Feb. '10 - Week 4

OK - I really stink right now at keeping up with posting what we are doing for our education. I missed the last couple of weeks. Sorry, I don't have time to go back and log it in.


We attended a conference last weekend that was truly inspiring and uplifting. Please see my other posts about what we learned.

:: Daily Lessons ::

• Devotional: "Preach My Gospel" - Finished Lesson 4 and Started Lesson 5- a section a day.
  
• Read A-Loud Book: Finished "The Long Winter" book #6 of Little House on the Prairie series and started "The Little Town on the Prairie" - book #7.
• Math: Chris - Math-U-See: Delta (he is studying for the final test next week) - Marly - Math-U-See: Zeta - Celeste - Math-U-See: Algebra (review for mom...again!)
• Exercise - We are using the Wii Fit Plus while "the weather outside is frightful". It is harder than it looks!
  
• Writing - Chris - daily journal entries. Marly - writing her own book and Transformational Writing class assignments. 
  
• Guitar Practice
• New Era and Ensign Reading, Scripture Reading, and Individual Reading - See each person below for their readings.
  

:: Weekly Lessons ::

• Monday: Government Lesson - "The 5,000 Year Leap" - Principle 14
• Tuesday: Guitar Lessons, Weekly Library Trip, Grammar Lesson - Chris - "Winston Grammar" - Review for the Unit test - Marly - "Transformational Writing" class and "Grammatically Correct"
• Wednesday: History Lesson - Chris: "Story of the World", Vol. 2, Chapter 11 - Marly: "Story of the World", Vol. 3, Chapter 8.
  
• Thursday: Friend Outing was Canceled - "The Fallacy Detective", Lesson 4 
• Friday: Science Lessons - "Concepts and Challenges of Physical Science" - Chapter 6.3 - NEW -"150 Captivating Chemistry Experiments" - Gases, Liquids, and Solids - Exp. #6
  

:: Individual Readings ::

• Chris (Practice Scholar) - "Jubal Sackett", Scriptures, and New Era magazine.
  
• Marly (Project Scholar) - "The Fellowship of the Ring", Scriptures - "Book of Mormon", and New Era magazine.
  
• Celeste (Mentored Scholar - back to looking for a mentor) - "TJEd for Teens", "Plutarch's Lives", "The Professor", Ensign and New Era magazines, Scriptures, and Primary Lesson.
  

:: Projects ::

• Chris- Chemistry Labs - Exploding water bottles with #1 baking soda and vinegar, #2 Alka-Seltzer and water.
• Marly - Transformational Writing class at TJED Academy and Prep School and Seminary. Latin - Latina Christiana I - Lessons 8.
• Celeste - More packing.
• Family - Selling items to prepare for move, packing, packing, and more packing.