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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Another fine school day

Today was another fine school day.  A little hard to get focused during math and a small attitude during writing in language arts but a good day overall.  
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The devotion today was about rain. Isn’t it funny how we want rain sometimes and other we don’t want even a drop to ruin our plans. Well rain is one thing we have absolutely no control over. So about all we can do is pray and talk to God about how we feel when we need it, plan or adjust our attitudes and schedules when it comes despite our pleas, and keep Plan B in place…that is to keep the umbrella handy.

After the devotion JD read for the usual 30 minutes today. After that we did the “not so easy” math lesson. I could have thrown the computer out the window today. It wasn't the computer's fault though. It was the Time4Learning math lesson. It talked about, but did not re-teach us how to convert fractions to decimals. I had to go to another internet resource to figure that step out. JD didn't understand the quiz questions and he didn't tell me. I asked, "Am I the only one who doesn't understand this?" He said, "No I don't understand either." We repeated the lesson in case we missed something. But we didn't. AND we forgot how to do it from last year. I finally figured it out. Just in case you too have forgotten 1/2 can be changed to a decimal by taking “1 divided by 2” on a calculator and that equals 1.5. We also learned the terms: terminating, non-terminating, and repeating decimals.

Today in science we learned about the central nervous system and the immune system. They have some great videos on kidshealth.org. We learned the central nervous system has three main parts (brain, spinal cord, and nerves.) Then we learned about the parts of the brain and how it works. The video for the immune system was directed from a military point of view. This helped JD see how we fight off bacteria, fungus, viruses, and parasites. I also had him complete page 74, 75, and 79 in his workbook. Two pages were only labeling and one was a crossword puzzle.

The social studies lesson today was the DVD America: The Story of Us. We learned about the westward expansion. We learned about the Cumberland Gap, Daniel Boone, the Shawnee, the Louisiana Purchase, Louis and Clark, Jedediah Smith (the fur trader), the Oregon Trail, and finally the Donner Party. The Donner Party was pretty gross. I don’t know what I would have done if I were snowed in and starving, but I hope I would not turn to cannibalism.

Jeff sent us some cool pictures made entirely out of food. You can look at some of them by just Goggling “Carl Warner pictures and looking at “images.” I used that email Jeff sent as the inspiration for the language arts lesson. I asked JD if you could make one of those pictures made out of food what would your look like. He would use apples for building, watermelons for boats, and Jell-o for water. Some of the details would be windows made of sugar, benches made from peppers, and clouds made of cotton candy. Then I had him draw a corresponding picture. He was upset that I dictated the story and had him rewrite it so the writing is somewhat hard to read and the picture is small and not detailed very well.

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