Photography Challenge: Red

So, for last week's challenge, we both had to find something red.  I love taking pictures, so I can always think of something.  Caitlin, however, is a little more of a challenge.  I think she is the only teen girl that does not take a million photos a day with her phone.  We had a ton of rain this week, of course because we had family visiting, but it produced some lovely rainbows.  Then one of our resident Cardinals was on the front porch, in the rain, eating, and Caitlin found a ladybug in her room.  So, those are the 3 photos for this week honoring the color, red.  This week will be Orange. 
We are officially on Summer Vacation, and I have to start putting together a portfolio, and making sure I am prepared for next year.  The first Presidential Debates are at the end of June.  So, Caitlin and I will be watching, and discussing those, as part of her Civics and Government Class for grade 10.  Let the fun begin, lol!

10th Grade Language Arts Option

I have actually decided on my choice for 10th grade Language Arts, for Caitlin.  After much thought, it made much sense to me to have her prepare for the PERT, using the standards she would need to know.  The PERT does not really concentrate on her writing abilities, but rather on her ability to edit someone else's writing.  I think that is perfect for her at this point, and time.  Over the Summer she will do a short, one paragraph writing assignment, so that will give her lots of practice.  She did fair, with note taking this year.  Her studying could still use some improving, and techniques besides just looking at something and trying to remember it.  Below you will find the links we will be using for both Reading Comprehension, and Writing (Editing) for grade 10.  She actually reads quite a bit, not classical literature or anything, but stuff she is interested in.  So, I guess I won't quibble with that.  Our 9th grade school year is officially over.  She just has her History final Wednesday. Oh and our photography challenge for this week is the color red.

http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/5592/urlt/0078248-pert-studentstudyguide.pdf

https://www.test-guide.com/free-pert-practice-tests.html

https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/edit/edit01.shtml

https://www.quill.org/activities/packs/31    This one looks particularly good!

https://www.readworks.org/  This one also was a top pick of mine.

Photography Challenge: Small Backyard Creatures

We actually get lots of creatures in our yard, and over the years we have shared some of them.  It is fun to teach Science right from your own yard.  There are so many topics if you just look, and think about it.  Especially when my kids were young, this was a very easy way to teach Science.  Now that they are older, and one is in college now, I need a more structured Science curriculum.

For this week's challenge, Caitlin and I had to find a small creature in our back yard.  I found some snails, and she found this lizard.  She actually loves lizards, they don't like her taking their picture though.  She is quite good at catching them, and even had some for pets for many years.  Now that she has a cat in her room, that won't work so well. 

Oh, and Happy Memorial Day to all the men and women currently serving in the US Military.  We appreciate you!

Photography Challenge: Smile

So, this week the challenge was to take a selfie of yourself smiling.  Caitlin didn't quite achieve that as she hates taking selfies.  This next week the challenge is small backyard critters.  We are nearing the end of her 9th grade homeschool year.  I will be sharing my thoughts on the year, in a post that my evaluater uses in August.  I also will share choices for grade 10 on another day.  For Caitlin there isn't a whole lot of grading, as she could care less about a grade.  So, for her it will be completed, uncompleted, excellent, satisfactory, good, or needs improvement, along with a final grade of pass or fail.  I hate the needs improvement, because all things can always need improving, but without a grade, I have to have some option for a C grade.  Hopefully there won't be any C's, lol.  Over the Summer we will work on Writing, using short creative writing prompts.  Math and History, and tiny bit of French, are the only classes we are still actively completing.