Day 23/175

 

 

 

Middle of the week already?? Wow, time went by fast… We are chugging along this week, after a bit of trouble with Monkey Man about doing his math. (Thank goodness for my mom, who sat and did it with him for 3hrs on one night)

 

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 1.14
  
• Math- Pg.303
  
• Spelling- Cryptogram Puzzle
  
• Science- Electrical Connections (AIMS Review, more to come on that)
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 8-11 & 8-13
  
• Phonics- Pg.47
  
• Grammar- Lesson R2
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 41 & Pg. 2-6
  
• Math- 9-4 & 9-6
  
• Grammar- Lesson 23
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

 

Day 22/175

 

 

Today since it is so nice out, we went outside and got some fresh air. We kicked a ball around for a bit, cause they are all signing up for soccer this fall.  Wanted to get some easy rules out of the way.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters (in current book)
  
• History- Lesson 6A & 6B (we needed to catch up)
  
• Math- Pg. 300
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  
• Phys Ed
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 2-19 & 8-6
  
• Phonics- Pg. 49-54
  
• History- Lesson 6A & 6B
  
• Reading- 3 books
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  
• Phys Ed
  

 

Little Monkey:

• History- Lesson 6A & 6B
  
• Math- 9-2 & 9-3
  
• Phonics- Pg.39 & Pg. 40-42
  
• Reading- 2 books
  
• Grammar- Lesson 22
  
• Time4Learning
  
• Phys Ed
  

Day 21/175

 

 

 

Start of a new week.. I’m hoping this week is better than last week. Things were just not that great last week…lots of struggles, and it was just miserable.  Due to some errands I had to run this morning, we flip flopped school, and did it this afternoon today.

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Copy List 5
  
• Math- Pg. 297
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.13
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 55
  
• Grammar- Lesson 13
  
• Math-  2-18 & 8-5
  
• Spelling- List 5 Copy
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4Learning
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 21
  
• Math- 8-12 & 8-14
  
• Phonics- Pg. 36 & Pg. 32-39
  
• Spelling- List 5 Copy
  
• Time4Learning

Day 20/175

 

 

Wow…20 days of school done already!  I can’t believe it. It has gone by so fast, and we have had such a great time. This week was a bit of a hard week… just bad mojo the whole week. We are happy to be finishing up this week, and getting ready for our 5 week of school!

 

Monkey Man:

• Math- Pg. 285
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.12
  
• Spelling- Test List 4
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4learning
  
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 12
  
• Math- 17A & 8-3
  
• Phonics- Pg. 57
  
• Spelling- Test List 4
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4learning
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 33 & Pg. 26- 30
  
• Math- 8-9 & 8-10
  
• Grammar- Lesson 20
  
• Spelling- Test List 4
  
• Time4learning

Day 19/175

 

 

Phew… we made it to Thursday…not sure what is going on this week, but it has been a challenging week, in every aspect of our lives.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters (of current book)
  
• History- working on an Egypt Project
  
• Math- Pg. 278
  
• Spelling- Money Words
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4learning
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 2-17 & 7-13
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Phonics- Pg. 59-62
  
• Reading- 1 Book
  
• History- Egypt Project
  
• BigIQKids
  
• Time4learning
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• History- Eqypt Project
  
• Grammar- Lesson 19
  
• Math- 8-7 & 8-8
  
• Phonics'- Pg. 31 & Pg. 20-25
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• Time4learning
  

 

Looking forward to this week being over!

Day 18/175

 

 

Mid-week… Today we did school out of the house. We wanted to check the last movie for the summer at a local theatre. So we had school after the movie, in the park.

 

Monkey Man:

 

• Grammar- Lesson 1.11
  
• Math- Pg. 274
  
• Spelling- Missing Letters
  
• BigIQKids.com
  
• Time4Learning.com
  
• Phys Ed
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 65
  
• Grammar- Lesson 11
  
• Math- 2-16 & 7-12
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• BigIQKids.com
  
• Time4Learning.com
  
• Phys Ed
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 8-2 & 8-4
  
• Phonics- Pg.25 & Pg. 14-19
  
• Grammar- Lesson 18
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Time4Learning.com
  
• Phys Ed

Day 17/175

 

 

What a Tuesday.. Not sure what is happening this week, but my kids are just not on the same page as me. Things are crazy around here. Here’s to hoping the rest of the week settles down a bit.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters (current book)
  
• History- Lesson 6A Egyptian Religion: Mummies & Gods
  
• Math- Pg. 266 (and reviewing what he got wrong on last week’s work)
  
• BigIQKids.com
  
• Time4Learning.com (mostly science)
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 2-15 & 6-11
  
• Phonics- Pg. 67-72
  
• Reading- 3 Books (on level)
  
• History- Lesson 6A
  
• BigIQKids.com
  
• Time4Learning.com
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 7-11 & 8-1
  
• Phonics- Pg.2 & Pg.9-13
  
• Reading- 2 Books
  
• Grammar- Lesson 17
  
• History- Lesson 6A

Day 16/175

 

 

