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In Class... EEL Board Work--True/False questions and Undiagram an interrogative sentence New Part of Speech--Conjunctions Chart H 5 types of conjunctions--will learn them throughout year correlative (co-relative=2 words always go together) relative pronouns--also on pronoun chart (F) these begin who/which clauses subordinating conjunctions www.asia.wub for main ones coordinating conjunctions FANBOYS Did a cheer to help remember Also sang these, along with the definition of conjunction to "Father Abraham" Foundations, Cycle 2, weeks 21-22 compound subjects and verbs are diagramed with a "rocket ship" Looked at Chart A and how much we have covered so far this year. It is a lot in just six weeks! New Sentence Structure--Compound 2 independent clauses (house diagram) combined using a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) Must have a comma before the FANBOYS Diagrammed with the FANBOYS on a "chair" in between the clauses New Sentence Pattern--S-Vt-Do Direct Objects are nouns/pronouns and must follow verb; answer who/what Transitive verbs transfer action from subject of sentence to the direct object Diagrammed like the pattern is shown on chart A When studying chart A, it is a good idea to have your child mark the diagram lines as well as the abbreviations. (Thanks Jennifer B.!) Conjunction Junction! Math Played Battleship with partners www.nationalnumberknockout.com IEW Read our papers within our table groups Silly Sentences at tables Dressed-up boring sentences with at least 3 given dress-ups or decorations New Structure--Summarizing a Reference (Unit 4) "Some-a-rize" Key words for outline come from interesting, important, or relevant facts NOT from each sentence! 5 to 7 facts (lines) in Key Word Outline Still only 3 words per line Topic Sentence is Roman Numeral "I" in KWO Clincher Sentence just write clincher on KWO (no need for key words) when writing sentence in paragraph, remember rule: "The clincher sentence MUST repeat or reflect 2-3 key words from the topic sentence." At Home... EEL page 108-109 (110-111) in EEL page 109/111 is a test/proof for the first six weeks This is great to do sometime over break to see where your student is and see where there might be areas you need to work on. Remember, mastery is not expected for 1st or 2nd year students! Study Chart H (conjunctions) Also study chart G (compound sentence structure)--we ran out of time for this, but it is important! Continue practicing all charts learned so far (A through F) Work on the vocabulary words and definitions at the beginning of each lesson covered so far. Analytical Task Sheet Try to complete 1 practice sentence each day Sentences 1 and 2 are the only true basic ones this week You can change the words in the sentence to create new ones (if you feel confident), or you can use the history practice sentences I sent out by email a couple of weeks ago or ones on CC Connected. Remember the section in Lesson 3 that gives all of the details for the ATS, and remember the steps are laid out for you on each sentence's page. Optional--Editing exercises and Spelling List in EEL Don't feel that you always have to simply write the charts to practice. Get creative! Math Practice Number Knockout at home Practice and work on speed and accuracy of math facts IEW Lesson 9 from the US History Based Writing book Follow this lesson as closely as you can/would like to. I don't teach from this book (other than reading the source text) on purpose. I leave all of the great teaching helps and ideas in the USHBW lessons for you to use at home! There are some great ideas in there! The text on "The First Thanksgiving" is to help you teach the topic-clincher rule. It is a great resource! You are only doing one paragraph. The idea is to take the 2 paragraphs and summarize them into one. Don't forget about vocabulary words! There are flashcards for these in the back of the student US history book Optional--Bring a completed paper to turn in and share on Tuesday This should be a marked copy with a signed checklist if you want feedback. Should also have a clean (and even illustrated) copy for the published student book Optional--If you are continuing to do school throughout break and would like more writing to do, don't forget about the blackline masters download in the front of the USHBW book. There is another source text that goes along with the one in lesson 9 that would work great for additional practice. Reminders... Be sure to read your lessons for the week after break--Week 7 in EEL Guide and Lesson 10 in USHBW book. Our next Pudewa night is not until the end of October, but make plans to join us on October 26! My Prayer for you this week... "By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory." Proverbs 24:3-6 May you remember not only the premise and philosophy behind Classical Education, but may you also be encouraged by each other ("wise guidance" and "abundance of counselors"). I love how we are all in this together, encouraging each other, learning from each other, and supporting each other! Have a great break!
