Friday Co-Op Semester 2, January 2015

Semester 2:

(Revised Schedule)

Jan. 9, 16, 23, 30

Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27

Mar. 13, 27

Apr. 10, 17

Break:  

Mar 6 (FAU Spring Break) 

Mar 20 (Palm Beach County Spring Break)

Apr 3 (Easter)

Elementary:

9 a.m. to 2 p.m. If you are participating in all 3 classes.  Bring a lunch.

Classical Education:  Please arrive at 9 a.m. to help set up!  All hands needed.  

We will be introducing Week 13.  We also have 2 possibly 3 new families joining us!  Please lend a hand to help show them the ropes!  We are spending the majority of our time this semester on Weeks 13-24.  5 minute review each week on Weeks 1-12 to accommodate the new families.  

Mini Toasters:  I'd love to have 3-4 speakers.  Any takers?  2-3 minutes on a topic of your choice.  All about me, My family, History/ Biography,  Book report, you name it.  :)  Goal is to speak at least every other week.

Science Olympiad:  Starting in Full Swing on Friday!  We're all registered for the Competition on May 2, 2015 at FAU in Boca Raton.  Our Team is called Boca Buddies (After our HOPE Homeschoolers 4H Club… seemed easy to remember.)  We still need a few more members to make our team of 12.  Focus group:  Grades 3-5.  Will accept Grades K-2 if we can't get enough older kids.  $20 to compete.  $12 for supplies.  Need to be a member of HOPE, and pay $10 Friday Co-Op Yearly Fee (1/2 price for starting in Semester 2).  We have room for about 4 more kids.  We can have a smaller club… just more fun with a full 12!

http://www.science.fau.edu/scienceolympiad/so_new_002.htm

For New Elementary Families:

Required:  HOPE Membership ($25)

Required:  Friday Co-Op Fee ($10/ year / family if starting in Semester 2)

Classical Education:  K-6 grade.

Classical Conversations iphone / ipad AP preferred method of teaching materials.  Cycle 3.  (About $15)

Purchase Timeline song from Classical Conversations Bookstore. (About $10)

Supply Fee ($12- $1 per class per kid)

They have a ton of helps to teach at home at classicalconversations.com.  I own a ton of them.  Audio CD's, Flash cards, handwriting helps, you name it.  You can make this as big as you want it to be.)

Mini Toasters:  K-5/6 grade.

No materials fee.

Science Olympiad:  K-5 grade.  

$20 Competition Entrance Fee (if you aren't competing, you don't need to pay.)

$12 Supply Fee ($1 per week)

Willing to Teach and help out.

Middle School/ High School:

Shakespeare:  Starting at 10 a.m.   Yes, there is class this week.  Next week, Jan. 16, No class due to the Biology Lab.  

Public Speaking Toastmasters Gavel Club:  

Starting this Friday, January 9th, at the Community Center, from 11:30 am to 1pm.

Additional Details and Updates:

•  Cost of Club Registration, Manuals, Room rental, and End-of-Semester Pizza Party: $30/student

   Cash preferred, or you can make a Check out to Candi or Eugene Lehenbauer.

•  HOPE Membership is not required for this club.

•  Friday Co-Op Fee is not required for this club.

•  We have a new teacher joining us along with Mr. Lehenbauer.  Mr. Davis is a homeschool Dad, who held his own Speaking Club a few years ago.  He will be there with his two daughters, and a few friends to add to our club.  It will be a great opportunity to learn from these two veteran Toastmasters.  •  Class will be held on all the dates listed above, for 12 classes.  If you are unable to attend, due to a Biology lab, or another important reason ;), you'll just miss that day.  Please sign up to do your speeches on days that you can attend. 

*  Work on developing your Leadership and Public Speaking Skills, while working to earn credit toward a Toastmasters International award.  (All certifications earned can be transferred to a Toastmasters Group when 18yrs. old.)

Come join the Gavel Club!

Dress Respectfully Sign

Print 8 1/2 x 11 on Glossy Card stock.

Feel free to use.

Great image, high quality to print for a reminder to put your phone away for teens. 

