Handwriting Curriculum - 2008-09

Nehemiah, Mordecai, Hadassah, and Deborah:



Italic Handwriting: The Instruction Manual
By Barbara Getty / Portland State University


Italic Handwriting: Book A
By Barbara Getty / Portland State University


Italic Handwriting: Book B
By Barbara Getty / Portland State University


Italic Handwriting: Book C
By Barbara Getty / Portland State University


Italic Handwriting: Book D
By Barbara Getty / Portland State University

Science Curriculum - 2008-09

Nehemiah and Mordecai:

Jonathan Park Volume 1: The Adventure Begins, Audio CD

By The Vision Forum, Inc


Jonathan Park Volume 2: No Looking Back, Audio CD

By The Vision Forum, Inc


Jonathan Park Volume 3: The Winds of Change, Audio CD

By The Vision Forum, Inc


Jonathan Park Volume 4: The Hunt for Beowulf, Audio CD

By The Vision Forum, Inc


Jonathan Park Volume 5: The Explorer's Society, Audio CD

By The Vision Forum, Inc

Spelling Curriculum 2008-09

Nehemiah and Mordecai:

Spelling Power, Fourth Edition with DVD and CD-ROM

By Beverly L. Adams-Gordon / Castlemoyle Books

Math Curriculum for 2008-2009

In this post I'm going to list the curriculums we use for Math this year. I'll do the same for the other subjects in future posts.

Nehemiah:

Saxon Math 6/5 Home Study Kit Third Edition
By Saxon Publishing

Mordecai:

Saxon Math 3, Student Work Kit & Fact Cards
By Saxon Publishing

Hadassah:

Saxon Math 1, Student Work Kit & Fact Cards

Deborah:

Various workbooks to work on math concepts and flash cards for addition and subtraction.

Books, books, and more books! Part 2

Remember this post? Here is Part 2:

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by: Nehemiah

In the Jordan household we are still reading more and more books. Our lists are so full that we had to get new pages. Like I did last time, I will list my three favorite books or series of books. here we go:

My favorite series of books (so far) is the Left Behind . This is the younger version of those Left Behind in the end times. Judd, Vicki, Ryan, and Lionel are the main characters in the book series. The Christians in the book can tell what will happen next by studying the book of Revelation that is in the end of the Bible. These kids try to stay alive through the seven year tribulation. This is a very exciting book series!

Book 2 is called Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing. This book is about a fourth grader that has (what he thinks is the biggest problem ever) a younger brother named Fudge! The fourth grader's name is Peter. The grown-ups think Fudge is an angel. When Fudge broke his two front teeth trying to fly. Decides that he wants to be a dog and even swallows a turtle! This is a funny book. Both my Mom and Dad read this when they were little!

Book 3 is Wayside school gets a little stranger. For 285 days, Wayside school has been under construction. Now it is opened up! Wayside school is a thirty story building with one classroom each story. But there is no nineteenth floor. Mrs. Zarves is the teacher of the nineteenth story. There is no Mrs. Zarves. The kids have many adventures in the thirty chapter book. It is a cool book!

Nehemiah, 5th grade

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by: Mordecai

I liked Stuart Little because he got to go down the drain! It was really cool because he was looking for Mrs. Little's ring!

I also liked Little House in the Big Woods. I liked it because Pa got to hunt for bears and other animals!

Mordecai, 3rd grade

Tax-free weekend

(this post was written by Nehemiah)

A few weeks ago my Dad, Mordecai, and me went to buy new clothes and school supplies. First, we went to Target to look for jeans. We were surprised at how many different varieties there were. Like carpenter wear, normal wear, loose wear, and more than I cannot even think of.

My Dad told me about this comedian that was chunky that once said, "I was twenty-one before I knew that 'Husky' wasn't a name brand"!

At this Target we only found jeans that fit Mordecai, so we went to another Target. There we found jeans for Mordecai and me. We both got two pairs of jeans. Then we found itty bitty jeans for Barnabas. When we were walking through the "Boy's clothes" section, we saw polo shirts that were on sale. So we picked two kinds for all three of us . One was red and black with white stripes. And, the other was blue with white stripes.

After we paid for everything and got in our truck, my Dad told us that it was Tax-Free weekend. Mordecai asked, "What is tax?" So my Dad told Mordecai what tax is. Then we went to Office Depot to get school supplies. We got five composition books, glue, map pencils, pencils, highlighters, index cards, 6 one subject notebooks, pink erasers, and college ruled notebook paper all for only $6.50 and no tax!

Before we went home I treated us out to The Varsity! We got three chili dogs, drinks, and the orange smoothies. And, I paid for it all! We came home full. Above is a picture I took of the school supplies.

Books, Books, and more Books!

For our summertime reading, we have been keeping a log of the books we read. Nehemiah and Mordecai's lists have been growing quickly! They both love to read and are fast! It's been great to keep a log, for many reasons. They think it will be fun to look back on in a few years, and even when they have their own children! I agree!

So, today I gave Nehemiah and Mordecai the assignment to go over their lists of books and write down which books were their favorite so far and why. Then, I told them we could post their "reviews" on this blog. So, here you go! I hope to have them do this several times this summer!

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This is Nehemiah's first post ever!

Since May I have been keeping a list of books I have read. I am going to write my three favorite books and tell a little about them.

My first favorite is: The Tombs of Anak, by Frank Peretti. When Jay and Lila Cooper enter the Tombs of Anak with their archaeologist father, they hope to find a coworker who has disappeared. Instead they stumble in to new mysteries. There is a villain named Ha-Raphah. They know they can't avoid this villain - whatever he is. The Coopers face lots of mysteries they have to unravel. This is a good book!

My second favorite book is: The Neverending Story, by Michael Ende. This book is about a boy named Bastian that gets a book and reads it in an attic. When he reads it he discovers that in this world called Fantastica, there is a "nothing" eating up anything it can.. When you look into the "nothing" it is not a hole it is nothing. The childlike empress is sick so she sends a boy to find a cure for her. He has lots and lots of adventures. Bastian the boy reading the book, discovers he gets to be in the book and help to find a cure for the empress. This is a good book!

My third favorite book is: The House on the Cliff. This is a Hardy Boys book. The Hardy's discover many adventures. This was my favorite Hardy Boys book that I have read.

Nehemiah, almost 10 :0)

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This is Mordecai's first post ever!

I have read 13 books so far this summer. My favorite books were Charlotte's Web and The Horse that Played Centerfield.

I liked The Horse that Played Centerfield because it was very exciting. This was my Dad's favorite book growing up, too. I read his copy.

I liked Charlotte's Web because the animals can talk.

Mordecai, 8 years old :0)