Your economics activities should not be boring. There are SO MANY fun ways to make it engaging for students, as well as teach vocabulary.
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Starting our studies after the winter break always requires an extra measure of grace. Having time off for the holidays is nice, but it doesn’t always feel as restful as the summer break. Additionally, the material generally gets more difficult as you continue to the second semester of study in a subject. It can be…
Free PDF of an easy quadrant craft for kids. Early explorer sailors used the quadrant, or astrolabe, to measure latitude.
If your child needs practice with grammar, there’s no need to buy a workbook. Here are several places that offer free grammar worksheets.
Everything you need to know about Saxon Math Homeschool Curriculum! The Good, The Bad, and How to Make it Work for You...My insights after 16 years!
Teach Up! How to improve your teaching with Bloom's Taxonomy. Use this powerful model to expand your homeschool teaching.
In our last lesson, we discussed the genitive case. We learned that there is a preposition inside the genitive case. It isn’t completely evident, but it’s implied, and it comes out during translation into English. The dative case also has this going on! Though Latin has a lot of prepositions, some of the ones we use most often in English are right there inside the cases. The Flexible Indirect Object In English, we have two ways of denoting that something Continue Reading...
One would think the fourth time planning ninth grade would be relatively easy. At this point, it should just be lather-rinse-repeat. Right? But the truth is, each of my kids is so vastly different from their siblings. They have different passions and different giftings. I'd be remiss if I did not reshuffle the deck from year to year and plan a unique high school program for each of them. So, that is what I aimed to do as I was making curriculum choices for my ninth grader. After having some great discussions with him about his future hopes and dreams and after reviewing the results of a few different career aptitude tests he took this summer, I used the Brave High School Record Keeping for Homeschoolers pack to put together a four-year plan that will hopefully position him to achieve his post-graduate goals. Here's what he'll be learning in 9th grade. Since we only homeschool 4-days a week, you can assume that each of these subjects will only be covered four times each week unless otherwise indicated. (This post contains affiliate links. Please see my disclosure policy for full details.) Content-rich Subjects As always, he'll do all of his content-rich subjects like Morning time/Bible, history, and art with his other siblings. You can see those curriculum choices here>>> Personal Devotions- every day ESV Student Study Bible Unshakable Hope Promise Book Student Edition Language Arts English 9 from BJU Press All About Spelling level 7. Read for pleasure. (every day) I will gather a list of titles including those on my High School Must Read list for him to choose from each month. (Vetting titles in bulk is a great way to provide a teen/tween some helpful discernment while still offering choice in their reading selection.) Word Roots Level 1 Math Pre-Algebra-- This is a live Zoom class offered by Excelsior Classes, a group of Christian teachers who teach online classes to homeschoolers. Science Physical Science from BJU Press Distance Learning Extra-Curricular Subjects Cooking Culinary School episodes- He'll watch these in the first few weeks of school. Taste of Home Cooking School- After reading all of the front matter of the book, he'll then select a rotation of recipes based on the categories in the book. Plan one full meal menu from the cookbook and cook it. (1x a week) Typing Mavis Beacon Typing (2x a week) Blacksmithing Continue with his blacksmithing apprenticeship at a local forge a couple of Saturdays a month. (One of our house rules is that by the time you graduate, no matter what your future college/vocational plans might be, you will have had to learn a trade under a tradesman. Mastering a trade will open doors of ministry, side-hustle income, and/or save you money when you can do a job yourself instead of hiring it out to someone else.) Baseball Try out for the public high school junior varsity team. Play for the local club/traveling league in the late spring and summer months. Life Skills Mow the lawn or shovel the snow as needed with his siblings and at an Airbnb in our neighborhood Volunteer in the church nursery. (2x a month) Volunteer at the local soup kitchen with the rest of the family. (1x a