Summer

Its that time of year again.  Wind and no waves.  SUMMER!!  Windsurfing!

Justin has been learning to wing with many of our friends so we went to a special place to wing and windsurf.  It was fun to watch.

Hudson picked up right where he left off.

This time we found a great little, more convenient place for him to go.

Time to wing.

The boys.

Wing and windsurf.

Playing.

Progress Report

2019-2020 School Year is official, the year is over! 

 I am so so proud of both the boys and us for all our HARDWORK homeschooling this year.  Now time to turn in our progress report and portfolio from Dylan's 3rd and Hudson's 2nd year.  I think we may of surprised the school with this.  They were not sure what to do with it.  Then said they would make a folder for them in their homeschool section.  OK!  Its all copies, I have the originals so do as you wish.  We are just proud of our work.

Another picture....I feel so proud! 

2019-2020 Progress Report for Dylan and Hudson Edwards

Contact: Jodel or Justin Edwards 808-757-8049 or 757-8052

Our Fall 2019 to Spring 2020 Homeschool year was a success for us.  Dylan completed 3rd grade and Hudson completed 2nd grade.  They both finished all of the curriculum workbooks we planned for them for the year, read a ton of chapter books, read alouds and audibles, did various projects, book reports, research, wrote stories, helped weekly at the Maui Humane Society and showed a love of learning especially when we went weekly to the library.  They read to the Maui Paw dogs at the library, interviewed friends and family, researched topics they were interested in and excelled in reading, writing, and math.  They both have finished their Summer Bridge Brain Quest workbooks and are ready to start 3rd and 4th grade.  In this portfolio we have included some copies of their work.

Some of their favorite workbooks that worked with their learning styles were Flash Kids Reading Comprehension, Evan Moor Math Skills and Fundamentals, Evan Moor Daily Science, Spectrum Spelling was easy for them and Evan Moor was a little more challenging. 

The end of the year.

The beginning of the year.

Dylan

• Loves to read and history
• Needs to work on his writing and spelling.  He doesn’t like to write, can spell outloud correctly but not on paper, focus on writing projects, math then reading.
• He is up to speed for grade in math, lang and grammar, ahead in reading
• Lang & Lit - Dylan is reading chapter books one after another.  He loves to read and will read any minute he has.  He loves audible and being read to as well.  His reading has really taken off, can read fast, confidently and with no struggle with words he doesn’t know, spellings, or complicated readings.  He finished the Wings of Fire series.
• Math - Dylan likes math but struggles with it too.  His ability is there but when he hits roadblocks they make him want to give up.  He is doing double digit addition, subtraction, starting algebra, multi step word problems and is up to speed on completion of 3rd grade math.
• Writing - His penmanship and sentence structure has improved.  Spelling he is able to do verbally but writing is getting better.  He struggles with writing and is an area of focus.  Once he gets going he gets into it and is motivated.
• History/Science - He loves history and has read The Battle for Boys series books and does a lot of research and questions about war.  Science he likes and has completed.
• Specials - He loves outschool and has completed many science, animals, wings of fire, story writing, and war classes just to name a few.
• What is your favorite work?  Math
• What do you want to be? Explore jobs with math and computers, trader
• If you could choose anything to work on what would it be? Focus on skating, math
• What do you want to do that you can’t yet? Nose grab 180
• What do you need help with?  Help on math (mult and division)
• What do you wish we could teach you? More about the wars
• What is really hard for you? Dividing, multiplying money, writing
• If you could change or improve something what would it be? Get better at math
  
  
  So Proud at the end of the year.

Excited for 2nd grade.

Hudson 

• Loves science and math
• Needs to work on writing, spelling, reading then times tables for math.
• Is up to speed in all areas for his grade, ahead in math
• Lang and Lit - Hudson improved on his reading, now reading chapter books and can read outloud with confidence without being choppy.  Reading Dragon Masters Series.
• Math - Hudson progressed through his math with not much struggle.  He demonstrated great math skills and is up to speed and past second grade math.  Now he is working on division and longer word problems.
• Writing- Hudson’s penmanship is great.  Great improvement on sentence structure, punctuation and learning to love to write.  He wrote many stories in great depth with little to no struggle once he got going.
• History/Science- Hudson likes science, especially learning about animals and the earth.  Projects with these subjects come with ease and motivation to be independent and creative.  History he has started to get into and read war books.
• Specials - Hudson loves outschool and has done many different classes from science, animals, writing, emotions, stories just to name a few.  He is engaged, confident with speaking up and being creative.

• What is your favorite work?  History or science
• What do you want to be? Studies dinosaur bones, look into jobs history and science/animals
• If you could choose anything to work on what would it be? backflip
• What do you want to do that you can’t yet? Have a bunch animals, study animals
• What do you need help with? More science, history, writing
• What is really hard for you? Language and lit, writing
• If you could change or improve something would it be? 

Curriculum

This was all our curriculum for the year. Mid year I reviewed it to be sure we were going to complete it all before the summer and simplified it into one binder versus the many books we had. Looking back, I was so overwhelmed with curriculum (still am) but now know simple!! For me and for the boys. This year we will be trying a different method for curriculum of having one giant book that contains all the subjects. Then, moving on to another book with the same and supplementing here and there with lessons from other books. I have learned throughout the year how to motivate the boys, myself, keep us all focused and on task to get our priorities done. I have had to realize everyday is a work in progress and it is going to change from week to week and maybe circle back. At first I struggled with this and now am realizing that this is just the nature of the job...where I get to be creative, motivating, organized, planning, and routine.

