Friday, May 22, 2009

Ok, I totally forgot about this blog!  We've been learning, I just haven't been documenting very well.

So...I'm going to add it to the routine I'm trying to implement around here.

I will say I've been trying to focus on writing this summer (we school through the summer--too hot to do much else anyway).  Oldest is writing a research paper on the Evolution and Art of Photography since she's obsessed with cameras right now.  Middle two are writing about Slavery in America.  Littles are just practicing writing but we may get a story out of dd4 if we beg and plead.  :-D

I'm still deciding whether or not to do Sonlight Core 4 in its entirety or finish out the last half of Core 3+4.  I'd love to do the whole core but we need to move on from American History and finish the last half of Core 5.  I hate the way I'm jumping around but with 5 to school, it's gotten a little more complicated and I find I can handle only one time period at a time.  So everyone did American History since oldest dd needed American History on her transcript. 

That reminds me:  I really need to make a new long-range plan for my middles.  I think the old one is quite out of date.  DD13 is heading into high school soon and really needs a new plan!

So, the plan for today is to read more of The Journeyman and Bible.  
Have dd8 read to me and help her with her ETC and Math.  
Ds6 will do math and work on his reading, too.
DD12--help her with her Winston Grammar, check her math and talk to her about catching up in The Story of the USA workbook and her reader.
DD13--Go over math (since we found the teacher key, finally!)  Look at her Winston Grammar Adv and see where she is in her reader .
Talk to middles about their research papers and set deadlines.
DD17--Touch base on where she is in her work and help her with her math.  Assign deadlines for her paper.  

I've pulled everything off my school shelves and am trying to sort through.  I need (a lot!) more room for books!!!!  :0)