Boca Buddies now has a new website:  Visit bocabuddies.weebly.com

Friday Co-Op Elementary Science Olympiad

Boca Buddies now has a new website:  Visit bocabuddies.weebly.com

Friday Co-Op 2014–15
Elementary Science Olympiad K–5
Corresponds to Classical Conversations Cycle 3

Competition Dates: FAU - May 2, 2015  (They now have one close to us!  No trip to Orlando on May 9th!) Register Team Prior to March 15

GOAL:  REGISTER TEAM BY MID–OCTOBER
              (Possible Training for 2 Mentors?  Unknown location and dates.)
              12 Students.  Goal Grades 3–5.  Will use younger if needed or very willing.

GOAL:  CHOOSE YOUR EVENTS BY FEBRUARY
              See which events children respond to the most.  Assign teams and individuals so they can
              be preparing at home also.


Semester 1:  (Meeting Every Other Week)
CC:  Weeks 1-12  Human Anatomy

Weeks 1     No Class
Week 2       A is for Anatomy:  Skeletal, Muscular
Week 3       No Class
Week 4       A is for Anatomy:  Digestive, Nervous, Sensory
Week 5       No Class
Week 6       Solid, Liquids, or Gas
Week 7       No Class
Week 8       A is for Anatomy:  Urinary, Circulatory
Week 9       No Class
Week 10     A is for Anatomy:  Endocrine, Respiratory
Week 11     No Class
Week 12     Solid, Liquids, or Gas
Break          Bridge Building
                   (Can visit the Bridge Building Competition at South Florida Fair Grounds as a family.  Usually first or 2nd Week in December.)
FYI:  Last Year's Bridge Building Information for Middle/High School:
I just wanted to put out a quick reminder that the bridges are due for certification on Dec. 10 (Tues) between 1 and 5 pm at  the South Florida Fair Grounds. For those of you that are not familiar with the location, it is just off of Southern Blvd. east of 441, in Palm Beach County. If you are headed north on 441, turn right onto Southern Blvd., and when you see the sign for the fair grounds, turn left.  It will be through one of the gates.  The actual testing takes place the next day, starting at 9 am at the same location.

Semester 2:  (Meeting Every Week)
CC:  Weeks 13–18  Chemistry
CC:  Weeks 19–24  Science Theories

Week 13     Egg Drop
Week 14     Mystery Packaging
Week 15     Estimania  (CC Science Lab Appendix for Cycle 3)
Week 16     Mystery Powders
Week 17     Mystery Powders
Week 18     Mystery Powders
Week 19     Starry, Starry Night
Week 20     Who Wants To Be A Biologist
Week 21     Rock Hound
Week 22     Rock Hound
Week 23     Energy Lab
Week 24     Fun Time

Official Events:  Teams will receive the rules manual after registering.

2015 Events.

There are some different ones!  Please refer to link.  Not text from 2014.

http://www.science.fau.edu/scienceolympiad/so_new_006.htm

• A is for Anatomy -The event will consist of questions, case studies, pictures or models that will require an understanding of the structure and function of the following systems: skeletal, muscular, digestive, respiratory, circulary, urinary, nervous, sensory, endocrine.
• Bridge Building - This event tests students' ability to build a lengthy, strong, stable, and reproducible bridge from common materials.BUILT ONSITE.
• Egg Drop - A team of two students will construct and bring a package to protect an egg from breaking. The egg is dropped free fall from a high spot selected by the tournament director. This is a PREBUILT EVENT.
• Energy Lab - The objective is to build a reflecting device that most efficiently uses and focuses the energy supplied to a light bulb. This is a PREBUILT EVENT.
• Estimania - Students will be asked to estimate the answers to approximately ten questions requiring an estimate between ten and one million. Students will be provided a sample of the item to be estimated and will be premitted to measure its mass and the total mass of the container that contains all the objects. No calculators will be permitted.
• Mystery Packaging - At the beginning of the event, teams will be given a bag of building materials and instructions for designing and building a package that will protect a given material from a drop. BUILT ONSITE
• Mystery Powders - A team of two contestants will be asked to identify a mixture of common white household powder.
• Pentathlon - Five physical skills are interspersed with science questions in an obstacle course that will be run in a relay race style where each student passes the balloon to the next student. This year, the concepts will focus on those related to the water cycle and weather.
• Rock Hound - Teams will prepare charts, identify various rocks and minerals, and describe their characteristics
• Starry, Starry Night - A team of two students will identify constellations, planets, and other common celestial bodies in our universe.
• Solid, Liquids, or Gas - Teams of two students will test their abilities to classify materials into one of three categories.
• Water Rockets - Students will build and launch a 2-liter plastic bottle for maximum time aloft. This is a PREBUILT EVENT.
• Who Wants To Be A Biologist - Teams will compete in three game show style events that will focus on various aspects of biology and life science.

