Homeschooling Week 10

All About Hamsters
Originally uploaded by sandiesry

In reading we are moving into blends. In science we are studying simple machines. Social studies was all about food from around the world, which I posted just before this post. Spelling is tied into our reading and is going much better this week. Math is all about deciding which operation to use and we are doing fact family 13. Ben is reading at level D and E and doing very well. In art and math we are studying patterns. Ben got some moon shoes and had a lot of fun, and some bruises too, walking around the yard in them. He said it would take some practice.

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What Kids Eat Around the World

We began our journey around the world of food in North America. We made tacos and refried beans from Mexico for dinner. Ben decided that they like things HOT (spicy)in Mexico. After dinner we went to a program about Shoshone Indians and Ben tasted fried Indian bread. He didn't like the bread, but loved the tribal drum.



Next we tried European food. We had Italian pizza and discussed what crops and animals were needed to make pizza. We also had chocolate mousse from France and decided that European people probably grow and raise similar crops and animals as we do in the USA.



We ended our journey around the world of food at Jin's Chinese Buffet where Ben sampled several dishes and decided that he only likes breaded shrimp and all Chinese deserts except rice pudding. Ben also thinks it is terrible that we eat bamboo while Pandas in China are starving?

Homeschooling Week 9

Nature coffee dough plaque
Originally uploaded by sandiesry

We began the study of simple machines in science and pollution/reduce/reuse/recycle in social studies. We are working on patterns in math and sentences in language. Ben took his DIBELS reading assesment and scored high on letter and letter sounds recognition. His reading ability is on level and she suggested I use level D & E readers then move onto F etc.

I'm working on setting up his curriculum for second quarter and trying not to get nutty about it.

Our nature plaque was great to make, but it never did completely dry and fell apart. Sad because it was really beautiful. Ben got the flowers out of the planters on the patio, the leaves from our back yard, and the pine cones from a friend's yard.

Week 9 papers and pictures

Homeschooling Week 8

TooL sculpture
Originally uploaded by sandiesry

This week was full because Halloween was Saturday. We made potions and cupcakes, carved a jack o latern, went from a white belt in Tae Kwon Do to a Black Ninja, as well as reading, writing, and math.

Week 8 papers and pictures