School Week 35 2011-2012

We are almost done! We had a great last day of co op.  A10 has one more week of vocabulary work and she needs to finish her Editor in Chief workbook.  After that, all that's left is math.  She starts her Felicity class on Thursday, six weeks, one book per week. 
She has three weeks to go with math.  She will continue to read independently for at least 30 minutes a day.  Mrs. Long has assign them at least 10 books to read this summer. 

I'm thinking The Spiderwick Chronicles and Little House on the Prairie books since we never got around to reading them during the school year.

X7 has phonics and read alouds left, he is also working on cursive, but only because he wants to!  I really want to finish Explode the Code 2 1/2 so that in the fall we can start with book 3. 

I'm still working on co op plans for next year.  I have to work on lesson plans for our younger class.  I'm going to be working on that in the next few weeks so that once summer gets here I will be done with all the planning. 

I want to start working on my house again, just like I did last summer!!

School Week 34 2011-2012

Last week of Co op, last week of history! X7 is done with Writing with Ease Vol 1(we'll be doing the other half of the book next year). We are going to focus on Explode the Code 2 1/2. There is plenty of copywork there are well, plus he is working on his cursive workbook, which he loves!
We are rowing the book Miss Rumphius, which I love!

A10 is almost done with vocabulary, and she has a couple of weeks of Writing with Ease Vol 2 left.  For independent reading she reading Anne Sullivan's biography. She has read Helen Keller and Louis Braille's biographies as well.  I try to make sure she has a nice variety of books to read from.  She needs to read fiction, non fiction, historical fiction, fantasy and biographies... so far she has hit all of these!

Next week she starts her Felicity class, which is more historical fiction.  We have two field trips associated with this class... We are going to Renfrew's 4-square garden program on May 18th, and we are going to Olde Bedford Village - May 21st (all day) this will consist of 2 crafts for the students in addition to touring the village! 

Plus Calendonia State Park is hosting a Beginner Birding Class on Saturday, June 2nd, from 8 AM - noon. The cost is FREE! So of course I'm taking A10 to that as well!

I love warm weather, there are so many activities we can do now because of it! 

Our next co op meeting will be in two weeks and next week we get to go to MACHE homeschool fair! I can't wait!!!

School Week 33 2011-2012

Busy week! We have one week left of Mystery of History and Co op.

School Week 32 2011-2012

This was a three day week because of Holy week. A10 is done with her Primary Language Lessons! For the next 4 weeks she is going to be working on Editor in Chief three time a week till she is done with that as well. 
My plan for Writing with Ease is to get to week 30 and then we'll be done with that as well.  WWE has 36 weeks but I don't see the need to do all 36, every week is the same things, narration, copywork and dictation. I don't think an additional 6 weeks are going to make any difference. She also has four more weeks of vocabulary work.

As far as math, she will be on Lesson 25 next week, which means she has six weeks to go.... yes I know we only have four weeks of school left, but she really needs to be done with Delta, plus she is starting a Felicity class on April 26th and that it's going to be a six weeks class. On May 21st we have a field trip that has to do with the books and that time era.  So, as she is reading the Felicity books, she'll be doing math as well.  She should be done with math by the third week of May.

The boy is done with Beta and has started some form of Gamma, mainly the skip counting part.  We are also going to try very hard to get through the Code book 2 1/2 so that in September we can start book 3.  I want to do 3 & 31/2 plus 4 & 41/2 next year.

I am in full planning mode for next year, not just for our homeschool, but for our co op as well.  I just purchased Math U See Epsilon from Ebay, both the Teacher kit and the student kit for just $50!!!  I still need the fraction overlays but I'll get that at the homeschool fair I'm going to at the end of April. 

The only things I need to purchase for next year, besides math is her Editor in Chief A1 and her vocabulary 5 workbook.... THAT'S IT!!!!  For the boy I need.... NOTHING!!!
For co op all I need is the book list for their language arts class with Mrs. Long... I have most of his books already, I think I need Mr. Putter and Tabby Drop the Ball, but that book is not out yet.  For A10 I need a few more (5), but I have the whole summer to look for them... I will be visiting  Booksavers a lot this summer to see if I can find them there cheaper!