HELPFUL LINKS:
http://mrsbaileysbrilliantbunch.weebly.com/elementary-science-olympiad.html

Mystery Packaging
http://www.sciencenc.com/event-help/junkyardchallenge.php

Friday Co-Op ART 2014–15

American Art

6 Artists
Artists Game:  5x7 cards.  Print pictures.  Quiz game.

1.  Mary Cassatt
     American Impressionist— 19th Century
     http://www.marycassatt.org/
   
     Class Project:  Tempera paint print
     Great Artists Book
     http://inthesparrowsnest.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/mary-cassatt-tempera-monoprint/

     Class Project:  Oil Pastels / or Chalk Pastels on Copied Picture Outline
     http://teachkidsartappreciation.com/category/mary-cassatt/
     Printout:  Boating Party
     http://www.doverpublications.com/zb/samples/410404/images/410404-021.jpg

The Child's Bath— Mary Cassatt

The Boating Party— Mary Cassatt

Child in a Straw Hat— Mary Cassatt

2.  Winslow Homer
     Realist— 19th Century
     http://www.winslowhomer.org/

     Class Project:  Seascape.  Tempura Paint.  Large heavy drawing paper.  
     http://www.artforsmallhands.com/2011/09/in-style-of-winslow-homer.html

Breezing Up— Winslow Homer

The Fog Warning— Winslow Homer

Snap the Whip— Winslow Homer

3.  John Frederick Peto
     American Trompe–l'oeil— "Fool the Eye" — 19th Century
   
     Class Project:  Make a collage from scraps.  8x10 White Cardboard.
     Next week, Draw it.  Colored Pencil on Drawing Paper.  8x10 Cardboard.

Old Time Card Rack— John Frederick Peto

Take Your Choice— John Frederick Peto

4.  Edward Hopper
     Realist— 20th Century

     Class Project: Colored Pencil on Illustration paper.

Nighthawks—Edward Hopper

Early Sunday Morning— Edward Hopper

The Light House at Two Lights— Edward Hopper

Reproduction details of Early Sunday Morning
http://www.thomasvanstein.net/thomas-van-stein-blog/2012/9/2/negotiating-with-edward-hopper-september-2-2012.html


5.  Louise Nevelson
     Junk Sculpture Assemblage
   
     Class Project: Junk Art Sculpture- Glue.
     Next week- spray paint black.
     Bring my junk sculpture dog.

Mirror-Shadow VII— Louise Nevelson

"Art of the Sixties" print—Louise Nevelson

6.  Norman Rockwell
     Illustration
   
     Class Project: Saturday Evening Post Cover- Everyday Life.

Triple Self Portrait— Norman Rockwell

Marble Champion— Norman Rockwell

Freedom from Want—Norman Rockwell

Friday Co-Op 2014-15

UPDATED LINK for SEMESTER 2
http://candilandflorida.blogspot.com/2015/01/friday-co-op-semester-2-january-2015.html


This is still a work in progress....

Excited to announce that we will be located at the Community Center this year!
Our room is located right next to a playground for our Pre-school aged siblings.  Hoping to take turns watching little ones if it gets distracting.  The room is also big enough that if a mom wanted to do "5 in a row" curriculum, or a little craft, it would be easy to have them there with us over to the side.

12 weeks before Thanksgiving, starting the first week of September.
12 weeks after the first week in January, with a break half way through for a week.


HOPE Homeschoolers
We hope everyone will join HOPE Homeschoolers.  It provides so much more than I can provide on my own for this Friday Co-Op.
www.hopefamilies.com  Who we are.. How and Why to Join.

Community, Directory, Email, Online Meetings, Mom’s Night Out, Field trips, Co-Ops, Clubs,
Promotion/Graduation Night, Used Book Sale.

