WB 29 Science~Sun~VitaminD,Tides,plant growth

Today we began our Science Resource. How does the Sun benefit good & evil? That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust.... So we began our study on how the sun benefits life on earth.I used blank general notebooking pages for Angelina & Daniel .Dominic & Joe my advance students took notes on the part of the resource we covered today.Since there is so much information & material to cover I broke the resource up into 3 days.

I love these coloring books! I cut up a the picture for there notebook page and the older students had whole pages to add to their notebook. The picture really shows how the auxin responds to the light & gravity. I also had them add photo=light & Geo=earth to their definitions.

Angelo my lower elementary will be working through this workbook. It is nice an simple and perfect for his age.I really like Evan Moore products.

I used a globe for the sun and two small balls to demonstrate the gravitation pull causing the tides.

I am hoping it is nice tomorrow so we can look for signs of life responding to the time change.This is perfect timing since we just changed the clocks and spring is almost here. and the light of day will be longer.I plan on having them choose a plant to observe until the end of the school year.

WEC cancelled ~ catch up day~ordered WB for next year

WEC (co-op) was cancelled today because of winter storm in the forecast.So I had to make a choice do I start the science resource or have a catch up day. Since I did not feel prepared to begin the science resource and I had to tackle some Math road blocks I decided to do a catch up day.Everyone was busy doing school all day but we spent most of the day going over the LA & taking time on learning new Math concepts I noticed some of my students struggling with.
I also spent time looking at next months WB and I registered for next year. It is so nice to be able to register online now and it is so much easier than the past. I also purchased next years WB .Here is the link to register online if you are already an ATI family. I can't wait to get next years Wisdom Booklets :O)

http://ati.iblp.org/ati/family/updateforms/

CAT Test

The Pa homeschooling law requires testing in 3rd, 5th, & 8th grade. So the only student I had to test this year was Joe. Since ATI was not selling the Iowa tests this year I looked into the CAT test which is an approved test for Pennsylvania. This was the first time I purchased from The Family Learning Organization and I was pleased with the quick response and the clear instructions etc. I have listed the link below. If you do not live in PA it is important you check to see if the CAT test is approved in your state.

http://www.familylearning.org/testing.html

Joe did his testing Wed. & Thurs. of this week the LA on Wed. & Math on Thursday.In PA you are only required to test for LA & Math so those are the only subjects he was tested in.

It is important to know your laws.Here is a link for the PA laws and some great forms for the portfolio. There are other states information too.

http://home.comcast.net/~askpauline/hs/homeschoollaw.html

WB 29 History Resource & Southeast Asia

We finished of the History Resource on Adonirum Judson.We looked at the trials in his life and how through God's grace he was able to forgive his enemies.Major Concept: Loving your enemies is a test of perfection.
Dominic then made Ohn Htamin (coconut rice) a food from Burma for us to taste which was one of the project suggestions.It was not a hit.However, since we learned that in Southeast has tropical fruits and rice crops it gave an example of why they might eat coconut rice.Even recipes can give a picture of geography and world cultures.
We then did a notebook page also from Amy Pak's World Maps.I had them copy the recipe from the teacher's manual and I took a picture for the notebooking page.
The older students finished their study on Southeast Asia completing past & present history on the countries as well as some general information.

WB 29 History Resource & Southeast Asia

Today we continued in the history Resource. We then studied Cambodia. Then we completed notebooking pages.Instead of doing a coloring page we did a postcard page..Wish you were here in Cambodia.

Angelina loves puzzles so she was the first one to do the Geopuzzle of Asia. Some of the pieces are the same shape as the country.

This is a fun way to see the countries of Asia.

Here are some links to help with the Geography study of Southeast Asia. The first link is free notebooking pages to study a country.Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

http://www.homeschoolcreations.com/Geography.html
This link is to translate the Khmer language
http://www.angkor-planet.com/dico/dicoUKKH.html

This link is information on the country of Cambodia.
http://www.tourismcambodia.com/

I was so excited to see the Great Expedition to South East Asia mission trip now accepting volunteers. Being apart of ATI is so much more than an awesome Christ centered curriculum it is also supporting mission work across the world. I pray each one of my children have an opportunity to serve the Lord in missions at least one time before they graduate.

http://familysupportlink.org/2011/03/09/great-expedition-to-southeast-asia/

WB 29 History Resource & Southeast Asia

Today we began our History Resource.Since it is large I broke it into three days.During those three days I choose to study Southeast Asia as our project.Here are some of tools I used that are in my library.My elementary students will be doing countries of Southeast Asia notebooking pages but everyone will learn about the cultures. http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/HTTA/OldeWorldMaps.htm This is my favorite Geography notebooking pages. We used our Encyclopedia to get the information.We studied the country of Thailand today. Here is a website to write words in Thai. http://www.thai-language.com/id/31401

I also had them color a Thailand house from this Dover coloring book.

This is a great map book because it has almost if not all the countries of the world in a large size so you can fill in the major rivers, Mt's, etc.

We also grabbed our living books.Did you know ants are cooked for food.I couldn't convince the kids to try it .lol

The older students will be completing chapter 19 in the BJU Geography book this week on Southern & Southeast Asia. I copied some of the picture for their notebook.Today they read up until the section review.I wrote the review questions in their notebook to complete.

They also had to take notes under maps of both Southern & Southeast Asia geography from the book looking at the bold words as their clue.

The cats love tank must be low.They never jump up on school table and at different times today each one lied down were the kids were working.

Today marks the first day of my second trimester so my energy has returned :) but I feel so unprepared for his WB. Preparation is the key of success with the WB.Since I had no energy I did not prepare enough for this WB and I feel it! I will press on but plan on preparing for the next WB Friday.

WB 29 Power Through Precision

We did the Power through precision and I used the Mastery Quiz as a guide.The older students must know all six words for the test while the younger only two.Each word will count as a point. I used the question on the test as the

minibook title.

The elementary students did a vocabulary mini-book.Daniel only wrote the English def. while the others had to include the etymology of
the word. All the information is in the WB.They were allowed to highlight the information to make it easier to copy.

The older students simply copied the information into their WB notebooks.

My husband read a missionary's update from Taiwan during family devotions.He also showed the kids on the world map the location of Taiwan.