Week in Review: December 7-11, 2015

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wonderfilled
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Week in Review: December 7-11, 2015

Post by wonderfilled » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:06 pm

Hello HOD Homeschoolers,

What was YOUR week Like?

You can post:

a- A picture
b- A blog Link
c- A written synopsis
d- Your favorite memory
e- Anything you want that shares your HOD excitement!

Important Note: If you are linking us to your blog, please make sure it's not just a general link, but to your specific post of HOD. That way if someone reads through these a year from now they can find your share without needing to hunt!
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Enjoying Heart of Dakota for our fifth year using:
Ds15- World History
Ds13-MtM
Ds11- RtR
Ds7- Bigger Hearts
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wonderfilled
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Re: Week in Review: December 7-11

Post by wonderfilled » Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:08 pm

Enjoying Heart of Dakota for our fifth year using:
Ds15- World History
Ds13-MtM
Ds11- RtR
Ds7- Bigger Hearts
http://wonderfilleddays.com

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Re: Week in Review: December 7-11, 2015

Post by LynnH » Sun Dec 13, 2015 2:45 pm

Here is our week in the World History Guide http://graceandfur.blogspot.com/2015/12 ... 12015.html.
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ds 18 US2, Loved Preparing, CTC , RTR , Rev to Rev, MTMM ,WG, WH and US1
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my3sons
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Re: Week in Review: December 7-11, 2015

Post by my3sons » Fri Jan 01, 2016 4:36 pm

Bigger Hearts for His Glory:
We have been reading about President Jefferson and Lewis and Clark this week. It was kind of a small world back then, as everyone knew each other quite well, and when Jefferson wanted someone to explore the Louisiana Territory, the first person he thought of was his friend (who was also his secretary), Meriwether Lewis. Lewis then asked his friend from the army, who was William Clark, to join him. William Clark was also a brother to the General George Rogers Clark, and so the connections go. :D After tracing their path along the Missouri River on U.S. map, Emmett and I discussed how the rivers flow and why they flow that direction. After reading more about Lewis and Clark in "Journeys in Time," Emmett made a mountain range out of molding clay to be the Rock Mountains. We talked about how this acts as "The Continental Divide" and how water naturally flows down the mountain range in opposite directions as it flows down each side into various bodies of water. Emmett loves anything to do with clay and water, so this was fun!
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For Emmett's note booking assignment, he made a note booking entry about Lewis and Clark's expedition using the information he read in "Journeys in Time." He copied the picture and wrote his facts above it...
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For science, we read about early pioneers and how they needed to keep their fires constantly burning, as they used it both for daily cooking and for heating. There were many dangers, as one spark could cause a deadly fire that quickly consumed their cabins and all they owned. Emmett did a science experiment to see what a fire needs to keep burning. By placing a plate over a lit candle jar, he could see that the flame quickly went out, as well as made soot on the plate. He was surprised to learn that a fire needs oxygen to keep burning...
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I like how history, science, and note booking are all intertwined like this! It helps Emmett better interact with what we have read, as well as better remember it later. What fun!

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

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Re: Week in Review: December 7-11, 2015

Post by my3sons » Fri Jan 01, 2016 5:34 pm

Revival to Revolution:
Exploration Education continues to be a source of joy for Riley! I love the ease of use, as the computer CD has the text, questions and answers (with very fun audio sound effects when Riley gets answers right), and prep for the experiments. The accompanying log book and detailed answer key make it easy to see that he has understood the concepts as well as easy for me to correct. Finally, the experiments he gets to do have all the needed materials provided in the lab kit, always work, and are fun. What more could I want for physical science for Riley! :D This week he had a quiz and section review, and he also learned about magnets repelling and attracting, as well as how various materials can act as conductors (if you look closely, you can see the smoke from the small flame between the clamps and the steel wool - it burned so quickly I didn't get the picture quickly enough to catch it all)...
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In history, Riley read about liberty, equality, and fraternity this week. HIs timeline included entries on The September Massacre, King Louis XVI Is Beheaded, and Toussaint L'Ouverture Rules San Domingo and Haiti. Playing the card game "Revolution" using the detailed directions in the RevtoRev notebook was a highlight for Riley, and his brother and he had such fun playing it together. HIs written narration was about "New Machines and New Factories," which was perfect as Riley has been especially fascinated with Eli Whitney's inventions and life stories. Reading about him from several different resources has been so interesting, as each resource uncovers a different facet of his life and his personality...
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Riley's Inventor Student Notebook page and timeline about Eli Whitney is now complete!
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What a good week!

In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

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Re: Week in Review: December 7-11, 2015

Post by my3sons » Sat Jan 02, 2016 10:57 am

United States 1 High School:
Wyatt has been settling into his new guide and is learning the 'ropes' of each new activity. It always takes about a month or two for him to fully settle into a good routine, and as he makes it through each rotation of activities he learns how to do each assignment better and better. I like how there is an inherent building skills implementation of plans for each area. One thing I especially appreciate is the variety of oral narrations and written narrations he is learning to become more and more adept at. This year alone so far has him learning to give various narrations, such as "Highlighted Narration," a "Talking Points" narration, a "Key Word" narration, "Summary Narration," and a "Topic Narration." Each of these various forms of narration is helping Wyatt better organize his thoughts prior to giving the narration. The "Highlighted Narration" functions somewhat like an outline in organization, where first the main (Roman numeral) points are highlighted in yellow, and then the details (lettered "A", "B", etc.) are highlighted in pink or green. The "Talking Points" narration has Wyatt using an index card to make columns with headings of the main topics, people, and/or events, and then under each heading phrases, words, or brief sentences are listed to jog his memory as he narrates. A visual aid, such as a map from the U.S. History Atlas or the globe or a portrait of an important person from one of the living book history resources, must be used and referenced within the talking points narration as well. This reminds me of when I had to give a speech in college in which I utilized an object for demonstration purposes for speech class (not as easy as one would think). The "Key Word" narration has provided bulleted headings in the US1 History Notebook that Wyatt jots important key words or phrases such as names, dates, important actions, and brief quotes, and then he uses that structure as he narrates. The "Summary Narration" is short and concise, and it is to be no more than 8-10 sentences long, acting more as a summary of the reading. This is actually a harder skill than one would think! Especially when the readings are longer.

I just so appreciate the various kinds of oral narrations provided in the US1 guide, as I feel they prepare Wyatt for many skills that are used in cross-curricular subjects. He is learning so much this year, and this is the perfect transition from the oral narration skills he learned last year in the WH guide. It has him practicing and building upon the skills he learned last year, while also adding new skills to his repertoire. Pictured below in Unit 3, Box 6, you can see Wyatt's 3 paragraph narration about Thomas Hooker. You can also see Wyatt's "Topic Narration" pictured below in Unit 4, Box 1...
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Another neat continuation of skills from year to year in the HOD high school guides is the Charlotte Mason style 'Book of Centuries.' I love that Wyatt began this as a 9th grade student, and his adding to it each year as he moves through high school is just a wonderful way for him to recollect and capture in scrapbook like form what he has learned during his journey through high school. As each page fills up, there is a sense of how much he has learned, and how much he has to learn ahead of him with his final years. It is also beautiful! I am glad we waited to do this type of 'Book of Centuries' until high school. His work is much neater now, and this is the time we want to make the keepsake type Book of Centuries, rather than back when he was younger...
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In Christ,
Julie
Enjoyed LHTH to USII
Currently using USI
Wife to Rich for 28 years
Mother to 3 sons, ages 23, 20, and 16
Sister to Carrie

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