Classical Education Cycle 3
Classical Education Co-Op using the Classical Conversations Foundations Curriculum
Kindergarten-6

15 min. Announcements
30 min. New Grammar Introduced
30 min. Grammar Review Games
30 min. Art/Sign Language

*Need to purchase curriculum.  See below.
This is a free Co-Op which means you help instead of pay.


Middle / High School
No Fear Shakespeare group being started for Grades 6+ that would meet at the same time as the CC Foundations group.  More info to come later.  A Biology lab review is later in the afternoon.


Toastmasters International
Public Speaking Youth Leadership Program  (Middle/High School)
11:30 a.m. Fridays
We will be hosted by the local chapter of Toastmasters International, which means that this program will be FREE!  It is a community outreach opportunity to them.  My husband will also be working closely with us as a fellow Toastmaster for the last 3 years.

The program works best with about 15-20 participants.

Semester 2:   Gavel Club which is a free version of a real Toastmaster group.  This means that there will be leadership opportunities for the kids.  Thinking of having elections for Semester 1, and Semester 2 to give more the opportunity to try new roles.

Mini Toasters Public Speaking for K–5/6
If we have a large turn out of K-5, I will break them apart and do a separate Oral Report time for them. I have a rubric that I have been using for a few years that is fun and easy to do.


Elementary Science Olympiad
Fun Science Experiments.  Competition at the end of the school year with other schools.

Lunch
Mom's Support Group
Kids Socialization
One of the best reasons to have a Co-Op is so that you don't feel so lost.  Bounce ideas and ask questions of other homeschool moms.  Pack a lunch, or go grab some local fast food (Wendy's is close by.)  Definitely Stay!  This time is vital for you to feel like you are part of the group.


Looking forward to a new and exciting year this fall!  New families, and new opportunities to learn and to grow!

Ms. Candi

Classical Conversations Memory Master Markoff

Print on 8 1/2 x 11 Cardstock

Color in ribbons that they pass off.

So, I needed something to keep the kids motivated to show their progress.  I made this to give out on the last day of each Quarter.  You color in the ones that they achieved Memory Master in.  Hopefully, it will make them want to try harder to actually become a Memory Master at the end of the Year.  It also makes a good progress report for their homeschool portfolio.

I'm going to give the kids 2 chances to get it.  Last day of each Quarter, and 1st day of the next Quarter.  I figure if they're close, they can still try for it.  There really are no official rules, as I made this up myself. The official Memory Master is hard... so giving Quarter and Semester progress reports can show them that they CAN do it!

My kids curriculum 2013-14

Curriculum 2013–14

For all my friends who ask me how to get started homeschooling, I am listing what and where I've purchased items for this year.  

I Purchased the following curriculum at:

www.rainbowresources.com

001358 ­ Grapes of Wrath ­ Qty:1 ­ $10.75 ­ 10.75 

001527 ­ Math 3 Workbook ­ Qty:1 ­ $21.95 ­ 21.95 

004465 ­ Tuck Everlasting ­ Qty:1 ­ $5.50 ­ 5.50 

018282 ­ Daily Grams Grade 5 ­ Qty:1 ­ $19.25 ­ 19.25 

018283 ­ Daily Grams Grade 5 Workbook (no answers) ­ Qty:1 ­ $10.35 ­ 10.35 

018286 ­ Daily Grams Grade 7 ­ Qty:1 ­ $19.25 ­ 19.25 

018287 ­ Daily Grams Grade 7 Workbook (no answers) ­ Qty:1 ­ $10.35 ­ 10.35 

024433 ­ Math 7/6 4ED Tests and Worksheets ­ Qty:1 ­ $20.50 ­ 20.50 

028081 ­ Night ­ Qty:1 ­ $7.50 ­ 7.50 

037840 ­ Easy Grammar Grade 5 Teacher Edition ­ Qty:1 ­ $25.65 ­ 25.65 

037848 ­ Easy Grammar Plus Workbook (revised) ­ Qty:1 ­ $10.65 ­ 10.65 

052316 ­ MCP Spelling Workout 2001 Homeschool Bundle B ­ Qty:1 ­ $18.50 ­ 18.50 

052319 ­ MCP Spelling Workout 2001 Homeschool Bundle E ­ Qty:1 ­ $18.50 ­ 18.50

I already own Easy Grammar Grade 7 Teacher Edition.

