{"id":1288,"date":"2009-08-23T16:47:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-23T23:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=1288"},"modified":"2009-08-23T21:39:11","modified_gmt":"2009-08-24T04:39:11","slug":"so-we-started-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/so-we-started-school\/","title":{"rendered":"So, we started school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1293\" title=\"picasso daniel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-daniel-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"picasso daniel\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-daniel-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-daniel.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t share everything on this blog. It&#8217;s just what comes to mind when I sit down at the computer. I realized I didn&#8217;t mention a pretty major development in our lives. We started school last Monday. Yes, Mr\/Ms. Reader, we did. I teach 8th grade, 5th grade, and 1st grade. I like all these grades and love all of my students. Here&#8217;s a list of some of the things we did during this school week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Studied archaeology, made pictures and diagrams and wrote summaries.<\/li>\n<li>Studied the Great Depression using <em>The Story of the World<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/04\/day-2-learning-through-history-magazine\/\"><em>Learning Through History Magazine<\/em><\/a>. Wrote essays about the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Sat up late at night talking about stock market and the Great Depression. If you ever need a good source for the Great Depression, check out the book, <em>When the Banks Closed, We Opened Our Hearts<\/em>, published by Readers Digest. It&#8217;s full of personal accounts of people&#8217;s lives as they lived through these years. It&#8217;s an uplifting book, reminding us that hard times can bring out the best in people.<\/li>\n<li>Worked problems in Algebra 1, Math 65 (Saxon), and Singapore Math grade 1.<\/li>\n<li>Worked on Vocabulary studies with <em>Wordly Wise<\/em> and Spelling studies through <em>Spelling Workout<\/em> books. No grammar this week; we can look forward to that next week :).<\/li>\n<li>Attended piano lessons. Paige had 3, Daniel had 2.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1295\" title=\"picasso paige\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-paige-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"picasso paige\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-paige-213x300.jpg 213w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-paige.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/>Attended an art lesson about Picasso. Learned about his life and styles from a guest artist.<\/li>\n<li>Read for hours and hours.<\/li>\n<li>Opened up <em>Rosetta Stone<\/em> German lessons and moved through the first section of lessons at lightning speed.<\/li>\n<li>Studied astronomy and the endocrine system, each a marvel. We use <em>Apologia <\/em>science textbooks, but skip some parts in them.<\/li>\n<li>Had to postpone our Hamlet reading, but we will finish next week.<\/li>\n<li>Wrote the classic essays, &#8220;What I did on my summer vacation&#8221; because I wish even ONE of my teachers had asked me to do this when I was young.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1294\" title=\"picasso page 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-page-2-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"picasso page 2\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-page-2-279x300.jpg 279w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-page-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/>Created Picasso-style paintings and drawings in art class and at home.<\/li>\n<li>Painted with oils at home. I painted, too. Someday we&#8217;ll share our paintings. Paige painted the Mesa Temple; I painted a robin near a nest. I still need to paint in the babies. Paige has some more work, too.<\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1296\" title=\"picasso paige 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-paige-3-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"picasso paige 3\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-paige-3-271x300.jpg 271w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/picasso-paige-3.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/>Played with playdough. We made igloos, cookies, cinnamon rolls, and other amazing things.<\/li>\n<li>Played with friends in the afternoons after school. I don&#8217;t like to mix friends with most school subjects&#8230;too much social pressure when you&#8217;re trying to think.<\/li>\n<li>Attended ballet lessons (3).<\/li>\n<li>Copied lots of things for handwriting practice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p># of teachers: 5<\/p>\n<p># of students: 3<\/p>\n<p>Now, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">this<\/span> is a great student-to-teacher ratio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t share everything on this blog. It&#8217;s just what comes to mind when I sit down at the computer. I realized I didn&#8217;t mention a pretty major development in our lives. We started school last Monday. Yes, Mr\/Ms. Reader, we did. I teach 8th grade, 5th grade, and 1st grade. I like all these &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/so-we-started-school\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So, we started school<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-curriculum","category-homeschooling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1311,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions\/1311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}