Week 6 (just a little late)

Time is flying by here with the Heathens! With our theater troup starting back up, we have been very very busy here.

During Week 6 we hosted a playgroup in our home. It has been great having some of the younger children in our homeschooling group come over and just play. Fifi has made some wonderful new friends around her age! (finally) We also hosted a Tween Movie Night, which brought tweens all the way from Painsville to watch the Harry Potter movies! I think my friend Willow was more excited about these then the tweens lol. Lola is excited that these events have such a great turn out. Lastly, Nacho taught an art class to the group. Five families can and learned how to draw cartoon characters step by step. I love the idea of student led classes because they not only allow the teens in our group a chance to teach, but it gives the moms in the group a chance to sit and chat. We also went to our theater troup's read though. Our schedules are getting busier but we love it!

In week 6 Coco worked with:
Spelling- we wrote the words 3 times each, wrote sentences, wrote a newspaper article using at least 8 words and did a word search I made on www.theteacherscorner.net.
Language Arts- we worked with determiners. We worked with her Language Arts text book, her Scholastic Success workbook and her Comprehensive Curriculum workbook.
Math- we started working with Rounding and Estimating numbers. We used worksheets from www.abcteach.com, our Comprehensive Curriculum workbook and worksheets I made.
Science- we worked with measurements in Science. We used our Comprehensive Curriculum workbook and our Physical Science text book.
Social Studies- we are learning about Vikings as explorers. Being that we are Normandic Wiccans, we have tons and tons of information about Vikings. We also used print outs from www.enchantedlearning.com.
Journaling- we are working on writing longer journal entries. I am correcting them at the end of the day so she is now able to see the spelling and grammar errors. We are covering topics like - "What would you do if you had $100?", "What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?", and "If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?"
We also made Personality Spirals, these are a spiral of construction paper cut with cut outs from different magazine of pictures of things that they think represents them. We then hung them up in our classroom. I will post pictures of them tomorrow.

In week 6 Fifi worked with:
Spelling- we learned the color words. We did color by numbers, wrote each word twice, and completed workbook pages from our Comprehensive Curriculum . We also played a game where we put a bunch of crayons in a bag and she had to pull a crayon and then put the right color on a poster board with the words spelt out on it.
Language Arts- we worked with complete sentences and what they are comprised of. We worked in our Scholastic Success workbooks, our Comprehensive Curriculum workbooks and with pages printed from www.instructorweb.com
Phonics, we are still working in our Hooked On Phonics workbook for Grade 1. We learned more rhyming words and to sound out the difference between Bs and Vs at the beginning of the words.
Math- we are working on counting by 2s. We used our Scholastic Success workbook and played games (hop scotch and made up cheerleading cheers)
Science- we started learning about giraffes. We read stories about them and worked with the printout pages from www.enchantedlearning.com We also made hardened paper beads that look like giraffes and made necklaces. I got one for my birthday!
Social Studies- we are still working with maps with our Scholastic Success Map for Grade 1 workbook. We made a map of the park using a key and worked more with directionals. We also talked about the Wiccan directional color associations. She is now coloring North green, South red, West blue and East yellow on every page lol.

Lola is still doing very very well with OHVA. She loves the workload and the teachers. We are doing alot of work with the Italian Renaissance both in art and history. She is reading A Wrinkle in Time by M Engle. I bought her the audio copy so we could listen to it during the day on the computer and she read the hard copy at night. OHVA doesn't really have a study guide or any quizzes, so I printed her one from www.coreknowledge.com This gives her a chance to work with vocabulary words from the book, do character summaries and state her opinions about the storylines.

Nacho is really doing well with his new curriculum. While I do have to sit at his desk with him the entire 4 hours, the work I'm getting from him is the best work Ive seen in three years of homeschooling.

In Math he is working with Number Lines. We are still using his Algebra 1 math book from K-12. His weekly average is 94%
In Science he is still working with power and energy. We are still using Holts Physical Science and printables from www.teachervision.fen.com His weekly average is 100%
In Health he is working on Personalities. We are still using his Health book from Prentice Hall. His weekly average is 83% (We still have an issue with writing out his answers in complete sentences and loses points off his grades for those errors)
In Social Studies he is learning about Religious Intolerance in Europe. He did a worksheet from www.teachervision.fen.com and wrote a paragraph about a specific incident. His weekly average is 81%
In Language Arts he is working on types of sentences. He is still using his Language Arts book from K-12. His weekly average is 98%
In Spanish he worked with a new vocabulary list and congregating standard ar, er, and ir verbs. His weekly average is 95%
He also attended an anime class at the Stark Main Library and was placed on the make up committee with the Stark County Little Theater Troup.

So Proud of My Nacho!!

This concludes Nacho's first week of traditional homeschooling for high school. I couldnt be more impressed with his effort and enthusiam for the curriculum we created!