I already own Apologia Land Animals.  

(Lab Kit about $80 is also purchased and shared between 3 to 4 families.) Can purchase at www.christianbook.com

I already own Singapore math for Kindergarten. 

http://www.excellenceinwriting.com

US History-based Writing lessons V1 (Explores to the Gold Rush) Teacher & Student  $49

Bible Heroes Writing Lessons in Structure and Style  $29

Bible Heroes Writing Lessons Teacher Manual, hardcopy $19

(You can also purchase all but the Bible Heroes teacher book at rainbowresources.com)

*Need to download the Student Resource Notebook and print out.

http://www.classicalconversationsbooks.com/fobo.html Cycle2 Geography Trivium Tables $10 Classical Acts & Facts History Timeline Songs (All Ages) $8 Sketch Notebook $6.50   http://www.classicalconversationsbooks.com/ch7gr.html I already own Foundations Guide 4th Ed, Item#FS100   $60 I already own Cycle 2 Audio CD $35 I already own Cycle 2 Memory Master Flashcards $30 The Ap for Cycle 2 for ipad should come out in October I'm hoping. I also like to shop at www.amazon.com  and www.christianbook.com

S's 8^th Grade Curriculum 2013–14

Math: Pre-Algebra/Algebra1Video Text   

           http://videotext.com/algebra-a-complete-course/

           I'm still thinking about this one.  Our Homeschool group is doing this as a group once a week.  I think I will be buying the $75 yearly fee to access everything online.  You can print off assignments, watch videos from their website.

          and www.ixl.com

General: Classical Conversations Cycle 2 (Teacher- I'm having my 8th grader help teach this.)

Science: Land Animals Apologia

Science: Notebook CC ($5)

Spanish: Bob Jones Spanish

Language Arts: Spelling Workout G & H and Vocabulary from Classical Roots

                          Easy Grammar Plus Student Workbook (Grades 7–12)

                          Daily Grams Grade 7 ($19 + $10)

Writing: IEW US History Part 1 ($18 Copies)

                         Daily Journal

Literature:        The Grapes of Wrath ($10 Kindle?)

                        Mere Christianity

                        Night

Center for Lit online class ($165) http://centerforlit.com/Courses/2013-2014.aspx

Date	Title	ISBN
September 19, 2013	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt* (WE OWN) 5th grade +	978-0439452403
October 10, 2013	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (WE OWN) 9th grade +	978-1593080075
October 31, 2013	Macbeth by William Shakespeare* (WE OWN) 10th grade+	978-0486278025
November 21, 2013	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (WE OWN) 10th grade +	978-0451530974
December 12, 2013	At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald*(WE OWN)  4th grade+	978-0140367683
January 16, 2014	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (WE OWN) 9th grade +	978-1593080556
February 6, 2014	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain* (WE OWN) 6th grd+	978-0812504224
February 27, 2014	North to Freedom by Anne Holm (WE OWN) 4th grade+	978-0152051600
March 27, 2014	The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien* 8th grade+	978-0345339706
April 10, 2014	The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain 8th grade+	978-0451528353
May 1, 2014	Watership Down by Richard Adams* 7th grade+	978-0380002931
May 22, 2014	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 4th grade+	978-0451530141

T's 5^th Grade Curriculum 2013–14

Math: Saxon Math 7/6 ($20)

          and www.ixl.com

General: Classical Conversations Cycle 2

Science: Land Animals Apologia

Science: Notebook CC ($5)

Language Arts: Spelling Workout E and F

                         Easy Grammar Grade 5 Student Workbook

                         Daily Grams 5^th Grade ($19 + $10)

Writing: IEW US History Part 1 ($18 Copies)

                        Daily Journal

Latin for Children

Literature:  (* same book that 8th grader is reading. Required by mom)

* Tuck Everlasting (5^th grade +)

* At the Back of the North Wind (4^th grade +)

* North to Freedom (4^th grade +)

* Wind in the Willows (4^th grade +)

Literature suggestions:

