Tuesday March 3, 2009

This morning Connor bounded downstairs at 6:30am with his latest book, The Secret Garden in hand. Before we headed out to morning mass (at 8:30a), Connor read a chapter in his book, wrote another letter to his penpal, and completed 5 pages in his math workbook. At Mass, an elderly parishioner asked me if I home-school Connor. She said that she can always tell because she was a teacher for 35 years in Livonia and the home-schooled children are always so much more polite than public school kids. No lie. Of course, I didn't take the time to tell her we have only been homeschooling a short time; I just took it as a compliment and let it go. After Mass, I immediately drove Connor to Impact HS Academy. I will let Connor write about his day there (below). After Impact, we had our Chinese lesson, and we finally arrived home from our school day at 5:30pm. Tuesdays are our longest day; we school from 7am until 5:30pm, plus we generally read for an hour before bed. Connor's post below:
Hi everyone! My mom wants me to write.Well, my first class in Impact Home Academy is drama. Drama is probably my favorite subject. In the beginning, we played a game called hitch hiker. Hitch hiker is a game when there are four seats placed two next to each other and two behind. The first three people go into the chairs (an imaginary car) and decide an emotion. The people start to act the emotion in until the next person comes. The next person puts there thumb up and gets in the car. The hitch hiker has a whole different emotion. The hitch hiker starts acting his/her emotion. The other people have to catch on. Whenever you decide to move,the driver gets in line and they all move up a seat. That is all for drama, now on to the next subject!
The next subject is Chemistry. In chemistry we first practiced some chromatography. Chromatography is when we put four different inks in a beaker with rubbing alcohol. Then we cut up some coffee filters into some strips. We then tied the strips to some string and dipped them in the ink. We waited in till the colors crept up the filters. And that is chromatography! While we waited, my classmates and I took a test. I aced the test no problem.
Writing: in writing today we are studying mysteries. We handed in the homework and then played a game. There was three teams. One was the A team, B team, and the C team. I was in the A team. We were given six cards. We put clues on the cards to find the next card. Then we hid all the cards. The last card gives you a clue to where the candy is that you hide. Then we go and search for the other teams candy. I got some chocolate. I traded two for a candy necklace.
Social studies: In social studies we had a guy come in and talk to us about the civil rights movement. It was very interesting. He told us about the dates when different colored people became free. It ended in 1965, I believe. He also talked about people should have civil rights no matter what.Then I went to Chinese class. Well that is all folks!