November….. Wasn’t it just October? It never ceases to amaze me how quickly time goes by.
Here are Keilee’s accomplishments for the week of Nov 3-7, 2014. We recreated this Friday morning so we may have left out some things.
| SUBJECT | ACCOMPLISHMENT | |
| Current EventsCNN/Channel One | Midterm elections, How certain names stay in the political pool, update on girls kidnapped in April, Private rocket company that blew up and killed a pilot, House of Representatives are now Republican after the election, There are more people with mobile phones than access to toilets (this BLEW our minds!), Info from smart phones are stored on the Cloud. SpaceX scheduled to take supplies to ISS. | |
| Psychology |
Section 1 discussed sleep, an essential state of consciousness, and describes theories of sleep, the stages of sleep, sleep disorders, and the role of dreams.
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| World History | The History of 100 Objects. #3 Olduvai Hand Ax, read about object, listened to podcast. Did a Notebook page and watched 2 videos. #4 Swimming Reindeer, read about object, listened to podcast, did a Notebook page, watched video about Ice Age Art. Put both objects on TimeLine Book. Put both objects on world map where found.Did “Red China” in her Billy Joel “We Didn’t Start the Fire” project. Did Notebook page and watched 2 documentaries on Red China. | |
| Keilee’s Kreations | Worked on rug for den and secret Christmas present for me. Worked on Elsa hat for her orders. | |
| Geometry | Rays, Angles, Lines. Learned 6 Postulates. | |
| Southern Literature | Read bio on Truman Capote and read “Children on Their Birthday” story. Watched Documentary on Truman Capote’s life and watched “Breakfast at Tiffanys”. | |
| Quote Journal | Worked on quotes journal and illustrated and told what they meant to her. Also looked up each ‘author’ to see why they are important. | |
| Bible | Jesus Calling and daily verse | |
| Language Arts | Jessica’s Creative Writing class. Worked on novel, “September’s Academy” | |
| Read | Read “The Testing” aloud. She is reading “The Selection” and we are listening to “Under the Never Sky” | |
| Videos | Good Mythical Morning: Talking Animals. Always Hank Green | |
| Art | Finished October journal pages. Started November. Did Calendar page. Did Dia de la Muertos page, Did 2 more pages. | |
| Life | Had Knitting Club meeting with her ladies, Went to “The Way We Worked” Smithsonian Exhibit and learned about all the ways people have ‘worked’ over the years. Made “Thankful” poster for Poster Contest at Skate Day |
We had a great Halloween. Keilee was The Cat in The Hat. She made the Tutu. We went to a friend’s house for a Halloween party. We had a GREAT time. The weather went from Summer to Winter in about 3 hours so a lot of the outside festivities had to be brought inside. We had great food, conversation, laughter and fun. And the kids watched “Jurassic Park”. I so love that movie. Thank you Dy for hosting!
Oh and one picture is Nomad as Shrek. 😉
Painting pumpkins, being silly and Jessica’s class.
We met Esther and her kids in Athens for the “The Way We Worked” This is a traveling museum exhibit from the Smithsonian. They have the core pictures and each town adds their memorabilia to it. It was very interesting and we LOVED hanging out with Esther and her kids. It had been way too long. And these pictures are really weird for some reason.
My favorite picture this week: Fall has finally arrived in Alabama!
Homeschooling Rocks!
Karen
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn. “~Elizabeth Lawrence
Nomad is so cute and I love all that orange in the last photo! I love fall.
We stopped watching CNN Student News, it was too much of a downer. I feel guilty not keeping up more with what is going on…but I struggle with anxiety and depression and it was putting me and the girls in a bad place.
I am having fun catching up!
Can you believe it is NOVEMBER!? Crazy how fast this year is passing by. As always you have filled up your week with beauty and joy. You are both an inspiration.
Sounds like a very productive week! Jealous of the beautiful fall foliage y’all get there, what a beautiful tree. Great job on the tutu as well! You do such a great job with current events, I need to get better with that.
Oh, my goodness…I love that last photo. Simply beautiful. I love all the smiles I see this week. This way of recording Kei’s school accomplishments seems to be really working for you.