Little Britches

Leif the Lucky

Johnny Tremain

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Ginger Pye

The Cricket in Times Square

Harris and Me

Journey to America

Soup Series

West from Home

Steal Away Home

Belle Prater's Boy

Tonight, by Sea

Parvana's Journey

Me and My Little Brain

Indigo

Island of the Blue Dolphins

The Horse and His Boy (C.S. Lewis Chronicles)

C's 2^nd Grade Curriculum 2013–14

Math: Saxon 3 A & B ($21)

          and www.ixl.com

General: Classical Conversations Cycle 2

Science: Land Animals Apologia

Science: Notebook CC ($5)

Language Arts: Spelling Workout B and C ($18)

                         Grammar—Primary Language Lessons

                         Cozy Grammar (DVD's & Workbook) (Already own)

Writing: IEW Bible Heroes

                         Daily Journal

Latin for Children

Literature: 2^nd Grade Readers & 3rd Grade Readers (McRuffy Readers) (Already own)

3^rd Grade Level Suggestions

Magic Tree House Series

Wagon Wheels

Hank the Cowdog

A Question of Yams

The BoxCar Children

A Lion to Guard Us

The Children of Noisy Village

  Backyard Pets

E's Kindergarten Curriculum 2013–14

Math: Singapore Math 1A & B, Saxon 1? (Already own)

          and www.ixl.com

General: Classical Conversations Cycle 2

Science: Land Animals Apologia

Science: Notebook CC ($5)

Language Arts: Explode the Code  (Already own)

Grammar—Primary Language Lessons  (Already own)

Writing: IEW Bible Heroes

Literature: 1^st Grade Books (McRuffy Readers) (Already own)
                  www.Starfall.com

Mom

IEW US History Part 1 Student/Teacher ($49) 

      I make copies for my kids.  About $17-$25 each book.  And then I keep the book for future kids to use.  May not be too cost effective... :)  Depends on the printer.

IEW Bible Heroes Writing Lessons ($29)  

      I make copies for my kids.  About $17 - $25 each book. And then I keep the book for future kids to use. Depends on the printer.

IEW Bible Heroes Teacher ($19 optional)

To Buy in December:

Spelling Workout C Teacher ($18)

Spelling Workout F Student ($10)

Vocabulary from Classical Roots A , Test Key, Answer, Teacher ($34)

To Buy in August:

Bob Jones Spanish 1 ($307)

Spelling Workout H Student & Teacher



Tentative Schedule
I have a lot of children with different ages and needs.  I find doing Co-Ops are great for accomplishing everyone's different level, as well as giving me a mom or two to bounce ideas off of.  I pay for the PE class, karate & music lessons (and occasionally a math tutor).  Horseback riding lessons, Lego Robotics, and maybe even a Shakespeare Play Group is on my wish list.  These last three I see as being extra, and will be used as a reward for good effort in school work.

Every year I make the plan... and usually a couple months into it, it has changed.  But here's a go at it.  I hope it will help you in your own plans.


Monday

Middle School Co-Op:

8:45-9:55   Pre-Algebra / Algebra 1

10-10:55    IEW 

11-12          Literature 

   LUNCH

1-1:55          Spanish (conversational/Bob Jones Spanish Materials)

2-3               1900-Present (no book... notes.)

Elementary Co-Op:

8:45-9:55    IEW

10-10:55     Science/Math (fun time)

11-12          Geography ( Galloping the Globe)

   LUNCH

1-1:55          4-Unit Studies (Landmark, Bible, ?/, ?/)

Tuesday

P.E.  9 a.m. —12 p.m.

Possible Pre-school Activity 10 - 11:30 for Toddler?

Possible Activity Time for a couple hours (Horseback riding? 8th Grader)

School Work - Afternoon & In the Car

7 p.m. - 9 p.m.  Youth Groups & Cub Scouts

Wednesday

Music Lessons at our house

Big School Work Day

Big Laundry Day & Bathrooms Cleaned

7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Exercise (Karate Make-up Day)

Thursday

Big School Work Day in the Morning

Classical Conversations & Science/Art Co-Op:

12:30 - 1:30   Classical Conversations New Grammar 30 min. / Review Grammar 30 min.

1:30 - 2:15     Oral Reports

2:15 - 3:15     Science (Land Animals) & Art (Switch every other week)

7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Center for Lit Classes twice a month (8th Grader)

Discussions are held from 4:30 to 6:30 PM Pacific Time on the dates listed.

