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schools OUT!

 we finished fri morning!!!  i spent fri afternoon cleaning, organizing and packing away.  i did a simple transcript for nates marks and recorded what he did this yr.  i packed away his attitude chart, above and was impressed with how well he did all yr!  i stopped coloring black on the no school days. haha
 nate looked back over all the work he did
 i pulled out his reading sheets, i started keeping track in oct what books nate read out loud to me during school.  i counted them all up and was stunned to realise nate read 210 books on his OWN!  this does not include the amount he reads on his own, this is just during school time! 

then i spent fri night working on and finishing nate's gr 2 outline for next yr!  wheeee . i thought i'd post it for those who care....like chris. haha

this is the general idea/flow of what i am aiming to do with nate for his gr 2.  i have left lots of room to move things around and make changes. 




Nathaniel
Grade 2

Math
-Math U See Beta   (continuing book from 2014)                                                    $70.00                                                                                              

Language Arts                                                                                                 $10.00 

Reading
*Independent reading
-         Nate’s choice
-         20 mins a day

-         Record the book with a mini write up

*Readers- corner stone readers 
$3.00
                                                                                
Read out Louds      (living books)                                                                               20.00
-I read out loud 20 mins

Reading list
-Marco Polo
-Thomas Edison
-Mozart
-Ben Franklin x2
-Robinson Crusoe
-Peter Pan
-Land of 1000 Whales
-Farmer Boy    
*nate picked and approved them. Ha

*Daily’s                                                                                     
-Calendar review                                                                                                           $10.00
-Reading comprehension sheets
-scripture memorization
-critical thinking sheet/question/exercise
(Daily’s are in 1 binder and nate starts the day with it, great way to boost his brain)


Spelling                                                                                                                    $15.00
-Soaring with Spelling
 (new program we are going to try out)

*Grammar
  (0 cost I am reusing the program)
-25 rules of grammar                                              

*Writing                                                                                                                $15.00
-Winning with Writing

Social Studies
-Canadian History Readers                                                                   
$5.00 (garage sales)
-Biography’s of people, history, cultures etc   (will combo read out loud)             
                                                                                                                   
$5.00 (garage sales)

-* Our father’s world textbook ( Rod and staff publishers)                         
$ 3.00 (used)

Science

Botany (apologia)
$40.00 ( text and student work book)           

Arts/Music
-continue art curric from 2014                                                                                        
0
-*music
Focus on composers textbook
3.00 (used)

Bible                                                                                                                          
$15.00
-Gods great covenant
Old test-bible course for children                

Unit Studies
*Money matters                                                                                   
$2.00 (used)
*Cursive writing                                                                                                              free        


-green means nate works independently! Wheee!

-blue indicates I teach the main lesson; nate works indep in work book 
                  
-purple I do the reading/teaching nate sits and listens     


 after i got everything on paper, i was able to figure the cost for budget purposes for next yr.  i was able to see where we are going, and how i want to get there. i am surprised that most of nates work will be independent. i do want to be a part of his school so i don't mind teaching the main classes to him
                                      
 

the books we picked out for out loud reading. i am thinking these will last until feb/march. then ill reevaluate and go from there
this is 1 stack of 2 that i have to go through and get ready for nate.  bec i am buying used or 1 copy, most of these will be photo copied....page by page.....sigh.....in order to save money.  i figure it will pay off in the long run....i am thinking i will take a wk off from school stuff and try to get a chunk done before the baby comes...as of right now, i am taking a break! ha

i wanted to take a end of the school yr pic of nate but forgot but no worries, he still wants to be a ninja. haha

happy no more school! 
Posted by mel at 10:51 AM

2 comments:

Ursi said...

Mel, you are so organized. Almost makes me want to join the homeschooling ranks, almost, but not quite!!!
I am proud of Nate how much he's read and seems to be able to do so much independent. Way to go Nathanael!!!
Wishing you all a relaxing summer and an excellent start to being a family of 5!!!
Lots of love, Ursi

June 23, 2014 at 12:08 PM
mel said...

me organized? bawahhhhh NOT! the only area that is some what organized is school ONLY bec nate needs it and it does help me to see where we are going...chris was impressed with my word doc thou, even the colors. hahaha. u know your type of personality make! awesome home schooling moms! for real! come over to the fun side.....muwahhhhh

June 25, 2014 at 1:18 PM

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