Good Day! We made it to our 4th week… Wow, 4 weeks we have been at school already. Doesn’t seem possible. The Monkey’s are doing really good though. We are really enjoying our History. They are progressing so nicely. I’m so excited for what this year is going to have to offer.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 1.10
  
• Math- Pg.260
  
• Spelling- List 4 Copy
  
• BigIQKids.com (review to come soon)
  
• Time4Learning.com (review to come soon)
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- Pg. 15 & 6-5
  
• Phonics- Pg. 73
  
• Grammar- Lesson 10
  
• Spelling- List 4 Copy
  
• BigIQKids.com
  
• Time4Learning.com
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 19 & Pg. 4-7
  
• Math- 7-6 & 7-9
  
• Spelling- List 4 Copy
  
• Grammar- Lesson 16
  
• Time4Learning.com
  

Day 15/175

 

 

 

Another week down… Can’t believe we have finished our 3 weeks.

Monkey Man:

• Math- Pg.253
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.9
  
• Spelling- Test List 3
  
• BigIQKids.com
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 9
  
• Math- 2-14 & 6-1
  
• Phonics- Pg.77
  
• Spelling- Test List 3
  
• BigIQKids.com
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 6-10 & 7-5
  
• Grammar- Lesson 15
  
• Phonics- Pg. 13 & Pg. 35-42
  
• Spelling- Test List 3

 

Day 14/175

 

 

What are you up today?

 

Monkey Man:

• History- Lesson 5
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• Math- Pg.216
  
• BigIQKids.com
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 2-13 & 5-16
  
• Phonics- Pg. 79-84
  
• Reading- 1 Book (Level 4)
  
• History- Lesson 5
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• BigIQKids.com

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 14
  
• Math- 6-7 & 6-9
  
• Phonics- Pg.11 & Pg. 30-34
  
• History- Lesson 5
  
• Spelling- Unscramble

Day 13/175

 

 

 

We made it to the middle of another week.

Today we are doing school on the road, as we have dentist appts today.

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Word Search
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.8
  
• Math- Pg. 243
  
• BigIQKids.com
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 8
  
• Math- 12A & 4-9
  
• Phonics- Pg. 87
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• BigIQKids.com- Help with spelling, math, and geography
  

 

Littlest Monkey:

• Math- 5-15 & 6-4
  
• Phonics- Pg. 7 & Pg. 25-28
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Grammar- Lesson 13

Day 12/175

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• History- Lesson 4
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• Math- Pg.216
  
• Cursive- C & D
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Reading- 3 Books (Level 3)
  
• Phonics- Pg. 89-92
  
• History- Lesson 4
  
• Math- 2-12 & 4-3
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 12
  
• Math- 5-13 & 5-14
  
• Phonics- Pg.5 & Pg.19-23
  
• Reading- 2 Books (level 2 &3)
  

Day 11/175

 

 

 

Start of our 3rd week and going strong. As you may have noticed Little Monkey has a lot more work this year.. at first I was not sure if she would be able to handle it, but she is doing AWESOME! I am so proud of her. She is starting to read chapter books…amazed with the progress!

The other two are doing great too. Middle Monkey is still struggling a bit with reading. She does not care for it, as much as the others..so she is not advancing like I would like…but holding steady. Monkey Man is doing great, and even embracing his challenges.

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- List 3 Copy
  
• Grammar- Lesson 7
  
• Math- Pg. 204
  
• Cursive- C & D
  

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 2-11 & 4-2
  
• Grammar- Lesson 7
  
• Phonics- Pg. 45
  
• Spelling- List 3 Copy
  

 

Little Monkey-

• Math- 5-9 & 5-11
  
• Grammar- Lesson 11
  
• Phonics- Pg.42 & Pg. 13-18
  
• Spelling- List 3 Copy

Day 10/175

 

 

We made it through another week. The kids are doing great and we are right on schedule!

 

Monkey Man:

• Grammar- Lesson 1.6
  
• Math- Pg. 160
  
• Spelling- Test List 2
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg.97
  
• Math- 10 & 3-10
  
• Grammar- Lesson 6
  
• Spelling- Test List 2
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 5-3 & 5-7
  
• Grammar- Lesson 10
  
• Spelling- Test List 2
  
• Phonics- Pg. 40 & Pg. 7-12

Day 9/175

 

 

Today after school we took a field trip to the local Fair, to see how well our 4H group did. The kids had a blast!

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Word Tiles
  
• History- Lesson 3B
  
• Reading- 4 Chps
  
• Math- Pg. 168
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Reading- 1 Chapter  (reading American Girls)
  
• Phonics- Pg. 101
  
• History- Lesson 3B
  
• Math- 2-9 & 3-9
  
• Spelling- Sentences
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 4-6 & 5-2
  
• Phonics- Pg. 37 & Pg. 2-6
  
• History- Lesson 3B
  
• Grammar- Lesson 9
  
• Spelling- Unscramble

 

 

 

Day 8/175

 

 

We made it midweek .. still progressing nicely!  