This week he completed:
Algerba 1- Using Algebra 1 by K-12
Review of Variable Expressions ~ 100%
Working with Variables~ 100%
Translating Word Equations~ 80%
Replacement Sets~ 100%
Week in Review Quiz~ 100%

Language Arts- Using Language for the 21st Century (Prentice Hall) and worksheets from www.teachervision.fen.com
Proper Sentence Structure~ 98%
Subject and Predicate Agreements~ 100%
Writing a Paragraph in Steps~ 84%
Punctuation Review~ 100%
Writing a Presuasive Paragraph~ 90%

Physical Science- Using Physical Sciene (Holt)
Work and Power (Chapt 8, Sect 1) + Vocab~ 100%
What is A Machine (Chapt 8, Sect 2) + Vocab~ 100%
More Power to You- experiment~ 100%
Mechanical Advantage (worksheet)~ 100%

Social Studies- Using www.teachervision.fen.com
Learning how to Research a Topic~ not graded
The Blitz of London (worksheet)~ 28%
The Blitz of London (redo worksheet)~ 100% = 64%
Write a Research Paragraph about the Blitz~ 90%

Health- Using Health (Prentice Hall)
Quality of Life~ 60% (not complete sentences, wrong page set up)
Risk Factors~ 100%
Causes of Death in Young People~ 90% (incomplete answer but well written)

Begin reading Robinson Crusoe. Study guide from www.coreknowledge.com
Study Guide Chapter 1~ 80%
Study Guide Chapter 2~ 100%

Spanish 2- Using Primsleur's Spanish II and Spanish Verbs by Vivianne Bey
Lesson 1~ not graded
Lesson 2~ not graded
Present Tense Verb Conjegation~ 90%
Verbs (worksheet)~ 90%
Lesson 3~ not graded

Unlike previous years, this is high school. Nacho is suddenly required to write out his answers, using complete sentences. He is required to set up his answer pages by certain specification. He is being graded this time.

For those of you whom I speak with everyday, yes I have to sit at his desk with him and keep him on task. Four hours everyday of reading my own book, looking up every 15minutes. If I walk away for any reason, I lose him. LOL But with results like these, its totally worth it, dont you think?

We Knew He'd Do It...

Nacho decided on Labor Day that he had had enough of OHVA and we withdrew him. We then rushed and in 48 hours created an entire curriculum for him that meets state requirements...

Because we are moving to Connecticut in 5 months, and that meant 16 weeks of school (giving a week for Thanksgiving and two weeks for Christmas) This is Nacho's 16 week curiculum:

Language Arts: Using English Language Handbook (Senn and Skinner 2008), Robinson Caruso (Daniel Defoe 1719) The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling 1894) and Great Expectations (Charles Dickens 1860)--
coreknowledge.org/.../teacher%20guides/Robinson%20Crusoe%20TG.pdf
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-jungle-book/
http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-greatexpectations/

1)The Sentence
2)Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs
3)Other Parts of Speech Review
4)Complements
5)Phrases, Verbal Phrases, Clauses
6) Using Verbs and Pronouns
7) Writing a Letter
8) Writing a Paragraph
9) Writing an Essay
10) Writing a Research Paper
11) Writing a Persuasive Arguement
12) Speech and Debate Writing
13) Making a Documentary
14) Making a Documentary
15) Writing a News Article/Blog
16) ------ getting ready for PS

Physical Science: Using Holt Science and Technology Physical Science, Physical Science A Labratory Guide (a K-12 book I bought at a book sale), www.teachervision.fen.com (again TOTALLY worth the $40 a year!!)
1) Work and Machines
2) Types of Machines- Simple Machines
3) Complex Machines
4) Forms of Energy
5) Engery
6) Energy Resources
7) Temperature and Heat
8) Matter and Heat
9) Heat Technology
10)Atomic Theory
11)Periodic Table
12)Chemical Bonding
13)Chemical Reactions
14)Chemical Compounds
15)Atomic Energy
16)Review and Midterms

*Each week he will do book work Monday and Thursday, worksheets from www.teachervision.fen.com Fridays, vocabulary on Tuesdays and and expirement from the book on Wednesdays

Algebra 1: Using Algebra 1 (Prentice Hall)and http://www.kutasoftware.com/free.html
1)Reviewing Equations
2)Problem Solving
3)Properties of Real Numbers
4)Comparing Expressions
5)Distributive Properties
6)Operations w/ Real Numbers
7)Reciprocals and Division
8)Solve Equations and Inequalities
9)Transforming Formulas
10)Applications- Cost Problems
11)Combined Inequalities
12)Applying Franctions
13)More Fractions
14)Linear Equations and Inequalities
15)Slope
16)Review and Midterm

Social Studies: Using www.teachervision.fen.com only
Nacho hates Social Studies so we picked 16 topics that should be taught in the 9th grade and will address one per week...
1) The Blitz of London
2)Hunger Around the World
3)Religious Intolerance in Europe
4)European Monarchy
5)The War of the Roses
6)Women's Sufferange
7) The Ghandis
8) The Kennedys
9)Historic Massacres
10)Fenian Movement
11)Edison's Inventions
12)Samuel Morse and Revolution in Communications
13)Man-Made Explosions
14)The Controversy of Nuclear Weapons
15)Serendity in Science
16) The Marshall Plan

*Each week he will do research on the specific subject on Monday, a printed worksheet on Wednesday and write a paragraph on the subject on Friday.

Japanese: Using Primsleurs Japanesse, www.livemocha.com, NTC Basic Japanese Level 1 Workbook (McGraw-Hill)
*Each day Mon-Fri he will listen to a lesson, repeating as prompted and completing a page from the workbook. On Fridays he will play on www.livemocha.com

Health: Using Health Skills for Wellnesss (Prentice Hall 2001) and www.teachersvision.fen.com
1)You and Your Family
2)Building Healthy Relationships
3)Preventing Violence
4)Reproducation and Heredity
5)Pregnancy and Birth
6)Childhood and Adolescnece
7)Adulthood, Aging and Death
8)Food and Nutrition
9)Movement and Coordination
10)Excersise, Rest and Recreation
11)Personal Care
12)Substance Abuse
13)Preventing Disease
14)Enviromental and Community Health
15)Saftey and First Aid
16)Review and Midterm