The British Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson was having talks with several European foreign ministers. They were held to discuss challenges the countries share as well as European security. Johnson went row boating on Sunday, October 15. He brought Ivo Sramek, the Czech Republic deputy foreign minister with him. They chose to rowboat in south England, at one of Chevening House’s lakes. I guess that’s the newest of possible diplomacy meeting trends.
Author: Vwala
Homeschool Journal 10/30/17
by Vwala •
We are back again. Already! It seems like the weekend only lasts 5 hours. And I did three math lessons this weekend. Oh well-they do say time flies when your having fun… (And not expecting/looking forward to something.)
In English I learned about different types of pronouns. Then I found and named the type of pronoun in a paragraph, explained why it was that type, and wrote a sentence using each type of pronoun. Then I added prefixes to words to make them a different type of word. I changed verbs into nouns, nouns into adjectives, and adjectives into nouns. I had to do two spelling days today.
Down to the Basics: Public Safety
by Vwala •
It’s that time again, budgeting time. The manager of Little Rock is implying that the 2018 budget will be favoring public safety. The budget is going to majorly work on the police’s needs in the new year. The police are asking about getting new car radios, they are hiring to fill positions, and thinking about making a few new part-time positions to help with accidents. They say that their main priority is public safety, so the budget is likely going to be giving the police many their budget wishes. They are going down to the basics in budget, and one of their basics is public safety.
Homeschool Journal 10/23/17
by Vwala •
Today we started at nine. We read online that for Middle School and High School it is best to start at nine or later so that they get enough sleep. So I don’t start school until nine, and I am supposed to finish at three. If that could only actually happen that would be great!
In Bible we read about Nathaniel saying no good thing comes out of Nazareth. I wonder what it was about Nazareth. Did something bad happen there? Or is there some other thing we don’t know about. Then, right after he says that and goes to meet Jesus, Jesus sees him coming and says that he is a good Jew and has no gile. Gile means unrighteousness. (I asked.) I don’t get what that is all about.
Homeschool Journal 10/20/17
by Vwala •
Today I am going to have my twin come over for a sleepover. Due to being safe I am not going to use her real name, and because of the fact that we are almost twins and we have similar names I am going to just call her my twin. She is going to come over for a sleepover tonight and I am so excited!!! Mom told me about it just yesterday. She is coming over because one of her siblings has an activity tomorrow and we are going to have a ton of fun. I can’t wait!
I history we learned about croissants. There was a siege on a French city and they were digging tunnels under the city. Everybody was told to listen and warn people if they made it into the city. Two bakers were making bread in the morning and one of them heard them. He yelled and some soldiers came and fought them in the tunnels. They ended up winning the war. It is said that the bakers made croissants to celebrate that day.
Homeschool Journal 10/19/17
by Vwala •
Today a private school friend of mine came and did school with us for a while. She said she wished she could be homeschooled the day before, after she had told us she didn’t have to go to school today and tomorrow because of parent teacher conferences. That was the beginnings of a brilliant idea. I invited her to do school with us today, and she still liked the idea of homeschooling at the end. (Lots of people get wrong ideas of homeschooling-many think I don’t do school at all and play all day.) It was fun. It is a lot better doing school if you are doing it with friends.
I wrote a pretend newspaper article about something in one of my books that I had to read. I will type it up and put it here.
Boy Earns Reel in Marketplace
Young Young-sup, son of lacal rice merchant earned a reel from honorable kite seller Chung on a trip to town. The courageous boy offered to fly a kites in front of his stall to attract customers, in seven of Chung’s kites were sold before closing he could have the reel. Six kites were sold bought before closing…
Homeschool Journal 10/18/17
by Vwala •
Today we went on a field trip to Adi’s gymnastics and then to a store that was closing so everything was on a 25% off sale. We got some really good candy there. We also got a ton of gluten free cake, brownie, pancake, and muffin mixes. We also got a lot of frosting. After we got home and put all of that away and had lunch ect ect, a homeschooling neighbor came over and did school with us. We did 15 minutes of work and then five minutes of playing. It was so much more efficient! I was more focused and got a lot more done, and we also got to play! I think it will be awesome for school if we do 30 minutes of work, five of play tomorrow! I am 1/4 of the way done with math for the year already!! It is going by so fast!
I had to do a Review for “lessons” one through four in Wordly Wise today. I was hard, I had to do a two and a half page hidden word with my vocabulary words and sometimes other random “common knowledge.” I learned what mono means in vocabulary today. Mono means one, or single.
Homeschool Journal 10/18/17
by Vwala •
Today I did only half a math lesson before ballet. So tomorrow I am going to have to do two and a half lessons. So I had better have a lot of mind power tomorrow. I didn’t get to do reading today because I read it yesterday. In LA I started with brainstorming for my newspaper article about something in one of my school readers this year. I think this will be pretty fun! I did Wordly Wise in English today. I had to read an article/short story with my vocabulary words in it and then answer some questions about it using some vocabulary words. It takes a while and is one of the harder ones I have to do for it, but the stories are usually interesting and it is not super hard… So it is okay.
Puerto Rico? That’s a Vacay No No!
by Vwala •
Trump and the mayor of San Juan had an argument over whether enough responders are being sent to Puerto Rico from the government. The mayor thinks that they need more help while Trump thinks that the enforcements he sent are good, but the islands aren’t doing enough. He said the problems were caused by “poor leadership” and that they are depending too much on the federal government. Trump is planning a date to go out to Puerto Rico himself soon, so the question to whether or not reinforcements are needed will soon be apparent. So if you are planning a vacation to Puerto Rico soon, you may need to post-pone.
Homeschool Journal 10/16/17
by Vwala •
Saccot was a ton of fun!!! I can’t wait until next year! Today I finished the really hard language arts I had. It took a long time to do. Even though mom helped me with an awesome method on how to do it that was so much easier! I also did cooking, for cooking I made dinner for Daddy and me. I learned some about dutch oven cooking at Saccot too. We went on a field trip to the chiropractor today. As usual it took a long time. I got a letter from my Grandma that I will refer to as Grandma J.