Wow! Can it be true, I'm actually posting our school day happenings two days in a row. :)
Today w/ our FIAR story, Ping, we figured out how long ago the book was written and discussed what a "Classic" story is. Then discussed how Ping has stood the test of time and is certainly a classic. We also talked about the use of repetition in the story and wrote our own story using repetition. I had the kids take turn telling two sentences each, going around in a circle until we came to an end. Which will explain the silliness and lack of any real story line not to mention lack of grammatically correct sentences. LOL Here's the kids story:
Once upon a time there was a pretty orange and red fish. The orange and red fish lived on a reef with lots of red coral. It loved to play with all the other fish. One day, all of the red fish got eaten by a shark. The orange and red fish escaped!
He was very lonely because all of his friends were eaten. So he swam off into the deep blue ocean. As he swam deeper and deeper, it began to get colder and darker. He was afraid.
He didn't know which was was up. He looked up and saw lighter water. He swam towards the lighter water and found himself back in a sunny reef.
In the new reef, the orange and red fish meets a new school of red fish. He asks them if they would like to go on some new adventures.
Off they swam into the deep blue ocean.
Did you catch the repetition? Yeah, I didn't either. *sigh* note to teacher, work on that particular literary device. ;-)
For E's school today we are still waiting on the majority of her books for this year. I did have three more books though that we needed, so we read from those. Here's a brief narration from Miss E herself. :-) Halliburton's Book of Marvels - The Occident - In the first chapter we read about The TransBay Bridge, aka The Bay Bridge, in San Francisco, CA. It's a suspension bridge. The cables which hold it up are two feet wide and are made up of 17,000 individual strands of steel, each as big as a pencil. The span of the bridge is 8 miles long and connects San Francisco to Oakland, with a tunnel going through an island between the two cities. It was a double decker bridge carrying cars on the top deck and buses and trucks on the lower deck. The bridge is 220' high at the highest point. From San Francisco to the island, it's a suspension bridge. From the island to Oakland, it's a regular, railroad type bridge.
The next chapter is about The Golden Gate Bridge also in San Francisco, CA. It's named The Golden Gate Bridge because it goes over San Francisco's Golden Gate entrance. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that goes over San Francisco Harbor. The spans between the towers holding up the cables are longer than the TransBay Bridge. The cables are three feet wide, which is a little wider than my 2 year old brother is tall. :-)
Plutarch The Life of Publicola - Publicola lived in about 550 BC in Rome. He was known to be an honorable man and a man of the public, which is where he got his name from. Publicola had helped drive the King out of Rome so when it was time to vote the two people in to run the city, he was hoping to be one of them. But instead the council voted in a man whose wife had killed herself due to insolence from the Kings family. They chose him over Publicola because they knew if any kings tried to get back in, he wouldn't back down. Publicola was insulted because they didn't think he was loyal to Rome, so he quit his jobs and went away for awhile. He returned on voting day, where everyone was to vote allegiance to Rome, he was the first to cast his vote of loyalty to Rome and the two people now in charge.
Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost act 1 scene 1 about 1/4 of the way through- There was a King (King of Navarre) and three men (Dumaine, L something and B something) who were his attendants. The King said that they had to be loyal to him and learn from his court and they weren't allowed to see any women or leave the court for three years. If a woman came into the court, she'd have her tongue chopped off. They all signed the documents. However, B something was the one who protested at first.
Wow! Can it be true, I'm actually posting our school day happenings two days in a row. :)
Today w/ our FIAR story, Ping, we figured out how long ago the book was written and discussed what a "Classic" story is. Then discussed how Ping has stood the test of time and is certainly a classic. We also talked about the use of repetition in the story and wrote our own story using repetition. I had the kids take turn telling two sentences each, going around in a circle until we came to an end. Which will explain the silliness and lack of any real story line not to mention lack of grammatically correct sentences. LOL Here's the kids story:
Once upon a time there was a pretty orange and red fish. The orange and red fish lived on a reef with lots of red coral. It loved to play with all the other fish. One day, all of the red fish got eaten by a shark. The orange and red fish escaped!