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Sentences
  
• Math- Pg. 147
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.5
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 5
  
• Math- 8A & 3-5
  
• Phonics- Pg. 103
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 4-4 & 4-5
  
• Phonics- Pg. 34 & 40-42
  
• Grammar- Lesson 8
  
• Spelling- Word Tiles

Day 7/175

 

 

Our second week is going nicely…

 

Monkey Man:

• Math- Pg. 132
  
• Reading- 4 Chps
  
• History- Lesson 3A
  
• Spelling- Cryptogram Puzzle
  

 

Middle Monkey:

 

• Phonics- Pg. 125-130
  
• Reading- 3 Books (level 3)
  
• History- Lesson 3A
  
• Math- 7A & 2-15
  

 

Littlest Monkey:

 

• Grammar- Lesson 7
  
• Math- 3-3 & 4-1
  
• Phonics- Pg.32-39
  
• Reading- 2 Books
  
• History- Lesson 3A

Day 6/175

 

 

Here is Monday again!

 

Monkey Man:

 

• Spelling- List 2 Copy
  
• Math- Pg. 105
  
• History- Lesson 2B & Archeology Book
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.4
  

 

Middle Monkey:

 

• Grammar- Lesson 4
  
• Math- 2-6 & 2-14
  
• Phonics’- Pg. 131
  
• Spelling- List 2 Copy
  
• History- Lesson 2B
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Math- 2-9 & 2-13
  
• Phonics’- Pg. 22 & 33
  
• History- Lesson 2B
  
• Grammar- Lesson 6
  
• Spelling- List 2 Copy
  

Day 5/175

 

 

Friday all ready! Wow time is flying!

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Test List 1
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters
  
• History- Lesson 2B (ancients)
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.3
  
• Math- Pg.102
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• History- Lesson 2B
  
• Grammar- Lesson 3
  
• Spelling- Test List 1
  
• Math- 2-6 & 2-12
  
• Phonic’s- Pg.133
  

 

Littlest Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 5
  
• Math- 2-3 & 2-8
  
• Phonic’s- Lesson 4, Pg. 23-28
  
• History- Lesson 2B
  
• Spelling- Test List 1

Day 4/175

 

 

Wow, Thursday already! I can’t believe it. Where has this week gone?

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Math- Pg. 94
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters in a current book.
  
• Cursive- Finish A & B
  
• Spelling- Make your own Word Search
  
• History- Lesson 2
  

 

 

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics- Pg. 135-138
  
• Reading- 1 Book
  
• Math- 2-5wa, R 2-10
  
• Spelling- Tile Words
  
• History- Lesson 2
  

 

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 4
  
• Math- R 1-13, R 2-2
  
• Phonics- Lesson 2-4
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  
• History- Lesson 2

Day 3/175

 

 

Things are kind of back to normal. Little Monkey was doing good today.. and had a recheck with the Doctor. Other than keeping her calm for 10 more days, things are looking good!

We did school out and about today, cause we took a break this morning to go see MegaMind at the theatre this morning. We love going to see the free movies!

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- Word Scramble
  
• Math- Pg. 86
  
• Grammar- 1.2
  
• Cursive- A & B
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Math- 2-4wb & R 2-6
  
• Phonic’s- Pg.139
  
• Grammar- Lesson 2
  
• Spelling- Unscramble
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 3
  
• Spelling- Tile words
  
• Phonic’s- Lesson 2 & 3
  
• Math- R 1-10, R 1-12
  

 

 

Day 2/175

 

 

 

Our second day of school was kind of interesting.  My mom taught the two older children. While I took the Little Monkey to have surgery on both her eyes. You can read a bit more about that here.. if you would like to know about it.

That didn’t stop Little Monkey from doing her school work though!  

 

 

Monkey Man:

• Math- Pg.77
  
• Reading- 4 Chapters in current book
  
• Cursive- A & B
  
• Spelling- Cryptogram Puzzle
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Phonics'- Pg. 141-144
  
• Reading- 3 books
  
• Math- 2-3wa, R 2-5, R2-1
  

 

Little Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 2
  
• Math- R 1-6 & R 1-7
  
• Phonics'- Lesson 1 & 2
  
• Reading- 2 books

 

We are doing great so far!

Day 1/175

 

 

We are back to school! We had a very lovely summer break, with lots of fun, summer camp, beach days, and family!

 

Here is what we did today!

 

Monkey Man:

• Spelling- List 1 Copy
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1.1
  
• Math- Pg.47 Greater than-Less than
  
• Cursive- A&B’s
  
• History- Read Chapter 1 SOTW
  
  

 

Middle Monkey:

• Grammar- Lesson 1
  
• Spelling- List 1 Copy
  
• Math- Lesson 2A-B
  
• Phonics'- just to strengthen
  
• History- Read Chapter 1 SOTW
  

 

Littlest Monkey:

• Math – Addition & Subtraction, Patterns
  
• Spelling- List 1 Copy
  
• Phonics’- Lesson 1 & 2
  
• Grammar- Lesson 1
  
• History- Read Chapter 1 SOTW
  

 

If you want to see what we are using for Curriculum look HERE.