7 p.m. - 8 p.m.  Exercise (Karate Class)

Friday

School Work in the Morning

Math Tutor Day

Cleaning Day (& 8th Grader's Own Laundry Day)

Small Laundry Day

Possibly Lego Robotics for the afternoon for 5th Grader & 2nd Grader?

Saturday

Karate Class

Yard Work 

Fun

Semester 2: Cycle 1 Co–Op Weekly Assignments

Semester 2:  Spring Semester

Foundations:  12 weeks

Challenge A:  15 weeks  
We're reading during the breaks to make up the weeks this Semester, so class ends the same date.

CC Foundations:  9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  Cycle 1
Lunch Discussion:  12:00 p.m. – 12:15 p.m.  Rhetoric
Enrichment Activities:  1 – 3:00 p.m.  Exposition, Grammar and SOTW

Curriculum Used:

Classical Conversations:  Foundations, Cycle 1
SOTW:    Story of the World, by Susan Wise Bauer, Focus on Ancients (Vol. 1), all 4 volumes used.
Oral Reports:  Prepare a 2-3 minute report.
Literature Books:  Amos Fortune, The Bronze Bow, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, The Door in the Wall,
    The Magician's Nephew, Number the Stars, The Secret Garden
Writing Papers on Literature:  To help teach this, we are referencing IEW's "Teaching the Classics
    DVD and Workbook" and "Reading Roadmaps" by Adam and Missy Andrews, as well as "Words
    Aptly Spoken- Children's Literature" by Classical Conversations.
It Couldn't Just Happen, by Lawrence Richards
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and Workbook, by Sean Covey

Story of the World Chapters and CC Weeks- Cycle 1

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Quarter 3:

Jan: 10, 16 (Wednesday Class), 24, 31
Feb: 7, (CHAA Saints Track Meet)  No class today.
Feb. 14, 21

Feb. 14 Valentine's Party also.  Bring valentines, and a treat to share.
Feb 21  Quarter End Get Together.  Curriculum review games. Scripture Mastery pass–off.
Break:  Feb. 28 (Possible Field trip)

Week 13:  Jan. 10, 2013


CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:    About my Christmas Vacation.

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments
                         Qtr 3:  Luke 24:36–39        Jesus himself stood in the midst of them   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "Amos Fortune, Freeman" read for discussion.  No writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen", no assignments this week.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", no assignments this week.

Week 14:  Jan. 16  (Wednesday Class this week) 11:45 - 3:00 pm

Arrive at 11:00 to help set-up and have lunch together if wanted.  Shortened class schedule today.

This Week's Schedule:

11:45 – 12:00    Rhetoric Discussion

12:00 – 1:00      CC- Week 14 New Grammar 30 min., and 30 min. CC Science Experiments.  No Art today.

1:00 – 1:55        Exposition and Grammar

1:55 – 2:00        Snack Break

2:00 – 3:00        SOTW:  Mummify a Chicken today!  Dress like an Egyptian for fun.

CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:    No Oral Reports this week due to shorter class time.

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

                         Qtr 3:  Luke 24:36–39        Jesus himself stood in the midst of them   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "Amos Fortune, Freeman" writing due this week.

                          1-3 paragraph paper focusing on Exposition, Climax and Conclusion.

                          Sentence openers #3 and #6.  Dress-ups:  sv, ly, adj, w/w.  Alliteration OR Simile.

                          Challenge Students:  3 paragraphs, and at least one paragraph using all 6 sentence

                          starters.  Other paragraphs need Sentence Openers listed.  Use Dress–ups and

                          Decorations as listed.
 
                         Grammar:  Punctuation Rules 1 and 17 memorized.

Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen", discuss book overall.

                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", assignments start again next week.

Week 15:  Jan. 24
Bring a White T-shirt for Art today to Tie-Dye.

CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     History (biography, event in time) or Geography

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments
                         Qtr 3:  Luke 24:36–39        Jesus himself stood in the midst of them   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "The Bronze Bow" read for discussion.  No writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen", Have Ch. 11 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Read Habit 4.  Challenge Only.

