HS Journal
Mar 23rd, 2008 by Alicia
Just logging for our records….
Victoria~
- Has been doing 10 minute math book pages for fun
- Started researching freedom quilts and the underground railroad with Daddy
- Still working on Amelia Earhardt lapbook (vocabulary, timeline, more)
- Japanese class
- Made paper quilts in traditional styles from construction paper shapes
- Dyed eggs with a variety of dye techniques
- Reading a variety of children’s magazines
- Preparing interview questions for a newspaper interview (more on that later)
- Made sillhouette cut-out picture with contruction paper
- Reading _The Little Prince_ with Mom
- E-mail & blogging
- Played Scattegories with Daddy, Grandma & Anna
- Boggle, pet vet and other vaguely educational computer games
Anna~
- Made construction paper quilt in historic style with Daddy
- Did 8+ pages of math workbook
- Played Scattegories with Grandma, Daddy & Victoria
- Dyed eggs with a variety of techniques
- Wrote letters to Great Grandma
- Reading Sadie Rose with Daddy
- Japanese class
- Various computer games
- Did 3rd grade workbook pages on spelling, vocabulary, pluralization, nouns & more
Jack~
- Has been making up lots of math problems and answering them for fun
- Egg dyeing
- Lots of books read to him by everybody
- Playing educational computer games
- Working in his new kindergarten workbook with his sisters’ help
- Reading simple words, sounding out long words
- Coloring and drawing
For next week~
- Continue with Amelia Earhardt
- Start a new lapbook with Anna (not sure which subject yet)
- Do balloon planters
- Start studying underground railroad, freedom quilts, especially the debate about them
- More workbooks
- Order tests
