2008-09-04 (Thursday)

Home school date #134 (My son, Will, is technically at the beginning of the 5th grade.)

Daily Warm-up: Jump Start Artist CD

Will lists 5 things he learned from Jump Start for his book, This is How My Brain Grew Today.

Language and Literature:

Silent reading: Will’s choice (20 minutes minimum)
“Reading Comprehension Practice Test #1″, 4th Grade Workbook (Scholastic Teaching Resources), p. 57-60
Poetry: “I Hear America Singing” from What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. (Delta Education)

PE:

Science: “Skeletal System Review”

History and Geography:

“This Day in History”: In 1666 most of the Great Fire of London was extinguished. St. Paul’s Cathedral was destroyed in the fire. It was rebuilt from a design by Sir Christopher Wren.
“1600-1700s: Facts from Southern Colonies”, Summer Bridge Activities by Julia Ann Hobbs and Carla Dawn Fisher (Rainbow Bridge Publishing), p. 37

Election Theme Unit:

“Presidential Personality”, Presidential Elections (Frank Schaffer Publications), p. 13-14
I love the Web site Electing a President for Kids. It is a great way to teach kids about Presidential Elections.

Music:

“High Notes and Low Notes”, What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr. (Delta Education), p. 196
Practice song on keyboard

Writing:

Math: Matching

“Dividends and divisors that end with zero”, The Complete Book of Math, Grades 5-6 (American Education Publishing), p. 75
“Negative and Positive Numbers”, Summer Bridge Activities by Julia Ann Hobbs and Carla Dawn Fisher (Rainbow Bridge Publishing), p. 37

Test Prep: