READING: Completed 2095 book

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy
2. Your Mother was a Neanderthal
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. Time Warp Trio: 2095

EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

NOVEMBER 7TH 2007

2007-11-07T06:03:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

~ JOURNAL: Wrote in journal

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: Begin work on your INDIA packet.

~ LANGUAGE: Write your spelling list 3 times each.
Write a paragraph about the Ghost Busters movie.

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy
2. Your Mother was a Neanderthal
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

NOVEMBER 5TH 2007

2007-11-05T08:11:00.000-08:00

BRISAN

~ JOURNAL: Wrote in journal

~ SCIENCE: pp. 11 - 16 Life Cycle of Plants

Draw a plant and label the parts

LANGUAGE: Watch Ghost Busters the movie.
You will be writing an essay about the movie.

READING: 2095

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy
2. Your Mother was a Neanderthal
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

OCTOBER 31ST 2007

2007-10-31T07:34:00.000-07:00

BRISAN:

~ READING: Read 3 Hours:
Finished: Time Warp Trio: Your Mother was a Neanderthal
Pop Quiz: 5/5

Began Reading: 2095

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy
2. Your Mother was a Neanderthal
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

OCTOBER 30TH 2007

2007-10-30T07:23:00.000-07:00

BRISAN:

JOURNAL: Wrote in journal

SCIENCE: Read about Sequioa trees and botony

SPELLING BLASTER : Finished AM words

CURSIVE WRITING: pp. 61-62

TYPING

MATH: Book 502: p. 2 Multiplication

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY : Halloween historyQuiz 10/10

BRAINPOP : History of Halloween

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio: Your Mother was a Neanderthal

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy

EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

OCTOBER 29TH 2007

2007-10-29T10:06:00.000-07:00

FIELD TRIP!!

GRAND TRAVERSE PIE COMPANY

Brise made an Apple Pie

I made Cherry Pie

BRISE AND RYAN W. HOLDING THEIR PIES IN FRONT OF THE PIE COMPANY

BRISE IS IN THE BACKGROUND, FREEZING IN THE BIG FREEZER. ETHAN AND TOMMY ARE GOOFING OFF WHILE MARISSA LAUGHS AT THEIR LITTLE BOOGER SELVES! LOL

THIS IS OUR GROUP BEFORE THE TOPS WENT ON TO OUR PIES.

THIS IS AMY AND KEN OUR LEADERS FOR THE DAY. KEN SET UP THE "STUFF" WHILE AMY TALKED AND SHOWED US HOW TO PREPARE OUR PIES.

A FUN DAY WAS HAD BY ALL. WE'LL BE COOKING OUR PIES TOMORROW! :-)

OCTOBER 25TH 2007

2007-10-25T08:19:00.000-07:00

BRISAN:

WRITING: Write in your journal

SCIENCE: Lifepac 502 pp. 1-5 Kingdoms/Classifications Plants, Fungi, Animals, Monerans, Protists

MATH: p. 1

HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: Highlights Packet: Greece: Read the book: did pp. 1, 4 - 11 (Excellent Work!)

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio: Your Mother was a Neanderthal
EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy

OCTOBER 24TH 2007

2007-10-24T08:20:00.000-07:00

FIELD TRIP!!

GLASS MAKER

We visited a GLASS BLOWING work shop.

They showed us how to make glass objects by heating the glass/sand etc.

They made some things before our eyes.

The video is of a horse being made but I couldn't zoom so it can't be seen very well.

There were beautiful glass objects that were created in the shop just sitting around to be knocked over. It was quite nerve racking for mom's with littles.

This is the freight elevator that we used to get to the glass shop.

Brise and Vinze were loving it. Vinnie got to go with us because he was lucky

enough to have an allergic reaction to whatever today and be sent home from school

for fear that he was contagious! Whoo hoo...

Here is a picture of the boys (to the left) watching as the man gives the kids a lesson about glass making. Please pretend you do not see the other kids as we are homeschoolers and opposed to socialization..cough, cough

As we were waiting to get on the Freight Elevator to leave we were surprised to see that the "people" getting off the elevator was actually a man on a motorcycle!

That concludes our morning...off to Pizza Hut to redeem Brisan's Book-It coupon for a free pizza!

