L.A. Quick Quiz #1

Name:____________________

Date:_____________________

This is a Quick Quiz for Language Arts, Grade 4. The answers will be in a separate post.

1. Define "simile".



2. Write a sentence showing a "simile".



3. Define "metaphor".



4. Write a sentence showing a "metaphor".



5. Define "onomatopoeia".



6. Write a sentence showing an "onomatopoeia".



7. Define "hyperbole".



8. Write a sentence showing a "hyperbole".



9. Define "personification".



10. Write a sentence showing "personification".

Recommended Book: Home Learning Year by Year

This is what I call my bible for working with my now Tween. "Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School" by Rebecca Rupp.

My copy of this book is quite dog-eared. I bought it when my Tween was kicked out of kindergarten. They said he was too hyper and he wouldn't stop calling out the answers to the questions put to the class. Then when they confronted me about this and told me to either put him on medication or take him out... I took him out. I found a home daycare where he stayed while I worked (fulltime) and in the evenings, we worked on what we needed to. This book helped me see where we were and were we needed to be. I still have "w.o." written in margins (working on).

I got ambitious one week 3 or 4 years ago and planned out his entire curriculum through high school. This book was invaluable to that process. And it saved me time. I haven't had to do many revisions since that one time.

The book goes through preschool to 12th grade, and discusses, at appropriate age level, language arts (literature, writing, listening and speaking skills, study skills), math, history (american and world), geography, science (physical, life, earth/space), foreign language, art, music and health/physical education. It even gives books to read at the different levels, and some great resources.

We aren't at the right level for all subjects: some we're behind and some we're ahead. But I highly recommend this book for anyone who even supplements their child's education by doing work at home. Even better, get it so you'll know how close your child is at being at the appropriate level. Check it out!

Snow Day in Denver, Colorado

It's snowing here in the Denver, CO area. Finally. After a Winter of almost no snow and certainly barely any precipitation... we're supposed to get anywhere from 8 inches to possibly 2 feet. So certain schools in this area have already closed in anticipation of the snow that is supposed to fall today.

It just started snowing... about an hour ago!

Anyway... although many kids in this area have the day off from schoolwork (which I'm sure they'll make up later), our Tween (Double-EE) doesn't. He has math, spelling, science and 2 more chapters of Prince and the Pauper to read.

Fun fun.

Math Worksheet #1 (+, -, *, /)

This short worksheet has a little of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Time to practice your math! No answer sheet provided (up to the adult to check the work). Print out.

Date:_________________

Name:_________________________

(1)

Eight children are at a party. They formed couples (sets of 2) to dance. How many couples were there? [___]

After a while, half of the children sat down while the rest sat down. How many children sat down? [___]

How many children kept on dancing? [___]

How many couples kept on dancing? [___]

(2)

You have a brand new ten dollar bill to go to the store. You buy a gallon of milk for $2.00. You buy a loaf of bread for $.89. You buy a package of carrots for $1.85. You buy a candy bar for $1.00. How much did you spend? [___]

How much money did you get back? [___]

(3)

Bob bought 9 pizzas for his party. Each pizza is cut into eight pieces. How many pieces are there altogether? [___]

Bob has exactly enough pizza to serve himself and each of his guests three pieces of pizza. Including Bob, how many people are at the party? [___]

Bob had figured that each person at the party would drink two cans of soda pop. How many cans of soda pop did Bob buy? [___]

Bob bought three ice cream cakes. How many pieces must he cut from each cake for everyone to have a piece? [___]

One of the ice cream cakes was made with vanilla ice cream and the other two were chocolate. How many pieces of chocolate ice cream cake did Bob serve? [___]

Bob received a gift from each of his friends at the party. How many gifts did Bob get? [___]

(4)

Jane has 30 cents in her pocket. She has three coins. What coins does Jane have? [___]

John has 16 cents in his pocket. What coins does he have? [___]

Lisa has more than 3 nickels but less than 2 dimes. How much money does she have? [___]

Tim has less than 4 nickels but more than 8 pennies. How much money does he have? [___]

(5)

- 5270 − 300 = _____

- 1224 − 900 = _____

- 6185 − 600 = _____

- 8909 − 500 = _____

- 4080 − 1000 = _____

- 9798 − 600 = _____

- 4214 − 300 = _____

- 9111 − 800 = _____

- 6038 − 800 = _____

- 9742 − 400 = _____

Answers for Quiz for "Farmer Boy"

The following are the answers (in red) to today's quiz for the book "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder:

1. Why was the cobbler late getting to the Wilder's House? He was making shoes for a wedding and it took him three weeks. Page 288.

