School Journal - Semester Wrap Up

I was really hoping to post more on my blog about homeschool happenings, but for some reason or another, it just hasn't happened - I didn't have pictures, I didn't have time, I don't know how to do those fun links like I see on other blogs and on and on. So, now that the semester is over (actually I'm just throwing up the surrender flag), I figure I'd at least document what we did accomplish the past 18 weeks or so and then I'd have some record that we actually did something.

Accomplished in Geography:

• World Continents - 2 weeks
• North America - U.S., Canada, Mexico
• Antarctica - 2 weeks
• Arctic - 2 weeks
• Africa (still working on this one) - South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, have Morocco, Egypt and Mozambique to do
• Learned about 13 explorers
• Read many books about individual countries, literature from each country, and people including: The Paint Brush Kid, Sea of Ice: Wreck of the Endurance, Tikta'liktak, The Year of Miss Agnes, The Rat Catcher's Son, Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain 

First Day of School

Mexican Fiesta Night

Puppet Show about Mexico

Antarctica Cookie Map

Accomplished in Chemistry:

• First 8 labs - we didn't start this one until later, so we're definitely behind on it



Marshmallow Atoms

E's Accomplished:

• All the names of the countries of North America
• Working on memorizing all the countries of Africa
• Learning how to use an atlas to find the information she's seeking
• Completed 50 lessons in Teaching Textbooks Grade 6
• Completed 80 lessons in Sequential Spelling
• Written 14 outlines, rough drafts and final copies for her IEW writing class using the Theme Book Fables, Myths and Fairy Tales
• Read lots of books including: My Side of the Mountain, Water Sky, The Broken Blade, Journey to Jo'burg, Once on this Island, Mysterious Benedict Society and others 
•  Art projects and drawings from various countries
• Had her first paid babysitting job - for me, babysitting the other 4
• Went to 9 art classes learning watercolor and other forms of art
• Participated in Girls' Choir at church and even went up on stage and sang with the choir!
• Completed various crochet projects for gifts and for missions

 

Showing Daddy Her Accomplishments

L's Accomplished:

• Learning to use the atlas to find answers to questions about countries
• Completed Primary Mathmatics book 1B
• Completed 15 out of 24 steps in All About Spelling Level 1
• Read aloud to mom 15 books
• Learned about countless different animals from mom reading aloud to him
• Completed a lapbook about meerkats and the book Meerkat Mail
• Handwriting is slowly getting better, but with his cast off it should be easier to work on

 

 

Showing Daddy His Work

Z's Accomplished:

• Learning to use the atlas to look up information
• Completed 43 exercises in Primary Math 1A
• Completed 65 lessons in Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
• Working consistently on handwriting using scripture verses or animal sentences. He's doing great especially for a lefty.

Showing Daddy His Work

Betty's Accomplished:

• Recognized letters A, B, C, D, E, F, H, J, M, P, and Z
• Count objects up to 10
• Knows some countries names that she picks up from our geography studies
• Putting on and taking off her dresses by herself
• Putting on and taking off her velcro shoes by herself. She still asks which way the shoes go.
• Coloring inside the lines
• Cutting (mostly) along a given line
• Follows the prewriting tracing lines