by Patricia | Nov 29, 2011 | Home Schooling
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 2, Lesson 4: Living in America Today we learned about life in America. We revisited the American flag, and learned about the meaning of each of the symbols in it. We studied flag shapes and went over the entire collection...
by Patricia | Nov 28, 2011 | Social Studies
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 2, Lesson 3: Diversity in the Community Today we learned the people that make up a community can have differences and similarities. We reviewed the fact that the United States of America is made up of people that have...
by Patricia | Nov 23, 2011 | Family Games, Home Schooling
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 2, Lesson 2: A Good Citizen Today we went over cause and effect concepts. We reviewed actions and consequences again in a little more detail than we had done previously (in Unit 1, lesson 12). We role played different...
by Patricia | Nov 21, 2011 | Home Schooling
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 2, Lesson 1: A Good Citizen Today we learned what it means to be a responsible, caring, honest citizen who lives and helps his community. We read the story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and reflected on why it is...
by Patricia | Nov 18, 2011 | Home Schooling
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 1, Final Project: Community Brochure We decided to use Pages, the Mac’s word processor to create the final project. It was a good opportunity to practice technological and writing skills while allowing us to play with...
by Patricia | Nov 17, 2011 | Home Schooling
Moving Beyond the Page 6-8 – Concept 1, Unit 1, Lesson 12: Rules and Laws Today we studied laws, rules, consequences and authority. We classified situations in laws vs. rules, evaluating what kind of natural or authoritarian consequences each would yield. We played...
