--SD, Mr. D, Chicklet and B3 did their dinosaur workbooks together
--reviewed subtraction facts, added 6 new multiplication facts
--practiced mental math from Saxon book--adding and subtracting twenty, ten and nine to numbers 11-89, adding/subtracting even multiples of ten, completing numbers in a series (skip counting) forward and backward
--Mr. D practiced piano
--SD practiced guitar
--Mr. D finished Harry Potter #1
--SD typed (practiced keyboarding) his essay from Friday
--we proofread, discussed grammar/editing choices
--the final result
--read Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH
--read Little House to Chicklet
--read nursery rhymes from My Book House Vol 1 to Chicklet and B3
--theater classes X 2 hours

--SD went running with Dad
--Both boys practiced piano
SD wants to drop piano to focus on guitar. Mom and Dad decided okay. Piano teacher broke foot and cancelled lesson!
--SD practiced guitar
--SD practiced magic tricks
--Both boys read Harry Potter and watched 4th? movie
--We practiced +, - & X facts
--Mom started reading Little House in the Big Woods to Chicklet
--Boys read two Magic Schoolbus science books, including At the Waterworks (because of our field trip on Friday).
--We got into a discussion regarding our nation's use of oil--could oil supply run out?--could water supply run out?--what about alternative sources of energy? I explained about nuclear energy, solar power, wind and water energy, ethanol, electric and hybrid cars...

SD went to IKEA with Dad, helped select bookshelves, load up, unload, and assemble them.

Chicklet helped Mom cook supper and get ready for company lunch on Sunday; Mr. D helped clean house, entertained Chicklet and B3 with puppet shows.

Visited water treatment plant for 1 hr. tour with the A's, the M's and the H's
Both boys wrote paragraphs about it:

Mr. D's (STILL NEED TO EDIT W/ HIM):

Today I went to the water treatment plant. There were a lot of machines Some were cleaning Some were sending clean water through pipes to the city What was realy cool was the sand filtering room. one of those things that isn't cool but interesting is the labrotory. the control room looked like the inside of a starship. I learned lots of things I didn't even know.

On the way home, we ran errands and saw a booth with child ID fingerprinting; Mr. D, Chicklet & B3 got their fingerprints done and we all discussed fingerprints as unique ID
Reviewed + & - math facts, added 6 multiplication facts
SD practiced guitar and piano
Mr. D practiced piano
Both continued reading Harry Potter books
Read Catherine Vos Story Bible
Read Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mom read to Chicklet and Bantam3
SD gave Chicklet a reading lesson
Mr. D helped Chicklet with her numbers workbook
Mr. D, Chicklet and Bantam3 played with puppets, made up shows
SD practiced magic tricks

Wrote paragraph together on Statute of Liberty, based on info we learned yesterday:

The Statue of Liberty, one of the most famous American landmarks, stands tall and proud in New York Harbor. The creator of this monument was French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. To support the sculpture's massive body, he enlisted the help of Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, the engineer who constructed the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The completed statue stands 305 feet tall, including the base, and her copper exterior weighs 32 tons. The monument was unveiled in 1886, and to this day, she stands for liberty and freedom for all Americans.

First we brainstormed details we could share about the topic. Then we narrowed it down, that this would be a descriptive paragraph that also told about the men who built it. Mom helped significantly by suggesting phrases that combed several details into one sentence (vs. short choppy sentences with one detail in each) and by suggesting word choices and phrases which the boys chose from.

--addition & subtraction flashcard review, added 6 multiplication facts
--SD typed paragraph he wrote yesterday onto his blog. (still needs proofreading/editing/link here)
--Mr. D wrote "how to" paragraph:

First draft:

This is how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich first you get two pieces of bread then you put some jelly on one piece and then peanut butter on the other. You're done!

Final draft:

This is how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. First you get two pieces of bread. Then you put some jelly on one piece and then peanut butter on the other. Then you put one piece of bread on top of the other piece, with the peanut butter and jelly in the middle. You're done! Now...EAT IT!!

--SD and Mr. D "taught" Chicklet and B3 about dinosaurs in their dinosaur workbooks
--All 4 kids "designed" their own dinosaur coloration/pattern and colored in with colored pencils, while Mom read nursery rhymes from My Book House Vol. 1
--SD gave Chicklet a reading lesson in 100 Easy Lessons
--we read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby
--both boys practiced piano
--we reviewed music note names on treble and bass clefs
--SD practiced guitar
--SD started Harry Potter #6
--Mr. D read HP #1
--Boys re-watched movie of HP #1

Read two chapters of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Read Catherine Vos Story Bible
Read Naming Liberty, a picture book that tells parallel stories of the creation of the Statue of Liberty and a family of Jewish Russian immigrants.
Got online and looked up pictures of the interior of Lady Liberty, found out whether you can still go up into the crown (you can't, since 9/11).
Next we looked up pictures of the sculptor's other sculptures...
Next we talked about the NY City skyline and looked up the world's tallest buildings...
Then watched YouTube videos of 9/11
Researched who the terrorists were and why they attacked the Twin Towers

SD finished fifth Harry Potter book and wrote paragraph on why the series is so appealing

Mr. D started first Harry Potter book; continued The Battle for the Castle; finished paragraph from Monday:

My mom, my brother and I are reading a really good book called Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. What's exciting is that some rats have a big secret but nobody knows their secret. Mrs. Frisby is the only one who finds out. I'm really glad my mom picked out the most amazing book ever!

Both boys helped carry in lumber for basement construction project; observed the beginning of the process

--SD went running 4 miles with Dad; said Morning Prayer
--SD expanded his paragraph from yesterday and practiced keyboarding by typing it up for his blog. We went over spelling, punctuation, grammar and keyboarding errors, discussed and fixed. He suggested accompanying pictures, which we took of him on his bike. (Will download later.)
--SD practiced piano and guitar
--SD read Harry Potter all day, trying to finish

Together, we drilled addition and subtraction flashcards. They are getting much faster!

Spontaneously, SD said to me, "I am learning more this year than I ever have before." He mentioned math and Harry Potter, especially how he gets into the story and doesn't even notice time passing or feeling tired.

--Mr. D read, practiced piano, did math, played piano, talked with me about yesterday's paragraph, played piano!

Chicklet and Mom worked on her part for her song for her theater class.

Mr. D, Chicklet and B3 read with Mom in the first two volumes of My Book House. In The Little Red Hen, each had a part to say: "Not I, said the Duck" or Not I, said the Mouse, etc. In The Little Gray Horse, Mr. D read all the man's parts and Mom read the rest. They loved it; begged for more, but we had to leave for theater class.

All: Theater class X 2 hrs each.