He was very lonely because all of his friends were eaten. So he swam off into the deep blue ocean. As he swam deeper and deeper, it began to get colder and darker. He was afraid.
He didn't know which was was up. He looked up and saw lighter water. He swam towards the lighter water and found himself back in a sunny reef.
In the new reef, the orange and red fish meets a new school of red fish. He asks them if they would like to go on some new adventures.
Off they swam into the deep blue ocean.
Did you catch the repetition? Yeah, I didn't either. *sigh* note to teacher, work on that particular literary device. ;-)
For E's school today we are still waiting on the majority of her books for this year. I did have three more books though that we needed, so we read from those. Here's a brief narration from Miss E herself. :-) Halliburton's Book of Marvels - The Occident - In the first chapter we read about The TransBay Bridge, aka The Bay Bridge, in San Francisco, CA. It's a suspension bridge. The cables which hold it up are two feet wide and are made up of 17,000 individual strands of steel, each as big as a pencil. The span of the bridge is 8 miles long and connects San Francisco to Oakland, with a tunnel going through an island between the two cities. It was a double decker bridge carrying cars on the top deck and buses and trucks on the lower deck. The bridge is 220' high at the highest point. From San Francisco to the island, it's a suspension bridge. From the island to Oakland, it's a regular, railroad type bridge.
The next chapter is about The Golden Gate Bridge also in San Francisco, CA. It's named The Golden Gate Bridge because it goes over San Francisco's Golden Gate entrance. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that goes over San Francisco Harbor. The spans between the towers holding up the cables are longer than the TransBay Bridge. The cables are three feet wide, which is a little wider than my 2 year old brother is tall. :-)
Plutarch The Life of Publicola - Publicola lived in about 550 BC in Rome. He was known to be an honorable man and a man of the public, which is where he got his name from. Publicola had helped drive the King out of Rome so when it was time to vote the two people in to run the city, he was hoping to be one of them. But instead the council voted in a man whose wife had killed herself due to insolence from the Kings family. They chose him over Publicola because they knew if any kings tried to get back in, he wouldn't back down. Publicola was insulted because they didn't think he was loyal to Rome, so he quit his jobs and went away for awhile. He returned on voting day, where everyone was to vote allegiance to Rome, he was the first to cast his vote of loyalty to Rome and the two people now in charge.
Shakespeare's Love's Labor's Lost act 1 scene 1 about 1/4 of the way through- There was a King (King of Navarre) and three men (Dumaine, L something and B something) who were his attendants. The King said that they had to be loyal to him and learn from his court and they weren't allowed to see any women or leave the court for three years. If a woman came into the court, she'd have her tongue chopped off. They all signed the documents. However, B something was the one who protested at first.
Sorry, Linda, it's not Discovery Channel. It's by Larry Klein, and it's a WGBH Science Unit, starring David Macauley. There's a neat activity at the end where you try to build a bridge with straws, tape, and straight pins, one strong enough to span three feet(?) and hold the weight of a baseball. Here's the description:
Originally aired on Public Television.
Summary: What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator, and captivating storyteller, David Macaulay, and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes flawed designs. From the Golden Gate Bridge to some of the world's groundbreaking spans, you'll explore dozens of monumental engineering feats through historic film footage, fascinating photographs, illustrations and dramatic recreations.
