{"id":595003,"date":"2008-09-24T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-25T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/09\/24\/homeschool-highlights-9-15-9-19-2008\/"},"modified":"2008-09-24T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-25T00:50:00","slug":"homeschool-highlights-9-15-9-19-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2008\/09\/24\/homeschool-highlights-9-15-9-19-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschool Highlights 9\/15 &#8211; 9\/19, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;A&#8217; was sick on two days this week.&nbsp; On the first day, I was able to do all reading to him in bed and skipped the workbooks\/sheets.&nbsp; The second day, we took off.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Bible<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Egermeier&#8217;s Bible Story Book &#8211; We read about Joseph, Ruler of Egypt.&nbsp; Joseph&#8217;s Brothers Return to Egypt. Joseph Makes Himself Known.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Memory Verse<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Matthew 7:12 &quot;Do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Phonics\/Readers<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The boys read from &quot;I Can Read It&quot; and did worksheets&nbsp;15-20 from &#8216;Explode the Code&quot;<br \/>\nI introduced quotation marks and parenthesis.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Science<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>First Book of Nature: Parts of a Buttercup and activity worksheet.<br \/>\nFirst Book of Nature: Looking at Flower Parts<br \/>\nDiscover and Do DVD #84-85 Flowers<br \/>\nUsborne Science Activities Vol. 2 Flowers, p. 58-59 &#8211; We dissected a rose and looked closely at the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3131\/2886142514_3807f52144.jpg?v=0\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3232\/2886143604_d7c7a5d345.jpg?v=0\" \/>&#8216;R&#8217; pointing to the SEPALS.<\/p>\n<p>A view of the pistil and stamens:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3244\/2885309489_a7ba7e49bc.jpg?v=0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><u>History\/Geography<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Children&#8217;s Encyclopedia- We read about people around the world: houses and homes, food and cooking, sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Read Aloud<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The Apple and the Arrow (story of William Tell) p. 1-41<br \/>\nThe Llama Who Had No Pajama: 3 poems <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Math<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>Singapore Earlybird Math 2A Lesson 14- Recognizing number words<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Character<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>A Child&#8217;s Book of Character Building &#8211; Faith: Memorize Romans 3:23 and John 3:16<br \/>\nMade a prayer list.&nbsp; Talked to the boys about sharing Christ&#8217;s love with others.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Spanish<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>El espanol Facil &#8211; Continued Lesson One Vocabulary<br \/>\nme llamo -my name is<br \/>\npequeno perro &#8211; small dog<br \/>\nyo soy &#8211; I am<br \/>\ngracias &#8211; thank you<br \/>\nde nada &#8211; it was nothing \/ you are welcome<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>P.E.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/u>Ran laps at mall 5 minutes.&nbsp; neighborhood walks.&nbsp; Bike rides.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Art<\/u><\/strong> <br \/>\nArtistic Pursuits- Lesson 2<br \/>\nWe learned that artists&nbsp;<em>imagine<\/em> &#8211; make a picture in your mind.<br \/>\nWe talked about this painting and how the artist used his imagination to convey his feelings about the birthday.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/larchmontgazette.com\/2007\/articles\/graphics\/chagall-bday-gifts.jpg\" \/>Marc Chagall, <em>The Birthday,<\/em> 1915<\/p>\n<p>The boy&#8217;s assignment was to think of a time they enjoyed.&nbsp; They drew it first with the ebony pencil, then colored it in with watercolor crayons and used a watercolor brush to diffuse the colors.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8216;A&#8217;s drawing.&nbsp; It is all of him playing at the park.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3021\/2886140654_20ddb05fdd.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\nThis is &#8216;R&#8217;s drawing.&nbsp; It is of a fireboat he saw in the water.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2366\/2885306389_dfa3d1df33.jpg?v=0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><u>Vocabulary List<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>I have compiled a list of words we ran across this past week.&nbsp; I try to pull them back up in conversation over time.&nbsp; Here are a few of them:<br \/>\nprotein<br \/>\nvitamins<br \/>\nstarches<br \/>\nstaple food<br \/>\ntandoor<br \/>\nchapattis<br \/>\nwoks<br \/>\nchopsticks<br \/>\nsieve<br \/>\nbailiff<br \/>\nlarder<br \/>\nconspire<br \/>\nbleated<br \/>\nfaith-Believing God will do what He says.<br \/>\nImagine<br \/>\nknave<br \/>\nmarathon<br \/>\namateur<br \/>\nprofessional (as in sports)<br \/>\nOlympic Games<br \/>\ndialogue<br \/>\nsepal<br \/>\npetal<br \/>\npistil<br \/>\nstamen<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Service<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>The boys helped me watch the quadruplet babies with&nbsp;my friend, Liann.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Health<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>&#8216;The Story of Me: God&#8217;s Design for S#X, Book 1.&nbsp; Appropriate for ages 3-5.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;A&#8217; was sick on two days this week.&nbsp; On the first day, I was able to do all reading to him in bed and skipped the workbooks\/sheets.&nbsp; The second day, we took off.&nbsp; Bible Egermeier&#8217;s Bible Story Book &#8211; We read about Joseph, Ruler of Egypt.&nbsp; Joseph&#8217;s Brothers Return to Egypt. 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