First Two Days
Yesterday was our start of Dakota's third grade year and my thirteenth year of homeschooling. It was the first year, however, that I didn't cram in work for the first several weeks....too much for any one child to do...then stress over not getting it done. He started the morning in his pjs doing a Lego Star Wars kit he got for his birthday (art). The we had an awesome day out on the deck, doing his new routine for morning work, playing addition math war and remembering how to write in cursive as we practiced our spelling words. He did the first half of a getting to know his science text activity, a math review sheet and we read a book and did a close activity on Amelia Earhart. He read a couple of back to school themed books, did half of a Meet Me packet and we were finished, including a 45 minute lunch bread, before 2:00. Very, very nice. PE was football practice from 5:30 to 8:00pm.
Today, Thursday, is the Baltimore Ravens opener and Dakota asked that we do some football themed learning. He started the morning with another Lego kit that he got for his birthday and then we rocked out to Jock Jams and some good football music before settling in for morning work and a BrainPop movie on Amelia Earhart, which covered media and continued Social Studies. Spelling was a continuation of cursive handwriting practice as he wrote the second half of his list 2x each and did a definition paper. He went to Wikipedia and did research on his favorite Raven player and filled out a graphic organizer called Biography of an Athlete. We will transfer the information to report form tomorrow. For Science he used another www.enchantedlearning.com form to do an animal report wheel on the raven bird, finding out lots of facts and some very cool trivia about them. He had a timeline of the Baltimore Colts/Baltimore Ravens history to look over and an article from the Baltimore Sun paper printed to read on Michael Ohr. He is going to watch the Ravens/Broncos game tonight for a media tie in and this weekend, we will watch The Blind Side as a family.
Now it's almost 1pm and he is done for the day and able to play his games and enjoy himself. My husband and I are going downtown to enjoy the kickoff festivities at the harbor, including a concert by an up and coming band we really like, Parmalee, and a major concert with a stage on the water by Keith Urban at 7:30. After the kick off we will come home and watch the rest of the game. Looking forward to some time alone with Brian and a nice dinner downtown.
Today, Thursday, is the Baltimore Ravens opener and Dakota asked that we do some football themed learning. He started the morning with another Lego kit that he got for his birthday and then we rocked out to Jock Jams and some good football music before settling in for morning work and a BrainPop movie on Amelia Earhart, which covered media and continued Social Studies. Spelling was a continuation of cursive handwriting practice as he wrote the second half of his list 2x each and did a definition paper. He went to Wikipedia and did research on his favorite Raven player and filled out a graphic organizer called Biography of an Athlete. We will transfer the information to report form tomorrow. For Science he used another www.enchantedlearning.com form to do an animal report wheel on the raven bird, finding out lots of facts and some very cool trivia about them. He had a timeline of the Baltimore Colts/Baltimore Ravens history to look over and an article from the Baltimore Sun paper printed to read on Michael Ohr. He is going to watch the Ravens/Broncos game tonight for a media tie in and this weekend, we will watch The Blind Side as a family.
Now it's almost 1pm and he is done for the day and able to play his games and enjoy himself. My husband and I are going downtown to enjoy the kickoff festivities at the harbor, including a concert by an up and coming band we really like, Parmalee, and a major concert with a stage on the water by Keith Urban at 7:30. After the kick off we will come home and watch the rest of the game. Looking forward to some time alone with Brian and a nice dinner downtown.
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