OCTOBER 23RD 2007

2007-10-23T14:14:00.000-07:00

BRISAN:

WRITING: Write a portion of the Poem I read to you: He wrote the verse and we now have some spelling words for the rest of the week

SCIENCE : Test 2: Types of Force

Language: Finished Position Paper on childhood chores

Wrote spelling words 3 times each

Math: Watch Multiplication and Division Lesson on DVD

SPELLING BLASTER: Completed Tan Van Mission

History/Geography

~ READING: Finished Book 3: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio: YOUR MOTHER WAS A NEANDERTHAL
EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1. The Good The Bad and the Goofy
2.

OCTOBER 22ND 2007

2007-10-22T10:15:00.000-07:00

BRISAN:

SCIENCE Grade 4 until 5th is complete on the site

Test Cause and Effect Relationships 17/20 = 85%

MATH 4th grade until 5th is complete on the website

Test 1: Numbers to 10,000 spell them 23/23 = %100
Write "thousand" 10 times

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio: The Good The Bad and The Goofy
EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1.

OCTOBER 19TH 2007

2007-10-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ LANGUAGE: Worked on his Position Essay about chores.
Thesis statement: "Kids should do chores in their home."
Finished first paragraph

Completed Contractions Worksheet:
I'll, I've, I'd concentrating on capitalization.

~ MATH: Long division lesson: Finished worksheet

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: pp. 21 -
Begin the 22 page World History packet that
was given to you.

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio: The Good The Bad and The Goofy
EACH MONTH, After you have read 4 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger
PIZZA HUT COUPON!

1.

OCTOBER 18TH 2007

2007-10-18T08:03:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ PENMANSHIP: pp. 59 - 60

~ LANGUAGE: Worked on his Position Essay about chores.
Thesis statement: "Kids should do chores in their home."

Completed the contractions worksheet.

~ MATH: pp. 32-33

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Finish Book: Time Warp Trio: The Not So Jolly Roger
EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table
2. The Not So Jolly Roger

~ SPELLING BLASTER:

OCTOBER 17TH 2007

2007-10-17T15:02:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Today is Science Center Homeschool Park Day

Click image to go to the Detroit Science Center Website.

Daxx, Kole, Brisan and his friend Brad went today.

OCTOBER 16TH 2007

2007-10-16T09:12:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ LANGUAGE: p. 35 Contractions
Write all of the contractions and their two word meanings.

~ MATH: p. 35 last 3 problems on a separate sheet of paper.

~ BRAINPOP:

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio: "The not so Jolly Roger"
EACH MONTH, After you have read 2 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table

OCTOBER 15TH 2007

2007-10-15T19:28:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Because Kazz's college classes begin full force this week.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and he earned an
"A" in his College Course Internet for Business class we are going to
have a fun day today and play celebratory MONOPOLY ! :-)

OCTOBER 12TH 2007

2007-10-12T09:35:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE

~ PENMANSHIP: pp.

~ LANGUAGE: pp. 18 - 19

~ TYPING:

~ MATH: Self Test 4

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: Begin the 22 page World History packet that
was given to you. (printed from http://www.edhelper.com/Country_Reports.htm)
Page #1 make a map of Senegal in Africa.
Page #2 Plot Senegal on an African map. Color Senegal pink and the rest of the continent blue.

~ BRAINPOP

~ READING: Read 1/2 hour: Time Warp Trio:
EACH MONTH, After you have read 4 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table

~ SPELLING BLASTER:

~ WRITE the Poem I read to you.

OCTOBER 11TH 2007

2007-10-11T13:32:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

DENTIST APPOINTMENT

~ LANGUAGE: Read "The Flight" pp. 6 - 12

~ MATH: pp. 28 - 29

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: pp. 21 -
Begin the Greece World History packet.

OCTOBER 10TH 2007

2007-10-10T06:26:00.001-07:00

SCIENCE CENTER DAY!

OCTOBER 9TH 2007

2007-10-09T13:46:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE: Lifepac Test book 501

~ PENMANSHIP: Cursive: pp. 57 - 58

~ TYPING
Lesson 2 again

~ SPELLING BLASTER "AN" Words

OCTOBER 5TH 2007

2007-10-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE: completed pp. 39 - 43 including the Self Test

OCTOBER 3RD 2007

2007-10-03T14:22:00.001-07:00

Today Brisan went to The Detriot Science Center for our Indoor Homeschool Park Day. Brise went with mom because Vinze was sick and Kazz had to stay home with all the boys. Brise wants to go back more often. That's a good thing because the homeschool park days are every other week at the Science Center. By the end of Winter he may be sick of the place! LOL

Click image to go to the Detroit Science Center Website.

