Our Oak Meadow Week 23

• Vowel R Words
• Syllables
• Word Families 
• Reading
• Math Review
• >, <, =
• Economics
• need vs want with Johnny Appleseed
• interdependance
• Interdependence
• Dolphins
• ecology
• Lots of Independant Reading
• Scratch
• Architecture
• LEGO ships

Next Week:

• Trip to Pittsburgh
• Homeschool Group
• Last Word Family Week!

Andy's Scratch "Art"

I often mention that my sons like to program in Scratch.  I have an earlier blog devoted to the wonderousness of Scratch.  It is a visual programming language that they like to use to animate their ideas and drawings.  You can download it yourself at: http://scratch.mit.edu/

But here is a recent animation that I particularly like.  Note the new world order when the fish eats the "double nosatops" dinosaur, even the clouds change.  The girl is sorta supposed to be me.  And yeah, I don't know what fairage is either.   :)

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Our Oak Meadow Week 22

• Diphthongs
• Syllables
• MORE Word Families (only two more weeks)
• Reading
• Math Review
• Economics
• Job Specialization in Cherokee Tribe
• Saving with Abe Lincoln
• Photosynthesis
• Dolphins
• Valentine's Day
• Scratch
• Architecture
• Recreating the sinking of the Titanic with LEGO
• Afternoon with Nana
• Visit from Pittsburgh Grandparents
• playing OUTSIDE! (it was nearly 70 degrees)

Next Week:

• Tomato Plants
• Interdependence

Finished our First Main Lesson Books

Folk Tale Illustration

I don't know how they did it, but somehow both of the boys have 1 page left in their Main Lesson Books.  They boys are doing different grade levels, doing very different assignments, and are supplemented with different amounts of worksheets, but somehow they will both finish their books tomorrow.

To celebrate, I thought I'd show a few of my favorite pieces from each of their books.

Andy, 3rd Grade

 1st entry- Favorite Thing about the Summer

Illustrating a frog story from the Oak Meadow Folk Tale Book

Magical Mr Mistoffelees "About on the Roof"

Giant Orange Cat Limerick

Snowball Battle in Ollie's new Skis

Jules, 1st Grade

F Story Painting

Parts of the face, his drawing seems to have a Dr Suess influence

Ollie's New Skis- GIANT snowball battle

_ AY Word Family

Illustration for Mr Putter and Tabby Feed the Fish

Our Oak Meadow Week 21

Columbus Trade Pictures

• Magic *E* words
• Syllables
• MORE Word Families (we're on the Os!)
• Reading
• Counting by 10s
• Bar Graphs
• Economics
• Trade
• Columbus
• Kush
• Plant root systems
• Celery Experiment
• Types of Matter
• solid
• liquid
• gas
• Playdate at Burger King
• Tux Paint
• Architecture
• Titanic (we LOVE the Titanic)

Next Week:

• Valentine's Day
• Dolphins
• Photosynthesis
• Warmer Weather?!?!

Our Oak Meadow Week 20

3 Homeschooled boys at a birthday party.
The least excited of the 3 (the one in grey) is the birthday boy.  

• Syllables
• MORE Word Families
• Magic Tree House Research Guide
• Reading
• Counting by 5s
• Shapes-- Sides and angles
• Economics
• Algonquin
• in Carthage
• Natural / Human / Capital
• Plant root systems
• Nocturnal and diurnal
• Scratch
• Tux Paint
• Architecture
• Titanic
• JULIAN'S 7th BIRTHDAY

Next Week:

• Bar Graphs
• Columbus
• celery experiment