2. Who offered Almanzo an apprenticeship? Mr. Paddock. Page 363.

3. Who covered up the stain with wallpaper? Eliza Jane, his sister. Page 226-227.
.....Why? She didn't want Almanzo to get in trouble. Page 226-227.

4. In which room did Almanzo throw the blacking brush? The parlor. Page 220.
.....Why did he throw it? Eliza Jane had been bossing Almanzo about polishing the stove, which frustrated him. Page 219-220.

5. Which of Almanzo's sisters helped to load potatoes into the basket to go into the wagon? Alice. Page 116

6. What plant did Almanzo raise on milk? Pumpkin. (It grew very large, Almanzo entered into a contest at the county fair and he won.) Page 191-192, and Page 271.

7. What did Almanzo get from the tin peddler? A tin horn painted red (whistle). Page 139.

8. Who dared Almanzo to ask his dad for a nickel? Frank. Page 181.
....What did Almanzo's father say and/or do? Almanzo's father reminded him how much work it took to earn that nickel, then he gave him a half dollar to see if Almanzo would do the right thing. Pages 181-185.

Quiz for Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Date:_______________

The following is a short quiz for the book "Farmer Boy" by Laura Ingalls Wilder:

1. Why was the cobbler late getting to the Wilder's House?




2. Who offered Almanzo an apprenticeship?




3. Who covered up the stain with wallpaper?


.....Why?



4. In which room did Almanzo throw the blacking brush?

.....Why did he throw it?



5. Which of Almanzo's sisters helped to load potatoes into the basket to go into the wagon?




6. What plant did Almanzo raise on milk?




7. What did Almanzo get from the tin peddler?



8. Who dared Almanzo to ask his dad for a nickel?

....What did Almanzo's father say and/or do?




The answers are in a separate posting!

Posting to this blog again!

Thought I'd start posting some of the quizzes and so forth that we're giving Double-EE for schoolwork done at home.

Note: When we post a quiz (feel free to use!), we'll show the answers in a separate posting. Helps a little! If these new postings, especially the quizzes, are helpful to you at all, please let us know.

We'll work to post to this blog at least once a week, mostly concentrating on schoolwork since our days are filled to the brim these days!

THIS BLOG IS TEMPORARILY ON HOLD

We're having troubles keeping this blog up to date so we're temporarily stopping the postings until we can catch up with our other blogs. Thank you for your patience.

Indigo Children

Just re-found this website: http://www.metagifted.org/topics/metagifted/indigo/

It's got some good information about "indigo children" if you're still validating that term. If you'll recall from an earlier post, we believe that ALL children are special, and have a wonderful beautiful existence, whether they misbehave, read minds, or just sit on the floor, banging their heads.

What do you think?

School Lunches

We recently found this link:

http://kidshealth.org/parent/nutrition_fit/nutrition/lunch.html

It really doesn't affect our little family but it does most other families we know. Unhealthy menu choices and soda machines and fast-food-franchises in cafeterias equals temptations too strong for kids to make healthy choices.

The above site had some good ideas, but try to take it further. Petition your school board to eliminate all fast food, soda machines, sugary drinks, and non-nutritive food choices. Request a salad bar, fresh fruit, baked/not fried foods, juice/water/milk.

Also, the place to begin change is at home. Discuss nutrition and health at the dinner table. Calories versus quickness. So much to talk about - pick a topic for every meal. Perhaps if you help them plan healthy dinner menus and grocery trips, you can help them better choose healthy options at school.

Give it a try.

Kids: tell your parents to read this! There's nothing more important in your life than YOU !!!