Daily Schedule for October

Daily work:

Morning Chores
Bible study
Khan Academy---2 to 3 topics daily
Visual Latin---one section daily
Exploring Creation with Physical Science and Labs---according to assignment sheet I gave you
Writing for 20 minutes daily---NaNoWriMo
Do your history assignment (usually reading a book)
Alice 2.2 assignments as listed (one a day)
Evening Chores

Once a week (at least):
Art (Meeting the Masters or Mark Kistler)
Music (classical listening, keyboard)
Nature Study (one entry per week done with kids)
Chess Club (Tuesday)
Ride Lily

It's That Time of Year Again... NaNoWriMo!!

Download the Middle School Writer's Workbook to your desktop.

You can LOG IN to your NaNoWriMo account HERE.

You have your usual log in name, original password.

Print and add the useful pages to your notebook. 

Make enough for each of your characters. 

Keep all of your brainstorming supplies in your 

notebook within easy reach. 

Use the rest of October to set up your story, 

so that when November comes you can write, write, write. 

Yay! NaNoWriMo, way to go!!

I like your story idea. It is going to be great. 

I can't wait to read it.

Mom

Latin Resources

Here is the content of the first ten lessons, which we are reviewing.

1.     Being Verbs Basics | To Be and Not to Be
2.     Being Verbs Basics | Predicate Nominatives and Adjectives
3.     Gender | Boy Words and Girl Words
4.     Singular and Plural | E Pluribus Unum
5.     Declensions | Meet the Cases
6.     Adjectives Learn to Agree with Nouns
7.     The Case Files | Nominative and Genitive
8.     Counting to 10 in Latin
9.     Active Verb Basics | Indicative Mood
10.   The Case Files | Accusative

Try this Quizlet resource for testing your vocabulary skills for the Visual Latin program.

Here are some more resources, like a translator and etymology finder.

The Latin One Scope and Sequence is here.

More info about the program, in case you are interested.

You must be finished with at least six lessons by your birthday to do what it is you have planned. Have you written a schedule yet? Please come up with one, accounting for what you have already done, and let me know. I'd like to see it. I can help you type it up and print it for your notebook.

Physical Science Resources

Here is the schedule for Physical Science. It is your responsibility to stick to it. Consider this week to be week three. You can print new copies of the bookmarks here, if you need to reprint one.

This should help you with your first experiment. Make sure you write it up yourself in your own composition/lab notebook. Here's a sample generic lab report and explanations of the parts of a lab report.

Lab Sheets for different experiments. You may copy these and tape them into your lab notebook (folded). More lab sheets available for each module.

ApplieJuice has write ups of many of the physical science experiments. They may help if you hit a snag.

SAHM I AM also has a ton of useful information, Quizlet links for each module, and links to useful videos. It is a cornucopia of great information. Give it a try!!

Study Egypt

During our study of Egypt, I will add links here for you to explore.

For fun, here's your first one. Give Senet, an Egyptian game, a try.

Play Senet (from the British Museum site)

Computer Science 101

Learn more about computers this semester using some of the links to free courses on the Internet. Choose one class (I'd start fairly basic, even if you already know some of the information...you want to make sure you truly understand it all) and then make a schedule to complete the course and track your progress. I can't wait to hear what you decide to do!

Learn more about computers at LearnFree.org...from basic computer skills to Microsoft Office and more.

Learn about C#, Word, Powerpoint, Java, and more from Home & Learn. Be aware that some words are spelled differently due to it being a UK site...they aren't typos!

Computer Science 1A from Berkeley. Videos.

MIT Open Courseware for Computer Science.

Java Tutorials from Oracle.

C++ Tutorials 

Compiled list of many available free tutorials online by Jefferson High School.

Alice Institute's basic downloadable introduction to programming.

FreeEd collection of classes and online texts for various Computer Science courses.

Extensive list of free HP courses, from using MS Office, to marketing, to digital photography.

Summer Vacation...Sort of.

We are "officially" on summer break, at least for a while. We will be busy and hopefully having some fun doing things like going to the beach, picking strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries, making jam, applesauce, and pear butter again, working on putting up fences, bowling, riding the horses, going on bike rides, visiting family and friends, etc.

However, I would like you to do a few things each day, even while on break. Not much, just enough to keep the "fires burning."

1. Please read your "Reading Through the Bible in a Year" daily.
2. Watch ONE sermon a week (must be over a half-hour long).
3. Work on your Reading Challenge daily.
4. Work on your Audio Challenge daily (you may download a book to the "school" MP3 player and listen to it while you do your outdoor chores.)
5. Play Mathletics for fifteen minutes a day.
6. Brainpop Video of the Day as often as you think of it.
7. Nature Study with the kids once a week.

That's it. Not much. It should take an hour or less on days when you do not need to listen to the sermon. Of course, reading books for the Reading Challenge does NOT count as hard work. It's fun. If you help me put up my hammock, you can lie in it first and read a book...

Love you,

Mom