OCTOBER 2ND 2007

2007-10-02T08:15:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE pp. 35 - 38 Plant Cycle, Photosynthesis
Fill Out the Cycle of Carbon sequencing chart

~ CURSIVE WRITING pp. 55-56

~ LANGUAGE: Begin Language book 502: pp. 5-6

~ MATH pp. 25-27

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: pp. 19-21

~READING: Read 1 hour. Time Warp Trio:
EACH MONTH, After you have read 4 books, you will get a PIZZA HUT COUPON FOR A FREE PIZZA!

Book Count So Far:
1. Knights of the Kitchen Table

SEPTEMBER 28TH 2007

2007-09-28T15:23:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ LANGUAGE:
30 minutes: Read The Time Warp Trio: Not So Jolly Roger

~ SPELLING BLASTER

~ MATH: Long Division Worksheet

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: THE FIRST ENGLISH COLONIES:
Read pp. 17-19 finished probems 1 - 11 on page 19.

SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2007

2007-09-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ LANGUAGE: Finish reading Time Warp Trio: The Knights of the Kitchen Table

~ SCIENCE pp. 24-25 30-31
(Cells: multicellular, osteoplasts, epidermal, epithelial)

~CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 53-54

SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2007

2007-09-26T09:52:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

PARK DAY CANCELLED FOR RAIN

~CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 51-52

~ LANGUAGE: Lifepac book 501

~ MATH: Finish Self Test

SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2007

2007-09-24T16:22:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ PLAY MONOPOLY WITH MOM AND KAZZ.
YOU ARE THE BANKER.

This was fun. Mom won. Brise did a good job mortgaging properties and counting out the money. He kept track of the whole process very well, caught a couple mistakes in money giving/taking and organized the game well.

SEPTEMBER 20TH, 2007

2007-09-20T07:35:00.000-07:00

BRISAN
~CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 49-50

~ LANGUAGE: Self Test 3 book 501 pp. 40-42

~ MATH: Self Test pp. 22-23

~SPELLING BLASTER

~TYPING

SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2007

2007-09-19T08:50:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~HOMESCHOOL PARK DAY

~ GRANDPA GLENN AND GRANDMA NOVA ARE COMING TO VISIT!
CLEAN HOUSE! :-)

SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2007

2007-09-18T11:20:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~SCIENCE: Read p 20 - 23

Since we do not have a Microscope yet please

USE THIS SITE to do your work. Also, look at these slides

of pond water for help.

source

~ READ CHAPTERS 4 to 7 in Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table

SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2007

2007-09-13T05:58:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE pp. 18- 19
Experiment 501.B Look at an Onion Bulb under a microscope.
Draw what you see. Write all observations that you make about the
microscopic image you are looking at.

picture source

~BRAINPOP: Brisan explored his Atomic Bomb question.
Print Quizes
Atomic Model 8/10
Atoms 5/10
Nuclear Energy 7/10
Cold War 8/10
Marie Curie 4/10
~ LANGUAGE: pp. 37-38

~ CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 47-48

~ MATH: pp. 21

~HISTORY 11 - 13
John Cabot, Dutch East India Company, Sir Frances Drake
~TYPING

~SPELLING BLASTER
School over early. Pack for long weekend homeschooler's camping trip!

SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2007

2007-09-12T11:11:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

Every now and then Brise asks me a qustion that blows my mind. Today was no exception..

"Mom?"

"What honey."

"Why don't atoms split when we like, chew food?"

"I think they are so small that we just move them around."

"Well how does the Atomic Bomb work? Do they have little knives or lasers in there to split the atom and set it off?"

"I have no idea how that works. I think it has something to do with splitting atoms but somehow they contain it or something like that. You'll have to look it up honey."

"I'll need your computer today mom."

"Sure honey. Let me know what you find out."

Yes that's our science guy. :-)

~ SCIENCE: pp. 16 - 17

cell walls, chloroplasts, chlorophyll, photosynthesis

~ LANGUAGE: pp. 32-36

~ CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 45-46

~ HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY: JAPAN
Explored his Japan Packet.
Read the book, completed the crossword puzzle
and completed the puzzle.

SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2007

2007-09-11T09:28:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~SCIENCE: Read p 13-16
CELLS: DNA, Cytoplasm, Phospholipids

~CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 43-44

~ LANGUAGE: pp. 30-31

~TYPING

~ MATH: pp. 20

~SPELLING BLASTER

~ READ CHAPTERS 1 to 4 in Time Warp Trio: Knights of the Kitchen Table

SEPTEMBER 10TH 2007

2007-09-10T08:02:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~SCIENCE: Read p 12 about cells to me.
In BRAINPOP look up the following topics. Take and Print the quizes.
1. Cell Specialization = 6/10
2. Cells = 6/10
3. Cell Structures = 6/10
4. DNA = 7/10
5. Photosynthesis = 7/10

* Extra Credit:
If you want to take the quiz about Cell Phones that's fine.
Please take and print the quiz. :-)
1. Cell Phones = 10/10

~CURSIVE HANDWRITING pp. 41-42

~ LANGUAGE: Wrote a story using Spelling Words.

~ MATH: pp. 18-19
(also review how to spell thirds)

~ HISTORY pp. 9-11

~SPELLING BLASTER

SCIENCE EXPERIMENT: WEEK OF SEPT. 3RD

2007-09-09T07:57:00.000-07:00

BRISAN'S SALTY CRYSTALS...

DAY 4

DAY 6

DAY 7

SEPTEMBER 7TH 2007

2007-09-06T08:37:00.001-07:00

BRISAN

~ Brainpop Jr:
QUIZ about Data Accuracy, Scientific Collaboration 5/5
QUIZ about Buoyancy 4/5

~ MATH pp.16-17
Review how to write thirds

~ SCIENCE: Fixed errors in Myth Busters synopsis.

Watched Mythbusters @ 11:00
Do goldfish have a 3 second memory? The goldfish
have a longer memory than 3 seconds.

~ CURSIVE WRITING pp. 39-40

SEPTEMBER 6TH 2007

2007-09-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

* Short day today due to errands and Dentist appt.

~ SCIENCE: Watched Myth Busters and wrote a synopsis of what he learned and observed.

~SPELLING BLASTER: Completed 2 missions.
Mastered the Word Faily - ag and Mastered Word Family - an

SEPTEMBER 5TH 2007

2007-09-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ Languge p.29
Write a story using your spelling words.
Turn in first draft.

~ MATH pp. 14-15

SEPTEMBER 4TH 2007

2007-09-04T06:14:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~ SCIENCE EXPERIMENT:

GROW SALTY CRYSTALS

Explore the properties of Crystals

Document the Crystal growing process for one week.

Crystals After 24 hours

~ Explain what Crystals are and why your Crystal experiment works

~ Help Daxx and Kole with their craft projects.

~ MATH: Multiplication Problems. Write on a separate sheet of paper and focus on neatness.

Daxx....

painted his little paper animals with glue. He was supposed punch them out of their page and paint them with paint but they are now forever affixed to the page they were meant to leave. His project is a goner! LOL

Kole...

began making a plaster elephant. It is drying in it's mold and will be painted tomorrow...

SEPTEMBER 4TH NOTES

2007-08-22T11:04:00.000-07:00

BRISAN

~MATH-MULTIPLICATION-Worksheet: copy onto
separate sheet of paper. Work on neatness.

~WRITE SENTENCES I READ FROM PANGRAMS

DAXX AND KOLE

~Starfall.com

AUGUST 21 2007

2007-08-21T09:00:00.000-07:00

TODAY...

BRISAN

~BRAINPOP 1 HOUR

BRAINPOP QUIZES
Static Electricity Quiz 6/10
Food Chains Quiz 8/10

~Cursive Handwriting pp. 37-38
~READ 1 HOUR

VINZE

~Review Address and Phone Numbers

~ BRAINPOP JR 1 HOUR

DAXX AND KOLE

~ Cursive Handwriting pp. 37-38

~Daxx - picked out a page in a fun workbook. I asked him to color all the "F's" on the page.
~Kole - picked out a page in a fun workbook. I asked him to color all the "A's" on the page.

SEPTEMBER CURRICULUM PLANS

2007-08-20T13:36:00.000-07:00

NOTE TO SELF:
When Brisan begins homeschool September 4th he will
begin working in the lifepacs each day completing 2 pages
in each.