Week 16:  Jan. 31


CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Art or music (biography, instrument, style, epoch)

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments
                         Qtr 3:  Luke 24:36–39        Jesus himself stood in the midst of them   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "The Bronze Bow" writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 12 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens",  Wk Bk. Habit 4.  Challenge Only.




Week 17:  Feb. 7

CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Science or Collections

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments
                         Qtr 3:  Luke 24:36–39        Jesus himself stood in the midst of them  Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" read for discussion.  No writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 13 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Read Habit 5.  Challenge Only.

Week 18:  Feb. 14
Valentine's Party during lunch.  Bring valentines, and a treat to share.

Quarter End Get Together.  Curriculum review games. Scripture Mastery pass–off.

CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Book Report or Poetry Selection

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

                         Qtr 3:  Luke 24:36–39        Jesus himself stood in the midst of them  Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" writing due this week.

Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 14 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.

                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Wk Bk. Habit 5.  Challenge Only.

Week 18:  Feb 21 CHAA Track & Field Meet 2013
We get two weeks break before Q4.

10 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Registration 9:15 a.m.
Tradewinds Park, Shelter F.  (Sample Rd. west of turnpike)
Open to all homeschool students ages 5-18.
$5 donation per athlete.  (fruits, juice, cake, medals and certificate... all included; snow cones, popcorn, cotton candy- 50 cents).

Feb 28, 2013:  Possible Fieldtrip

Exposition:        Have "The Door in the Wall" read on your own.  No discussion or writing due.

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Quarter 4:

Mar: 7, 14, 21, 28
Apr: 4, 11, 18  (one week will be a field trip)

Apr 18 Quarter End Get Together.  Curriculum review games.  Break one week after.

Year End Parent Night.   (Apr 19 or 20)

Week 19:  Mar. 7, 2013


CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:    My favorite...

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

Qtr 4:  2 Timothy 3:16–17      All scripture is given by inspiration    Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "The Magician's Nephew" read for discussion.  No writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 15 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Read Habit 6.  Challenge Only.

Week 20:  Mar. 14


CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:    History (biography, event in time) or Geography

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

Qtr 4:  2 Timothy 3:16–17      All scripture is given by inspiration  Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "The Magician's Nephew" writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 16 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Wk Bk. Habit 6.  Challenge Only.

Week 21:  Mar. 21


CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Art or music (biography, instrument, style, epoch)

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

Qtr 4:  2 Timothy 3:16–17      All scripture is given by inspiration  Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "Number the Stars" read for discussion.  No writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 17 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Read Habit 7.  Challenge Only.

Week 22:  Mar. 28


CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Science or Collections

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

Qtr 4:  2 Timothy 3:16–17      All scripture is given by inspiration   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "Number the Stars" writing due this week.


Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 18 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.
                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Wk Bk. Habit 7.  Challenge Only.

No Class Apr 4- Reading Time.

The Secret Garden is a little longer book.  Extra week to read.  :)

Week 23:  Apr 11

CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Book Report or Poetry Selection

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

Qtr 4:  2 Timothy 3:16–17      All scripture is given by inspiration   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "The Secret Garden" read for discussion.  No writing due this week.

Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 19 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.

                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Read "Keep Hope Alive".  Challenge Only.

Week 24:  Apr 18

Quarter End Get Together.  Curriculum review games.  Scripture Mastery Pass–Off.

CC Memory:     New Information will be presented today.

Oral Reports:     Practice for Parent's Night or Impromptu

Scripture:          Exodus Ch. 20:  3–17         Ten Commandments

Qtr 4:  2 Timothy 3:16–17      All scripture is given by inspiration   Memorize

SOTW:             See images below.

Exposition:        Have "The Secret Garden" writing due this week.

Rhetoric:          "It Couldn't Just Happen",  Have Ch. 20 read for lunch discussion.  Everyone.

                        "Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens", Wk Bk. "Keep Hope Alive".  Challenge Only.

Friday, April 19, 2013
Parent's Night:  7:00 p.m. Tonight!

Boca Raton Community Center
Prepare your best Oral Report of the Semester- 3-5 minutes.  Include visual aides- or dress up like your report.

Bring:
*Your parents, grand parents, anyone you want for an audience.
* Dessert or Appetizer

End of Spring Semester