Thursday, 7 March 2013
Thursday, 28 February 2013
27 & 28 feb
Wed 27 Feb.
a.m. BSF, maths, hebrew, single shard. pm: chicks arrival!
This was a good day - planned, but not too much. Good expectation/ achievement ratio.
Thu 28 Feb.
a.m. BSF then ladies mtg. pm planned: code academy, maths, cooking.
a.m. BSF, maths, hebrew, single shard. pm: chicks arrival!
This was a good day - planned, but not too much. Good expectation/ achievement ratio.
Thu 28 Feb.
a.m. BSF then ladies mtg. pm planned: code academy, maths, cooking.
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
sonlight core d
It is aimed at age 8-11 and is themed around early history of USA, my fave period of history.
It covers bible, history, geography, english, poetry and lotsa stories.
I think we're gonna have a lot of fun with this.
find it at http://www.sonlight.com/homeschool-curriculum.html?core=D
this combined with our biology igcse work and a little of lots of other things, will be a day's work for my mini students.
excited!
Monday, 11 February 2013
11 feb 2013
today we did our bible study, then a page of biology, talking about life processes. then a single shard.
Friday, 8 February 2013
microscope
Ooh! some exciting work today...
as for the biology gcse, i realised there is some ks3 material we have not covered. so i got out the cgp ks3 science book (it came in a bundle, i hadn't looked at it). the 1st 9 chapters are biology.
So we looked at the first page: the parts of a microscope. we looked up each part on the web, named the parts & what they do. THEN! they went on Little Big Planet level builder on the ps3 (they are very quick and able on this and enjoy it absolutely.) "Build me a microscope!" i said.
They built me a (virtual) micoscope, including a lamp that turns on, reflects from a mirror underneath up into the glass slide, upon which they put a tiny dead fish. they put moveable clips holding the slide onto the stage. i was very pleased with the work & they were so enthused! YAY!
as soon as i've worked out how to connect the ps3 to the laptop i'll put the picture up!
Praise the Lord for different ways of doing things!
as for the biology gcse, i realised there is some ks3 material we have not covered. so i got out the cgp ks3 science book (it came in a bundle, i hadn't looked at it). the 1st 9 chapters are biology.
So we looked at the first page: the parts of a microscope. we looked up each part on the web, named the parts & what they do. THEN! they went on Little Big Planet level builder on the ps3 (they are very quick and able on this and enjoy it absolutely.) "Build me a microscope!" i said.
They built me a (virtual) micoscope, including a lamp that turns on, reflects from a mirror underneath up into the glass slide, upon which they put a tiny dead fish. they put moveable clips holding the slide onto the stage. i was very pleased with the work & they were so enthused! YAY!
as soon as i've worked out how to connect the ps3 to the laptop i'll put the picture up!
Praise the Lord for different ways of doing things!
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Wed 30 Jan 13
Hi, there's so much to it!
We watched an intro to biology/evolution/natural selection video today on Khan academy.
Why? Cos i keep wibbling between paying some ££ and getting on with a GCSE, or simply finding everything on the syllabus, finding lessons free on the web & getting on with that - takes a lot more time planning. not my fave.
what is going on at the mo?
*codeacademy - this is good, and free. but again requires more time, as i have to complete each step myself in order to help the pupils.
*a single shard -this is quite good too, it goes vocab-chapter-comprehension quiz. Not the kids' most fun lesson. but good.
*anne of green gables -i have to prepare an extensive vocab list beforehand. sudden brainwave - google it! brb!
We watched an intro to biology/evolution/natural selection video today on Khan academy.
Why? Cos i keep wibbling between paying some ££ and getting on with a GCSE, or simply finding everything on the syllabus, finding lessons free on the web & getting on with that - takes a lot more time planning. not my fave.
what is going on at the mo?
*codeacademy - this is good, and free. but again requires more time, as i have to complete each step myself in order to help the pupils.
*a single shard -this is quite good too, it goes vocab-chapter-comprehension quiz. Not the kids' most fun lesson. but good.
*anne of green gables -i have to prepare an extensive vocab list beforehand. sudden brainwave - google it! brb!
Monday, 21 January 2013
Monday 21 Jan '13 - explaining about gcses
today we did our devotion & some bible study.
then the vocab & read chap 1 of anne of green gables.
we made a chicken stew together.
f did chap 61 of maths tt5.
we spoke for about an hour about doing igcse biology using cloudlearn. i explained yet again that you are taught first, then tested. i explained how we would break it down into chunks....
then i showed R a gcse biology exam paper, she was able to answer some questions outright, using common sense & guesswork.
R made a chocolate cake.
good.
then the vocab & read chap 1 of anne of green gables.
we made a chicken stew together.
f did chap 61 of maths tt5.
we spoke for about an hour about doing igcse biology using cloudlearn. i explained yet again that you are taught first, then tested. i explained how we would break it down into chunks....
then i showed R a gcse biology exam paper, she was able to answer some questions outright, using common sense & guesswork.
R made a chocolate cake.
good.
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