HIS TRUE SCHEDULE LOOKS LIKE THIS...

MATH
SCIENCE
HISTORY
LANGUAGE

As well as...
TYPING
READING A BOOK
BRAINPOP
CURSIVE WRITING

BRISAN'S REVISED
DAILY SCHEDULE

7:30
BREAKFAST,
SHOWERS AND MORNING CHORES

8:15
WALK VINZE TO SCHOOL

9:00 – 10:00
BRISAN SCIENCE
CURSIVE WRITING

10:00 – 11:00
LANGUAGE
TYPING

11:00 – 12:00
LUNCH

12:00 – 1:00
BRISE MATH

1:00 – 2:00
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
BRAINPOP

2:00 – 3:00
READING
TYPING

WHEN WORK IS FINISHED
SCHOOL’S OUT

AUGUST 20 2007

2007-08-19T10:49:00.000-07:00

TODAY....

BRISAN

~BRAINPOP 1 HOUR -

BRAINPOP QUIZES:

Force Quiz 9/10
Buoyancy Quiz 9/10
Galileo Galilei Quiz 5/10
Nobel Prize Quiz 7/10

~Typing
Goal 3% errors or less
Actual for today 8% errors

~Cursive Handwriting pp. 35-36 K, H, sn

~READ 1 HOUR

~Work on Australia Packet

VINZE

~ BRAINPOP JR 1 HOUR

~ Cursive Handwriting pp. 35-36 K, H, sn

~ DOLCH REVIEW
Began with the Flash Cards we bought. He did very well.

(I'll have him practice with the Online review later on.)

~Begin Texas Packet (pic below)

DAXX AND KOLE

~ STARFALL
~ Watched Caillou: Boats, remote control boats, losing toys, empathy, being a good loser

HOW WE TAUGHT THEM TO READ...

2007-08-19T05:45:00.000-07:00

Many parents ask how a homeschooling parent can teach their child to read. The answers are plentiful.
I have developed a system in our home. The outline is pretty simple so I'll just post it here. :-)

1. At around 2 years of age we buy the Leap Frog Letter Factory DVD.
By the time the kids have watched it for a few weeks they know their letters and sounds.
You'll be sick of the movie but they soak it up like a sponge. :-)

Note: They stopped watching this after a while. We carry the lesson into daily life by pointing to letters in signs on buildings..like at the bank or grocery store. If they forget a few letters they quickly remember when we pop the video back in at around 3 1/2 years of age. Brisan remember all his letters and sounds again in a jiffy and loved the Nostalgia that he felt as he recognized the movie. LOL
True! "MOM I remember that!"

2. At about 3 1/2 years of age we introduce them to www.starfall.com
It is wonderful, keeps them entertained and is a fun way to learn.

3. At around 4 1/2 we begin using the Dolch Flash cards. I used to make them by printing them from this site, pasting the pages to construction paper and then cutting them out to make the cards. They were flimsy so I broke down and bought them from Super Duper Publications.

4. Bob Books from our local library are fun for kids and then early reading books help them take off on their reading adventure.

The flash cards were a must for us to help them have a nice, firm basis for reading.

That's what we did! :-)

PANGRAMS: SENTENCES WITH EVERY LETTER

2007-08-18T10:28:00.000-07:00

source

A pangram is a sentence that contains all letters of the alphabet. Less frequently, such sentences are called holalphabetic sentences. Interesting pangrams are generally short ones; constructing a sentence that includes the fewest repeat letters possible is a challenging task. However, pangrams that are slightly longer yet enlightening, humorous, or eccentric are noteworthy in their own right.
By far the most well-known pangram is,

"The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."

Frequently this is the sentence used to test out new typewriters, presumably because it includes every letter of the alphabet. Curiously, this sentence is often misquoted by changing "jumps" to "jumped." The past tense version, lacking an s, is not a pangram. Often, too, it is misquoted as "the lazy dog" rather than "a lazy dog." This error is not as grievous; the sentence remains a pangram, just a slightly longer one.

Unfortunately, to my knowledge, there are no particularly clever 26 letter pangrams in English. Constructing a sentence that uses every letter of the alphabet once and no more -- essentially an anagram of the alphabet -- seems to require the use of acronyms, initials, and strange punctuation. The most interesting I've seen is, "Glum Schwartzkopf vex'd by NJ IQ."

