Weekly Report 8/11/08 to 8/15/08 - First Week of School

Benjaman started
6^th grade this year.  In our
school district that is middle school. 
This was our first week of school. 
It turns out it was a bad week to start because we had a playdate with
friends who just back from Alaska, 2 doctor’s and 1 dentist appointments.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Plus we’ve been watching the Olympics every
night after football practice.  Needless
to say we didn’t get everything on the schedule accomplished.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I decided to be flexible and move some of
the work to next week.  Even so we had
school one night until 10:30 and 2 nights until 9:30 because we finished up
after football practice.  Maybe if I
didn’t let Benjaman take so many reading breaks we’d get more done during the
day.  We’re calling it a week though and
realize that next week will be better.  I’m also going to be smarter about playdates and appointments.

 

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Here’s our line
up for 6^th grade work:

Saxon Math 6/5

Languague Arts:

Latina Christiana I

Building Spelling Skills book 6

Winston Grammar Basic finish then begin Word Works

Write Source

Social Studies:

Geography – Ultimate Guide to Geography

World History – Story of the World III

American History – A History of US

Science:

Exploring the World Through Botany

Exploring the World Through Zoology

Literature –
Battle of the Books (www.nmbattleofthebooks.com)

Art – Mark Kistler’s
Draw Squad

We also do daily
Bible reading, verse memorization and read from William Bennett’s Book of
Virtues.  Later in the year we’ll be
doing a comparative world religion study.

 

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Botany-style='color:blue'>This is Benjaman’s first page in his Botany notebook.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Most of his work this week has been in the
form of worksheets or oral recitation and reading.

 

Monday: Ben
completed his Bible readings, the DVD Latin lesson, completed a Saxon lesson,
began Spelling, wrote Geography terms in his Vocab notebook, and we read part
of The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu. 
We also visited with our friends who spent the summer in Alaska and Ben
had Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (www.abqbjj.com).

 

Tuesday:style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Ben completed his Bible readings and a Saxon
lesson before his doctor appointment. 
He had a yearly physical and had to get a chicken pox vaccine
booster.  We were at the dr. office for
over an hour, plus the 1 hour round trip drive, it really ate a whole in our
day.  We did get some reading for the
Battle done though.  After football
practice Ben finished his math lesson. 
I am so proud of him for doing it without complaining.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  It was the second night in a row he was up
after bedtime working on school work.

 

Wednesday:style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Ben completed his Bible readings and part of
a Spelling lesson before we had to leave for my dentist appointment.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  That took forever also!style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I hadn’t been in 2 years so they ended up
taking 17 x-rays!  We got home about an
hour before football so Benjaman just did his first art lesson, which consisted
mostly of terms.  We scrapped the rest
of the schoolwork and just watched the Olympics after football.

 

Thursday:style="mso-spacerun: yes">  No extra appointments!style="mso-spacerun: yes">  Ben completed his Bible readings, a Saxon
lesson, part of a Spelling lesson.  We
did a Latin lesson together.  He started
his Botany notebook and did some grammar and did a writing lesson.

 

Friday:style="mso-spacerun: yes">  I have a dr. appointment, but I have Ben
lined out schoolwork that he can work on independently.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  He completed his Bible readings and we did a
Latin lesson and introduced a new Saxon lesson.  While I’m gone he’ll do his Saxon work, Spelling, Grammar and
Writing.  When I get home we’ll do
American History and read for the Battle.

 

It was a
productive week, even though we had to scrap part of the schedule.style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 

 

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Football – style='color:blue'>Benjaman’s YAFL team is the Bernalillo Spartans (like the
highschool).  They had a scrimmage last
Saturday and I think they learned a lot! 
They have their first game tomorrow. 
Benjaman loves football!  That’s
good since he has practice 4 days a week for 2 hours at a time.style="mso-spacerun: yes">  There is a game every Saturday until
October.

 

So, there’s our
first week of school.  So far so good!