My kids found it really fascinating, and they aren't even that kind of kids! :o)
Sally
History:
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall 1783-1914
Abraham Lincoln's World by Genevieve Foster
The Story of the World Vol. 4 by Susan Wise Bauer
History Tales/Biography:
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Of Courage Undaunted: Across the Continent with Lewis and Clark by James Daugherty
Passion for the Impossible: The Life of Lilias Trotter by Miriam Huffman Rockness
Carry a Big Stick: The Uncommon Heroism of Teddy Roosevelt by George Grant
Geography:
The Book of Marvels: The Occident and The Orient by Richard Halliburton
Natural History:
Handbook of Nature Study by Anne Botsford Comstock
Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton
Science:
Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 5 by Worthington Hooker
The Fairy-land of Science by Arabella Buckley
Physics Lab in a Housewares Store by Robert Friedhoffer
Apologia Elementary Science Botany by Jeanne Fulbright
Science Biography:
Isaac Newton
Alexander Graham Bell -- Always Inventing by Tom L. Matthews
George Washington Carver
Poetry:
Rudyard Kipling
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
John Greenleaf Whittier and Paul Lawrence Dunbar
Literature:
Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch Chapters 15-28
The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Kim by Rudyard Kipling
Free Reading
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lad: A Dog by Albert Payson Terhune
The Treasure Seekers by Edith Nesbit -- Finished
The Wouldbegoods by Edith Nesbit -- Currently Reading
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Finished
Little Town on the Prarie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge
Michael Faraday, Father of Electronics by Charles Ludwig
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Latham
Riffles for Watie by Harold Keith
Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Rilla of Ingleside by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Falcons of France by Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Goodbye Mr. Chips by James Hilton
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Math
Math U See Delta/Episilon
Handwriting
Italics
Grammar
Growing with Grammar
A's List 4th Grade
History
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall Charles I - George III
George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster
History Tales/Biography
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
Geography
Minn of the Mississippi by Holling C. Holling
Natural History
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley
Science
It Couldn't Just Happen by Lawrence Richards
Apologia Elementary Science Botany by Jeanne Fulbright
Poetry
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Emily Dickinson
William Wordsworth
Literature
The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Paul Reveres' Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
Free Reading
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
Pollyanna by Eleanor Porter
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Railway Children by Edith Nesbit
A Book of Golden Deeds by Charlotte Yonge
Bambi by Felix Salten -- Currently Reading
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Little Britches by Ralph Moody
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Gentle Ben by Walt Morey
Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
Return to Gone Away by Elizabeth Enright
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Peterkin Papers by Lucretia Hale
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
The Sign of the Beaver
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery
Justin Morgan had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
Math
Math U See Beta/Gamma
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears Cursive
Spelling
Sequential Spelling
R's List 2nd Grade
History
An Island Story by HE Marshall chapters 22-60 1-66-1553
This Country of Ours by HE Marshall Chapters 1-5
A Child's History of the World by Virgil Hillyer Chapter 47-61
History Tales/Biography
Trial and Triumph by Richard Hanula
The Little Duke by Charlotte Yonge
Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley
Geography
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Holling
Seabird by Holling C. Holling
Natural History/Science
The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock
The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton Burgess
Pagoo by Holling C. Holling
Apologia Elementary Science Botany by Jeanne Fulbright
Poetry
Walter De La Mare
Eugene Field and James Whitcombe Riley
Christina Rossetti
Literature
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by Nesbitt
Pilgrim's Progress Book 1 by John Bunyan
Parables from Nature by Margaret Gatty
Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Free Reading
A Wonder Book by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney
Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Abraham Lincoln by Ingri D'Aulaire
Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning
Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry
Mr. Popper's Penquin by Richard Atwater
Otto of the Silver Hand by Howard Pyle
Chanticleer and the Fox by Barbara Cooney
Along Came a Dog by Meindert De Jong
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli
Math
Math U See Alpha/Beta
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears
Spelling
Sequential Spelling
S's. List Kindergarten
FIAR Studies
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack -- Finished
Lentil by Robert McCloskey -- Finished
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans -- Rowing this week
A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen
How To Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Glady's Scheffrin-Falk
Phonics
Reading Made Easy By Valerie Bendt
Math
Math U See primer
Handwriting
Handwriting Without Tears
My Reading List
The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning
Too Wise to Be Mistaken,Too Good to be Unkind by Cathy Steere
HomeSchooling at the Speed of Life by Marilyn Rockett
Kids in the Syndrome Mix by Martin L. Kutscher MD
The Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis
Love and Logic Solutions for Kids with Special Needs by David Funk
The Out of Sync Child Has Fun by Carol Stock Kranowitz
Do You Think I'm Beautiful?
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Ordinary Mom, Extraordinary God by Mary E. DeMuth
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