month) Clean his room and make his bed each day. Daily chores: sweep the library, empty the dishwasher with his younger brother, wipe down the surfaces in the upstairs bathroom Weekly Chores for his child-of-the-day privileges and responsibilities: help make lunch/dinner and do two loads of laundry (Fridays), rotate with his brothers to mow the lawn and/or shovel the snow as needed Monthly Chores: dust the main floor with his siblings, mop the library, mop his room, randomly select one additional chore from our chore jar one Saturday each month Serve at our local Soup Kitchen with the family. (1x a month) Co-operative LearningTwice a month, he'll attend the homeschool co-op that I lead and participate in two enrichment classes each semester for a total of four for the 2023-2024 school year. In addition, he'll be able to join in on several field trips offered by the group. His first-semester co-op classes will be as follows: TBD Twin Ports History His second-semester co-op classes will be as follows: TBD Leadership Through Teamwork From drawing to pitching baseballs, blacksmithing to cooking tasty treats, he's a boy who likes to work with his hands. His ninth-grade year will, no doubt, provide him plenty of opportunities to create, make, and do. Grab my free No Twaddle Book List! Thank you! The list will be sent to your inbox shortly. Grab my free No Twaddle Book List! I've compiled a complete list of my most favorite books for all ages, tots to tweens. Start here to build a reading culture in your home! Yes, send me the book list!
Here’s an archive of our downloadable activities so far- feel free to download and print off any of these to use yourself or with your club / group / scouts troop / evil supervillain society&…
This free, no-frills elementary Charlotte Mason weekly planner will keep you on track with your Charlotte Mason style of homeschooling.
A grammar chart demonstrating prepositions of place and a few questionsto reinvest with using the theme of Minecraft. 5 fill-in-the-blank spots within 4 questions. - ESL worksheets
Last year I wrote about relaxed homeschooling in middle school. I shared our plans for not just last year but the middle school years in general. It was interesting to go back and read it just now to see what worked out and what didn't. We're still relaxed homeschoolers in seventh grade. I would still
These 25 homeschool electives are creative and fun ways to boost learning, explore interests, and learn about future careers with your kids.
I already wrote a post detailing how we prepared our son, our Dialectic Dyslexic, for entering Challenge A and I wanted to take a few minutes to recap the year. The best thing I did as a parent to …
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Free Life Skills Worksheets For Highschool Students And Free Life Skills Worksheets For Special Needs Students Pdf
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Check out these fun activities from Award Winning Author/Illustrator Jarett Lerner to do at home or in the classsroom. Includes comics, drawing, and more.
Overview of third grade homeschool curriculum options. Including math, science, language, reading, history, writing, logic, art, pe, music and typing.
Bring clarity and consistency to your lesson plans with Bloom's Verbs Posters! These bright and colorful posters with cleverly defined terms will transform your classroom into a learning powerhouse. Whether you're a teacher, student teacher, or even a homeschooling parent, these posters are an essential addition to your curriculum. This is your chance to get organized and improve learning outcomes and get the most out of your classroom! With two colored versions and a black-and-white version included, you have the flexibility to choose what best suits your class. Take your teaching to the next level with Bloom's Verbs Posters!
In European history, the Middle Ages, or Medieval period, lasted from the 5th to the 15th century. Click for even more facts or download the worksheets.
Amy Atkins and Sara Burns of Sunshine and Oranges bring hope for overwhelmed mamas just trying to figure out this homeschooling thing, and are an example of finding mom friendship in community. Join us as we talk about cultivating friendship, asking for help, and what they've created to equip themselves and other families like yours for success in the classical model of homeschooling.
Looking for some new ways to get the attention of your class? Here are 25 Class Callbacks-Attention Grabbers ideas for you to try out!
Lean Forward Lean Backward - a song with actions and activities ready-made for your music class. Great to practice music aural & music theory.
