Happy Nurse's Week!

Happy Nurse's Week to all my nurse friends, readers, and nurses everywhere.  I didn't forget it this year, lol! 

I thought this week was going to be a normal week, well sort of it has.  My mom contacted me on Sunday, because both of her cars are undriveable, and she will not be able to paint on Wed.  I am going over there tomorrow to take her to the bank and get groceries, then maybe we will paint at her house.  I am going to try to help her fix the one car, it sounds simple enough, wish me luck!  The other car is in need of major repair.  Since Sunday is Mother's Day and I was not sure what to give her anyways, money will do nicely at this time for my mom.  It is hard to live on a fixed budget, as she does, and then thinks happen.  This is why we moved to Florida, so we can assist her when needed.

Today is  my baby sister's birthday.  She is 33.  Happy Birthday Flea!  Since we are at the end of the school year, most school days are shorter.  DJ seems to be goofing off though, and taking way too much time to finish the little bit he has to do. 

Lesson Plans For 05/08/12:

DJ:
Math:  Saxon 65 chapter 92, division, and fractions
Social Studies:  Middle Ages chapter 38 and map skills
Science:  Insect Olympics, motion and forces
Language Arts:  Adjectives

Caitlin:
Reading:  Snow
Head of the Class:  3 cycles
Math:  Subtraction, addition, fractions, tally marks
Language Arts:  On the Go, punctuation
Science:  Insect Olympics, Seeds

Back To School From Spring Break

Today is our first day back to lessons, from Spring Break, and of course everyone is slow moving. We will be doing Head of the Class, of course, and DJ is doing a book review of the Percy Jackson series on his blog. DJ will also do math, and a book report for the last Percy Jackson book. Depending on how long those take him, I may assign more work. Caitlin actually managed to sneak undone work past me, before Spring Break, so she has some makeup work to do. This is one of my roses that are starting to bloom. DJ took this shot, and he is continuing to learn about photography. We are ready to get back to lessons, or at least I am, LOL! One semester left. I can not believe it already. Have a great Monday, all.

Brazil and The Amazon Rainforest

Today for Social Studies we are continuing our trip around the world. We are still learning about Brazil, and today is the Amazon Rain Forest. There are a lot of beautiful videos on Youtube of the Rain Forest, but since we are concentrating on the Amazon in Brazil, I chose these videos below. If you love the sounds of the Rain Forest, check out some of the amazing videos available. Enjoy the lovely videos.

Lesson Plans For 01/26/11:

DJ:
Social Studies: Brazil's rain forest, The Story of the World Ancient Times: Chapter 16
Math: Saxon 54
Spelling: Chapter 14 put your words in alphabetical order
Language Arts: Adverbs computer games at http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
Reading Comprehension: With worksheet

Caitlin:
Social Studies: Brazil's rain forest
Math: Addition
Printing Practice
Language Arts: Consonant digraphs
Words to Know: Worksheet
Find words in a group and color: Word find
Calendar work, clock work, skip counting
Number Identification and Writing

Friday Is Art And Music Day

Last year Fridays were test days. This year it will be a little different. Fridays will be mainly for reading, writing, music, and art. I don't follow a particular music curriculum, after all I can't play an instrument myself. We do have a I Can Play Piano, that the kids use. We also listen to various music pieces, and learn about musicians. I would like to thank all of you who stopped by to wish us well wishes after our very tough day yesterday. Today was a smooth day, with just some I am missing Krypto tears. We were able to catch up on all the lessons, except the archaeology dig, which will be done eventually. I have to say about The Story of the World curriculum, DJ loves it so far. He is so interested in the ancient maps, and what happened thousands of years ago. Caitlin however could give a rats behind, and I don't think barely listened to anything we discussed. I know a lot of homeschoolers teach the same curriculum to all their children for ease, but I won't be doing this one with Caitlin this year. I will switch to something more appropriate, and she will learn first grade related material based on Native Americans, being a good citizen, community helpers, phone numbers etc. I can copy the worksheets, so when she is old enough I can still use it for her without buying another student workbook. We are supposed to be doing sign language as well, but somehow I can not find the book I bought. So until I do, we will use the videos posted in the archives.

Lesson Plans For 09/10/10:

DJ:
Art: Rosa Bonheur animals with texture skills, and Birch bark canoe from Draw Write Now
Music: I can play piano
Reading: The Story of Mount Vernon book with book report
Writing: My summer vacation, blog post
Cursive Writing
Proofreading: Worksheet

Caitlin:
Art: Rosa Bonheur animals with texture skills, Birch bark canoe from Draw Write Now
Music: I can play piano
Reading: Book one of Animal Antics series: Fat Cat
Printing Practice
Calendar Work
Clock Work


A quick note for all of you who get the History Channel. On Saturday at 9 PM, they will be having a special on 911. I will be recording this for the kids to watch at a later date. We have discussed this in the past, and I think at least DJ is old enough to watch it. Also on 09/17 on the History Channel website, is a live webcast for children to learn about the importance of the Constitution, from 12-12:45 PM. I hope to remember to have them watch this.

Commas, Colons, and Semicolons

Moving on with some more fun grammar topics. Grammar the most unpleasant lesson for me to teach my children. For one thing it is so boring and so much to remember. Anyways enough whining, watch the video below to catch up on all your grammar needs.

We have had a crazy busy week and I think I am all socialized out. I still have to get portfolios together for next Tuesdays evaluation. At least I have gotten almost all of our books ordered, and curriculums lined up for next year. I hope everyone is having a great week, this week so far. Can you believe it is June 2nd already, ugh where did the year go?