Morgan's Lindamood-Bell lesson began with her visualizing the number line and counting forwards and backwards by 5's and jumped forwards or backwards to the nearest 10. Then, they played a game using multiplication flashcards with Morgan determining whose flashcard had a higher product. Next, they moved on to vocabulary flashcard review along with reading her Anne of Green Gables book. After each paragraph, Morgan paraphrased and discussed the context of her readings.

Baylie continued to experiment with density. She used a balance scale to determine the mass of water. She then used the balance beam to determine the mass and density of various items added to the water. She had a great learning experience with the balance beam and working with the materials today. For Latin, Baylie practiced reading her vocabulary words and defining them. She then completed workbook page 87.

This morning Morgan practiced her list 22 spelling list and review of the two vocabulary words sidewalk and lawyer. Since it is Thrilling Thursday, she typed her words for practice. Much later in the morning, Morgan was tested on her words and got all of them correct (now spelling the two words she missed in the morning, correctly). She had the vocabulary and bonus words correct all morning. We continued our literature study of the book Fables by Arnold Lobel. We read and discussed the stories The Ducks and the Fox, The Lobster and The Crab, The Cat and His Visions, and King Lion and the Beetle. Morgan provided a written response to a follow-up question for each story as well. To practice the skill of inferring, Morgan discussed her thoughts on the moral of the final two stories by writing in our Fables project. For the King Lion and the Beetle, she inferred that if you get caught up in power too much, then nothing good will ever happen. Morgan is demonstrating great work in her inferring of these morals, which is a testament to her strong character. Additionally, we added a card to our fables vocabulary, discussing the meaning of medicine chest. We continued our study of adverbs with a book entitled, Andrew and Allen Learn about Adverbs, by Joanna Jarc Robinson. In this storytelling boys go on a class trip to the zoo and use adverbs to describe the actions and events of the animals at the zoo. As we read the story, we found adverbs and we brainstormed ideas as to how the boys could have written their sentences with adverbs and then read what they wrote. We talked about the differences between adjectives and adverbs and how they are used. We reviewed Morgan’s 5 Latin vocabulary words (all adverbs) and listened to the accompanying CD to practice our pronunciation. Morgan then scored a 100% on the assessment and in the bonus portion wrote a sentence using not one, but two adverbs!
Morgan completed her journal that she began the other day. We reviewed her content for spelling and structure. She rewrote several sentences as she needed to add words and make complete sentences instead of using fragments. Finally, we worked on Science. We reviewed the first two lessons of the unit with the basics of electricity, static electricity, conductors, and insulators. In lesson 6.3, we learned more circuits and switches by reading the two pages on the subject. We used my bangle bracelet with a clasp to look at open and closed circuits and how disconnecting the bracelet and leaving it open would stop the flow of electricity. We also used the light switch in the kitchen to discuss switches and their involvement with open (light off) and closed (light on) circuits.

This morning Morgan began with practice of her Bible verse for this week, Mark 12:33. She then wrote her list 22 spelling words in alphabetical order in her notebook. We also practiced the vocabulary words and the meanings. In the spelling book, she completed vocabulary building activities that tasked her with finding the third word from the spelling word bank that goes with the two other items listed (painting, sketching, ______ (drawing). Another vocabulary building activity included interpretation of non-verbal communication. Morgan used a word bank to label how the people pictured were feeling.
Also, in the spelling book on pages 106 – 107, Morgan proofread a paragraph to find misspellings and errors with pronoun usage. She then wrote a response to this paragraph using two spelling words and a personal word. Morgan’s Latin lesson 15 focuses on adverbs. We practiced with her five flashcards of the words for this week. We reviewed verbs and brainstormed a list. We then studied adverbs further with a story booklet about a little girl named Addie. We see how adverbs are a part of Addie’s everyday life. We focused on the how and when that adverbs modify. Morgan read through the story and we found target adverbs. Morgan then read eight sentences and filled in the blank with the correct adverb from the word bank. We worked on a Valentine’s Day themed activity where we brainstormed a list of 10 nouns and 10 adjectives associated with Valentine’s Day. This was a little bit challenging for Morgan as she kept leaning towards verbs in her thoughts. We wrapped up our session with adding another vocabulary flashcard to our fables study. Morgan looked up dashed in the dictionary and wrote her card. I then pulled out the fable The Bad Kangaroo story and Morgan remembered how it was used in this fable!