Also note the section on autograms, as that contains some autograms (sentences that self-document their letter content) that are also pangrams.

A number of pangrams are given below, listed from longest to shortest.

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Examples

Forsaking monastic tradition, twelve jovial friars gave up their vocation for a questionable existence on the flying trapeze.
(106 letters)
No kidding -- Lorenzo called off his trip to visit Mexico City just because they told him the conquistadores were extinct.
(99 letters)
Jelly-like above the high wire, six quaking pachyderms kept the climax of the extravaganza in a dazzling state of flux.
(96 letters)
Ebenezer unexpectedly bagged two tranquil aardvarks with his jiffy vacuum cleaner. (71 letters)
Six javelins thrown by the quick savages whizzed forty paces beyond the mark.
(64 letters)
The explorer was frozen in his big kayak just after making queer discoveries.
(64 letters)
The July sun caused a fragment of black pine wax to ooze on the velvet quilt.
(61 letters)
The public was amazed to view the quickness and dexterity of the juggler.
(60 letters)
While Suez sailors wax parquet decks, Afghan Jews vomit jauntily abaft.
(59 letters)
We quickly seized the black axle and just saved it from going past him.
(57 letters)
Six big juicy steaks sizzled in a pan as five workmen left the quarry.
(56 letters)
While making deep excavations we found some quaint bronze jewelry.
(56 letters)
Jaded zombies acted quaintly but kept driving their oxen forward.
(55 letters)
A mad boxer shot a quick, gloved jab to the jaw of his dizzy opponent.
(54 letters)
The job requires extra pluck and zeal from every young wage earner.
(54 letters)
A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint.
(53 letters)
Whenever the black fox jumped, the squirrel gazed suspiciously.
(53 letters)
We promptly judged antique ivory buckles for the next prize.
(50 letters)
How razorback-jumping frogs can level six piqued gymnasts!
(49 letters)
Crazy Fredericka bought many very exquisite opal jewels.
(48 letters)
Sixty zippers were quickly picked from the woven jute bag.
(48 letters)
Amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes.
(40 letters)
Heavy boxes perform quick waltzes and jigs.
(36 letters)
Jinxed wizards pluck ivy from the big quilt.
(36 letters)
Big Fuji waves pitch enzymed kex liquor.
(33 letters)
The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.
(33 letters)
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
(32 letters)
Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz.
(31 letters)
The five boxing wizards jump quickly.
(31 letters)
How quickly daft jumping zebras vex.
(30 letters)
Quick zephyrs blow, vexing daft Jim.
(29 letters)
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.
(29 letters)
Waltz, nymph, for quick jigs vex Bud.
(28 letters)
Blowzy night-frumps vex'd Jack Q.
(26 letters)
Glum Schwartzkopf vex'd by NJ IQ.
(26 letters)

BUSY TIME FOR LITTLE HOMESCHOOLERS...

2007-08-17T12:25:00.001-07:00

Here is an idea to keep little homeschoolers busy.

I read this on another homeschooling mom's blog...

Activity Boxes:

Tracing Box
Paper, things to trace, outline of shapes.

Stamping Box
Stamps, paper, stamp pads, cards, bookmarks.

Book Makers
Papers stapled for books, shape cover outlines, story starters, magazines, pictures.

Color Books
Colored paper, magazines, pictures. (Cut out pictures and glue them to correct color page)

Playdoh
Playdoh, rolling pins, cookie cutters, plastic knives.

Nature Box
Leaves, rocks, sticks, magnifing glass, notebook to draw things.

Also make activity areas like a dress up area and a kitchen toys area.

HOLY COW!

2007-08-16T14:03:00.000-07:00

TODAY....

BRISE: "Hey Mom."

ME: "What?"

BRISE: "What is Quantum Physics?"

ME: 'vacant look....eyes darting around for answers...stumbling to the computer...keypad blazing...'

"ummm....It's the physics of the incredibly small. It describes how electrons surround the nucleus of an atom and other subatomic actions. It gets into gluon plasma and things called quarks...nanotechnology....ummmm....it's all about teeny tiny things and how they work and look. It flows naturally into the ideas of time travel and The Big Bang, The Big Crunch and such also."

BRISE: "Can we learn about that?"

ME: "Sure" (excitedly and freaked out at the same time)

THANK GOD FOR THE INTERNET!

BRAINPOP