2019-2020 Curriculum

Curriculum:

• Read - book aloud to the child, child reads chapter in their book of choice & audible
• Lang &List, History/Geo, Science, Math - Read lesson from the What Your Grader Needs to Know Book for the subject & support lesson with lessons from a workbook & activities for the subject listed below for 20 min

Language & Lit:

• Phonics Workbook for grade, Spectrum 
• Reading Skills Workbook for grade, Flash Kids
• Reading Comprehension Workbook for grade, Flash Kids

• Lessons in Building Spelling Skills Workbook for grade, Evan Moor
• Lessons in Spelling Workbook for grade, Spectrum

• Lessons in Language Fundamentals Workbook for grade, Evan Moor
• Lesson in Writing Skills Workbook for grade, Flash Kids
• Lesson in Cursive and Handwriting, Spectrum
• Narration/Dictation - ask, write, they copy or write about chapter or they copy we say
• Creative Writing, Journal or writing stories

Math:

• Lesson in Math Skills Workbook for grade, Flash Kids
• Lesson in Basic Math Skills Workbook for grade, Evan Moor
• Lesson in Math Fundamentals Workbook for grade, Evan Moor
• Other - Math Storybook from library, Math Project, Smarttick Math Game, Math Facts

History:

• Read a chapter in Story of the world, biography or history book 
• Do an activity on details from the chapter - narration, draw pictures, map work, dictation then review 1 x month and during year
• Memory Work - memorize rulers, wars, major discoveries, Declaration of Independence, 1st 12 presidents of US from time period studying
• Other - documentaries, online videos, stories, interviews

Science:

• Daily Science workbook for grade, Evan Moor
• Read science books on Earth Science, Astronomy, Animal Kingdom, Human Body 
• Do an activity/project on details - dictation, narration, ask why 

Specials:

• PE & Sports: Ramp sliding, biking, crossbodies/workout, park, hiking, Surf, BJJ, diving, swimming, windsurfing
• Volunteer at Maui Humane Society, Library, Outschool class,Typing, Grader Needs to Know Art and Music Lesson
• Piano App, Dulingo, Research Projects

Goals and Plan

Before we set off on this journey, I did a ton of research, brainstorming and planning!
Looking back over our goals for the year to submit to the state, we were successful!
I love looking back over, feeling successful and proud. As well as, noting what needs improvement, what worked well and other feedback to plan for the next year.

2019-2020 Goals & Plan

Goals:

• Finish Montessori school year, continue homework, spelling, and reading support
• Summer (Jun - Aug) focus on Summer Bridge Brain Quest workbook & reading
• Start this plan (Aug) after summer focus is completed
• Continue this plan through current grade with focus on workbooks
• Great reading skills and clear writing without difficulty by end year
• Master basic math facts and understanding basic operations by end of year
• Bring Dylan to 4th and Hudson to 3rd grade by end of the school year 
• Make fun and implement keepsake, social and memories of school 
• Let child explore interest and desires

• Make it through the year and gain confidence
• Happy, Healthy, Smart, Strong
• Action, Simple, Present with kids, balance work/life
• Stay organized
• Continue family connection and build strong bond, less fighting
• Time for Self, Family, One on One Time with Each Other (BJJ, Yoga, Workout, Primus)
• Read chapter books, eager to learn, love of learning
• Get use to the schedule be flexible 

• Focus on overall family mission, homeschool and goals

• Write week on board and list the things to do the next day stay focused

Objectives:

• Plan and prepare weekly lesson plans w/lessons, activities, experiments, exploration, and other information for the week on Sat. using the pacing guide
• Write week on chalkboard and print priorities sheet on Sunday.
• Use Grader Needs to Know book lessons as a guide then support with subject workbook lessons.  Supplement with activities, outings, exploration and experiments to enhance them.
• Check off daily priorities on weekly priorities sheets.
• Daily discussions how day went, weekly evaluations.
• Keep priorities checklist, weekly plan, their work for record keeping.
• Make their lessons into portfolios with their own drawings, narrations, dictations, stories and other work.  
• Take an annual picture(Aug) and celebrate grade curriculum completion.
• Create activities and projects for interests and desires of child monthly or weekly.
• Any skills they struggle with or want to learn more, we enhance, explore and experiment in more depth.
• Work on homeschool during school hours unless preparing lesson and for 20 min each subject for a total of 2-3 hours

Daily Routine & Priorities Lesson Plan:

Wake, Make Bed & Read chapter book (Quiet Time if finish) 

Breakfast, Dishes/Table, Teeth, Day Prep

*****No playing until priorities done******

Ocean

Something Nice - MHS, Giving, Penpal

Monday - Friday Priorities: (timer for 20 min subject workbooks & put materials/pencil back)

Snack & Lang/Lit (GNK & 20 min)

History/Geo (20 min)

PE/Break (30 min)

Math (GNK & 20 min)

Science (GNK & 20min)

Specials (GNK and fun)

Free Time/Outing (art, project, library, MHS, Friends, Creative) & Healthy Lunch & Dishes

Sport - Diving, BJJ, Parkour

Dinner & Daily Discussion & Clean (toys in basket and closet)/Chore (chickens, laundry)

**Reward Time - 30 min weekdays/1hour weekend Fun Night

Bath, Book, Headspace, Bed

**Reward-Tally of 3 strikes for child = No Reward for the day.  3 Days of strikes = no friday

Sat - prep weekly lessons

Sun - write date, priorities and schedule chalkboard, prepare lessons