Morgan's lesson covered how to divide a three digit number by a one digit number. We reviewed the steps divide, multiply, subtract, bring down, and repeat or remainder. Keeping the problem in neat and orderly columns was emphasized. Morgan worked on a couple of practice problems on the whiteboard, drawing quick pictures and checking her work for accuracy. Finally, we walked to the library for free book day. Morgan picked out Nancy Drew Diaries, and Riverboat Roulette to take home and read.

For her Latin lesson Baylie completed a word study and grammar review. She read the diamonds on pages 44 and 45. Baylie made flash cards for the vocabulary words. After she made the cards she was asked to read each word.
Science instruction was on density. First, Baylie and the instructor reviewed density by reading from her science textbook. As she was reading she discussed the material and related it to the experiment that was conducted on Monday.

Today I subbed for Baylie's Academic class. She worked on language arts. She had spelling and grammar to complete.

This morning we began with practice of the spelling list 22. Morgan wrote her words in her notebook, along with the vocabulary words and definitions. She then completed the activities on page 105 in which she used a spelling word bank to find rhyming words to complete the sentence and made connections about tools people use (for example: a baker (sauce) and a speechwriter (talk). She also explored using and spelling vocabulary words sidewalk and walkie-talkie. Next, for a grammar activity, Morgan completed a Valentine’s Day themed practice of using homophones there vs. their. We reviewed how they are used and Morgan filled in the sentences. To go with our literature study, Morgan made flash cards for some of the vocabulary from the fable, The Bad Kangaroo. We used the children’s dictionary to help us define doubt, booming, and resist. We read the portions of the story where the word was used and discussed the meaning in its context. Additionally, Morgan read her new Bible verse several times. Finally, we reviewed the 5 adverbs for Latin this week. We also reviewed the information about adverbs from her Latin textbook which talked about how adverbs modify verbs, telling us things like how and when.

For the Latin lesson Baylie had to chant the vocabulary and complete writing the stem and endings for those words. The history lesson involved reviewing the War of 1812 and the Louisiana Purchase. Several words from the readings were discussed to ensure Baylie's comprehension of the these historical events. She reviewed history study cards 28, 29, and 31. For science there was a review of density, mass and volume. We also discussed what was learned from the previous day's experiment.

This morning we began with spelling List 22. These words focus on al, au, and aw. She picked 10 words and then chose two of the four vocabulary words (sidewalk and lawyer). She looked up the definitions of these words in the glossary included in her text. She completed the activity in her spelling book on page 104 in which she sorted the words by vowel sounds. We continued reading from our Fables book by Arnold Lobel. We read The Camel Dances and The Crocodile in the Bedroom. After reading each, Morgan retold the story and answered a follow up question in writing. We looked at spelling and sentence structure. Morgan is doing a nice job with her recall and inferencing the moral of these fables. For the first story, Morgan added her inference writing to her book project that is in progress. She inferred the moral of the story quite accurately! Finally, we reviewed Morgan’s five Latin vocabulary words with the CD to practice pronunciation. Morgan began a journal entry to write about what she did over the weekend as we ran out of time. This afternoon, Morgan participated in an online Lindamood Bell session. She began with math. They practiced finding numbers on an imaginary number line and then worked on counting by 2s, 10s, and 5s. Additionally, she worked on mental math with subtracting in the 60s. They then worked on multiplication flashcards and enjoyed a game of multiplication war, too! Morgan practiced reading her sight word flashcards. Finally, they wrapped up their session by reading more of the Anne of Green Gables book. They discussed for comprehension and Morgan worked on sounding out tricky words and reading fluency.