Civics and US Government Final

I made a final test for Civics and US Government, and Caitlin received a 91 on that test.  She was very pleased with that grade.  She received a 0.5 credit for each class.

I have made her Oceanography final, and she will take that next week.

I still have to average her grade for Sign Language.

That leaves just Math, and Language Arts, her two least favorite classes.  She is in the harder parts of Algebra 1b, so I will have her do it over the Summer, just an hour a day a few days a week, because she will be taking the PERT probably in August, and I want her to do as well as she can.

I have already started thinking about next year, actually, I am a little late on this.  I will be posting videos and books for a World History/Geography class.  I am not sure yet if I will have her do this her Junior or Senior year.  I am leaning more towards Senior year.

I will post other items once I decide for sure what she will be doing in her Junior year.

I picked New Zealand to start with because I was curious about New Zealand.  The book below, may, or may not be the one I choose to use.

Wacky Wednesday Homeschool Item

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I know my kids hated learning to write in cursive.  The item below combines cursive writing with silly, fun, sentences.  Hopefully, your kids will get a kick out of this as they learn cursive writing.

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Start of 4th Quarter

It has been a crazy few months.  Adjusting to my husband working from home due to Covid 19 and my son back to doing college work at home.  Plus disinfecting the house every day, and keeping everyone safe.  We have quietly moved into our fourth quarter.  Caitlin has shown great progress this year and I am so proud of her.

She has completed the Oceanography curriculum and is studying to take the final.

She has completed ASL first year.  The final grade will be posted,

She has completed  Civics and Government and is studying for the final.

That leaves Math Algebra 1B and Language Arts.  Plus, last week she started the driving school on FLVS.  She will be able to sit for her driver's permit when she is done.

We are still volunteering weekly at the dog shelter.  Socializing in these times has become a challenge.  We do meet on the bike path for the girls to skateboard or use their Heelies.  We limit the time to one hour per day.

I am so glad we bought the pool last year, as all the springs are closed.

I will be working on making new posts as I was initially doing, and then got distracted.

I hope everyone is well.

Almost To The End of 3rd Quarter

You may have noticed I have not been blogging as much.  I am a little stressed out about all of this Coronavirus stuff.  We already homeschool, but I am still working, as is my son and my husband just started working at home.  I am a nurse, by trade, and I have kidney disease, so I am stressed, to say the least.  I don't want to not work, but I am scared of catching it as people are dying of kidney failure.  I have created a Family Care Plan so they know the steps that need to be taken to care for me should I get sick.  My son works in retail, and they just started limiting the number of people in the store, and I am grateful they are doing that.  I am disinfecting my house daily with alcohol, hydrogen peroxide or bleach, whichever I can find in the stores.  I am also crocheting face masks for my family to use at home if needed and if it comes to it in public as well. 

We are coming up on the end of our 3rd quarter the week of Easter.  I did give Caitlin a week for spring break, as her friends were out of school.  She only got one, though, they got 2.  We are limiting friend time to only outside, in groups no more than 3 and with strict social distancing.  If we start seeing cases in our county that too will end.  She has finished her Sign Language course, so I will be signing her up for Driver's Ed if I can even get her in it due to all the new homeschoolers.  She had also moved on to Algebra 1B and is doing well with that.  Everything else is the same, though History is definitely morphing into learning about being a good citizen and staying home to protect other citizens.  I had her watch the youtube video below on the Spanish Flu so she could see how awful a pandemic can be when people don't do as they should.  Also how our local, state and federal governments are dealing with the Pandemic. 

I am irritable and grumpy but trying to keep life as normal as possible right now.  I have started a Mindfulness course to learn about it and implement it for me and anyone else who needs to relieve stress, which might be everyone right now.  I also think I am going to write a book on homeschooling.  I will use the info I have collected over the years in this blog and other places. 

I hope everyone who reads this is well.